Portal:Timeline/Ghosts

A timeline of events in the "Ghosts Timeline." It features events from the Call of Duty series in the game Call of Duty: Ghosts.

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 * The Tel Aviv War ravages the Middle East and disrupts oil supplies, triggering a global energy crisis.
 * First World nations who relied on Middle Eastern oil like Russia, NATO, China and India are crippled. The United States, Russia, NATO, China and India attempt to maintain order and but they are stretched thin.
 * Venezuela, Brazil and Chile unite under one banner to form the Federation of the Americas, allowing them to monopolize their resources, consolidate power over their neighbors and dominate the global energy market in the years to come.

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 * General Diego Almagro, the leader of the Federation, begins an anti-American purge, ordering all U.S.-born people living within Federation territory to be imprisoned or executed. This draws the attention of the U.S. government.
 * Twenty United Nations Peacekeepers are killed by the Federation and dumped in the ocean for the U.S. to find.

July 8th

 * The U.S. responds to General Almagro's threats with Operation: Return to Sender, intending to assassinate the general and destroy the Federation.
 * The Ghosts, led by Gabriel Rorke, infiltrate Caracas and successfully kill Almagro, but Federation forces flood the city, and Elias T. Walker is forced to leave Rorke behind to save the rest of the team.
 * Rorke is captured by the Federation, tortured, broken, and converted to the enemy side.
 * Despite losing Almagro, the Federation continues its rise to superpower status and begins an expansionist campaign northward, conquering Central America and the Caribbean.

July 10th

 * The command station of the U.S.'s newly completed Orbital Defense Initiative (ODIN) is hijacked by Federation forces, who launch tungsten rods at various cities in the United States. Mosley and Baker fight back and successfully scuttle the station before the rest of the payload can be launched, but they sacrifice themselves in the process.
 * El Paso, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles (partially), Miami, New Orleans, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego and San Franscisco are destroyed; 27 million are estimated to be killed as a result. The United States becomes crippled and is no longer a superpower nation, and the Federation becomes the sole global superpower thanks to its abundant resources.
 * The Federation launches an invasion against the United States, "overwhelming an already crippled nation."

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 * Despite the damage, the United States holds their ground against the invading Federation forces. The "War against the Federation" comes to a stalemate after 10 years.
 * The United States constructs a concrete wall bordering the damaged cities, and mines are laid all over the craters in "No Man's Land."

June 6th

 * Logan Walker, David "Hesh" Walker, and Riley recon the Liberty Wall perimeter and defend it against a Federation incursion. They return to Fort Santa Monica and are ordered by Elias T. Walker to investigate Federation activity in no man's land, beyond the Wall.

June 7th

 * Logan, Hesh, and Riley make their way through an area 10 miles north of San Diego. They discover a Federation dig site at an ODIN satellite crash and learn that a man called Gabriel Rorke is involved.
 * Logan, Hesh, and Riley team up with Ghosts Keegan and Thomas A. Merrick to rescue Ajax from Rorke.

June 8th

 * Logan and Hesh help to defend Fort Santa Monica against a Federation offensive.

June 15th

 * Brothers Logan Walker and David "Hesh" Walker meet up with Keegan and raid a building in Caracas, Venezuela to interrogate Victor H. Ramos for Gabriel Rorke's location.

June 27th

 * Logan and Keegan fight enemy forces underwater off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Logan destroys a vessel with a torpedo and they escape.

June 28th

 * Elias T. Walker is killed in front of Logan, Hesh and Thomas A. Merrick by Gabriel Rorke.

July 5th

 * The United States commits its last remaining aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Liberator, in an all-or-nothing assault to disable the Federation's kinetic bombardment satellite array, or "LOKI", before it can be used to destroy the United States.