As One Star Sets
[FONT="]Well, I promised action here for a while, and here it is. A few things have been delaying this: losing work, second thoughts on several things in the TL, and...well, the other TL 
But we'll be seeing more from here.
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[FONT="]1st-18th April: Heavy fighting across Korea, as rebels launch fresh attacks on Japanese military and police installations. In response, crackdowns intensify across the peninsula.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]This comes at a time of other difficulties for Japan. Not only is Indonesia continuing to press claims to Northern Borneo, but the Philippines have decided to revive the Sultanate of Sulu's claim to Sabah - both as a sop to the Moro population and out of a desire to increase Filipino geo-political influence. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]9th April: Matters are further inflamed when Vulcans operating out of RAF Tengah begin overflights of Northern Borneo. The Indonesian government denounces 'imperialist posturing' on the part of the Commonwealth.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]11th April: The Indonesian Air Force begins running live-fire exercises along their border with Malaysia. In response, the Royal Australian Air Force begins running increasingly aggressive patrols along their maritime border with Indonesia.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]12th April: Prime Minister Kuribayashi calls for round-table talks in Tokyo between the nations involved (and their sponsors...)[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]16th April: Talks begin. Singularly acrimonious talks...[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Continued growth of the Liberal Democratic Party of China. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Party's growth is helped significantly by the ongoing skirmishes along the border of the two Chinas. The division of China and the 'violence of political ideology' is harshly condemned by the Party.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]29th April: Firefight between a unit of Republican Guard soldiers and PLA troops on the border west of Hohhot leads to the death of 18 Communist soldiers and 1 DRC Republican Guardsman.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]May: Talks continue in Tokyo. While Japan and Britain want to resolve things - and recognise the mutual desire for an amicable relationship - the hostility between Indonesia and Malaysia (to say nothing of Australia) is reaching fever pitch. Indonesia's growth in military and economic clout has left them feeling singularly confident in their ability to take on their 'colonialist' enemies. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]19th May: Series of firefights along the Malay-Indonesia border. No fatalities, though a number of soldiers on both sides are injured. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]20th May: Prime Minister Kuribayashi offers both Indonesia and the Philippines major economic and military aid packages if they agree to de-escalate the situation.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]President Sukarno responds with a provisional agreement...if Japan agrees to assist Indonesia in developing a military nuclear programme. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]21st May: Kuribayashi responds with a counter-offer: Japan will agree to a nuclear sharing programme.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]24th May: Indonesia officially agrees to 'temporarily forego its natural rights in Northern Borneo'. As far as the world is concerned, this is simply the result of muscular diplomacy on all sides...and as a face-saving gesture, Malaysia allows several pro-Indonesia political prisoners to go free and leave the country.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The month sees further border clashes in China.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]5th June: Burmese forces operating in Shan State conduct a series of raids on isolated villages. They capture twenty Communist infiltrators from the PRC and hefty stockpiles of small-arms and ammunition. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]4th April: A Veterans Against Racism march in Nashville turns violent as the marchers are attacked by local mobs. The resulting riots last for two days, and the National Guard are called in to restore order.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]9th-17th April: Daughters of Columbia stage fresh protests in the South against 'immoral art', including anti-war shock music. It is noted that the interviews they give regarding their protests against anti-war music often find a way to criticise the decision to pull out of Chile and Bolivia...and many uneasily note similarities between their view of the conflict and the Dolchstosslegende that allowed Hitler to come to power in Germany.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Growth of Veterans Against Racism chapters across the northern states.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Canadian and British firms are investing further in Colombia, which comes as a major boon to the Ayala administration.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]19th April: Avro Canada unveils the prototype Avro Javelin strike fighter. The RCAF and the RAF are both highly eager for this new plane...and the Royal Navy notes that a modified version could serve as an effective carrier-based aircraft.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]21st April: Cassius Freeman joins the New Road political party. He will quickly become a major youth organiser in the party.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]3rd May: Long-running science-fiction programme The Space Rangers comes to an end. Isaac Asimov, the show's creator and main writer, observes 'I had a lot of fun with the show, and the concept allowed us to get across some clever ideas and important messages, but I have other things that I want to pursue right now'.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Said other things, it is rumoured, include a new novel series...[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]8th May: Bolivia announces a new Three-Year Plan to 'maximise agricultural production'. It is rumoured that Soviet agricultural planners had to talk the Bolivian government into setting more realistic quotas.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]2nd June: Several economic stimulus packages pass Congress as the United States seeks to create new jobs, aimed especially at the young and at Chilean War veterans. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]June also sees increased funding being provided to police forces and to the FBI, as the conflict against cocaine continues.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Police and FBI raids across the country manage to net large amounts of the drug, as well as street-level distributors, but there are no major breakthroughs in catching the kingpins.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Royal Canadian Navy patrol craft intercept a number of small craft from the United States during this time: small craft carrying cocaine bound for the Caribbean.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]April: The April War between Israel, Syria and Jordan.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]31st March: Even as Syrian and Jordanian forces begin their attack, they receive an unwelcome surprise: the Israeli Air Force launches a series of major air-raids on enemy air bases, in line with contingencies they'd developed after Egyptian intelligence shared details of the Syrian and Jordanian attack plans. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The air raids, code-named Operation Hammer of Vengeance, succeed in knocking out over half of the enemy's available air forces on the ground, as well as striking a number of command-and-control headquarters. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]1st-3rd April: Arab forces, spearheaded by Russian-built main battle tanks, force their way across the border in two places between Tiberias and Qiryat-Shemona, across the Golan Heights. Between them, the Syrians and Jordanians have deployed nearly a hundred thousand men. They meet little resistance, as Israeli ground forces give ground. However, the damage done to the Arab air forces means that the Israeli Air Force is able to launch devastating raids on their armoured and mechanised units.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The Jordanians also launch a separate attack into the West Bank. Five divisions cross the Jordan at Jericho, accompanied by major Palestinian uprisings.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]4th-5th April: Syrian forces occupy Qiryat-Shemona. The city is a small one, so they leave a light occupation force, focusing the main body of their troops - together with their Jordanian allies - on a drive to the coast, to Nahariyya and Haifa.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Ground-attack missions continue to take their toll on Arab forces.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Israeli forces occupy Gaza, as a 'temporary measure'.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Jordanian forces in the West Bank are nearing Jerusalem.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]6th-10th April: Battle of Nazareth. Israeli forces launch a three-pronged counter-offensive on the advancing enemy forces north of Nazareth, striking from Nablus, Nahariyya and the Lebanese border, in conjunction with the single greatest concentration of aircraft that the Israelis have yet mounted.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The battle sees the largest clash of armour since World War II. By the end of the 10th, over 400 Israeli tanks are destroyed...and over 900 of the 1300 that the enemy entered Israel with are also destroyed. Nearly half of the enemy's transport vehicles are also lost, while Jordanian attempts to land heli-borne special forces behind Israeli lines result in the loss of over forty helicopters.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]During this time, Jordanian forces succeed in taking Jerusalem, despite fierce resistance from outnumbered Israeli defenders. They have also managed to advance north, towards Nablus.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]11th-13th April: Syrian-Jordanian forces in Northern Israel withdraw back over the border. However, the Jordanians commit additional forces in the West Bank, with three further divisions crossing the Jordan.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Palestinian uprisings are taking place across the West Bank, stretching Israeli control of the region to the limit. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Israeli forces redeploy south, moving to reinforce Nablus.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The enemy air forces have been severely degraded, both by the initial attacks and by dogfights with the comparatively undamaged Israeli Air Force. Thus, enemy supply lines are taking punishing damage.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Syrian and Jordanian forces are building up inside Jordan, ready to move into the West Bank in the wake of the Jordanian forces already present.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]13th April: Siege of Nablus begins.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]14th-16th April: Heavy fighting in the centre of Nablus, as Israeli reinforcements arrive.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Jordanian forces have taken Bethlehem, and are moving on Hebron.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]17th-21st April: Further fighting sees Jordanian forces in Nablus broken, forced out of the city. Over twenty thousand are either killed or taken prisoner.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]22nd April: Nearly ten divisions of Syrian and Jordanian troops are preparing to move into the West Bank. However, the Knesset has reached a momentous decision...[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]23rd April: Two gun-type fission gravity bombs are dropped on Arab positions across the River Jordan. Over forty thousand men are killed in the initial detonations, while many will succumb to radiation poisoning in the days and weeks to come.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Directly after the bombing, a statement is released by the Israeli government. 'We have amassed a stockpile of atomic weapons, weapons to be used in defence of the territorial integrity of Israel. If Syria and Jordan continue their attempts to destroy the State of Israel, we will fight until the last man and woman. And we will use our weapons so that, even if they succeed in destroying Israel, neither will there be anything left of Syria or Jordan. Or, indeed, any other nation that seeks to destroy Israel'.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]24th-30th April: Through intermediaries, both sides agree on status quo ante bellum, while Jordan agrees to take Palestinian refugees from the West Bank. Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip. In separate, secret talks with Egypt, there is discussion regarding making the Strip a 'zone of mutual protection'. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The revelation of Israel's nuclear arsenal sends shockwaves across the region. However, while anti-Israel rhetoric increases, there is a marked disinclination among any local regime to try to challenge them...[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Egypt's leadership is (behind the scenes) vindicated in its decision not to side against the Israelis.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]May: This month sees major international diplomatic ramifications resulting from Israel's decision to use atomic weaponry. The Soviet Union and its allies all condemn Israel in the strongest possible terms, labelling Israel an outlaw state and a danger to world peace. Western Europe, Britain included, state that they deeply regret Israel 'feeling that use of atomic weaponry was necessary', but at the same time point to the fact that it was not Israel who started the war. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]Behind the scenes, however, both Britain and France criticise Israel for opening the nuclear box...[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]6th-13th May: Britain hosts a series of joint Commonwealth naval exercises involving the navies of Britain, Canada and Southern Africa in the North Sea. HMS Hermes and HMS Thunder Child, the Royal Navy's newest carriers, demonstrate their capabilities.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]In response, the Soviet Navy and the Greek Navy hold joint exercises in the Mediterranean, near Cyprus. [/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]June: The month sees a flare-up of violence again in Western Germany. Not as terrible as it has been, but still fairly bad, with a number of civilians being killed or injured, along with over twenty police officers.[/FONT][FONT="][/FONT]
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[FONT="]The violence re-ignites the debate over German rearmament, with many pointing to the example of Bavaria as a case of 'responsible military strength'. However, many of the more hard-leftist politicians of Germany do not take kindly to this comparison, labelling Bavaria as a 'revanchist regime'. [/FONT]
Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-rises-must-set.337180/page-11
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