Zealots (alternate history)

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor
    Pearl Harbor is attacked the IJN. 5 battleships and one destroyer is sunk but the carriers are out sea and are not subject to Japanese bombing.
  • Attacks Begin

    Mormon fundementalist fanatics begin attacks against US military compounds in Utah.
  • Mormon Uprsing Begins

    Mormons declare indendence and large scale fighting against the US military begins.
  • The Hive Radio Station

    The AM frequency 700 begins broadcasting pro-Fanatic propaganda.
  • Genocide

    Radical Mormon attacks on gentiles and Native Americans begin.
  • Beginning of the Short Twilight

    Mormon controlled areas reach the height of their breadth.
  • Beginning of the End

    The US army begins a two-pronged attack on the declared State of Deseret.
  • Honeybee Militia

    The Honeybee Militia, the most radical and hostile Mormons, begin attacking the US behind the lines.
  • Provo Captured

    Provo is captured by the southern prong, which is led by Omar Bradley, after fighting since practically the beginning of the US offensive.
  • Auto Bombs

    Auto Bombs
    Auto bombs, cars stuffed with explosives and then dotenotated strategically, begin exploding behind US lines.
  • Ogden Captured

    Ogden is captured by the northern prong, which is led by Douglass MacArthur after a long and bloody battle.
  • People Bombs

    People bombs go off behind US lines, causing major disruption in the R&R of soldiers.
  • Wasatch Captured

    Wasatch is captured the southern prong of the Deseret invasion force after a being surrounded and fought over for three weeks.
  • Bradley Assassinated

    Bradley Assassinated
    Omar Bradley is assassinated by a Mormon fanatic who had bombs surgically implanted in his abdomen and detonated by radio.
  • Salt Lake City Captured

    Salt Lake City is captured by both wings of the invasion force after nearly 7 weeks of brutal fighting in which there was no quarter.
  • Bradley Funeral

    Omar Bradley's funeral is held in the ruins of Salt Lake City on Armistice Day.
  • Spreading of the War

    The First Auto and People bombs go off outside of Utah. Besides causing fear and the radicalization of public sentiment, they do little.
  • Custer Airfield

    Attack on Custer Airfield, near Wasatch, Utah, causing a major disruption in air traffic in and out of Utah.
  • Assassination attempt on MacArthur

    Mormon radicals attempt to assassinated Douglass MacArthur, military governor of Utah, using anti-aircraft cannons against the barracks at the base the military in Utah is headquartered at.
  • New Legislator

    Utah senators meet in the temporary capital of Sanpete to form a nearly powerless civilian government.
  • Attacks against Senators

    People and Auto bombings rock Sanpete. The attacks ultimately kill 57 people, including 15 senators.
  • Casualties exceed 1'000

    US military occupational casualties exceed 1'000 and average 90/month or 3/day.
  • Reconvention

    Utah Senator reconvane at Sanpete, flying in the face of death threats and sniper attacks.
  • Plane Bomb

    A plane, loaing with explosives, flies into the temporary state capital at Sanpete. All but 5 Utah senators are killed and there are well over 1'000 other casualties.
  • Riots

    Riots, led by Mormon fundemetalists, rip through Salt Lake City, leading to over 100 deaths.
  • Capture of Mormon Leaders

    8 Mormon leaders, including a descendent of Brigham Young, are captured and arrested for Crimes Against Humantiy.
  • War Crimes Trial Begins

    Mormon leaders' trial begins in Salt Lake City.
  • Evacuation of Trial

    War Crimes Trial against Mormon leaders is evacuated to San Francisco due to constant raidicalist attacks.
  • Execution

    All 8 Mormon leaders are executed by hanging.
  • Gas Attacks

    Gas attacks against Military compounds in Utah using modified pesticides begins.
  • Casualties exceed 3'000

    US Military Occupational Casualties reach 3'000 and average 153/month or more than 5/day.
  • Mormon Evacuation Act

    Congress passes law that says all Mormons in Utah will be moved to internment camps as soon as possible.
  • Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth

    Execution of five Interned Mormons for every person killed in Zealot Attack becomes the official orders of the US military.
  • Las Vegas

    Gas Attack against civilians and military personell in Las Vegas. 5 Interned Mormons for every person killed are later executed.
  • Second Attempt

    Another failed assasssination attempt on Douglass MacArthur, this time by an infiltrator.
  • Casualties exceed 4'000

    US military occupation casualties exceed 4'000 and average just over 11/month or 4/day.