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1918 - Tsar Alexei escapes with his mother from a Bolshevik prison. In retaliation, the rest of his family are wiped out. With nowhere else to go to, Alexei assumes command of the White army. His more competent leadership helps Russia to victory, as he demands better co-ordination among the White armies. He also puts out an order banning arms from being sold lest they fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks.

1919 - The Whites capture and execute Leon Trotsky when his train is intercepted.

1920

1921 - A Co-Ordinated White/Blue assault on the Urals cuts off Vladivostok from the Bolsheviks.

1922 - By now, Lenin surrenders along with the rest of the remaining Bolshevik chain of Command (Stalin apparently fled, although he was never seen again). Tsar Alexei immediately orders their execution by firing squad. To prevent martyrdom, Alexei shows Bolshevik hoarding of grain. The youngest Romanov Tsar at 17 is crowned on June 4 1922.

The Tsar begins modernization plans, awarding contracts to oil companies to drill the oil field in the Caucasus.

1923 - The Young Tsar, heeding the advice of President Calvin Coolidge and Chang Kai Sheik, drafts a constitution for Russia with a strong Duma and Judiciary. Mikoyan-Gurevich corporation is set up.

1924 - The Petrograd military academy is set up for officers. It is based on West Point.

1926 - the Treaty of Prague between Russia and Czechoslovakia is signed.

1929 - The Wall street crash occurs. Russia, despite the Government's best efforts, suffers a famine.

1930's

1933 - The Nazi party come to power in Germany under Adolf Hitler. Tsar Alexei is wary of Hitler, given the racist diatribes about "lebensraum" and the "Herrenvolk". Russia is also wary of the Japanese coming into play, so Alexei begins talks with Franklin Roosevelt for protection from the Nazis in the Bering Strait alliance.

1934 - After Manchuria is annexed, Alexei transfers Georgy Zhukov to Russian Manchuria.

1935 - Riding a wave of new imperialism and antisemitism, Oswald Mosley is elected prime minister of Great Britain. he Ousts the Royal Family, who support their Russian Cousin. The Bering Strait Alliance admits Mexico and becomes the Alliance.

1936 - France and China join the Alliance.

1937 - The T-34 tank enters mass production. Persia joins the Alliance. Germany begins to threaten Czechoslovakia over the Sudetenland.

1938 - The Pact of Steel, or Axis, is signed by Germany, Britain, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Iraq, India, Canada and Australia. Holland joins the Alliance along with Poland. Bulagaria joins the Anti-Comintern pact with Denmark, Turkey, Romania, Hungary and Albania. Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia join the Alliance.

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1940s

1940 - The Second Great War Breaks out with A German Invasion of Czechoslovakia. Britain invades the United States with Japan, Germany and Japan begin invasions of Russia and China. Within days, Vladivostok has fallen. In Europe, France has fallen after 6 months. the Russian army launches case Napoleon, the assault into eastern Germany.

1941 - Tsar Alexei orders that the Russian government evacuate to Akmolinsk under contingency 9 - to be used in the event of Petrograd or Moscow being overrun. the Alliance begins taking heavy losses, with the US Government evacuating to Fort Worth, Texas. Colonel Charles Lindbergh of the Air Force is killed when British spitfires shoot down his P40 over Oregon. Seattle has fallen.

1942 - Miami is shelled by HMS hood. Joint Mexican/American forces defeat the British in a Stalingrad-esque battle in St. Louis Missouri. In Russian the Borovkov B Ramjet Fighter and the BI-1 Rocket Fighter Both Enter Service

1943 - Joint Colombia destroys the main British force at Bogota.

1944 - The Russians destroy the German attack force at Tsaritsyn. The P-80 Shooting Star goes into mass production.

1945 - The Russians begin to liberate Eastern Siberia. American forces cross the Bering Strait in a D-Day Landing. Vancouver has fallen. The British are being driven out of New England.

1946 - Tsar Alexei dies of Haemophlia after being hit by a stray bullet. A Junta of Generals led by Timoshenko and Zhukov assume temporary control. President Franklin Roosevelt pays tribute saying "this would never have been possible without you. At the same time, the atomic bomb is completed in West Texas. Tsar Vladimir I is crowned in Akmolinsk. By now, the British are driven out of the Continental United States. the Nazis launch a final offensive in Estonia.

1947 - Shortly after Vladivostok is liberated, Nuclear bombs are dropped from B36 Bombers. They all hit their destinations of Tokyo, Berlin, nd London. The Second great war is over with 130 million casualties and massive radioactive fallout. President Roosevelt meets with Tsar Vladimir to discuss the Treaty of Mexico City. This treaty cedes the German corridor to Poland as well as breaking up the Anschluss. China got Manchuria and Korea became independent. The leaders of the Axis, Heydrich, Tojo etc. were tried in Munich where they were shot shortly afterward (Goring and Himmler shot themselves, while Tojo, Mosley and Hitler were killed in the nuclear blasts). FDR announces that after 16 years in the presidency he will NOT seek a Fifth Term. That presidency goes to George S Patton, hero of the war. Former Secretary of Defense Smedley Butler refused to run due to his age.

1948 - Tsar Vladimir and President Elect Patton meet in Moscow to see the Eisenhower-Khrushchev plan go into effect, like the Marshall Plan OTL. This creates stable liberal democracies across much of Eurasia.

1948 - Statements made by Patton During the war are leaked. they have him saying that the Americans should fight the Russians, and even use German troops. This causes a massive wave of demonstration in America, saying that there has already been enough death and destruction. Patton was also recorded as saying he was disappointed that they didnt sow Montreal's fields with salt and not tearing down each building brick by brick in a "manner akin to carthage"

1949 - Patton is sworn in as the 34th US President at noon. He has low approval ratings, mainly from his gaffe during the war, as well as suggesting that rebellious Canadian cities could share the same fate as Montreal, although he masterfully handles Reconstruction. these remarks cost the Republicans in the 50's elections. The only redeeming part of Patton's presidency is the acceleration of Desegregation, which may have led to the Democrats gains in 1950.

1950's

1950 - There are some tensions between Russia and America. The democrats gain a supermajority in the House of Representatives while the republicans barely hold on to the senate. Even so, there is a cold war-esque tension like OTL, with arms buildups, space races etc.

1951 - The Cold War begins between America and Russia.

1952 - The US presidential elections begin. Patton is defeated at the nomination stage by Thomas Dewey, who hopes to cool tensions with Russia. But he still loses to Harry S. Truman, which the NY Times famously reports as "Dewey Defeats Truman!".

1953 - Harry S Truman is sworn in as the 35th US president. in the Interim, the Democrats passed a Two Term Limit, which came into effect shortly before the elections.

1954 - Quebec is admitted into the Union.

1956 - the Space Race Begins with the Russians launching the worlds first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. Truman is reelected

1960's

1960 - John F Kennedy is sworn in.

1961 - The Bay of Pigs incident takes place. This leads to the overthrow of Castro and the Creation of the Republic of Cuba, which is more friendly to Washington. At the same time, Yuri Gagarin is sent into space, with his words "Our Actions will ensure the Empire's dominance in space"

1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested at a Dallas book repository. They find a sniper rifle on his person.

1967 - John F Kennedy is assassinated by Canadian Resistance Fighters. Montreal is rebuilt after the nuclear destruction.

1968 - Donald Rumsfeld wins the elections, citing fears of a Kennedy Dynasty with his words, "this is practically an american equivalent of the Romanovs!", which kills RFK's campaign overnight. He becomes the youngest US president in American history. China announces it will join the Space race on their own. The Cold War now has a new player

1969 - Neil Armstrong is the first man on the moon.

1970's

1970 - Russia gets their man on the moon. Yukon is admitted into the Union.

1972 - Rumsfeld wins the election by a thread against Strom Thurmond and Ted Kennedy.

1973 - during a Tour of Quebec, French President Charles De Gaulle proclaimes "Vive Quebec! Vive Quebec Libre!" this is seen in a bad light by the US. Rumsfeld then criticizes him live on TV for the aforementioned remarks. The transatlantic rift appears to show.

1974 - Rumsfeld causes controversy when there are wiretap recordings unveiled in the Watergate hotel. The investigation concludes that although he didn't know about them, he should have.

1975 - a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) begins a massive uprising including bombings, robberies and attacks.

1976 - Ronald Reagan wins in a landslide against Jimmy carter.

1978 - Russia and America race for another precedent: getting a man to mars. Reagan approves a bill that would expand NASA's funding.

1980's

1980 - Reagen is reelected.

1981 - Russia gets its first man on Mars, around the exact same time as the USA. It is concluded that after a neck and neck race, America got their man on mars' surface first. Reagan is nearly shot by an FLQ gunman. This leads to a clampdown on the organization.

1982 - China gets its first Taikonaut on the Moon. British Columbia is renamed Pacifica and admitted into the Union.

1983 - the Shah of Iran is overthrown, and executed by the new government.

1984 - George H W Bush wins the election in a landslide over Walter Mondale. Nunavut is admitted into the Union.

1985 - America starts building Space Stations. The last major FLQ hideout is revealed and the last members are arrested. This marks the alst major resistance in Canada being defeated.

1986 - Japan joins the Space Race. The EU get a man on the moon. Russia completed the "Korolev" space station, which has some nuclear arms and a computer.

1988 - Bush is re-elected.

1990's

1991 - China gets its first man on Mars.

1992 - Japan gets a man on the moon. Bill Clinton is elected president

1994 - Colin Powell announces his plans to run for president.

1996 - Clinton wins a second term over Powell/McCain.

1998 - Windows 98 is introduced (unlike OTL, it is more XP). The last states in Canada are admitted into the Union. By now the US has 64 states.

1999 - India joins the Space race

2000's

2000 - Tsar Mikhail II of Russia is crowned. John McCain wins the elections.

2001 - Terrorists destroy the World Trade Centre and St Peter's Cathedral as well as the winter palace. Attention turns towards Afghanistan. American F-35s and Russian Su-45s begin massive airstrikes in the Tora Bora region.

2003 - America and China begin an invasion of Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein. This is met with massive international protests.

2005 - Japan gets a man on Mars. At the Same Time, Russia gets a spaceship around the asteroid belt to scan for raw materials. Gazprom claim one asteroid, which leads to Halliburton following suit. Windows 7 is released.

2006 - Russia gets the first permanent base on Luna, named Arkangelsk 1.

2007 - India gets a man on the moon. Islamist parties begin forming in Indonesia and the Middle East. The USA complete construction of the Goddard space station, which had basic nuclear countermeasures, an AI, several ICBMs (but is primarily designed to be an anti-asteroid station.)

2008 - Barack Obama wins the election against George W Bush, reversing the "Rumsfeld argument" against a republican candidate. Meanwhile, Israel is facng a war with the United Arab League, with Russia and America offering their full support.

Present day