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Originally Posted by kato13
In another thread, I mentioned how succinctly Red Dawn build the alternate history (future at the time) to do the heavy lifting of world building. I erroneously thought it was 7, but it was 9 and they are below.
- The Soviet Union's worst wheat harvest in 55 years
- Labor and food riots in Poland
- Soviet troops invade
- Cuba and Nicaragua reach troop strength goals of 500,000
- El Salvador and Honduras fall
- Greens Party gains control of West German Parliament
Demands withdrawal of nuclear weapons from European soil
- Mexico plunged into revolution
- NATO dissolves
- United States stands alone
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Found this once below, it is the extended TL they made for the movie, can be found in the movie film script:
- El Salvador Militarily Untenable.
- President Reagan blames congressional restraints.
- Labor and Food Riots in Poland.
- Communist Party declares emergency. Soviet troops invade.
- Economic Boycotts upon Soviet Regime.
- Western Europe wavers.
- Cuba and Nicaragua Reach Troop Strength Goals of 500,000 Men Combined.
- Greens Party Gains Control of West German Parliament. Demands withdrawal of nuclear weapons from European soil.
- France Signs Non-Aggression Pact with Soviets.
- Cuban and Sandinista Governments Form CAPA (Central American Peoples Alliance).
- Revolution in Mexico.
- Japan and European Common Market Sign Trade Agreements with Moscow.
- NATO dissolves.
- Soviet Union suffers Worst Wheat Harvest in 55 Years.
- Cuban Advisors Sent to Mexican Civil War.
- Moscow and CAPA recognize Revolutionary Provisional Government of Mexico.
- United States Stands Alone.