1899: Swedish motor torpedo boats attack and destroy the British fleet at Scapa Flow. Swedish troops occupy Scotland until 1949.
Britain abandons its colonies in South Africa, Burma, and the Falkland Islands. THis consolidation of power prevents India and Australia from gaining independence. The British Empire still exists in 2077
1901. THeodore Roosevelt becomes president and remains so until his death in 1953.
1903. The Bolshevik Revolution occurs in Russia, The Communists win the resultant civil war.by 1908.
1906 Japanese sneak attack shocks world. THe Ottoman Empire is now a Japanese territory. Israel is allowed to be a non-aligned state. Japan now controls the Arabian oil fields. German forces bolster the the Franco-British defense of the Suez Canol.
1907. German, Austro-Hungarian, and French forces occupy Eastern Europe. Remaining Muslim population mass deported to the Philippines over U.S. protests.
1907 .45 automatic pistol research project rapidly expanded to incude all automatic weapons research in the U.S. military.
1910. John Garand's This Machine adopted by United States forces in .308. This semiautomatic rifle effectively crushes Moro resistance in the Philippines. It remains in front line service until 1937 and in Filipino Army service until 1957. Still in production as a civilian rifle in 2077.
1912. 1911A1 .45 pistol adopted as standard U.S. sidearm.
1914. The Soviets start World War I. They are defeated by Germany and Austria -Hungary by the fall of 1914. Britain, Sweden, Japan, France and the United States stay out of the war, The Soviets remain in power in Russia.
1916 Pancho Villa killed by American armored cars while raiding Columbus, New Mexico. The Mexican Revolution ends. Colonel George Patton promoted to General.
1920-33. Prohibition-related violence leads to the National FIrearms Act of 1928. You have to have a permit not to own a gun in America.
1929. The Great Depression Imperial German Empire collapse, along with AUstria-Hungary and Italy. HItler and Mussolini come to power. Civil War erupts in China. Japan continues taking the Middle Eastern Oil.
1930. March 16-18. The Great Deka State Tornado rages from Arizona to the Canadian Border. 297,000 dead, 1.5 million wounded. Beginning of Roosevelt's 'New Deal' programs to alleviate social suffering.
1932. Soviets occupy Manchuria and establish the then puppet 'People's Republic of China'. Civil war rages until the Commies seize power in 1949.
1933 Eugene Stoner patents Service Rifle. It is adopted by the U.S. military in 1937, but National Guard Units not issued this weapon until 1943.
1936 Philippine army adopts a locally produced copy of the German MP35 submachine gun as the COBRA,
It uses the same .45 acp ammo and magazines as the tommy gun, but is simpler to mass produce.
1939. WWII begins in Europe when Germany invades and occupies France, Mussdolini stays neutral.
1941. June 22cd Germany attacks The Soviet Union.
1941 June 25. British military seizes Arabian oil fields from Japan. Japanese forces return from from the former Ottoman Empire to Japan.
1941 August 1. Japan seizes the Dutch East Indies Oil fields. U.S. embargo of medical supplies leads to diptheria outbreak killing 1.5 million Japanese children, despite Nazi aid.
1941 December 7. Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor.Under MacArthur's orders, Philippine-based B-17 bombers hit
hit a Japanese naval convoy, sinking six Japanese aircraft carriers. The Japanese still land in the Philippines. e
1941 December 9th. Hitler orders German forces not to attack America. Result: America's war effort is solely in the Pacific.
12/7/1941-March 25th 1941. Jaoanese forces become bogged down in the Philippines. Aerial U.S. tactics of only hitting Zeros on the ground results in 90% destruction of Imperial Japan's air force. Filipino ground units are equipped the every other soldier has a COBRA SMG. U.S. military allies equipped with Service Rifles. The Japanese advance is rapidly slowed down to a crawl as massed bayonet attacks are repeatedly repulsed.
Feb 1st. General Yama[censored]a orders defensive only tactics. 90% of Japanese armor destroyed by U.S. M2 tanks in a huge tank battle outside Manila. Massive U.S. reinforcements are poured into the battle.
March 1st. Japan's begin's evacuating its troops from the Philippines. The Last Imperial units leave March 25th and return to Japan.
April 15th. U.S. forces land in Japan at night. They head straight for despite fierce Japanese resistance,
April 30th Tojo arrested and shot on Emperor's orders. Japan begins surrender negotiations through Italian embassy.
May 3rd Japan surrenders, It is occupied by the U.S. until 1953, but the U.S. has military presence there as of 2077.
July,2-8 1942 The Battle of El Aiamein is a total rout for the British as Rommel's Afrika Korps defeats them.
July 20. Grmany occupies Arabian oil fields.
August 1. Britain declares a cease fire with Germany. Though not occupied, Britain is out of WWII.
1943. July 6-20. THe SOviet offense at Kursk ends in total defeat for the Red Army.
July 22cd. Moscow evacuated. Vladivostok becomes seat of Soviet Government.
September 15 th. Soviet cease fire with Germany. . Nazi troops on Afghan-Chinese border.
1944 June 6th. Germans land in Texas at Brownsville.
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