1914 - (point of divergence) World War I occurs as a result of the German Empire attacking Denmark via a miscommunication. Britain and France immediately jump to Denmark’s help, and Austria-Hungary attacks Serbia.
1919 - Germany finally surrenders after much turmoil. The unsuccessful German Republic is born and the timeline continues as normal until the next timeline change.
1936 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics plunges into an unexpected civil war with a collaborative Nazi government in the west.
1939 - The Second World War officially begins, with the Third Reich and the Second Russian Empire coming to forces to invade Poland. A ceasefire is agreed between the SRE and the USSR.
1943 - In orders from Adolf Hitler, the SRE breaks the ceasefire with Nazi forces rushing to incapacitate the USSR further.
1945 - Germany’s capital city, Berlin, is overrun by Allied forces. The atomic bombings of Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) and Voronezh occur, forcing the SRE to surrender. The land is fully returned to the USSR.
1949 - North Sakhalin secedes from the USSR and enters Japanese Sakhalin due to complications and poor living conditions caused by leadership focusing on the military.
1991 - The Soviet Union falls, signalling the end of the Cold War. In addition to the now-freed nations in the west, Siberia joins by seceding.
2001 - A Muslim terrorist organization authorizes the attacks of 9/11, where the Empire State Building, the Pentagon, the New York State Capitol, and the White House, were targeted. Three out of four didn’t miss their attack, and the fourth only grazed the roof of the White House in low speed before landing in a field nearby, where the passengers were credited for their bravery and the hijackers were arrested and disarmed. The fifth and sixth planes were thought to be heading into the World Trade Center, but they both crashed into the water and Central Park, respectively, due to similar resilience from the passengers on both planes.
2019 - no covid :3