User blog comment:YNot1989/World War III/@comment-899576-20100121044634

But should the Attack fail:

2017
National guard units are diverted to launch a limited invasion of Oregon.
 * The Knights of Sedona fail in breaking through Chinese air defenses and are largely destroyed. Shortly after the attack, underground resistance groups on the coast launch a failed assault on the remaining Chinese forces.
 * With the news of the defeat in the West, the US withdraws to Manhattan to try to prevent the Russians from breaking through to DC.

2018

 * The Canadians are driven out of Ontario by the Russians. Canada officially surrenders a weak later, resistance fighting in Quebec and BC continues.
 * The British launch a number of surgical strikes against the Russians in France.
 * The US Navy is finally crushed at the Battle of Vancouver.
 * The Battle of Manhattan ends in a stalemate. The Russians regroup in Albany.
 * The Congressional midterms are effectively cancelled.
 * The Mexican Resistance retreats to Northern Mexico.

2019

 * The Russians attempt an invasion of the British Isles. They are unable to capture the islands.
 * As communication between various military and political leaders in the US begins to break down, gurrilla fighting continues throughout much of the occupation zones. Russian bombing campaigns of Washington DC have effectively destroyed the Government's ability to function.
 * Pakistan with Chinese and Russian Aid crushes the Green Revolution in Persia.

2020

 * China secures Indonesia.
 * Russia signs a peace-treaty with the UK and Ireland.
 * Various state leaders in the US form small provisional coalition governments.

2022

 * The Russians help the Pakistanis take North Africa. The Treaty of Madrid establishes Southern Spain as a member of the Taliban Caliphate, and divides the rest of the Iberian Peninsula into several buffer states.
 * President Putin sends additional troops to Alaska, Canada and New England.

2023

 * China sends additional troops to California and the Colorado. Mormon resistance fighters in the Rockies have led to high casualties.
 * Russia begins to make plans to withdraw from New England and Quebec as the American and Quebecios resistance fighters are distracting from there ability to rebuild Europe.

2024

 * China and Russia withdraw from the American mainland. Fighting continues in Alaska and Canada.
 * The Chinese leave British Colombia. Northern Mexico successfully signs an armistice with China forming the Democratic Republic of Aztlan. The Rest of Central America remains under Chinese control.
 * In the Pacific North West a constitution is signed with leaders of several states to form the Republic of Cascadia.

2025

 * The Chinese finally take Australia.
 * The Russians withdraw from Alaska and Quebec, but maintain a presence in the Aelutians.
 * The Republic of Quebec is formed.
 * The Maritime Provinces and the New England States form the Maritime Union.
 * The States East of the Appalachian Mountains are the only states to hold a US Presidential Election.

To Be Continued...