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World War One Begins (1914)-(How does it begin?). Allies: Britain, France, Russia, Japan. Central Powers: Germany, Italy, Hungary, the Ottoman Empire. The Afrikaners remain neutral, selling arms and food to both sides and hoping to take advantage.
Battle of Gaza (1914)-Egyptian forces mobilize, but they mobilize on behalf of the British! The Egyptian and Ottoman armies collide at Gaza and the Egyptians are victorious.
Afrikaner Invasion of Sudan (1915)-Hoping to take advantage of the Egyptians’ preoccupation with the closer Ottoman threat, the Afrikaners invade Sudan. The Allies declare war on the Afrikaners, who did not expect this to happen—Egypt was not a formal member of the Allied coalition.
Conference of London (1915 AD)-The leaders of the Allied states meet and decide on a Europe-first policy, since the Germans are a threat to the homelands of France and Russia (and to a lesser extent Britain), while the Afrikaners are only a threat to the colonies. It is decided to have Japanese and Australians bleed the Afrikaners in their vulnerable East Indian possessions—it’s cheaper than an invasion of Africa.
Battle of (Where?) (1915 AD)-The Royal Navy attempts to force the passage out of the Red Sea in order to reinforce India. They destroy the Afrikaner Red Sea Fleet, but owing to losses, are forced to wait for reinforcements. They occupy themselves devastating Afrikaner shore positions in the meantime.
Battle of (Where?) (1915 AD)-This battle is analogous to Jutland—the German fleet is contained. However, the blockade is somewhat weakened owing to Brit losses against the Afrikaners.
Battle of (Where?) (1915 AD)-The Royal Navy squadron in the Red Sea is ordered to go onto India even though reinforcements are not forthcoming. The Afrikaners attempt to stop their passage, but they get beaten.
Battle of Khartoum (1916)-Here the Afrikaners are defeated, although ejecting them from the great mass of Sudan they’ve occupied will be no easy feat.
Battle of (Where?) (1916 AD)-Afrikaners finally ejected from Sudan.
Ethiopia Enters the War (1917 AD)-Seeing the chance to throw off Afrikaner domination, the Ethiopians enter the war on the side of the Allies.
Battle of (Where?) (1917 AD)-Under the command of Afrikaner general Thomas de Lange, Maratha and Afrikaner forces break the back of the British army in India. Although the British continue to hold many major cities in Bengal and the northwest, the destruction of nearly half their army spells their doom. Many of the native princes, eager to throw off the British yoke and be counted among the new rulers of India, betray the British alliance.
Russian Revolution (1918 AD)-
Bolshevik Coup (1919 AD)-
Treaty of (What?) (1919 AD)-The Bolsheviks make a separate peace with Germany and its allies. The new states of Great Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Finland are carved out in Eastern Europe, while the Romanians are ceded Bessarabia. The Germans have not advanced as far, so Ukraine remains part of the newly-minted Soviet Union. The Bolsheviks also agree to sell grain to the Germans “as far as practicable.”
Ottoman Empire Sues for Peace (1919 AD)-The Ottoman Sultan sues for peace as Allied forces draw near Constantinople. The Allies make a somewhat merciful peace, since they still need to fight the Germanic juggernaut in Europe, the Afrikaner juggernaut in the Indian Ocean, and Russia has just bowed out of the war entirely. The resulting Treaty of Jerusalem formalizes the independence of Egypt and the cession of the Levant TO Egypt, the cession of present-day Iraq to the Persians, and the independence of the other Arab lands under the leadership of their various princes. However, a series of trade agreements similar to OTL’s Capitulations are imposed, which really PO’s the Ottoman public.
Great Czech Uprising (1919 AD)-The Czech minority revolt against the Hungarians, throwing the nation into chaos.
Hungary Sues for Peace (1919 AD)-
Germany Requests Armistice (1919 AD)-
Treaty of (What?) (1919 AD)-The French have finally gotten their revenge on the German Republic. The Rhineland is demilitarized permanently, while (either Alsace or Lorraine) is returned to France. The Germans are forced to pay reparations to the French. The French would like the reparations to be even higher, but the British point out that the new regime in Russia bodes ill and maintaining a stronger Germany (and the existence of its new allies in the East) would be prudent. The British, however, insists on plebiscites re: certain border territories in Germany and the kingships of various Hohenzollern relatives in the East. The Poles eject their Hohenzollern king and get some territories from Germany’s eastern border-zones, but the settlement remains intact elsewhere in the East.
Treaty of (What?) (1919 AD)-The Confederation is forced to recognize the Japanese conquest of Taiwan and loses Timor to Australia following the defeat of its European allies in the First Great War. However, the British are in turn forced to recognize the annexation of the last pro-British states in India by the Afrikaner regime. Afrikaner settlements in southern Ethiopia dismantled, although a few individual Afrikaners are permitted to stay due to their role in vital industries.
Scrapping of (What?) and (What?) (1919 AD)-The Afrikaners decide to scrap the two battleships that are under construction but not yet finished and use the materials instead to build submarines. The war has shown them that beating the Brits battleship-for-battleship is a losing proposition. Submarines, on the other hand, might be the key to victory in the next war.
Ottoman Civil War Begins (1919 AD)-Ottoman general (name) rises up against the Ottoman Emperor for his supposed incompetence in losing the remainder of the Empire’s Arab lands to the Persians and Egyptians and the remnants of its European hegemony to the Balkan upstarts.
Great Rebellion Begins (1920 AD)-Several major black-African uprisings break out against Afrikaner rule, while the Afrikaner acquisition of former British territories in India gets ugly—the British left all their military gear behind to arm an Indian insurgency. Nationalist risings in Burma and the East Indies break out as well.
Ottoman Civil War Ends (1920 AD)-The war ends with (the WWI emperor) deposed and exiled to a palace in the Taurus Mountains (where the Sultan will live in luxurious isolation with sterilized concubines) and his son Mahmoud takes the throne. The rebellious general becomes Prime Minister (he will have all the real power for as long as he lives) and begins plans for modernizing the Ottoman army.
Ottoman Invasion of the Caucasus (1921 AD)-(General) decides to give the reorganized army some real combat experience. The Ottomans invade the Caucasus, which is torn by ethnic strife and Red-White violence. The Ottomans quickly occupy all of present-day Azerbaijan and Armenia, leaving Georgia alone. Although some press for a war of revenge against Persia, (the general) vetoes it. The conquest, fast though it was, revealed flaws in the Ottoman army, and thus more work is required. Retaking Mosul can wait.
Relief of Rangoon (1922 AD)-An Afrikaner relief force defeats Burmese rebels who are laying siege to Rangoon, the capital of the Afrikaner staten of Burma.
Battle of Batavia (1923 AD)-Afrikaners retake Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in several days of brutal house-to-house fighting.
Great Rebellion Ends (1924 AD)-Although banditry and guerrilladom will occur for years afterwards, the Afrikaners have re-established control over the Confederation. The only accounts remaining to be settled from the last war are the Ethiopians, and at present, the Confederation is too weak to launch another war.
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(What Number?) Amendment to the Great Charter Passed (1928 AD)-Ruling-class women now have the right to vote in national and local elections all across the Confederation. This is pushed as a reward for women’s service at the home front during the Great War and in battle alongside men defending their homes and families during the Great Rebellion. The passage of this amendment is rather difficult—however, the backing of the Afrikaner Reformed Church is attained by pointing out men and women voted on leaders in the early church, and that “I suffer not a woman to teach, nor hold authority over a man” refers only to religious, not political, situations.
Second Ethiopian-Afrikaner War Begins (1933 AD)-Using some minor border violations as pretext, the Afrikaners attack the Ethiopians.
(Name) Becomes Taiping Emperor (1935)-This will be the last non-hereditary succession in South China.
Treaty of Addis Ababa (1935 AD)-This marks the end of the second Ethiopian-Afrikaner War. The Afrikaner settlers expelled at the end of the First World War are allowed back, and must be compensated by the Ethiopian government. Ethiopia’s sovereignty is guaranteed, but the presence of a large body of armed Afrikaners limits Ethiopia’s ability to deal with the Afrikaners as equals. This begins the long Ethiopian vassalage to the Confederation.
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Beginning of the East Asian Phase of the Second World War (1938 AD)-The Japanese and the Qing strike southward, with the Qing attacking the Taiping and the Japanese attacking the Philippines, French Indochina, and the Afrikaner- and Australian-held East Indies. US declares war on Japan.
Death of (Name) (1939 AD)-Taiping Emperor (Name) killed by Qing-Japanese bombing raid launched from Taiwan. He has not selected a successor, so his son (name) succeeds him. This is the end of the meritocratic system of succession in the Taiping empire.
Soviets Enter Second World War (1940 AD)-With most of Europe’s militaries moving eastward to deal with the Japanese, the Soviets and Romanians attack Poland, Hungary, the Baltic states, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany. At the same time, large numbers of Communist infiltrators (Indian exiles for the most part, along with Turkic peoples) are sent southward into India in order to sow dragon’s teeth while the Qing and Japanese distract the Afrikaners.
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Ankara Falls (1941 AD)-Ankara falls to Soviet forces.
“Miracle on the Oder” (1941 AD)-Here the seemingly-invincible Red horde is stopped. The Germans left the bridges on the Oder intact, but mined. The overconfident Soviets begin crossing and when about half the Soviet force is over the bridge, the Germans set the explosives off. German forces then pounce on the stranded Soviet forward elements and slaughter them. The Soviets withdraw to Warsaw to regroup.
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Soviet Invasion of India (1943 AD)-The Soviet leadership begins to get a bit desperate. They conclude that the way to break the stalemate in the West is to invade India and use its manpower against the Franco-German armies in Poland and the Anglo-Scandinavian forces in the north. They think that owing to the distraction of the Afrikaners and the large-scale infiltration operations they’ve been engaging in over the last couple of years, the Afrikaner-Maratha ruling class will fall quickly and they can use the radicalized Indian masses as cannon fodder. So they bribe the Afghan Emir and all the tribal chiefs and invade India.
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American Landings in Siberia (1944 AD)-American forces from Alaska push through depleted Soviet armies into Siberia.
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Vladivostok Falls to Americans (1945 AD)-
Battle of (Where?) (1945 AD)-The Japanese and Qing defeat an American push from occupied Vladivostok into northern Korea.
Siege of Vladivostok (1945-6 AD)-The Qing and Japanese lay siege to the trapped American force within Vladivostok.
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Qing China Makes Separate Peace with the US (1947 AD)-Faced with Afrikaner incursions in the west, a crumbling southern border with the Taiping, the use of their soldiers as Japanese cannon fodder, and constant US bombing, the Qing make peace. Part of the peace treaty includes a clause saying that the US will back the territorial integrity of Qing China, which right now is being threatened by the Afrikaners.
US Nuclear Strike on Truk (1947 AD)-The United States smashes the remnants of the Japanese fleet with a nuclear bomb. US planes paper Japan with photographs of the destruction in an effort to pressure the Japanese government to surrender.
Tokyo Bay Demonstration Strike (1947 AD)-Although much of the Japanese ruling class wants to surrender, the militarists still hold sway over the Emperor. The US detonates another nuclear bomb in Tokyo Bay. Although the bomb is far enough away to not do major damage, the blast does blind thousands of people in Tokyo, some permanently.
Afrikaner Destruction of the Vosmak Line (1947 AD)-The Afrikaners deploy nuclear weapons against the entrenched Soviet forces at Dushnabe and Bokhara. Afrikaner forces immediately attack, smashing the weakened Soviet defenses in four places. The Soviets are able to reform and force the Afrikaners back at Urganch, but Soviet manpower is running low. The Afrikaners are now in possession of much of Soviet Central Asia.
Battle of (Where?) (1947 AD)-Qing and some local Japanese forces defeated in western China by Afrikaner and Tibetan invaders.
Treaty of Nagasaki (1947 AD)-The Japanese finally surrender. Japan must withdraw from its remaining Southeast Asian conquests and compensate Europeans, Afrikaners, and locals who suffered at the hands of its military. Korea and Taiwan must be granted a great deal of local autonomy and, especially with Korea, attempts to impose Japanese culture must stop. The US made a more lenient peace with Japan since President Thompson believed that their help would be needed against the Afrikaners.
Battle of Ashgabat (1947 AD)-The Afrikaners again attack the Soviet forces. Radiation poisoning has begun to take its toll on the Soviet armies, which crumble. Afrikaner forces occupy the Caspian port of Aktau.
World War II Ends (1947 AD)-Seeing that all is lost, the Soviet leadership issues its unconditional surrender to the Anglo-German-American alliance from its last redoubt in the Siberian city of (what?).
Zhem River Crisis (1948 AD)-Almost as soon as the Soviet Union surrendered, war nearly flared again. German forces moving southward to occupy strategic sites in the Caucasus and Central Asia collide with Afrikaner and Persian forces moving northward to occupy as much territory as possible. Afrikaners continue to penetrate Russian Xinjiang and parts of Qing China. There are several nasty collisions. The European powers claim that the Afrikaner move violates the (analogue to the Tehran or Potsdam agreement); the Afrikaners dare them to do something about it. They make a reference to their possession of the atomic bomb.
President Thompson Delivers Ultimatum (1948 AD)-William Thompson, President of the United States, delivers an ultimatum to Thomas Lutkens, leader of the Confederation. If the Confederation attempts to take any more territory from the former Soviet Union or Qing China, or engages in further combat with the European nations, it and its allies (this includes the Taiping) will face nuclear retaliation. US nuclear-capable bombers begin massing in Taiwan, Australia, Korea, Japan proper, Great Britain, Morocco, France, and parts of the former USSR.
Afrikaner Withdrawal (1948 AD)-The Afrikaners back down. Under Allied pressure, the Afrikaners withdraw south of the Aral Sea and Persians, without their big friend to help them, retreat to their pre-war boundaries in the Caucasus, although they are sure to get their share of Tajik-speaking territory in Central Asia (organized as an oblast on the opposite side of Afghanistan, which is not required to surrender a corridor). German and “friendly Russian” forces soon replace them. The Afrikaners, unable to annex territory outright due to the inconvenient presence of their Afghan allies, instead create the puppet Turkestani Republic north of Afghanistan (consisting of present-day Uzbekistan, northern Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan). The Tibetans are forced to leave the territories they occupied in western Qing China.
League of Democracies Formed (1948 AD)-Recognizing the danger that the gigantic Confederation represents to world freedom, the United States, Great Britain, and Germany mastermind the formation of the League of Democracies, TTL’s equivalent to NATO. Ukraine, Belarus, and the new Russian Republic are admitted as members.
Self-Determination Compact Formed (1948 AD)-The Afrikaners form this counter-alliance, which consists of the Confederation, Persia, Taiping China, Tibet, Thailand, the Hejaz, and Afghanistan. Ostensibly, this alliance is protect against attempts by “outside forces” to “subvert the traditional governments and societies that comprise this alliance.” It’s essentially the Warsaw Pact—the Confederation is the dominant power and the others are, to varying degrees, its satellites. The Ethiopian government refuses to sign. Afrikaner forces mobilize on Ethiopia’s borders, but the United States hints broadly that an attempt to invade Ethiopia to force its compliance will not be appreciated. The 1930s Treaty of Addis Ababa is renewed instead.
Mongolian Revolution (1948 AD)-Mongolian nationalists rebel against the Qing dynasty. Having just been mauled by the Afrikaners and Taiping, the Qing are too weak to do anything about it. The rebels receive some Afrikaner weapons once it’s clear that they’re not going to get crushed immediately, but actual aid is limited and the Mongolians forces refuse to allow their nation to become an Afrikaner satellite.
Fall of the Qing Dynasty (1950 AD)-The twin defeats of WWII and the successful rising of the Mongolians convince many in China that the Qing have lost the Mandate of Heaven. (Name), one of the few Qing generals who shows any degree of military competence, topples the Qing dynasty and establishes the Yong (“everlasting”) dynasty.
First Indonesian Revolt (1951)-Spurred on by the propaganda of the retreating Japanese (who left lots of weapons behind), the native peoples of the East Indies rise up against the Afrikaners. They get brutally put down.
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Egypt Officially Joins League of Democracies (1960 AD)-Although Egypt has been an ally of Britain and that has deterred Afrikaner attack thus far, the Egyptians seek membership in the League. The League requires Egypt to make efforts towards rule of law, full religious freedom, a parliament with real power, etc. The Egyptian king does so, and Egypt joins the League.
The Pampas Revolt (1962 AD)-The Afrikaners have been feeding funds and weaponry to white supremacists in southern Brazil for years, in hopes of establishing an allied state in the Western Hemisphere. Said white supremacists revolt, but are slapped down. In the process, they commit lots of atrocities (expulsion/massacre of blacks and those of insufficiently white blood, for example). The white supremacists in question are an uglier fringe of this group:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampas_Republic The three states where the revolt occurs are Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná.
Brazil, US Bring Afrikaners Before League of Nations (1962 AD)-Brazil and the US condemn the Afrikaners for their aiding/abetting of this sort of behaviour. Christopher Korb, the Afrikaner ambassador to the League, denies Confederate involvement, but points out that the Confederation government is loathe to prevent member staten or private citizens from assisting oppressed white peoples elsewhere in the world. He makes things worse by referring to the US President as a “cuckold” due to the fact that his wife is a painter and once brought a (male) nude model into the White House. She threatens to sue him, but he has diplomatic immunity. The US government begins procedures to declare him a persona non grata and he is forced to apologize.
The Confederation Recalls Korb (1962 AD)-Korb is recalled by his government for his embarrassing behaviour. He gets one last dig in—he says that even if no immoral behaviour went on with the First Lady and her model, she would be wise to avoid the appearance of evil in the future. The Confederation replaces him with James Hodges, who presents evidence of US aid to anti-Confederation elements in India, Africa, the Middle East, and the East Indies. He denies official Confederation involvement, but said if the Confederation (or certain individual staten or private individuals) sent arms and money to the Brazilian rebels, it would be belated retaliation for Western interference in the internal affairs of Compact nations. “We have turned the other cheek long enough.”
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Korb Appointed Minister of Public Morals in (What Name?) Staten (1963 AD)-In protest of his recall and forced retirement, the leadership of (what staten?) appoints Korb Minister of Public Morals.
Ascension of (Name) (1967 AD)-He will be the last Taiping Emperor. He combines the worst of both worlds—most of the time he is an ignorant do-nothing who spends most of his time with his concubines and allows his advisors to corruptly govern, but when he does assert himself, it’s usually to make a half-hearted attempt to spread Taiping ideology (closing down Buddhist temples, executing those who practice foot-binding or abandon infant girls, etc).
Taiping China Leaves Alliance (1969 AD)-(Name) withdraws Taiping China from the Afrikaner-led alliance, citing various “violations of Taiping sovereignty” (assassinations conducted on Taiping soil, sending Afrikaner missionaries to try to bend the Taiping beliefs in more orthodox directions, etc).
First Stealth Aircraft Tested (1970 AD)-The first prototype Stealth aircraft are tested in the western United States.
(What Name?) Uprising Breaks Out (January 11th, 1973 AD)-This is the beginning of the end of the Taiping dynasty. Sick of harassment at the hands of the Taiping police due to religious differences, a Taoist sect called the (name) destroys the police headquarters in (what city?). A major uprising breaks out in the city. The Confederation and its allies abide by the Taiping decision to leave the Alliance and do nothing, thinking that the rebellion will put pressure on the Taiping to come crawling back.
Battle of (Where?) (January 13th, 1973 AD)-Local military forces ordered to crush the rebellion. A full quarter of the army defects to the rebels and the attempt by the remaining 3/4s to seize control of (what city?) is defeated. (Name), leader of the rising, calls on the Yong for aid. Although an outright invasion of South China does not occur, arms, money, and “volunteers” find their way south of the Yangtze.
Yong Invasion of Taiping China (September 8th, 1973 AD)-Seeing the rebellion spread all across southern China, the Yong government acts. Northern armies cross the Yangtze in three places, while another offensive is launched in the west. Taiping armies already beset by military mutiny and popular unrest crumble. There is fierce debate in the Great Volkstadt about whether or not to intervene at this point, but the anti-interventionists win out—the Taiping made their bed, let them sleep in it.
Battle of (Where?) (September 19th, 1973 AD)-Loyalist Taiping forces manage to inflict a nasty defeat on Yong armies, keeping them out of the Taiping heartland.
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Fall of Tianjing (August 3rd, 1975 AD)-Tianjing, the Taiping capital, falls to Yong forces. Its old name of Nanjing is brought back. The Taiping Emperor is killed in the fighting, but his sons (name), (name), (name), and daughters (name) and (name) manage to escape to Shanghai.
(Name) Crowned Emperor (August 5th, 1975 AD)-(Name) is crowned Emperor. He makes an allusion to his position being like that of King David after Absalom’s rebellion, and promises to return in triumph. In fact, in order to try to divert nationalist sentiment away from the Yong, he promises to take North China as well. The Great Volkstadt authorizes Afrikaners to serve as volunteers if they wish, since the Emperor who betrayed the Compact is dead.
Battle of (Where?) (August 11th, 1975 AD)-Taiping forces attempt to break the Yong siege of (what city?). They get soundly stomped.
Surrender of (Where?) (August 12th, 1975 AD)-Yong forces take (what city?). The only major city still in Taiping hands is Shanghai.
Peking Nuclear Strike (August 18th, 1975 AD)-The desperate Taiping fire a single-warhead nuclear missile at Peking in a move meant to decapitate the Yong government. The missile is damaged by interceptors and hits near (what city?), killing 200,000 people.
(What location?) Nuclear Strike (August 24th, 1975 AD)-The Yong regime retaliates, destroying the Taiping garrison at (where?) with a nuclear strike. The last obstacle on the road to Shanghai is destroyed.
Siege of Shanghai Begins (August 30th, 1975 AD)-Yong forces lay siege to Shanghai. The city is swollen with Taiping loyalist refugees and is supplied by sea from Taiwan—the Japanese fear that Taiwan might be the next target and want to bleed the Yong as much as possible.
Fall of South China (September 11th, 1975 AD)-Shanghai falls to the forces of Yong and China is reunified. With the aid of Afrikaner volunteers, the Taiping royal family attempts to flee to Batavia via Vietnam, where some Chinese garrisons remain loyal to them. The aircraft containing the last Emperor and one of his sisters is brought down and both die. Two younger brothers make it to Batavia. (Name), sister of the last Taiping Emperor, is taken alive and married to the eldest son of the Yong Emperor for political reasons. Their children will be the rulers of All Under Heaven.
Afrikaner Overtures to Japan (September 18th, 1975 AD)-The Afrikaners make diplomatic overtures to Japan, pointing out the danger that the now-reunified Chinese represent to Japanese control of Korea and Taiwan. Under heavy US pressure, the Japanese reject the offer.
Chinese Demand Return of Taiping (November 1st, 1975 AD)-Once they’ve consolidated their control over southern China, the Yong demand the return of the Taiping royals, along with any Afrikaner mercenaries who served them after the death of (the incompetent Emperor). They want to try the Taiping for their human-rights violations and punish their Afrikaner volunteers as “mercenaries.” The Afrikaners refuse.
Chinese Declare War (November 2nd, 1975 AD)-The Empire of China declares war on the Afrikaner Confederation. This activates the Compact treaty between the Afrikaners and their various allies, although only Tibet and Thailand directly participates in the war (some border raids against the Yong). Chinese naval units attack remaining Taiping garrisons in Vietnam while Chinese land forces begin moving southward. Massive air-strikes on Batavia and Singapore are disrupted by Afrikaner air defenses. Afrikaner forces invade southern Vietnam from OTL Malaya and move north to meet the Chinese in battle.
Battle of (Where?) (November 12th, 1975 AD)-The Afrikaners and Chinese collide. The Afrikaner force is about half the size of the Chinese one, but is more technologically advanced. The battle is a draw.
(What Location) Nuclear Strike (November 14th, 1975 AD)-The Afrikaners launch a nuclear strike on the Chinese defenses, followed by an immediate assault by radiation-suited soldiers. The Chinese are forced northward.
Batavia Nuclear Strike (November 16th, 1975 AD)-The Chinese slip a submarine into Batavia harbour and set off a nuclear bomb, destroying the coastal parts of the harbour and much of the Afrikaners’ (what number?) fleet. 80,000 killed, including about 5,000 Afrikaners, and seven ships sunk or “mission-killed.”
(What Location) Nuclear Strike (November 17th, 1975 AD)-The Afrikaners destroy (what port?) in southern China with a nuke and drop another bomb on the supply lines of the army in Vietnam.
US Brings Chinese Empire and Afrikaners Before the League of Nations (November 19th, 1975 AD)-Both sides are condemned for their use of nuclear weapons against civilian targets. The League levies sanctions (no military-related trade for either as long as the war lasts) and the US makes some unpleasant military threats.
Yong-Afrikaner Armistice (November 21st, 1975 AD)-The international outcry and the US military threat against both sides provide the perfect excuse for both nations to have a cease-fire.
Peace of Singapore (December 9th, 1975 AD)-The Chinese Empire and the Afrikaner Confederation make peace. Both parties will withdraw all of their militaries from Vietnam and neither will interfere with its politics. Both parties will also chip in large sums of money to pay for reconstruction of Vietnam. The religious freedom of Chinese Christians is to be guaranteed and all who wish to immigrate must be allowed to do so. Although most Chinese Calvinists choose to remain in China, about 300,000 or so emigrate to Afrikaner territories in East Indies and India, where they’re granted citizenship. Both US and Afrikaner military leaders study the Sino-Afrikaner War intensely, as it is a smaller-scale version of the conflict that both sides think is inevitable. The US makes it a priority to get hold of Afrikaner and Chinese battle data.
Morocco Officially Joins League of Democracies (1976 AD)-The apparent victory of the Afrikaners over the Chinese is enough to prod the Moroccan monarchy into making the necessary reforms.
Second Indonesian Rebellion (1976 AD)-Nationalists and Muslims in the East Indies rebel against the Afrikaners once it’s clear the Afrikaners intend to primarily settle the Chinese Christians in their region. They get slapped down and Chinese settlers begin streaming in, stabilizing Afrikaner control over the East Indies for a generation. Singapore becomes a Christian city, along with (pick some other cities). OTL majority-Christian regions such as the Moluccas are likely to gain a significant Chinese flavour.
Lower-Caste Revolt in India (1979 AD)-Several lower-caste revolts against Afrikaner/Maratha rule break out in India. They’re crushed by 1980.
Foundation of the Afrikaner Émigré Society in Amsterdam (1980)-In the aftermath of the Sino-Afrikaner War and the crushing of the two internal revolts, some Afrikaners become disillusioned with their society. Several of them who have emigrated to the Netherlands found the Afrikaner Émigré Society. As the Confederation stagnates, other such societies will be founded in Britain, Australia, and the US.
Pavle Boonzaier Writes “Christian Government” (1982 AD)-Although “bringing everything under the rule of Christ the King” theology has been part of the Afrikaner government for a long time, this crystallizes it in a form resembling present-day American “Christian Reconstructionism.” Boonzaier writes that the Calvinist “white” races of the Indian Ocean basin are the new chosen people and that the region is their Canaan (with everyone else as “hewers of wood and drawers of water”), but that Christians everywhere have a responsibility to spread the Gospel by bringing the entire world (economically, politically, culturally) under “the lordship of Christ.”
Formation of the Theonomy Party (1984 AD)-Boonzaier’s writings are quite popular among the more conservative Afrikaners and a political party dedicated to putting those beliefs into practice appears. It’s a third party behind the Liberals and Conservatives, but that will change.
First Theonomy Party Representative in the Great Volkstadt (1986 AD)-John Wouter is the first Theonomic representative in the Great Volkstadt.
Passage of the Second Military Service Act (1986 AD)-This act forbids emigration of male citizens prior to doing their 2-4 years of military service.
Prevention of Espionage Act Passed (1988 AD)-This act enables Afrikaner intelligence people to commandeer civilian assets if it’s necessary to deal with spies. This was a controversial act, since it’s seen as infringing on the rights of the ruling class far more than the conscription-related legislation did (the Afrikaners have had universal military service for centuries, so no big). As a concession, the Great Volkstadt must renew it every five years. The Theonomy Party supports the legislation owing to the threat of “false Christians and heathens” (the US and its allies).
Disruptive Persons Act (1989 AD)-This act was passed to deny media attention to prominent Afrikaner dissidents. If a person is placed under a “d-notice,” it is illegal for newspapers to report on their activities beyond a bare minimum. There’s some leeway with “bare minimum”—obits and such are permitted, but political stories are nto.
Paul Webb Assassinated (1989 AD)-Webb, a well-known Afrikaner dissident, is assassinated by some hooligans linked with the Theonomic Party. Said assassins are hanged, but it’s noted that all of them have some terminal disease or very bad family circumstances—it’s possible that they agreed to serve as kamikazes.
Somali Rebellion Begins (April 1st, 1993 AD)-After an Afrikaner landowner kills a Somali clan chief for interceding on behalf of one of his employees, an insurrection breaks out. It spreads to several Somali cities and receives some aid from the Ethiopian intelligence service, which seeks to throw off its vassalage to the Afrikaners.
Mogadishu Falls to Rebels (April 4th, 1993 AD)-Rebels seize control of the city of Mogadishu and proclaim the establishment of a Somali republic.
Addis Ababa Hit (April 6th, 1993 AD)-Afrikaners discover Ethiopian aid to the Somali rebels and launch an air strike on Addis Ababa, destroying the headquarters of intelligence agency and devastating one of their military bases. The Ethiopians get the hint and quickly cut off their support for the rebels. The Afrikaners lose three planes and a pilot to the Ethiopian air force and ground defenses, but they destroy fifty Ethiopian planes and most of Ethiopia’s air defense network.
Mogadishu Retaken (April 9th, 1993 AD)-Afrikaner security forces retake the city from the Somali rebels and nearly level it in the process. Hundreds of captured rebels (and many innocent bystanders unlucky enough to be captured) are hanged and taxes raised on the blacks within the city to compensate Afrikaner victims (loss of property, health, or lives).
Brilliant Pebbles Deployed (May, 1994 AD)-The United States and its allies deploy the Brilliant Pebbles missile shield. Although the initial system consists of only 800 interceptors, it is viewed as a major threat by the Afrikaners, who’ve tried to sabotage the project at various points. Though the US President offers to bring the Afrikaners under its umbrella (much like how Reagan offered SDI to the Soviets too), the proud Afrikaners refuse. They go to work on producing their own version.
Afrikaner Émigré Society Established in Philadelphia (January 1995)-The first society for Afrikaner émigrés is established in the United States. This is significant b/c of the great US-Afrikaner enmity.
Johan Lambert Publishes His Thesis (February 10th, 1995 AD)-Johan Lambert, a very distant relation of the English exile Lambert and a clergyman in the Afrikaner Reformed Church, publishes his thesis. In it, he makes the controversial claim that the Roman Catholic Church’s position on faith and works is not all that different from the traditional Calvinist position—the Calvinist position is “lordship salvation,” which teaches that a saving faith is the sort of faith that produces a lifestyle of obedience, good works, etc. He points out that the Catholics believe that “faith” is mere belief, not the sort of productive faith that Protestants think is sufficient for salvation. He then goes on to point out that both Catholic and Calvinist teachings can produce errors—Catholics try to earn what they already have, while there are an awful lot of lazy Protestants (who think that mere intellectual assent equals saving faith and anything else is “works-based”). His thesis spreads like wildfire among a population grown tired of the sacrifices that are increasingly needed to maintain their control over their overextended empire AND face down the United States in the Cold War.
Synod of Cape Town (May-June, 1995 AD)-The entire upper leadership of the Reformed Church is called for the first time in decades to discuss Lambert’s thesis and its impact. Lots of fiery speeches are made, along with nasty accusations (Lambert is supposedly “dancing to Rome’s tune” and betraying the memory of his ancestor). Ultimately the anti-Catholic traditionalists win out and Lambert is condemned as a heretic. His works are banned and he himself is defrocked and subject to d-notices. The traditionalist faction demands he be imprisoned, but he and some of his supporters “fly the coop” and emigrate to the United States. They are well received by the Presbyterian Church USA (but not the PCA and more conservative bodies, some of which are overtly pro-Afrikaner).
Conservative, Theonomic Party Merge (1995 AD)-The Conservative Party is absorbed by the Theonomic Party.
James Taveres Nearly Elected President of the Confederation (1995 AD)-James Tavares, the Theonomic Party candidate, is nearly elected President of the Confederation. The Liberal candidate Andrew Koch is re-elected, barely. The Liberals win because part of Tavares platform is the conquest and annexation of Australia, which he views as completing the destiny of “God’s people” in the Indian Ocean basin and provide them with a secure frontier. There are some Calvinistic Anglicans in Australia and, according to Tavares, many Australians dissatisfied with “humanism and Papism” would convert to Calvinism if they did not fear government reprisals (he cites the jailing of a Calvinist-Anglican cleric by the Aussie government and neglects to mention that he was jailed for espionage). Koch points out that it is unlikely in the extreme that Australia would join the Confederation voluntarily, and an attempt to conquer Australia would cause World War III. Koch shows lots of “Daisy Ad”-type things on TV. Tavares gains most of the African vote, while Koch gains most of the Indian and East Asian vote.
The Koch Racial Controversy (January 3rd, 1995 AD)-Theonomic/Conservative officials in the Afrikaner government attempt to interfere with Koch’s trip to Cape Town for his inaugaration by misusing the racial laws (the Cape is one of the more conservative regions). They claim that he has too many Indian ancestors to be considered “white.” Ultimately he gets to his inauguration on time, but it’s a clear sign of how intransigent the T/C elements are becoming.
OSS Issues Its “To the Knife” Report (1996 AD)-The OSS issues the report warning of the dangers of the Afrikaner political state wedded to the “Christian Government” ideology. It points out that various states allied against Russia to maintain the balance of power in Europe, but once the power of the Russian Empire was wedded with Bolshevik ideology, the resulting Soviet Union became the world’s problem. The US, Germany, and Britain allied to contain the Afrikaner Confederation in order to maintain the balance of power after WWII—however, if the “Christian Government” types gain control of the Afrikaner polity, they could shift from merely defending “their own” (which includes minor aggressions against neighbors) to a more aggressive foreign policy that could threaten the US, not because the US backs its nearer enemies, but because the US must be destroyed or subordinated on ideological grounds.
Jeremy Roberts Elected US President (1996 AD)-In response to the near-victory of the overtly imperialistic Tavares, Roberts from the Republican Party is elected President. His platform includes an expansion of the Brilliant Pebble network and more expansion into space.
Leadership of (Denomination) Forced to Register as Foreign Agents (1997 AD)-Soon after his election, Roberts forces the leadership of (what denomination) to register as foreign agents, since they often propagandize on behalf of the Afrikaner government.
(Name) Elected President of the Confederation (1997 AD)-(Name), the first Theonomic President of the Confederation, is elected. The League of Democracies conducts its “Iron Hand” military exercises at the same time, in case (name) tries something dangerous.
