The Timeline

The worlds collide universe takes place in a timeline not to dissimilar from our own. It splits after the great offensive of 1919 in world war one. After that several things are different from our history, like world war two lasting until 1947.

1908
A mysterious alien craft lands in Siberia causing a large explosion fattening acers of land.

1919
The Allied Powers prepare for a final offensive into the German Empire, one that will cripple its warfighting capacity.

The Hindenburg Line is breached, and the Allies begin a drive to Berlin. With the Allied armies threatening to take the capital, Germany agrees to an armistice, bringing an end to the First World War.

Fighting continues in Russia, as the Bolsheviks take the upper hand in the Civil War.

1920
The Treaty of Versailles is ratified, greatly limiting German military power {NOTE - The Treaty in this universe is significantly less punishing; Germany is permitted to operate tanks and an air force, but they can't develop their own without approval from the League of Nations}.

The Nazi party is founded, and begins to grow in prominence in Germany.

1922
Following the Red Army's victory in the Russian Civil War, the Soviet Union is founded, bringing a new world power into the fray.

Japan and the United States enter a maritime arms race, ignoring the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.

Benito Mussolini comes to power in Italy following a successful coup d'état.

1923
The Nazi Party makes a coup attempt during the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, but it is put down by the authorities. Adolf Hitler is arrested, and begins writing Mein Kampf, his manifesto, while in prison.

1927
Rising tensions between Canada and the United States over cross-border bootlegging during Prohibition, combined with growing nationalist sentiments, lead to several skirmishes along the border, dubbed the Maple War by the press.

1929
The Black Tuesday stock market crash results in an unprecedented global depression, causing massive economic downturn worldwide and bringing an end to the Maple War.

Joseph Stalin becomes leader of the Soviet Union, leading to mass famine over the course of his brutal Five-Year Plans.

Germany experiences an inflation crisis due to post-war economic failures.

1930
An expedition led by the soviet scientist Leonid Kulik discover the alien craft at the site of the Tunguska event, and a containment dome is constructed around it. With help from Field Marshal Zhukov, it is kept secret from Stalin in fear of what danger this craft could hold to the world in his hands.

1932
Franklin Roosevelt is elected president of the united states, and starts the new deal.

1933
Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, thus bringing the Nazi party as the predominant political power in Germany.

1935
Italy invades Ethiopia, in hopes to build an empire

1936
The Second London naval treaty is signed. Thus bringing an end to the arms race between the United states and Japan.

1937
Japan invades China and parts of southeast Asia, thus starting another arms race between the United states and Japan

The first directed energy weapon, teleforce, is produced.

1939
Germany starts annexing several small European powers, thus raising tensions between the European powers.

The Soviet Union and Germany invade Poland, thus starting world war two

Britain and France fail to stop Germany from invading parts of Europe.

The soviets attempt to take land from the Finnish.

1940
Germany invades Belgium, thus opening a corridor into France

After a failed British invasion, Norway is occupied by Germany.

France falls, thus bringing an end to allied powers foothold in Europe.

Italy starts it's invasion of Greece, but fails to gain a foothold

The battle of Britain starts, which would lead to the crippling of the Luftwaffe.

1941
Operation Barbarossa is started, thus bringing an end to the non aggression pact.

Japan bombs pearl harbor and takes over several US islands the pacific, causing the US to join the allied powers

1942
The allies invade North Africa

The battle of midway cripples the Japanese fleet.

The battle of Stalingrad commences, causing the German invasion to halt

1943
Italy becomes a neutral power and forces the axis and allies out of its borders while the government recovers.

The battle of Moscow begins, lasting two months, forcing Germany to retreat from Russia.

Allies have full control of north Africa.

Initial landing attempts in the pacific fail, U.S. waits to bolster its forces before an attack

The United States discovers stealth technology and teleportation.

1944
The eastern front devolves into a trench warfare campaign

The allies fail to gain a foothold on normandy

Operation valkyrie succeeded, leading to germany becoming a federal republic.

The island hopping campaign in the pacific begins

1945
Germany attempts to counter invade Britain and fails.

Second invasion of Europe begins.

The soviet union slowly takes back the Balkans and pushes into Poland.

The island hopping campaign is nearing its end

1946
The United states uses it's nuclear weapons to destroy key production facilities in Germany and Japan

Germany attempts to bomb the United states, but are destroyed by teleforce.

The invasion of mainland japan begins.

An unknown alien spacecraft crashed in Roswell New Mexico.

German forces continue to retreat out of Europe.

1947
The Xenoceph land in Greenland, and attempt to assassinate the world leaders

Germany signs a peace treaty in which it forfeits its conquered territories to the allies.

The United Nations is formed

1948
The Xenoceph continue to bombing cities and means of production of the world's militaries

Landing forces assemble in Iceland and Canada

1949
The invasion of Greenland begins

The xenoceph science ship is destroyed

survivors either executed or taken as prisoners.

Mao Zedong takes over china and establishes the people's republic of china

1950
The first UN task force is assembled to stop the North Korean attack on South Korea.

1953
The Korean war ends, a cease fire is declared, and a demilitarized zone is placed between North and South Korea.

1955
The French Indo china war starts

A German/American team lands on the moon, being the first humans to land on another celestial body.

1956
The Soviet Union lands on the moon.

1965
Project Orion is accepted by the UN and is sent to Mars and Jupiter's moons.

Humanity starts to develop space bound warships

1967
America becomes involved in the Indo-China war

China declares war on America.

Japan joins America in war.

1969
The US and China declare a ceasefire

The US and Japan pull out of Vietnam

A Xenoceph armada appears in the solar system, to attempt to finish the job.

About half of the fleet is destroyed due to Icbms being manually detonated in space.

1970
Humanity's Starfleet finishes off the Xenoceph fleet.

The UN continues to fight a guerilla war with the Xenoceph remnants.

North Vietnam takes over South vietnam unifying the countries.

1971
The UN sends troops to help the Lunar Republic with liberating themselves

Reinforcements arrive on mars, only to find out the colonies fought a guerilla war with the xenoceph and won.

1972
The last xenoceph are captured and killed on mars.

Humanity starts to reverse engineer FTL technology.

Mid 1970s to the 1980s
With reverse engineered Xenoceph FTL drives, humanity starts exploring star systems and establishing exo solar system colonies.

Small colonial wars happen over land grabs made by earth based powers.

1988
The colonial wars are decreasing in number due to the U.N. giving land claims to countries

A new alien species, the Avali, are discovered. Several skirmishes happen between them and human colonists.

1990
Mikhail Gorbachev establishes the Soviet Union as a democracy and lets several territories go, such as Mongolia, East Poland, and Estonia.

1994
After several pirate attacks, the United States and Germany declare war on the Avali Illuminant.

After a few months, the United States and Germany evacuate after severe casualties.

1995
The Avali launch a commando raid on earth, in an attempt to cripple humanity's ability to invade again.

Shortly after the UN establish a task force to counter attack the Avali.

The Avali and Humanity sign treaties for trade and travel.

1997
After sharing star maps with the Avali, humanity discovers the earth like planet Tal.

Shigu kingdom kills US diplomat group, leading to a UN task force being sent to take over Tal

1998
UN defeats the Shigu kingdom, and Tal is modernized and declared a protectorate of the United States

The first sentient robot is put into service

2001
The Shigu Dukedom and the Confederation of Reono fight over border agreements after the Tal world war.

The UN peacekeepers and UNIDEF members stand by and provide riot control in city.

2002
After the 1 year of fighting a peace treaty is signed in the Gold ring with oversight from the UN.

2004
Humanity joins the commonwealth of civilized worlds, and brings the Avali Illuminate.

2010
Vladimir Putin and his White Army Succeed from the Soviet Union with support from China.

Nato and its allies support the Soviet Union, in hopes of keeping the controllable government around.

2011
Putin's white army gains support from Chechnya and siberia.

The battle of Volgograd puts a stand still to white army operations into the western soviet union. People start to doubt the capability of the white army.

2012
President Yanayev with CIA and Delta Force support assassinate Putin and his cabinet.

Support falls for the white army after the Soviet Union makes reforms to it's government and economic structure.

Mid 2010s to late 2030s
Humanity continues to explore and colonize other systems.

Humanity becomes one of the most powerful member of the commonwealth

2041
A biomechanical creature, dubbed a primagen emerges and wipes out the research station.

One is killed, though the other three manage to escape to an abandoned soviet factory.

In this factory they begin to make an army of lesser biomechanical creatures dubbed "protogens"

Earth is quarantined by the commonwealth of civilized worlds

2042
The Biomechanical creatures continue to push across Eurasia. The European powers regroup in Britain, Italy, Scandinavia, and Spain.

The largest naval invasion in human history takes place on the shores of northwestern Europe.

2043
Europe is successfully taken back from the primagens.

western Russia, after a blitzkrieg, is liberated from the primagen threats.

2044
The last of the primagen threats are wiped out in a strategic bombing mission and hunter killer groups.

Remaining Protogens and Primagens are forced to work as engineers.