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Timeline: Countdown to War
2014
January 1: Happy New Year.
February 7-23: The Winter Olympics take place in Sochi, Russia. During this event, the world gets a major glimpse of Putin's Russia.
February 18: Ukraine falls into turmoil as shots are fired at a major demonstration in Kiev protesting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's pro-Russia and anti-democratic policies.
February 23: After five days of rioting and civil unrest that has left over 100 dead, Viktor Yanukovych announces his intent to resign. However, he quickly changes his mind. The Ukrainian parliament then impeaches him and he flees to Russia. Russia refuses to recognize the new Ukrainian government.
February 27: A pro-Russia coup ousts the provincial government in Crimea. Russian troops illegally walk out of their bases and begin running around Crimea, siezing ports, airports, and Ukrainian military bases and kicking out the Ukrainian military there.
March 15: Russia vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution condemning a referendum on Crimea's status, which is scheduled to be held the next day. China abstains.
March 16: Crimea holds a referendum and votes to join Russia.
March 18: Russia annexes Crimea.
March 20: Ukraine announces its intent to withdraw from the CIS.
March 24: Russia is kicked out of the G-8.
March 27: The United Nations General Assembly votes to condemn the Crimea referendum as illegal. The only countries that vote against the resolution are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. Notable Russian allies China and Iran abstains and does not cast a vote, respectively.
April 7: The pro-Ukrainian governments of the Donetsk oblast is overthrown and the new government declares independence from Ukraine. A similar coup attempt in the Kharkiv oblast fails.
April 20: Happy Easter.
April 27: The Luhansk oblast has a Donetsk-like coup and declares independence.
May 7: Russia announces its intent to withdraw troops from the eastern Ukrainian border, which had been stationed since the beginning of the Crimean crisis. It also announces its support for the May 25 Ukrainian elections and discourages upcoming referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk, which are scheduled for May 11.
May 11: The referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk are held. The majority votes in favor of staying part of Ukraine but refusing to recognize the new government.
May 13: The Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts merge and form "Novorossiya," with its capital in Donetsk. The Ukrainian Civil War has begun. Russia immediately deploys troops to East Ukraine in order to "keep the peace."
May 22: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution to condemn the formation of East Ukraine. The only countries that vote against the resolution are Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. Notable Russian allies China and Iran abstains and does not cast a vote, respectively.
May 25: New elections are held in Ukraine. Petro Poroshenko is elected President and promises to have Ukraine join the European Union by the end of the year.
July 17: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is shot down with a surface-to-air missile by pro-Russian rebels near the Ukraine–Russia border. In response the US calls for EU countries to impose trade sanctions on Russia. Tensions continue to rise.
August 1: Putin bans food imports from the EU and restricts European airlines from crossing Russian airspace in apparent retaliation to Western sanctions.
September 5: The Minsk Protocol is signed, and it serves as a temporary ceasefire between Ukraine and Novorossiya. The Protocol eventually falls apart.
September 10: NATO intervenes in Syria to bomb ISIS targets.
November 4: The 2014 midterm elections are held. The Republicans gain increases its majority in the House and gains a majority in the Senate.
November 27: Happy Thanksgiving.
December 25: Merry Christmas.
December 31: Happy New Year's Eve. Meanwhile, US troops withdraw from Afghanistan.
2015
January 1: Happy New Year. The Eurasian Union is formed, and as a result Russia basically annexes Belarus and Kazakhstan. Western Media nicknames the EAU "the New Soviet Union."
January 2: Armenia joins the Eurasian Union.
January 3: The 114th Congress begins.
January 22: Pro-Iranian militias overthrow the Yemeni government.
January 27: Vladimir Putin orders the Russian Navy to begin an expansion program with the goal of returning to its pre-1991 size by 2020.
February 11: A second Minsk Protocol is signed after the first one falls apart.
February 27: Russian opposition politican Boris Nemtsov is assassinated just outside the Kremlin.
March 14: South Ossetia and Abkhazia join the Eurasian Union. Georgia retaliates by cutting off a Russian-Armenian trade route that goes through Georgian territory. Putin considers this action an act of war.
March 15: Russia occupies Georgia. The Georgians do not put up any organized resistance due to a lack of morale. Georgia becomes a puppet state of Russia.
March 17: President Obama calls an emergency joint session of Congress, and states that the United States will now not just have a zero-tolerance policy for Russian attacks on NATO members, but also have such a policy for ANY Russian attack on another country (with the exception of armed conflicts in which Russia was attacked first).
March 18: The "Turkish War Scare" occurs. Russia and Turkey almost go to war when Turkish naval ships fire on Russian naval ships in the Black Sea. Turkey claims that it had intercepted signals between the ships that implied that Russia was planning to form a blockade of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent American arms from reaching anti-Assad forces in Syria. Russia denies this claim.
March 21: Putin repeats his threat to invade Ukraine.
March 23: Egypt joins the CSTO. Meanwhile, a second war between Sudan and South Sudan breaks out.
March 24: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a speech condemning Egypt for joining the CSTO. He says "The United States has always promised to protect Israel, and now Israel must promise to protect the United States." He threatens to renounce the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty if Egypt declared war on the United States in the event that war broke out between the United States and Russia.
March 31: NATO declares that it will "guarantee" its protection of Ukraine's sovereignty.
April 1: The Syrian Civil War ends with a Syrian Government victory.
April 2: Turkish President Recep Erdogan makes a speech before the Turkish Parliament announcing Turkey's withdrawal from NATO following "the United States' abysmal failure to follow the obligations of both the NATO charter and international law by refraining from helping the civilians who were brutally murdered by the Assad regime."
April 3: Putin orders his chiefs of staff to start drafting plans for an attack on Ukraine. The attack would take place on August 25. Meanwhile, the new government in Afghanistan collapses and the Taliban comes back into power.
April 4: The second Sudan-South Sudan war ends in an armistice.
April 7: Afghanistan's government collapses. Iran invades Afghanistan in response to several border clashes with Taliban insurgents.
April 10: A UN Security Council meeting held to address the invasion of Afghanistan is held. The meeting devolves into a series of insults and threats by the American and Russian delegates, and they both walk out of the meeting.
April 11: The UN is shut down until further notice, as it acknowledges that based on the language used between the American and Russian delegates, a new global war and global reset is imminent.
April 12: After 5 days of fighting, Afghanistan is annexed into Iran. Obama's approval ratings plummet. One American newspaper publishes the headline "How did we lose Afghanistan?"
April 13: The United States vows to protect Pakistan from an Iranian attack. It also announces that because of Iran's aggression, it is withdrawing from negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program. The interim Iranian nuclear deal falls apart. Meanwhile, India, furious with Iran over its violation of Afghanistan's territorial integrity, severs diplomatic relations with Iran. This severely damages relations between India and Russia. Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi announces that he is seeking rapprochement with Pakistan to contain Iran. China considers this a challenge against its hegemony on Pakistan, and says that an Indian defense pact with Pakistan would trigger a Chinese military response.
April 28: Putin calls for a special session of the Duma. During his speech, he renounces all START treaties.
May 1: Kyrgyzstan joins the Eurasian Union.
May 6: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev meets with President Obama at the White House. He tells him that the Russian and Turkish governments are secretly beginning a rapprochement with the aim of dividing Eastern Europe between them. Gorbachev also speaks of Russian economic problems which he states were threatening the survival of the Putinist regime, and advises that if a firm stand is made for Ukraine, then Putin will be deterred from war.
May 17: Finland, Sweden, and Lebanon reject Russian offers of non-aggression pacts.
May 22: Iran joins the CSTO.
July 7: India announces that it is leaving the BRICS due to hostility from Russia and China over the Afghanistan crisis.
July 9: Argentina joins the BRCS, forming the BRACS.
July 10: An emergency meeting of the NATO countries is held in Brussels. NATO reasserts its promise to protect Ukraine
August 23: Turkey and Russia sign a non-aggression pact.
August 25: Putin delays the attack on Ukraine by a week in response to Iranian threats to withdraw from the CSTO if Russia attacked Ukraine.
The War Begins: September 2015
September 1: The Russian invasion of Ukraine begins with the Russian Air Force attacking several targets in Eastern Ukraine. The Russian Navy attacks several targets in the Black Sea. Libya, Lebanon, Switzerland, and Israel declare neutrality. The United States orders a general mobilization of its troops. Meanwhile, Tajikistan joins the Eurasian Union.
September 2: NATO and the EU issue to an ultimatum to Russia: Withdraw from Ukraine or face war. Iran declares neutrality. Switzerland orders a general mobilization of its troops. The United States reinstates the draft to include all able-bodied adult males born on or after September 3, 1973 who are not currently enrolled in an educational institution. Russia annexes Novorossiya.
September 3: NATO, the EU, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Russia. World War III has begun. Putin declares martial law, dissolves the Duma, bans the Communist Party, and bans all Western-affiliated and liberal progressive groups in the country "to preserve Russian unity and security."
September 4: In the first offensive of the war, NATO launches attacks on Russian naval ships in the North Sea and in the Arctic Ocean. China declares neutrality. The United States begins a naval blockade of Russia.
September 5: India declares neutrality.
September 6: The last Ukrainian forces are expelled from Donetsk and Luhansk.
September 7: Polish forces invade the Kaliningrad Oblast and Belarus. Kaliningrad falls later that same day. Meanwhile, Barack Obama signs an executive order allowing him to control key industrial companies when needed for the prosecution of the war.
September 8: The United States re-introduces the convoy system.
September 9: The Polish offensive into Belarus stalls.
September 16: Kiev is surrounded by Russian forces. Meanwhile, Polish forces are expelled from Belarus.
September 17: Turkey launches a naval blockade of Ukraine but does not intervene directly in the war. The United States recalls its ambassador to Turkey.
September 18: Petro Poroshenko flees Kiev to Egypt.
September 19: Turkey deploys its navy to the Mediterranean.
September 21: Egyptian president Abdel Fatah el-Sisi survives an assassination attempt. He blames Turkey and threatens military action.
September 24: Turkish naval forces clash with Libyan naval forces. Turkey threatens military intervention in Libya's civil war.
September 25: Russia begins rationing food. More naval clashes between Turkey and Libya occur.
September 26: Russian troops enter Kiev after a 10-day siege. More naval clashes between Turkey and Libya occur.
September 27: Russian troops enter Poland.
September 28: The Greek government is forced to resign after major anti-war protests. The new government signs a peace treaty with Russia. Kiev falls. Naval clashes between Turkey and Cyprus take place. Turkey threatens military action.
September 30: The war spreads to the Western Hemisphere when American and Russian naval forces battle off the coast of Brazil.
October 2015
October 3: NATO forces build up along the Russian-Lithuanian border.
October 5: The Cypriot government is forced to resign and a pro-Turkish government is installed. Cyprus signs a peace treaty with Russia.
October 6: The last Ukrainian units surrender and Ukraine is annexed by Russia. Vladimir Putin makes a speech in Moscow, declaring a desire for a peace conference with NATO.
October 9: The Russian military begins drafting plans to launch an offensive in Finland, the Baltic States, and Poland.
October 10: Barack Obama states that the war will not end until Russia is contained, "even if it means American troops in Moscow."
October 11: An estimated 474,000 American troops arrive in Poland.
October 12: Russia begins deporting Chechen POWs to Crimea.
October 16: Russia begins minor air raids on Alaska.
October 20: Polish and American troops settle in massive fortifications near the Polish-Belorussian and Polish-Ukrainian borders, as well as in Kaliningrad.
November 2015
November 8: Vladimir Putin survives an assassination attempt when a bomb is detonated at the Revolution Day Parade in Red Square. Meanwhile, Finnish, Estonian, and American bombers bomb St. Petersburg.
November 14: Petro Poroshenko departs Egypt to Washington D.C. He sets up the Ukrainian government-in-exile in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington D.C.
November 17: A neo-Nazi group that supports Russia detonates a bomb at One World Trade Center in New York City. Nobody is killed but there are a few injuries.
November 20: Russian submarines begin mining the Gulf of Mexico.
November 23: All people in the former Ukraine that are not Slavic and not practicing Orthodox Christians are forced to register with the Russian government.
November 26: Lebanon falls into chaos when clashes between Hezbollah and ISIS-linked militants break out, mostly in Beirut.
November 30: Turkey, Iran, and Syria send troops to Lebanon to restore order as Lebanon descends into civil war. Israel threatens to intervene as well but Iran threatens to attack Israel if it sends troops or launches strikes on Lebanon. Israel places its military on maximum alert.
December 2015
December 1: Turkey bombs Damascus and blockades the Lebanese coast.
December 7: Iran again declares its neutrality in the war in Europe. NATO and the EU declare neutrality in the Lebanon crisis.
December 11: The Turkish-Iranian-Syrian coalition in Lebanon suffers a major setback when a Sunni mutiny breaks out within the Turkish and Syrian militaries.
December 14: A major crisis in US-Argentina relations occurs when Argentina allows damaged Russian ships off its coast to settle in its harbors.
December 17: Argentina reverses its decision to allow Russian ships to settle in its harbors after the US threatens to declare war on Argentina in retaliation.
December 18: NATO-EU forces suffer a major setback when the American and Norwegian navies are defeated by the Russians in the Battle of Varangerfjord. Norway loses control of its eastern coast and Russian ships proceed to begin blockading northern Scandinavia. Canada places its domestic military forces on maximum alert, fearing that Russia could use its positions to launch an invasion from the north.
December 28: The NATO countries begin rationing meat.
January 2016
January 2: The Turkish-Iranian-Syrian offensive into Lebanon has almost completely stalled due to the Sunni mutiny.
January 7: The NATO countries expand their rationing to include all foodstuffs.
January 10: A Russian plane containing a copy of plans for a Russian offensive into Scandinavia is shot down over Lithuania, and the plans are discovered and given to NATO command.
January 20: Pakistan nearly enters the war on the side of NATO after a Russian submarine sinks a Pakistani cargo ship suspected of shipping arms to NATO forces off the coast of Syria.
January 24: The Russian government begins drafting plans to deport non-Slavs from Ukraine.
January 27: Russia begins finalizing its plans for an offensive into Scandinavia.
February 2016
February 1: China announces massive increases in military spending.
February 5: NATO and the EU begin drafting plans to set up a second line of defense in Finland, the first being in Poland.
February 10: Turkey and Russia sign a grain deal.
February 14: The Pentagon enters negotiations with Blackwater for a potential contract for deployment to Lebanon.
February 15: The Sunni mutiny is crushed, and Turkey, Iran, and Syria launch a full-scale invasion of Lebanon. Meanwhile, Putin orders unrestricted submarine warfare.
February 17: Russia begins finalizing plans for an invasion of Poland.
March 2016
March 3: The Turkish-Iranian-Syrian coalition lays siege to Tripoli.
March 13: Beirut falls. The Lebanese government resigns and Hezbollah takes power. The United States severs diplomatic relations with Lebanon.
March 16: The first American civilian casualties occur after a Russian bombing raid on Alaska.
March 18: Vladimir Putin travels to Armenian-Iranian border to meet with Ali Khamenei. Khamenei promises Putin that Iran will enter the European war when an opportune moment arises.
March 28: The heads of state of the EU and NATO meet in Brussels and pass a joint resolution that no member will sign a peace treaty with Russia unless all members agree to do so.
March 30: The United States launches secret reconnaissance flights over Turkey to prepare for a possible war. The CIA finds evidence that Hamas operatives were involved in the creation of the Russo-Turkish non-aggression pact, using the Hamas-Fatah unity agreement as a basis. Following this revelation, Barack Obama calls Benjamin Netanyahu and demands that Israel send an expedition into Gaza to arrest the suspected operatives and have them deported to Guantanamo Bay.
April 2016
April 9: Russia invades Finland and Estonia. Estonia falls within hours and is annexed.
April 10: A far-right mutiny in the Finnish army occurs. The mutineers demand that Finland surrender, withdraw from EU, and form a cultural union with Russia. Finland is now in a state of civil war.
April 11: Israel launches its expedition into Gaza as requested by the United States. It is met with fierce resistance. Within hours, Hamas is once again launching rockets en masse with Israel, and vice versa. A fourth Gaza War has begun. While the usual suspects praise or condemn Israel as usual; Russia, who was neutral in the first three Gaza wars, strongly condemns the Israeli expedition, as it was directed at helping the American war effort. Russia threatens to declare war on Israel if it launches more such expeditions. Meanwhile, Russian forces in Finland suffer a major setback after they are defeated by NATO-EU forces in the Battle of Oulu and fail to secure the port city. The Russians begin to be pushed back.
April 27: The NATO-EU offensive against Russian forces in Finland comes to a halt when they are defeated in the Battle of Tampere.
May 2016
May 5: Helsinki falls. The Finnish Government in Exile is set up in Washington DC, but the Finnish Army refuses to surrender.
May 7: The Republicans in the House of Representatives introduce a bill to impeach Barack Obama over his handling of the crisis in the Middle East and its escalation into the war that resulted. The argument is that Obama deliberately put the lives of American civilians in danger by arming al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels and supporting al-Qaeda-linked political movements throughout the Middle East. Had he not done that, the formation of the anti-American coalition in the current war would not have been possible due to a lack of internal support.
May 8: The motion to impeach fails, as only 181 out of the required 218 votes needed to impeach are cast.
May 10: Russia invades Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and occupied Kaliningrad. Lithuania declares a state of emergency.
May 11: The last Polish troops are expelled from Kaliningrad. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev leaves Russia. His escorts manage to get past Russian front lines in Latvia and a NATO plane flies him to Washington DC.
May 12: The Lithuanians blow up all bridges on the Viliya, Neris, Nemunas, Merkys, and Sesupe rivers.
May 13: The Latvian government-in-exile is set up in Washington DC.
May 14: Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter authorizes the establishment of a secondary civilian defense force in the event of a Russian invasion. This is to include all able-bodied males born between May 15, 1951 and September 2, 1973 who are not currently enrolled in an educational institution. Barack Obama calls Narenda Modi and asks him to provide aid in the war against Russia in return for increased military cooperation for preparation for any future conflict with China. Meanwhile, Latvian forces suffer a major setback when they are defeated at the battle of Daugavpils.
May 15: Russian forces cross the Neris River.
May 16: The Lithuanian government flees to Poland.
May 17: Latvia surrenders and is annexed. Meanwhile, Russian forces capture Vilnius, but Lithuania refuses to surrender.
May 19: Russian troops begin the Siege of Plock.
May 23: American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is arrested and charged with interfering with the war effort under the Espionage Act of 1917. He would later be sentenced to three years in prison in November.
May 25: NATO-EU forces suffer a major setback when more than 1 million troops are surrounded by a Russian siege at the Battle of Jastrzebie-Zdroj. Poland has now lost control of most of its southern territory, and Russian troops are now on the border with the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, Turkey and Greece almost go to war after a major border clash.
May 26: Tomaszow Mazowiecki falls.
May 28: Lithuania surrenders and is annexed.
May 30: A bill proposed by Senate Democrats to defund the war is defeated.
June 2016
June 3: The Battle of Jastrzebie-Zdroj ends with a NATO-EU victory, as the Russian siege lines are broken after more than 18,000 people are killed.
June 9: Naval clashes between Turkey and Cyprus take place.
June 10: Iran declares war on all members of NATO and the EU. It also detonates its first nuclear weapon in preparation for war. Israel contemplates attacking Iran, but Russia warns it not to or face war. Meanwhile, Finland surrenders and is annexed.
June 11: Australia and New Zealand declare war on Iran. Meanwhile, the Polish government flees Warsaw and resettles in Dabrowa Gornicza, which the Russians had recently been expelled from since the Jastrzebie-Zdroj Offensive.
June 13: Warsaw is captured. The Polish government relocates again, this time to Lublin.
June 14: American naval forces begin launching attacks on the southern Iranian coast. Meanwhile, the Turkish Navy is fully mobilized and deployed to the Mediterranean. The Turkish Air Force shoots down a Lebanese passenger jet flying from Benghazi to Beirut. The passenger jet happens to have three American diplomats on-board, so many Americans consider this shoot-down an act of war and call for the United States to declare war on Turkey. Barack Obama announces later that evening that he would not consider military action against Turkey. Due to the fact that three diplomats were killed and the flight was from Benghazi, this incident is referred to in the conservative media as "Benghazi II." Libya, Lebanon, Iran and Syria recall their ambassadors to Turkey in response to the shoot-down.
June 15: Turkey invades Greece after yet another border clash.
June 16: A far-right revolt in the Polish military erupts, turning the tide of the war back in favor of the Russians. Meanwhile, Turkey invades Cyprus and Libya after they declare war on Turkey to protect Greece. NATO, the EU, Russia, Iran, Syria, and Lebanon declare neutrality.
June 18: The Polish government-in-exile is established in Washington DC.
June 21: The Iranian cities of Yazd and Gorgan are bombed by American bombers. Meanwhile, Greece, Cyprus, and Libya surrender and are annexed.
June 25: Poland surrenders and is annexed.
June 28: Egypt severs diplomatic relations with Turkey. Meanwhile, Russian and American naval convoys battle off the coast of Pakistan, with a Russian victory.
June 30: Russia invades the Aleutian Islands.
July 2016
July 1: Russia annexes the Aleutian Islands.
July 2: Putin orders the Russian military to begin drafting plans for an invasion of the American West Coast. Meanwhile, the United States orders that no non-military ships can depart from American waters off the coasts of Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, and California. This move would later prove to be a shot in the foot for Democrats in the 2016 presidential election, as it caused independent voters in those states to vote Republican in much higher numbers than usual. A small band of highly trained American troops let of a 0.1kt Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) and destroy Eareckson Air Station as it falls to Russia.
July 3: Los Angeles is bombed by Russian bombers.
July 4: The Russian media leaks plans by NATO and the EU to bomb Turkey that were drafted in late 2013 and captured during the fall of Poland.
July 5: The Lithuanian government-in-exile is set up in Washington DC.
July 10: Russian bombers bomb Alaskan shipping lines in the Bering Sea.
July 11: NATO-EU bombers bomb Russian encampments in Latvia and munitions factories by the Russian-Latvian border.
July 12: Russia launches a full-scale bombing campaign of Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, and California.
July 13: The fourth Gaza war ends with yet another stalemate and ceasefire.
July 16: Russia begins finalizing plans for an invasion of the United States.
July 19: The American navy defeats the Iranian navy in the First Battle of Hormuz.
July 21: The Georgian government-in-exile is set up in Washington DC.
July 30: Libyan General Khalifa Haftar is arrested and deported to Turkey.
August 2016
August 1: Putin sets September 15 as the start of the invasion of the United States. Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Erdogan says in a speech that despite recent frictions with Iran, Turkey is still committed to cooperation with Russia. In the same speech, he verbally attacks the United States, saying that it was directly responsible for the last Gaza war due to the nature of how it started. He calls Obama a "war criminal" and that "he has the blood of millions on his hands due to the war he has started." Meanwhile, Iran deploys its submarines to the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, the United States deploys its naval forces to the Mediterranean to counter Turkish expansion, forming a line from Gibraltar to Malta. Morocco rejects Russian calls to close the Strait of Gibraltar.
August 2: A small asteroid that exploded over El Salvador, injuring more than 1,500 and damaging 45 buildings in 4 cities in the vercity of San Salvador including the capital, San Salvador in 2025. A small earthquake shook most of the Japanese prefecture of Niigata.
August 13: The Russians begin a two-week assault on American airfields in Alaska and Hawaii.
August 14: The United States and India sign a technology-sharing treaty.
August 17: Putin declares a blockade of the United States.
August 20: Iran issues an ultimatum to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman to either expel all American military personnel or face war.
August 24: The Russian navy accidentally fires a small missile into Washington DC. A church is destroyed but nobody is killed.
August 26: The US Air Force bombs Moscow in retaliation for the missile launch. The Russian Navy retaliates by continuously launching more small missiles at Washington DC.
September 2016
September 1: Putin orders that all people living in Russia and occupied territories be forced to register for ID cards that profile them based on race and religion.
September 3: Putin has the planned invasion of the United States delayed indefinitely due to difficulties breaking defenses in the Pacific.
September 7: Putin orders a withdrawal of Russian Naval forces from American waters. The battles in the Pacific and Atlantic are now done almost solely in the air.
September 9: A Shiite insurgency in Saudi Arabia emerges. With Saudi Arabia distracted, Iran invades Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.
September 10: Putin reschedules the invasion of the United States to September 24.
September 11: NATO launches more raids on Russian munitions factories and air fields in Latvia and by its border with Russia.
September 13: A pro-Iranian coup overthrows the Kuwaiti monarchy. Kuwait signs a peace treaty with Iran and declares war on NATO and the remaining members of the EU.
September 16: Iran annexes Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.
September 17: Putin again orders the indefinite delay of the planned invasion of the United States.
September 24: Moscow is bombed again.
September 27: China signs a military alliance treaty with Russia and Iran.
October 2016
October 3: After riots break out between ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Russians, Kiev is placed under martial law and all non-Russians living in predominantly Russian neighborhoods are arrested and subjected to questioning.
October 4: Putin and Khamenei meet again in Armenia to discuss the war.
October 7: Russia sets up a military base in Sinai, alarming Israel.
October 12: Putin's Joint Chiefs of Staff conclude that an invasion of the United States would not be feasable until March 2017 at the earliest. Meanwhile, Iranian ships, which were allowed into the Mediterranean thanks to permission granted by Egypt, clash with NATO forces off the coast of Malta. The United States and Israel are angered by this incident, and threaten to invade Sinai and Suez if Egypt continues to allow Iranian ships into the Mediterranean.
October 15: Iran begins preparing for a potential eastern front as border clashes with Pakistan occur.
October 23: Putin meets with Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. He attempts to persuade Assad to enter the war, but Assad refuses, saying that his army has not fully recovered from the Syrian Civil War.
October 24: Iranian naval ships deploy to the coasts of the United States to rendevous with Russian forces.
October 25: Moscow and Novosibirsk are bombed.
October 28: Iran declares war on and invades Pakistan.
November 2016
November 1: India declares neutrality in the Iranian-Pakistani war, but secretly gives lethal support to Pakistan.
November 8: Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul and Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley win the 2016 Presidential Election, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro.
November 11: NATO forces bomb the Iranian Navy at Bandar Abbas, causing major damage but failing to destroy the Iranian stranglehold in the Strait of Hormuz.
November 12: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visits Putin in Moscow to discuss the future of the Middle East. Davutoglu demands influence in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, and Sudan.
November 13: The Iranian offensive into Pakistan stalls as Iranian troops suffer heavier-than-expected casualties trying to cross the mountain ranges of northern and Eastern Pakistan. Meanwhile, Putin replies to Davutoglu's demands. He lays out his plans for carving up Eurasia after defeating the United States. After defeating the European Union, Russia would annex all of the former Soviet States, Mongolia, Finland, the parts of Poland owned by Russia prior to World War I, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and the former Yugoslavia minus Croatia and Slovenia. The rest of Europe would be given to Germany, with a new, pro-Russian government installed. Turkey would get Cyprus, and the entire Middle East except for the Gulf States (Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman), Yemen, and Israel. Iran would get all of the Gulf States, Yemen, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh. China would get the rest of Asia minus Korea and Vietnam, which would be given to a Japanese puppet state.
November 14: The Pakistanis launch a counteroffensive against the Iranians. Meanwhile, the Russians bomb Seattle.
November 16: Barack Obama orders that troops be deployed to Pakistan.
November 19: Iranian troops are kicked out of Pakistan and Pakistan begins invading occupied Afghanistan. In response, Iran becomes the second country to use nuclear weapons in warfare when it begins nuking Pakistani army divisions along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Iran also begins bombing mountains in northern Pakistan with the intent to cause avalanches and landslides that would destroy Pakistani targets.
November 20: Sudan signs a military alliance pact with Russia, Iran, and China.
November 25: Turkey demands that Iranian influence be confined to Southern Asia rather than the Middle East. Iran interprets this demand as one that Iran withdraw from the Gulf States, and threatens to respond militarily if Turkey attempts to wrestle them from Iranian occupation.
November 29: The Russian Navy launches missiles from the Gulf of Mexico into Texas.
November 30: The Russians bomb Santa Ana, California.
December 2016
December 1: Indian Ambassador to the United States Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is forced to resign after he makes remarks in an interview with The Statesman and The Times of India stating that he believed that America had lost the war with Russia and further fighting could arguably be considered war crimes.
December 5: NATO planes bomb Omsk and Karaj.
December 6: NATO troops launch Operation Magnet, an offensive against Iranian forces in Oman.
December 8: Pakistani forces have captured Ghazni, Chaghcharan, and Mihtarlam.
December 9: Iranian forces are kicked out of Oman after losing 9 infantry batallions and two armor batallions.
December 12: Iran has now 117,000 troops either killed or captured in the Persian Gulf front of the war.
December 16: NATO planes bomb Ulyanovsk.
December 18: Putin orders that plans be developed for an invasion of Turkey.
December 22: Russian planes launch a three-day bombing raid on Los Angeles and San Francisco.
December 26: A military coup overthrows the Mexican government. The new government is pro-Russia. Meanwhile, South African president Jacob Zuma survives an assassination attempt.
December 28: Iran asks Russia to intervene in the war against Pakistan.
December 29: The National Cathedral is damaged by a Russian rocket.
January 2017
January 1: NATO planes bomb Russian aircraft factories in Rostov-on-Don.
January 2: Russian planes and NATO planes dogfight off the northern coasts of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, NATO panes begin bombing the Iranian coast.
January 3: The Russian Air Force is defeated by NATO forces in the Battle of the Sea of Azov. During the battle, the bridge from the Caucasus to Crimea is destroyed, collapsing on top of and severely damaging four Lebanese cargo ships.
January 5: Australian troops launch a new form of military offensive: the crashing wave maneuver, in the Persian Gulf. A mass deployment of troops on the southern coast of Iran pushes deep into Iranian territory to draw Iranian troops toward the beaches. The Australians promptly fall back, and the Iranian troops chase them right into an even bigger mass of NATO troops. As a result, 135,000 Iranian troops are taken prisoner. A furious Ali Khamenei dismisses several high-ranking generals in the aftermath.
January 10: The United States and India sign a weapons and intelligence-sharing treaty. Russia summons the Indian ambassador, demanding an explanation. Meanwhile, Russia and Turkey sign a border security treaty. Russia begins a blockade of Malta. Pakistani forces take Khyber pass, effectively cutting off Iranian trade access to China. China is furious, and threatens to intervene in the Iran-Pakistan war on the side of Iran if trade obstructions continued.
January 11: In Washington D.C., 171 people are killed and 207 are injured when a Russian rocket strikes the Washington Metro, causing the roof of the Metro Center station to cave in.
January 13: Russian rockets hit El Paso.
January 16: NATO planes bomb Bahrain. Meanwhile, Russian planes bomb Malta.
January 17: Ahmet Davutoglu and Sergey Lavrov meet in Moscow. Lavrov tells Davutoglu that Putin cannot guarantee a Turkish-Russian alliance due to tensions between Turkey and Iran, and to a lesser extent, between Turkey and China.
January 19: NATO planes bomb the United Arab Emirates. Meanwhile Khamenei and Putin meet in Moscow. Putin promises to send aid to besieged Iranian troops in the Persian Gulf.
January 20: Barack Obama leaves office. Rand Paul is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
January 21: There are reports that Egypt's military under Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been summarily executing Jews as part of a "Fifth Collumn Purge." Israel recalls its ambassador from Egypt.
January 23: A resolution to recommend that Narenda Modi sign a non-aggression pact with Russia is proposed in the Indian Parliament, but fails to pass.
January 24: The American and Iranian navies clash off the coast of Bahrain.
January 31: 3,000 Iranian sailors are taken as prisoners of war by the American Navy off the coast of Qatar.
February 2017
Februrary 7: NATO launches a second crashing wave maneuver in the Persian Gulf, resulting in the capture of 390,000 Iranian troops.
February 8: The Indian parliament passes a resolution affirming Narenda Modi's decision to sign a weapons and intelligence-sharing treaty.
February 9: Russia deploys reinforcements to the Persian Gulf. Meanwhile, NATO forces bomb the Iranian cities of Shiraz and Gorgan.
February 11: Russian forces arrive in the Persian Gulf. Meanwhile NATO forces land on Qatar.
February 14: NATO diverts some of its troops from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan, resulting in several naval clashes with Russian and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.
February 15: Russia begins deporting non-Russians from Crimea to Western Ukraine.
February 19: Russia begins a three day naval shelling campaign of the American Northeast. Many cities are heavily damaged, especially Boston.
February 21: Russia deploys an extra division to the Syrian port of Tartus.
February 25: NATO forces capture Doha.
February 28:The Shiite insurgency in Saudi Arabia spills over into Qatar and launches guerilla warfare against NATO troops.
March 2017
March 3: The NATO offensive into the Persian Gulf stalls after problems with the Shiite insurgency.
March 7: A large Russian hacker attack penetrates the US Government and leakes a dossen of classified documents. One included information about NATO planning to use chemical weapons on insurgency strongholds.
March 14: The pro-russian Mexican government begins settling up a military base near the US-Mexican border and starts firing artillery into Texas.
March 16: The Russian Navy blockades Hawaii.
March 18: China signs a weapon and intelligence treaty with Iran after one of their trade ships are shot down by the Pakistanian Army. Meanwhile Russian troops enters the United Arab Emirates.
March 23: Massive Anti-War protest takes place in major American cities, people are tired of the destruction and famine caused by the destruction. The newly elected president Rand Paul says that the main goal of the war will be defeating Iran and then make a peace treaty with Russia. This treaty would let Russia expand the Eurasian Union into the Middle East and Central Europe with countries including: Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. The US would then install pro-western government in several other Arab countries, creating a terror balance between the two super powers.
March 29: The Russian Navy withdraws from Hawaii after the Americans launched a air offensive against the blockade. As a result of this two Russian frigates and four destroyers are either destroyed or badly damaged. The first attempt to a invasion of the US mainland is now underwayed.
April 2017
April 1: A Russian prisoner of war is returned to the troops stationed at the Qatar border. He tells them that the US plans to attack their positions with a number of 30 000 troops. This was a trick by the US commanders to lure the Iranians. Instead they sends 1000 troops there and the rest to attack the Iranian positions in Yemen.
April 4: 30,000 Iranian soldiers are either killed or taken captive in the Battle of Sanãw.
April 9: A resolution to enter the war on Irans side is purposed by the Chinese government after losing high sums of trade income from the Pakistanian sea blockade.
April 13: NATO pushes closer into Yemen and captures Thamúd and Ariqim. Iran deploys more troops to the region.
April 15: China declares war on Pakistan, NATO and the US.
April 17: Australia begins sancioning the coal import to China as a result of the declaration of war. China retaliates by doing the same thing on computer and telecommunication hardware.
April 23: A white revolt against President Jacob Zuma occures in South Africa. The Free South African Army declares itself as the legitimate government and declares war on Russia. Zuma, who have stayed neutral during the war seeks help and travels to meet with Putin in Moscow despite calls from the African Union.
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