A timeline of events in the "Modern Warfare Timeline". It features events from the Call of Duty series from October 25th, 1917 until January 21st, 2017 from the games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Remastered) , Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It also features events from the Expanded Universe items Modern Warfare 2: Ghost, Find Makarov: Operation Kingfish, Soap's Journal. It includes DS games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Nintendo DS), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: Defiance.

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1917 Edit

October 25th Edit

The Russian Civil War begins.

1922 Edit

October Edit

The Russian Civil War ends in a Red Army victory.

1939 Edit

September 1st Edit

World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland.

1945 Edit

September 2nd Edit

World War II ends in Allied victory

1947 Edit

March 12th Edit

President Truman creates the Truman Doctrine, beginning the Cold War.

1949 Edit

April 4th Edit

NATO is created.

August 24th Edit

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom, and the United States join NATO.

1952 Edit

February 18th Edit

Greece and Turkey join NATO.

1955 Edit

May 6th Edit

West Germany joins NATO.

May 14th Edit

Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union form the Warsaw Pact.

1963 Edit

Unknown Edit

MacMillan is born in Scotland.

May 1st Edit

1968 Edit

September 13th Edit

Albania withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.

1969 Edit

August Edit

Codename: Nikolai is born somewhere in the USSR

October 10th Edit

Sandman is born

1970 Edit

April 10th Edit

Vladimir Makarov is born.

1972 Edit

An active conflict in Siera Leone so far kills 87,213 people.

November 6th Edit

Alejandro Rojas is born.

1978 Edit

Yuri (Modern Warfare 3) is born in Russia

1979 Edit

December 27th Edit

1980 Edit

John "Soap" MacTavish is born in Scotland.

November Edit

SEAL Team Six is created.

1982 Edit

May 30th Edit

Spain joins NATO.

1983 Edit

Waraabe is born in Mogadishu, Somalia.

1986 Edit

April 26th Edit

The Chernobyl disaster occurs.

1989 Edit

February 15th Edit

The Soviet-Afghan War ends with the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

A conflict in Kosovo leaves 6,000 casualties

1991 Edit

July 1st Edit

The Warsaw Pact disbands.

December 26 Edit

The Soviet Union dissolves, becoming Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldovia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.

1992 Edit

Alena Vorshevsky is born.

1994 Edit

A conflict in Rwanda leaves 800,000 to 1,000,000 dead.

Joseph Allen is born.

April 20th Edit

CSTO is formed.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan become members.

1996 Edit

The British Government orders its first assassination since World War II on Imran Zakhaev.

Winter Edit

1997 Edit

Alejandro Rojas becomes a freelance arms dealer and involves himself with many terrorist organizations.

1999 Edit

March 12th Edit

Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland join NATO

April 2nd Edit

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan withdraw from CSTO.

2001 Edit

September 11th Edit

The World Trade Center is destroyed by terrorists, leaving 2,996 dead

Vladimir Makarov bombs a Moscow city bus, leaving 29 people dead and 19 injured.

Makarov bombs Piccadilly Circus using a modified London Underground train, leaving 407 dead.

Makarov massacres a GUM mall in Moscow, leaving 87 dead.

2002 Edit

Makarov hijacks a Greek oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea and kills 2 members of the Greek Navy before the $3 million ransom is paid.

Makarov kills 3 Russian infantry soldiers.

2003 Edit

Makarov represses North Caucasus-based, pro-Western nationalist groups, commits assassinations of political leaders, arson and bombing of opposition parties. Makarov also murders Moscow-based journalist Ilya Lovitch.

Makarov bombs several high government buildings in Kazakhstan, killing 245 people.

Makarov hijacks two Kriegler Airliner planes, leaving 378 people dead, including 8 of his own henchmen.

2004 Edit

Makarov robs a HBS bank in Istanbul.

Makarov kidnaps 15 Russian college students and murders 5 of them.

Makarov bombs two African embassies, leaving 28 dead and 48 injured.

March 29th Edit

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO.

2005 Edit

Makarov raids an unknown number of bullion trucks in Moscow, steals 3 million rubles and kills 3 security guards.

Makarov hijacks an unknown number of cruise ships in the Baltic Sea, tortures 3 US passengers until the $5 million ransom is paid.

2006 Edit

Makarov robs the Russian State Prostal and Banking Service Depot of 32 million rubles

Makarov murders famous British designer Rob Millington.

Makarov murders 3 US airmen in Turkmenistan.

Makarov assists in coordinating attacks made by the Sudanese Military and Janjaweed Militia against rebels. This action is then implicated in human rights abuses.

June 23rd Edit

Uzbekistan rejoins CSTO.

2007 Edit

Makarov captures and dismembers the Mossad attache representing Ukraine because he was responsible for investigating Makarov's links to Islamic extremists.

Makarov assassinates Pakistani politician Hasni Al'Bura.

2008 Edit

Makarov bombs a Swedish furniture store in a shopping mall located in St. Petersburg, killing 100 people.

Makarov ambushes an FSB vehicle and kills 5 agents.

Makarov abducts and murders SibGaz owner's wife and daughter.





2009 Edit

Makarov bombs a US oil company in Baku, killing 3 people.

Makarov attempts to bomb an English-speaking school in Moscow but fails.

Makarov rigs explosives in a Moscow soccer stadium. Makarov is denied publicity when authorities burst a pipe to prevent the match.

Makarov receives over $2,100,100 worth of weapons, drugs and people.

April 1st Edit

Albania and Croatia join NATO.

Sometime before 2011 Edit

2011 Edit

Day 0 Edit

Day 1 Edit

Day 2 Edit

Day 3 Edit

Day 4 Edit

Day 5 Edit

Day 6 Edit

Between 2011 and 2013 Edit

2012 Edit

June 28th Edit

Uzbekistan withdraws from CSTO again.

2013 Edit

October 8th Edit

Operation Kingfish is launched by a joint Task Force 141 and Delta Force strike team to eliminate Vladimir Makarov. Task Force 141 Operatives included are Captain John Price, Simon "Ghost" Riley, John "Soap" MacTavish, Gary "Roach" Sanderson, Delta Force Operators Sandman and Frost. The operation turns out to be a trap and cause John "Soap" MacTavish to be wounded and John Price to be captured and sent to the Petropavlovsk Gulag.

Between 2013 and 2016 Edit

2015 Edit

Vladimir Makarov becomes the CIA's most wanted terrorist.

2016 Edit

Prior to Day 1 Edit

A statue of Imran Zakhaev is constructed in memory of him hailing him as a hero in Moscow.

Day 1 (August 10th) Edit

Sometime between Day 1 and 2 Edit

Day 2 (August 11th) Edit

Day 3 (August 12th) Edit

08:41 The Zahkaev International Airport Massacre. Vladimir Makarov shoots his teammate Yuri, who tried to stop the massacre beforehand. Yuri is left to die in the airport's parking garage. Makarov and his men then ascend to Terminal 4 and open fire on civilians and airport security. Yuri attempts to follow and stop Makarov, but passes out from blood loss and is later saved by paramedics. After killing scores of civilians, Makarov's team moves out to the tarmac and engages Federal Security Service (FSB) forces. Makarov's teammates Lev and Kiril are killed in the fighting. As they board a vehicle for escape, Makarov fatally shoots teammate Alexei Borodin, knowing he is an embedded CIA agent. The FSB recovers Borodin's body and later identifies him as Joseph Allen. Russia then uses the massacre as a reason to declare war against the United States, a conflict that will ultimately lead to World War 3.

Day 4 (August 13th) Edit

Day 5 (August 14th) Edit

Day 6 (August 15th) Edit

Day 7 (August 16th) Edit

August 17th Edit

Nikolai takes Soap and Price to a safehouse in Himachal Pradesh, Northern India. Yuri joins Price and Nikolai and helps them bring Soap to Nikolai's Little Bird to safety from Makarov's forces as they assault the Loyalist safehouse.

Sgt. Derek "Frost" Westbrook and codename Sandman of Delta Force fight through Wall Street to the roof of the Stock Exchange where they knock down a jamming tower. They hold out until extraction and clash in a helicopter duel with enemy Hinds.

Joined with the U.S. Navy SEALs, Frost and Sandman infiltrate a Russian Oscar-II Class submarine and launch its missiles against the Russian fleet. They escape out of New York Harbor.

Sometime between August 17th and October 3rd Edit

John "Soap" Mactavish, John Price, Nikolai and Yuri escape from Makarov's forces and relocate to Africa, where Soap recovers and heals from his knife wound; they conduct a mission in Parrot's Beak, Guinea.

Following the mission in Parrot's Beak, they conduct a mission at an international airport in Accra, Ghana. They protect a courier transferring $600,000 worth of gold to a plane.

October 3rd Edit

Russian President Boris Vorshevsky flies to Hamburg to negotiate a peace treaty with NATO. In flight the plane is hijacked by Makarov's Ultranationalists. FSO agents including Andrei Harkov defend the president. The plane crash lands somewhere in Eastern Europe. Vorshevsky's daughter Alena is secured. However, Makarov kills the president's security detail (including Harkov), and takes Vorshevsky hostage, hoping to get the nuclear launch codes from him.

October 5th Edit

Price, Soap and Yuri, infiltrate Sierra Leone, to find where Makarov's chemical weapons are being transported from. Fighting the African Militia, they discover the factory empty and head to a church where the shipment leaves too soon for them to stop it.

October 6th Edit

Sgt. Marcus Burns of the SAS, along with Sgt. Wallcroft and Cpl. Griffen, sneak through London to neutralize Russian terrorist threat. They soon engage in a car chase through the underground train tunnels. They are able to reach the blockade to stop suspected bomb trucks. However, one is set off in London.

Chemical attacks are launched all across Europe. This paves the way for a massive blitzkrieg-like land invasion by the Russian Army, who soon reach Hamburg and Paris.

Delta Force rescues the US Vice President in Hamburg, Germany in the opening hours of the invasion.

October 8th Edit

After gaining a lead by MacMillan, Price, Soap and Yuri go to Somalia to interrogate Waraabe, an African arms dealer. After gaining intel and killing him, they attempt an exfil, but Nikolai's helicopter is shot down. They rescue Nikolai and escape the city through a violent sandstorm.

October 9th Edit

Price gives Sandman intel, in turn Delta Force Team Metal goes to Paris to track down Volk. After fighting their way through the city and linking up with GIGN operatives, they move down into the catacombs and find Volk who flees. After a furious car chase, the Team damages Volk's car and capture him.

Delta Force escapes Paris with Volk while supported by an AC-130.

October 10th Edit

After interrogating Volk, Sandman gives Price intel on where Makarov will be. Price and the team infiltrate Russian-occupied Prague with the help of Sgt. Kamarov and the local resistance to set up a sniping position to kill Makarov.

October 11th Edit

The assassination mission goes awry when Makarov learns about it. Kamarov is captured and killed, and the vantage point where Yuri and Soap are watching explodes, mortally wounding Soap. The three escape to a Resistance safehouse where Soap dies, but not before telling Price that Makarov knows Yuri. Enraged Price confronts Yuri, who confesses his past with Makarov. Price allows Yuri to live, for now.

October 12th Edit

Price and Yuri infiltrate Makarov's stronghold not far from Prague, and learn that Makarov's men have plans to capture Alena Vorshevsky in Berlin. They make a furious escape as Makarov's men become aware of their presence.

October 13th Edit

Nikolai contacts Sandman about Alena Vorshevsky. Delta Force discovers her whereabouts in Berlin. Team Metal backs up Granite as they go into rescue her. In the fighting, Granite Team is killed by an unseen explosive device. Metal now goes in to rescue Alena backed up by German tanks, which are destroyed by an explosive-rigged collapsed building. They move through the building and reach her location but the Russians get there first taking her away in an Mi-24 Hind helicopter.

October 14th Edit

After tracking the Hind to a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia. Delta Force and Task Force 141 assault it. After finding Alena, Truck secures an evac for her. The joint team successfully rescues President Vorshevsky. In the escape, Team Metal sacrifice themselves to buy time for Price and Yuri to escape with the Russian President. Sandman, Truck and Grinch are presumed KIA after the mine collapses.

After October 14th Edit

Peace between the Russian Federation and United States is agreed to, ending World War III.

Task Force 141 is cleared and reinstated, and is given permission to continue operations to hunt down Makarov, who is still at large.

2017 Edit

January 21st Edit