Portal:Timeline

This page is an incomplete timeline of events in Call of Duty series.

Feel free to fill in the rest of the timeline from the Call of Duty games series if there is anything that isn't currently listed.

1900

 * Gerald Ingram is born in Britain.

June 11th

 * Friedrich Steiner is born in Hamburg, Germany.

April 20th

 * Vikor Reznov is born in Volgograd, Russia.

August 10th

 * Nikita Dragovich is born in Volgograd, Russia.

March 20th

 * Lev Kravchenko is born in St.Petersburg, Russian U.S.S.R..

July 10th

 * Daniel Clarke is born in Oxford, England.

August 3rd

 * Dimitri Petrenko is born in the U.S.S.R.

March 20th

 * Frank Woods is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

March 26th

 * Jason Hudson is born in Washington D.C.

Unknown Date

 * Alex Mason is born in Fairbanks, Alaska.

November 30th

 * Grigori Weaver is born in the U.S.S.R.

November 10th

 * Joseph Bowman is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 2nd

 * Somewhere over the English Channel, James Doyle and his fellow crewmen are attacked by BF-109s while on a routine bombing mission over Holland.


 * James Doyle along with Major Ingram and the Dutch Resistance fight their way to the train bridge, and James Doyle, with the permission of Major Ingram, destroyed the bridge while the train was crossing.

December 17th

 * Pvt. Vasili Ivanovich Koslov trains with his comrades right before the attack on Moscow.

August 10th

 * Pvt. Martin goes through training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia.

August 17th

 * Pvt. Miller is saved by Carlson's Raiders and successfully destroys the Japanese military base on Makin Atoll. Alex Mason's father earns the Purple Heart during the operation.

September 17th

 * Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko escapes the fountain massacre in Stalingrad and meets up with Sgt. Reznov. The two escape from a German patrol, and meets with an attacking Soviet force. Petrenko finds and assassinates the man responsible for the massacre, Gen. Heinrich Amsel. Dimitri and Reznov end up here after Dragovich fails to reinforce his squad as promised.

September 18th

 * Pvt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin and his comrades helplessly find cover against four MG-42s.


 * While the Red Army charged at the Red Square, Alexei Ivanovich Voronin sneaks in a building and snipes the German spotters.

September 20th

 * Pvt. Aleksandr Sokolov crosses the Volga into Stalingrad. He then takes a refinery under the command of Sgt. Oleg Puskov. Under the orders of Lt. Tanya Pavelonva, he leads the charge up Mamayev Kurgan taking the hill.

October 3rd

 * Lt. Tanya Pavelonva, along with Pvt. Aleksandr Sokolov, navigates through Stalingrad's sewers to reach a tractor factory. Tanya provides sniper fire to protect the building and the T-34 inside. The tank crew led by Lt. Nikolai Badanov reaches the factory and the group escapes.


 * While repairing the tank, the Russian squad comes under fire from German forces. Tanya Pavelonva is wounded but carried to safety. Lt. Badanov is ordered to take back Red Square. Nikolai gives a radio to the forward observers allowing a Katyusha rocket strike to destroy an approaching German Panzer column.

October 29th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division create a diversion by blowing up crates in order to get the important documents.


 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division must repel the enemy attacks if they want to leave the area alive.

November 3rd

 * Towards the end of Operation Supercharge, Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division break through the enemy line by using the tanks as cover. Sgt. John Davis finally radios the high command to tell them that the mission was a success.

November 6th

 * A day after Operation Supercharge, Sgt. John Davis along with the 7th Armored Division defeat the Germans at El Daba, Egypt. Sgt. John Davis retrieves the important documents and radios to the navy to destroy the German cargo ships.

November 8th

 * Pvt. Roland Roger lands with the rest of his squad in Oran to take an airfield from Vichy French forces.


 * Airman "Stretch" Roger participates in a bombing raid on an oil refinery in Tunisia.

November 9th

 * Jr Sgt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin goes through the sewers of Stalingrad to meet up with Yakov Pavlov at an apartment building that is being occupied by German soldiers. Jr Sgt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin and the Red Army assault and defend the apartment building from enemy tanks.

December 2nd

 * Pvt. Vasili Ivanovich Koslov and the Red Army fight their way past Red Square to demolish a building that is occupied by enemy soldiers.

December 8th

 * Pvt. Vasili Ivanovich Koslov is given the task to repair the communication wire while under heavy fire.


 * Pvt. Vasili Ivanovich Koslov and the Red Army took over the railroad station in Stalingrad.

December 24th

 * Maj. Nikolai Badanov leads an attack on a German airbase in Tatsinskaya as part of Operation Little Saturn. The attack destroys much of the resupply aircraft to the 6th Army in Stalingrad, as well as capturing the airbase.

January 15th

 * Pvt. Vasili Ivanovich Koslov and the Red Army assault the center of Stalingrad and defend it against waves of German soldiers.
 * Tank Commander David Welsh and the 7th Armored Division tanks battled enemy tanks and flanked the Flak 88 guns in Libya.

January 22nd

 * Edward Carlyle's unit of the PPA destroys a German fuel depot in Matmata, Tunisia.

January 23rd

 * Edward Carlyle and Sgt. Bob Starkey are ambushed by German troops near Ksar Tarsine. They escape and reinforce a unit trying to capture a German fortresses and rescue Pvt. Allen Rowe and Sgt. James Dehart.

February 13th

 * Pvt. Roland Roger takes a ride in a Stuart Light Tank during the drive into Tunisia.

February 19th

 * Pvt. Roland Roger's squad is attacked by the Afrika Korps in the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. His unit manages to hold off the counterattack, while escorting an engineer unit to disarm a German minefield, and recapture an artillery emplacement.

February 22nd

 * Pvt. Roland Roger's squad defends the town of Kasserine from a German assault until American medics leave the area, then they fall back.

March 10th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division barely escape the city of Toujane in an enemy armored car while picking off Panzerschrecks.

March 11th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division retook Toujane by taking over the most important sectors and defeating the German forces that occupied the city.

March 30th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division assaulted the town "Matmata" and defeated German soldiers. They then defended the town from Stuka dive bombers.

July 4th

 * Pvt. Yuri Petrenko and the Red Army defeated Wermacht soldiers and blew up "Elephant" Tanks on the front-line of the Battle of Kursk.

July 10th

 * Pvt. Roland Roger's squad lands in Sicily and assaults Italian positions on the beach, moving inland they rescue an isolated unit of paratroops in the town of Gela.

July 11th

 * Pvt. Yuri Petrenko and the Red Army fight their way to a tank factory in Ponyri destroying an enemy tank and eventually destroying another enemy tank that attacks them in the factory.


 * Pvt. Roland Roger's squad moves up to reinforce paratroops at Piano Lupo. Roger single-handed destroys eight Panzer IV tanks of the Herman Goering Division. He coordinates naval gunfire to destroy approaching Tiger tanks. For his actions he gets promoted to the rank of Corporal.

July 12th

 * Sgt. James Doyle with Major Ingram, Hoover, Luyties, Denny and Moditch destroyed the lighthouse and the battery guns on Sicily, and they also disabled the communications equipment. They also found important documents. Sgt. James Doyle and Major Ingram were the only SAS members alive that were making their getaway.


 * Pvt.Yuri Petrenko is transferred to the 2nd Guards Tank Division and they head to Prokhorovka.

August 5th

 * Cpl. Roland Roger's squad fight in the Battle of Troina. Pvt. Denley is killed in action.

August 22nd

 * Pvt. Yuri Petrenko and the Red Army fight and defeat the German forces in the heart of Kharkov.


 * Pvt. Yuri Petrenko and the Red Army assault the train-yard in Kharkov while taking cover from Stukas.

June 5

 * At 2330 hrs, Pvt. Martin is the only one from his division to be dropped near Sainte-Mère-Église. He then sets up a beacon that he took from Sgt. Heath.Then he fights through a pair of houses to reach the destination point.

June 6

 * At 0012 hrs, Pvt. Martin and the 101st Airborne Division assaulted Sainte-Mère-Église minutes after landing near Sainte-Mère-Église, and they then escaped from the German forces at 0712 hrs on that day.


 * Sgt. Jack Evans and the 6th Airborne Division landed near the Pegasus Bridge and fought and defeated the German forces on the afternoon of that day.


 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion ascend the cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc to disable coastal battery guns that are not there. The battalion finds and disables the guns, holding off German forces until reinforcements arrive the next day.


 * Pvt. Martin and the 101st Airborne Division fought their way to Brécourt Manor and destroyed a Flak 88 gun that seemed to have been the one bombarding "Utah" beach.


 * Cpl. Roland Roger lands on Omaha Beach with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division. Breaking through, he eliminates enemy mortar and artillery emplacements.

June 7th

 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion successfully defend the Pointe and retreat to the trenches to hold off the German forces until extra support arrives.

June 11th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division eliminate enemy mortars and rescue American prisoners of war at Beltot, France.

June 12th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division capture the crossroads of Anctoville, France, 17 miles east of Caen, and the town of St. Louet.

June 14th

 * Sgt. John Davis and the 7th Armored Division defend their position against a German counterattack at Amaye sur Seulles, France.

July 14th

 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion fight their way to the Silo. They successfully repel German mortar teams.

July 19th

 * Newly arrived Pvt. Nichols helps the 29th Infantry Division capture St. Lo.

July 22nd

 * Maj Ingram, Cpl. Keith, and Sgt. James Doyle land near Touchy, France. They regroup and meet up with a French Resistance group and eliminate German Flak positions.

July 26th

 * Pvt. Nichols's squad attacks and eliminates German positions in St. Germain allowing the Allied advance to continue.

August 1st

 * In a daring night attack, Pte. Cole's unit attacks the German lines, knocking out an artillery battery as well as taking and holding an industrial complex against German counterattacks.

August 5th

 * Pvt. Nichols's squad crosses the Maynne River by boat to secure the bridge before the Germans blow it. Sgt. Frank McCullin bravely disarms the bombs on the bridge but is killed in action.

August 7th

 * Pvt. Martin and the 101st Airborne Division assault the Chateau, killing every German soldier and rescuing Capt. Price, who then gave the 101st Airborne Division information on where Major Ingram is being held.

August 8th

 * Pvt. Bohater's Polish unit moves out from St. Aignan-de-Cramesnil, France and engages the enemy. Their tank encircles and destroys a King Tiger tank known as The Black Baron.

August 9th

 * Sgt. James Doyle and the combined SAS/French Resistance team attack and destroy a German fuel plant near Autun, France. Maj. Ingram however is missing in action during the escape.

August 11th

 * Pvt. Nichols's squad moves through the Foret d'Ecouves, clear the way for 2nd Battalion. The units destroys many German strong-points and roadblocks under heavy fire.

August 14th

 * Pte. Cole's squad crosses the Laison River and takes out German positions on the other bank allowing the Allied advance to continue.

August 18th

 * Pvt. Nichols's and his squad capture the crossroads at Le Bourg-St.-Leonard, from the Germans.

August 20th

 * Near Les Ormes, France, Sgt. James Doyle, with Cpl. Keith, alongside the French Resistance, rescue Maj. Ingram and three other Maquis prisoners. During the defense of the safehouse, Isabelle DuFontaine is killed in action.


 * Lt. Robiechauld, along with Sgt. Callard, and Pte. Cole rescue trapped Canadian tankers in a tavern in St. Lambert, and hold the town off from frantic German counterattacks. Sgt. Callard is killed when setting off the explosives to destroy a German King Tiger tank, he is put in for the Victoria Cross and Cole is promoted to Corporal.


 * Pvt. Bohater along with his Polish tank crew hold off several German attacks on Mt. Ormel (Hill 262), until relieved by Canadian forces.


 * Pvt. Nichols with the rest of the squad fight desperately in Chambois to prevent the Germans from escaping the Falaise Gap. Sgt. Dixon is killed in action.

September 2nd

 * Sgt. Jack Evans is sent on a sabotage mission to disable the AA guns on and near Eder Dam.


 * Sgt. Jack Evans, Waters, and Price make it to the nearest airfield after Waters blows up the wooden bridge. At the airfield, Sgt. Jack Evans must use AA gun to destroy any Stukas flying or Stukas that are taking off.


 * Sgt. Roland Roger fights with his squad in Maubeuge, France. He is wounded by a German mortar shell.

September 4th

 * After his quick recovery, Sgt. Roland Roger joins Sgt. Glenn Hawkins and his squad in a patrol of Mons in Belgium. The unit lands in an ambush an holds out for support. Then they are ordered to destroy Flak emplacements "raining hell down on the assault force". Sgt. Hawkins is injured and possibly killed in action.

September 14th

 * Sgt. Roland Roger, Sgt. Stephen Kelly, and Cpl. John Jackson Smith take part in a mission to destroy the German series of trenches on Crucifix Hill near Eilendorf Ridge, Germany.

September 15th

 * Pvt. Miller lands with the rest of his squad on the island of Peleliu. Sgt. Sullivan is killed by a Japanese Banzai charger. Roebuck is promoted to sergeant. He then takes the Japanese airfield, as well as eliminates enemy mortar crews attacking the American tanks.

September 16th

 * Pvt. Miller's squad attacks Japanese positions on The Point, eventually entering the cave network and eliminating the heavy gun crews.

September 18th

 * Pvt. Martin and the 101st Airborne Division rescue Major Ingram from Dulag IIIA in Austria.

October 21st

 * Sgt. Chuck Walker's squad helps take the city of Aachen.

October 27th

 * Sgt. Jack Evans and Cpt. Price successfully sneaked onto the famous battleship Tirpitz, but Price is killed in the armory in the Tirpitz, leaving Sgt. Jack Evans to retrieve the German Captain's log book and escape off of the ship alive.

December 6th

 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion fight their way to Hill 400.

December 7th

 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion make their way to the top of Hill 400 under heavy fire from MG-42s and mortars.

December 8th

 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and what is left of the 2nd Ranger Battalion defeat German forces with air support from P-51 Mustangs.

December 26th

 * Cpl. Riley and the 101st Airborne Division fend off wave after wave of German soldiers and tanks, and are relieved by Allied tanks and planes.

January 5th

 * Cpl. Riley and the 101st Airborne Division rescue Allied prisoners and ambush an enemy convoy.

January 9th

 * Sgt. Sam Rivers leads an attack that captures the town of Tillet, cutting off the German assault on Bastogne.

January 13th

 * Cpl. Riley and the 101st Airborne Division assault the town Foy and destroy a Flak 88. Pvt. Riley disables the Tiger Tank and takes out the Panzerschreck team and destroys an enemy tank in the barn.

January 15th

 * Pvt. Martin and Cpt. Foley assault a German bunker complex to gather documents on a V2 launch site.


 * Cpl. Riley and the 101st Airborne Division assault and defend Noville from incoming enemy tanks and half-tracks.

January 17th

 * Junior Sgt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin is promoted to the rank of Sergeant and reassigned to the 150th Rifle Division, and sent to Poland, where he helps capture key German tank repair facilities in Warsaw.

January 19th

 * Sgt. Roland Roger's squad takes the town of Bucholtz and breaks through the Siegfried Line.

January 26th

 * Sgt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin is transferred to the 2nd Guards Tank Army and uses a T-34/85 Medium Tank to push the German forces past the Oder River. The 2nd Guards Tank Army secured the town near the Oder river destroying the Flak 88 guns, and also destroying the Flakpanzer anti-aircraft gun.

February 2nd

 * Sgt. Jack Evans and the British 6th Airborne Division destroy a German V2 rocket base in Burgsteinfurt, Germany.

March 24th

 * Cpl. Bill Taylor and the 2nd Ranger Battalion reach Wallendar, Germany and defeat the German forces.

April 3rd

 * PO Locke's PBY attacks a convoy of Japanese transport ships off Okinawa, flying back to the fleet when they come under attack by Japanese Zeros, rescuing sailors whose ships had been destroyed by Japanese kamikazes.

April 7th

 * Lt. Chuck Walker leads an attack to capture the bridge at Remagen.

April 18th

 * After being captured in a previous engagement, Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko is rescued by Sgt. Reznov and participates with his squad in the attack on Seelow Heights. Dimitri later is given control of a T-34 tank and destroys enemy Panzer tanks, as well as a communications antenna and reaches a train station. Here he and Reznov with their squad board a train heading toward the outskirts of Berlin.

April 23rd

 * Sgt. Reznov and Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko attack the Berlin suburb of Pankow, Germany and destroy the defending force, including those in the asylum, and reach Berlin.

April 24th

 * Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko's squad continues the attack in Berlin fighting from building to building. They attack the Germans hiding in the Metro under, and drive them out. In a desperate move the Germans flood the Metro.

April 30th

 * After recovering from the Metro attack, Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko and his squad fight their way to the Reichstag, where Petrenko destroys the artillery guarding the building. Once inside they exterminate the remaining Germans, and fly the Soviet flag over the roof.


 * Sgt. Alexei Ivanovich Voronin and the Red Army fought their way killing German soldiers, destroying Flak 88 guns and even destroying an enemy tank on their way to the Reichstag where they raised the flag of the "Motherland".

May 14th

 * Pvt. Miller and his Marine squad on Okinawa attack the Japanese defenses on Wana Ridge.

May 29th

 * Barely resupplied, Pvt. Miller's squad attacks and captures Shuri Castle, the last main Japanese strong-point on Okinawa.

October 29th

 * Cpt. Reznov and Dimitri Petrenko are ordered by General Dragovich to find a Nazi scientist Dr. Steiner at a German base at the Arctic Circle. The Russian squad eliminates the Germans and finds the defecting German. Steiner then leads Dragovich to the ship containing the Nova 6 prototype. Wanting to see the weapon's effects, Dragovich has Petrenko's team killed in the "experiment." Reznov, Tvelin, and Nevski escape when British commandos raid the ship, but Tvelin is killed at some point during the combat. Reznov and Nevski escape, it is unknown of Nevski's fate.

Sometime after October 29th

 * Viktor Reznov returns to Russia, where he is then imprisoned at Vorkuta.

Sometime Before September 10th

 * Downed pilots are attacked by zombies somewhere in Germany.

September 10th

 * Zombies are spoted in Berlin, Germany at the Wittenau Sanatorium.

Unknown date

 * Zombies are spotted somewhere in the pacific at a Group 935 mining site for element 115. It is possible that the site is on the Japanese mainland due to the time.
 * Zombies are spotted near Breslau, Germany, at the main Group 935 experimental site.
 * Tank Dempsey, Takeo Masaki, Nikolai Belinski, and Edward Richtofen travel through time in the MDT to some time after 1950.

Unknown date

 * Tank Dempsey, Takeo Masaki, Nikolai Belinski, and Edward Richtofen are sent through time to a second Group 935 experimental site in a theater somewhere in Germany. It is unknown how they found out that they went through time.

April 17th

 * 0500: Alex Mason, Frank Woods, and Joseph Bowman meet with Carlos to discuss their part in the Bay of Pigs invasion, but Cuban police arrive. When the invasion begins later in the day, the three infiltrate Fidel Castro's mansion and assassinate him. During the escape, Mason leaves the escape plane to eliminate a roadblock, and is captured by Lev Kravchenko and brought before Fidel Castro (the man killed was a double) and Nikita Dragovich.

October 6th

 * 0600: Viktor Reznov and Alex Mason begin their escape from the Vorkuta gulag, sacrificing most of their fellow inmates, including Sergei Kozin. The pursuing Russian forces capture and kill Reznov.

1963, Unknown

 * During a meeting with PM Castro, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Richard Nixon and Fidel Castro are attacked by zombies in the Pentagon.

November 10th

 * 1700: Jason Hudson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara escort Alex Mason to the Pentagon. Inside, President Kennedy briefs Mason to eliminate Dragovich.

November 17th

 * 0700: Operation Flashpoint: Mason, Woods, Weaver, Brooks and Bowman infiltrate and sabotage a Soviet Soyuz launch in Baikonur, USSR. They also eliminate Nazi scientists aiding the Soviets. Dragovich's limo is ambushed and the Russian is believed killed.

January 24th

 * SOG is established.

January 21st

 * 0800: Jason Hudson and Mason meet with Woods at a US Army base in Khe Sanh. Woods and Mason stay behind to assist in the defense of the base as the Battle of Khe Sanh begins.

February 2nd

 * 1900: SOG XRAY arrives at the besieged MACV compound in Hue City to extract a Russian defector and his intel. Mason discovers that the defector is Viktor Reznov; he does not know that "Reznov" is only a hallucination.

February 4th

 * Coronel Lev Kravchenko tests Nova-6 gas in local population in Vietnam and Laos. After this test, Kravchenko reports its effects and orders Soviet agents to report success to Friedrich Steiner.

February 9th

 * 1700: Jason Hudson and Grigori Weaver track down Dr. Daniel Clarke in Kowloon, Hong Kong and torture him for information. The doctor reveals he is affiliated with Project Nova. A Russian Spetsnaz team tracks them down, forcing a running gunfight. Clarke is killed before the team is extracted and right before he can tell Hudson the significance of the numbers.


 * Mason, Woods and Bowman flee their downed helicopter and swim upriver to eliminate a Viet Cong outpost. Entering a rat hole, Mason finds Kravchenko's base and intel on the Nova 6 experiments. The SOG agent barely survives being buried alive when the base's rigged explosives detonate.

February 11th

 * When a Russian plane carrying Nova 6 is downed in Laos, Mason and his team are sent to find it and get intel. Riding upriver in a PBR, the team supports local American forces. The team lands on shore and fights both NVA and Spetsnaz forces. Finding the plane the team holds out until Russian helicopters wound most of the team and Dragovich captures them.

February 18th

 * Hudson and Weaver lead a team to the Ural Mountains to gain intel on Project Nova. They infiltrate the Russian base with help from the SR-71 codenamed Bigeye-6. Finding their intel, the team quickly leave before the base is destroyed.

February 19th

 * 1100: Mason and Woods escape captivity from the Viet Cong (Bowman was killed before the escape). Stealing a Russian Hind, the pair wreaks havoc on the Ho Chi Minh Trail on their way to Kravchenko's compound. Inside, they free American POW's, including "Viktor Reznov." Kravchenko pummels Mason, but Woods stabs him in the back. Kravchenko pulls the pins on his grenades. Woods throws himself through the observation window with Kravchenko. Both are presumed KIA.

Sometime after Febuary 19th

 * Frank Woods is supposedly captured and sent to the Hanoi Hilton.

February 24th

 * Mason goes rogue to infiltrate Rebirth Island in order to kill Dr. Steiner. He believes he has support from Viktor Reznov, and stands aside when Reznov shoots Steiner in the head.
 * Hudson and Weaver lead a team to the Nova 6 facility on Rebirth Island in the Aral Sea. Upon inlfiltrating, they receive a panicked distress call from Dr. Steiner and find him just in time to watch Alex Mason declare "My name is Viktor Reznov! And I will have my revenge!" and shoot Steiner. Mason wounds Weaver before Hudson knocks him unconscious.

February 25th

 * After hours of fierce interrogation, Alex Mason finally breaks down. The agent realizes he had been brainwashed into being a Soviet sleeper agent by Dragovich, his programming had been sabotaged by Reznov in Vorkuta. Mason reveals that the broadcast station Dragovich is using to contact the other sleepers is a ship called the Rusalka, last seen docked in Cuba.

February 26th

 * Mason, Hudson, and Weaver launch an all out assault on the Rusalka, crippling the vessel. Assault teams find that the actual station is below the ship, on the sea floor. Wanting closure Mason along with Hudson, descend underwater to the station and stop the broadcast. Mason confronts Dragovich one more time and strangles the Russian to death. Hudson and Mason escape the station before it is destroyed and regroup with Weaver and the CIA team on the surface.

Sometime after Febuary 26th

 * Mason, Hudson, and Weaver flee to South Africa. They supposedly live undisturbed until 1978.

October 4th

 * Vladimir Makarov is born.

May 1st

 * SOG is shut down.

November 6th

 * Alejandro Rojas is born.

October 30th

 * The CIA and MI-6 plan Operation Charybdis, which has the objective of neutralizing Alex Mason, Jason Hudson, and Grigori Weaver (all three fled to South Africa to avoide capture after sinking the Rusalka) as potential threats to national security( they are considered this due to Mason's mental status and the fact that Hudson and Weaver fled with him). CIA analyst Ryan Jackson is adviser. MI-6 provides an SAS operator named Jonathan (last name redacted). Weaver's niece Kristina is to play a major role in the operation: seducing Mason. The specifics of the operation itself, including its success or failure, are currently unknown (and likely classified).

1996

 * Lt. Price along side Cpt. MacMillan infiltrate Pripyat, Ukraine, and attempt to assassinate Imran Zakhaev. MacMillan is wounded during the escape but the two are able to reach their LZ.

Sometime before 2011

 * The Russian Ultranationalist Party is formed, led by Imran Zakhaev.
 * The Second Russian Civil War begins, between Russian government Loyalists and Russian Ultranationalist rebels.

Day 1

 * Sgt. John "Soap" MacTavish impresses Cpt. Price and Gaz in his CQB test at Credenhill, England, and they put him on their team for their mission that night.
 * Cpt. Price, Gaz, Sgt. Soap, and the rest of their SAS team infiltrate an Estonian freighter in the Bering Sea, which is carrying nuclear material from the Ultranationalists to Al-Asad.


 * In a bloody coup d'état, Khaled Al-Asad takes over in a Middle Eastern country backed by Imran Zakhaev. He personally executes President Al-Fulani.

Day 2

 * John "Soap" MacTavish and his SAS are infiltrated into the Caucasus Mountains, to rescue the informant Nikolai from Ultranationalist forces. They provide Sgt. Kamarov support for his attack on the village where Nikolai is being held.


 * The helicopter carrying the SAS is destroyed by a SAM missile. The team with Nikolai continue on foot to the next available LZ, fighting through a large Ultranationalist force. They are supported by an AC-130 gunship, call sign "Warhammer"/"Wildfire" until rescued.


 * Lt. Vasquez's Marines invade Al-Asad's country leading the Allied Force, on the coastal city they attack OpFor forces an take the TV station where Al-Asad was supposed to be, Al-Asad is still missing.

Day 3

 * Sgt. Paul Jackson, under the command of Lt. Vasquez, break through to a disabled M1 Abrams Tank called War Pig in the Bog.


 * After rescuing War Pig, Sgt. Paul Jackson with his squad returns to the Allied attack on OpFor with War Pig in support, hoping to drive Al-Asad's forces back to the Capital City, where they would be surrounded. In the attack on the Capital City, Al-Asad's forces detonate a nuclear weapon killing most of the Allied force and Jackson's unit. Only SSgt. Griggs escapes because he was not in proximity to the blast at the time.

Day 4

 * John "Soap" MacTavish and his SAS unit infiltrate into Azerbaijan to locate Al-Asad. They join up with a Loyalist unit which provides support. The SAS team succeeds in taking the village and the safehouse where Al-Asad is. Cpt. Price interrogates the man to find out the origin of the nuclear weapon. Al-Asad phone rings, revealing Imran Zakhaev to be behind the whole plot. Price then executes Al-Asad.


 * Eight hours after Al-Asad's death, Ultranationalist forces attack the village where the SAS team is. After holding off and breaking through the brutal assault. The team is rescued by a team of US Marines lead by SSgt. Griggs.

Day 5

 * The combined SAS/Marine team infiltrates into Southern Russia, to find Victor Zakhaev and disguises itself as Ultranationalist troops. The ambush succeeds but Victor flees on foot, Soap chases after him, until reaching a roof with no way out. Victor commits suicide, rather than surrender.

Day 6

 * 0619: Imran Zakhaev delivers an ultimatium to the US and British forces in Russia. Bravo Team lands in the Altay Mountains in Russia to capture a nuclear launch facility held by Ultranationalist forces.
 * 0716: Bravo Team fights through the heavily-guarded perimeter of the launch facility and enters through the ventilation shafts.
 * 0735: Bravo Team fights through the facility to gain control of the control room, where Soap enters the self-destruct codes to destroy the ICBMs in flight. The team flees as more enemy troops approach. The chase is stopped when a Mi-24 helicopter destroys a bridge. Zakhaev's personal guard comes to execute them all. Loyalist forces destroy the Mi-24, distracting them long enough for Price to throw Soap his M1911, which he uses to kill Zahkaev and his two guards.

Between 2011 and 2016

 * Vladimir Makarov becomes the new head of the Russian Ultranationalist Party, and commits various acts of terrorism. Begins working with the black market arms dealer Alejandro Rojas for weaponry.
 * The Russian Ultranationalist Party defeats Russian Loyalist, both militarily and politically, in the Second Russian Civil War, securing seats in power as high as the Kremlin.
 * Imran Zakhaev is turned into a martyr of Russia, a statue is built in his memory.
 * SAS Captain John Price is listed as M.I.A. and is incarcerated in a Russian Gulag for several years.
 * SAS team member John "Soap" MacTavish is promoted to Captain.
 * The International Task Force 141 is created, consisting of U.S., Canadian, British, and Australian forces. Amongst its special force members, include U.S. Army Rangers, U.S. Navy SEALs, and Britain's SAS, as well as intelligence gathering from undercover agents such as the CIA. It also includes veterans of the events of 2011, such as Captain Soap MacTavish. General Shepherd is the overall commander of TF141.

2016
Note: Events of 2016 may not occur consecutively/in one week. Some clues suggest the events of Modern Warfare 2 occur in the month of April.

April, Day 1

 * Private First Class Joseph Allen helps Sergeant Foley train Afghan troops at Firebase Phoenix in Afghanistan.
 * Pvt. Allen and the U.S. Army Rangers take a town in Afghanistan against the OpFor. General Shepherd hand-picks Pvt. Allen to be reassigned with the CIA.

Sometime past April Day 1

 * Sgt. Foley, Cpl. Dunn, and the rest of the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment is rotated out of Afghanistan, and return home to the United States.

April, Day 2

 * Captain "Soap" MacTavish and Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson infiltrate an Ultranationalist airbase in the Tian Shan mountains of Kazakhstan. They retrieve data from an ACS module and escape on snowmobiles when their stealth is compromised.

April Day 3

 * 0841: Zahkaev International Airport Massacre. Vladimir Makarov and three of his men, all heavily-armed, slaughter civilians in Terminal 4 of Zakhaev International Airport. The FSB recovers the body of Alexei Borodin and later identify him as Joseph Allen, CIA.

April, Day 4

 * After receiving data for Rojas, Task Force 141 journeys to Rio de Janiero to capture him. Roach disables Rojas's associate with a leg shot. Afterward, Soap and Ghost interrogate him while the rest of the team chases Rojas into the favela. Meat is killed in the action, as well as Royce. Finally Ghost says that he's escaped, but then Soap crashes through a window with Rojas in his grip and confirms that he is captured.
 * In response to what they believe to be an American-supported terrorist attack, Russia declares war on the United States, starting the Russo-American War, and invades the East Coast. Private James Ramirez of the U.S. Army Rangers under Sgt. Foley helps locate and protect codename Raptor in Northeastern Virginia while also defending against the invading Russians.
 * Task Force 141 escapes Rio de Janiero from some 200 militia with the help of Nikolai. With Rojas's info, they learn about Makarov's most hated individual being held in a gulag in Russia. General Shepherd sends them to retrieve him.
 * Through the streets of Northeastern Virginia, Pvt. Ramirez's team assists the civilian evacuations whilst neutralizing anti-air guns and more Russian personnel.

April, Day 5

 * On Vikhorevka 36 Oil Platform near the coast of Russia Task Force 141 rescues hostages as U.S. Marines disable SAM Sites.
 * 40 miles East of Petropavlosk, Russia, with the help of the U.S. Navy, Task Force 141 extracts Prisoner #627 (Captain Price) from the Gulag.
 * As the war rages into the capital city of Washington, D.C., Pvt. Ramirez defends the Washington Monument evacuation site from the fifth floor of the Dept. of Commerce. Ramirez's team is evacuated but gets shot down by Russian SAM's, there they defend their position from oncoming Russian forces.
 * Capt. Price leads Task Force 141 to infiltrate a Russian submarine docked 14 miles SSE of Petropavlosk, Russia. Capt. Price launches an ICBM and detonates it in the atmosphere over the U.S. East Coast as an EMP that cripples both U.S. and Russian forces, unintentionally ensuring the survival of Pvt. Ramirez and Sgt. Foley's team in D.C.
 * 1928: Sgt. Foley leads his team through the Eisenhower Building to retake Whiskey Hotel (the White House).

April, Day 6

 * Soap and Price hunt for Makarov in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Ghost and Roach at the Georgia-Russia border.
 * Ghost and Roach, having not found Makarov at his safehouse, copy files from his computer. After defending the house from Russian forces, Ghost and Roach reach the extraction point, but are betrayed and killed by General Shepherd, who starts his own, personal war to eliminate proofs of his actions. Their bodies are burned afterward.
 * Soap and Price are attacked by Shepherd's new Shadow Company, but they are also caught in the cross-fire with Makarov's men. A three-way battle ensues as Price reveals Shepherd's betrayal to Makarov, in which Makarov gives Price the whereabouts of Site Hotel Bravo, Shepherd's Shadow Company base in Afghanistan. Soap and Price escape in a jeep on board Nikolai's plane.
 * Former SAS/TF141 Captains John Price, and "Soap" MacTavish, are declared wanted War Criminals, Global Manhunt begins for the two.
 * Vladimir Makarov goes into hiding.

April, Day 7

 * John "Soap" MacTavish and John Price infiltrate Site Hotel Bravo in Afghanistan, encountering numerous Shadow Company and OpFor soldiers along the way.


 * John "Soap" MacTavish and John Price hunt down and kill Shepherd. Now labeled fugitives, they go into hiding with Nikolai.