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April: The Resource Wars begin. Many smaller nations go bankrupt, and Europe, dependent on oil imports from the Middle East, responds to the Middle East's rising oil prices with military action. The long drawn-out war between the European Commonwealth and the Middle East begins.
May - July: The United Nations, already suffering, begins to collapse. In a series of heated debates, many nations withdraw from the organization as the U.N. tries to keep the peace. The United Kingdom is the second country to pull out of the U.N., Ireland being the first.
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2053
December: The United Kingdom showing it's power uses terrorist nuclear weapons and destroys Tel Aviv. Fears begin to rise around the world on the United Kingdom's power. Rumors spread of the UK plotting world domination.
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2054
January: Limited nuclear exchange in the Middle East raises fears throughout the world. The UK mysteriously pulls out from the war, barricading it's coastline.
March: As a response to the Energy crisis, the UK proposes the annexation of Ireland in spite of the New Plague on the rise.
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2055
July: Ireland, not involved in the European-Middle Eastern war, manages to salvage the resources it has left and annexes into the United Kingdom, in fear of being unable to sustain itself. The UK begins to share it's remaining petroleum with the new UK area.
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2060
February: The European-Middle Eastern War ends as the oil fields in the Middle East run dry. There is no longer a goal in the conflict, and both sides are reduced almost to ruin. The UK being in an almost pristine condition.
June: The European Commonwealth dissolves into quarreling nation states, fighting over the remaining resources.
October: The UK begins to tunnel beneath their metro system for future nuclear storage. This is codenamed Project Cold Storage.
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2061
March: The UK begins it's international espionage of every country in search of nuclear secrets. The UK discovers fueling tension between China and the US.
September: The UK activates American and Chinese sleeper spies to avoid paranoia rising against Englishmen. Their sleeper spies blend into the nation's population.
October: The UK discovers the location of multiple US and Chinese nuclear bases, including the Big Mountain Training Facility.
December: The UK begins construction on nuclear weapons to match those of the United States, and China combined.
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2062
June: The UK raises gas and oil prices to over $7,000 a gallon, purposefully to ensure that all energy goes towards Project Cold Storage.
July: Difficulties in the tunnels cause certain areas to become dead ends. Airways into the streets, and metro are opened as a result of explosions, and deterioration.
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2069
April: The UK discovers the schematics for the BOMB-001 facility. They begin construction on their own orbital missile stations, codenamed Project Spade.
April: Project Cold Storage is complete.
May - July: Construction of the UK's nuclear weapons is complete, the nuclear weapons are now being stored in the underground. The UK institutes a quarantine to transfer the nuclear arms.
May - July: Riots begin in the streets of London. Protesters are saying that the UK is not stepping up to the threats the US is posing. Buckingham Palace and the Big Ben are closed down and used as military hospitals. The British soldiers begin firing on civilians.
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2072
January: The UK is put under question by the European Union. The UK has been silent for years, and the EU demands to know their agenda. The UK pulls out from the EU.
April: The European Union comes together to attack the United Kingdom. The UK retaliates by threatening nuclear war. The EU is quick to back down.
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2076
July: Seven American cargo planes carrying the FEV virus crash throughout the United Kingdom. No clean up is initiated, there aren't enough resources to do so.
August - November: The UK spends the last of it's funds to import American Power armor prototypes, and civil arms for the British army.
November: The Power Armor prototypes, and civil arms transfer vehicles were crashed and raided. Civilians now roam, heavily armed.
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2077
February: A meteor storm destroys the United Kingdom National Penitentiary and is now overrun by it's inmates. Crime and murder rates soar.
March - April: New Plague outbreak kills 30% of UK population.
July: Project Spade is complete.
August 14th: President of the United States is assassinated by obvious UK means.
August 21st: United States is shaken by the attacks. They have no idea what to do.
August 22nd: Vice President is sworn in immediately, the legislature allows the US to invade the United Kingdom. The new president speaks to the public about the United Kingdom posing as a threat.
November 6th: The US fires the first B-O-M-B on the UK. Manchester is destroyed.
November 11th: The UK fires the second and third B-O-M-B on the USA. Houston and Boston are destroyed. The US is stunned at the backfire.
October 21st - 22nd: The UK institutes a quarantine. It's ineffective, and poison gas is released to remove any remaining threats.
October 23rd: THE GREAT WAR BEGINS China and the USA exchange fire for the first few moments of the war. Other countries join in once they heard the air sirens, and watched the missiles soar by.
12:35 PM - US spies sabotage the UK's arsenal of nuclear arms. They are prematurely ignited while the UK is in the process of unloading them.
1:24 PM - The UK's arsenal of nuclear arms fires. It completely devastates the entire nation. The UK has finally ceased to being a threat.
2:35 PM - The Great War is over, causing immense damage to the entire planet. But the United Kingdom was permanently devastated beyond habitability.
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