History Roleplay / RedDawnPlus20

* WretchedHive: Very disturbingly indeed [[InferredHolocaust given its large population,]] ''Most of China'' has become this, thanks to mass bombardment by nukes. Only Hong Kong, Macao, and two provinces across the sea from Taiwan are still ruled by any sort of authority, with the rest of the land under the control of bloodthirsty warlords and bandits ala ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''. [[UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerBombers Strategic Air Command]] has a [[NoKillLikeOverkill standing offer]] to the British forces in Hong Kong, just in case any of the warlords start getting uppity.

** Creator/HeathLedger plays Franchise/CaptainAmerica in a movie directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg that shifts the title character into WWIII. ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' is set during the Battle of Houston.
** Marvel and DC Comics are both victims of the nuclear strike on New York. However, Creator/StanLee survives by virtue of having been in Los Angeles on a business trip. He promptly sets up a new publishing concern with some local publishers and is soon turning out new editions of ''Franchise/CaptainAmerica'', ''ComicBook/IronMan'', and ''Franchise/TheAvengers''. These comics are not only distributed to the US military for morale purposes, but are also dropped by the Air Force on the occupied states, where they are incredibly popular, despite the KGB making their possession punishable by death.

''Red Dawn +20'' originally started as a thread on an Alternate History message board that ran ''[[LongRunner 335 pages]]'' before relocating to [[http://www.tboverse.us/HPCAFORUM/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=31 this members only message board dedicated to organizing the available information and subject matter]]. (TheWikiRule [[http://reddawnwwiii.wikia.com/wiki/Red_dawn_alt_hist_wwIII_Wiki is also enforced]].) After some considerable [[RetCon Retconning]] to separate some wheat from the chaff, a coherent, believable timeline for WorldWarIII emerged. A bloody conflict lasting from September 3, 1985, to October 14, 1989.

* WretchedHive: Very disturbingly [[InferredHolocaust given its large population,]] ''Most of China'' has become this, thanks to mass bombardment by nukes. Only Hong Kong, Macao, and two provinces across the sea from Taiwan are still ruled by any sort of authority, with the rest of the land under the control of bloodthirsty warlords and bandits ala ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''. [[UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerBombers Strategic Air Command]] has a [[NoKillLikeOverkill standing offer]] to the British forces in Hong Kong, just in case any of the warlords start getting uppity.

* WretchedHive: ''Most of China'' has become this, thanks to mass bombardment by nukes. Only Hong Kong, Macao, and two provinces across the sea from Taiwan are still ruled by any sort of authority, with the rest of the land under the control of bloodthirsty warlords and bandits ala ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''. [[UsefulNotes/SuperiorFirepowerBombers Strategic Air Command]] has a [[NoKillLikeOverkill standing offer]] to the British forces in Hong Kong, just in case any of the warlords start getting uppity.

** When the 14th Armored Division assaults a town southeast of Denver in 1986, they find the local Resistance fighters have already rolled up the defending Nicaraguan infantry using a fully-restored and armed WWII-era M4 Sherman tank (an [=M4A3E8=], as seen in ''Film/{{Fury}}'', to be exact). The Abrams gunner telling the story wonders where they found ammo for the Sherman’s main gun—they ''did'' have some, and even had some left afterwards. It is recorded in the history books as one of the last combat engagements of a Sherman tank.

*** Taken UpToEleven by a private pilot with a restored WWI-vintage Sopwith Camel biplane fighter. The Air Force appreciates his tenacity, but don’t let him anywhere near the front line, so he flies air support for Army units hunting ''Spetznaz'' in Kentucky and southern Ohio instead. Amazingly, he and his plane survive the war.