Kingdom of the Netherlands : a alternate star trek timeline

1949

January 1st
United nations sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistan war.

February 28th
Whit KNRS ER-2 now operational , KNRS ER-1 receives its first major upgrade (1) , in order to allow it to be used for assisting in the construction and assembly of ER-3 and future Netherlands spaceships at New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard.

April 4th
The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., creating the NATO defense alliance (2).

May 11th
Siam officially changes its name to Thailand.

May 12th
Soviet land blockade of Berlin ends.

May 13th
First British produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its first test flight.

May 14th
President Truman signs a bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral.

May 27th
The last T-20 Tjiger tank to be delivered to the KNIL 3rd tank battalion is handed over to General Spoor , commander of the royal Netherlands east Indies army (3).

May 19th
For the fourth time , the people of the Netherlands make the royal democratic party , the largest party in the cabinet , as promised prime minister Smit , having bin prime minister for twelve years steps down and gives the party leadership and the prime minister office to Willem Drees , a member of the royal democratic party sins 1940 and a member of the oversight commission sins 1945.

May 23rd
Federal republic of West Germany proclaimed.

May 27th
The Netherlands ministry of foreign affairs announces that will return the German legation, consulate and other German properties in The Hauge , which the seized in 1945 , and hand them over to the Federal republic of Germany.

June 26th
Mars base Hellas (4) is completed , the Mars base which is build mostly underground can house more then 120 royal Netherlands space force personal.

July 20th
Israel's nineteen months of fighting for independence ends.

July 28th
The Soviet Union successfully detonates their first atom bomb (5) , the explosion is observed by a class-5 probe orbiting earth , their first major observation sins the have begun replacing the four class-1 probes who are being retired and dismantled for study at Netherlands space centre Guyana.

October 1st
The United Republic of China (6) is officially proclaimed.

October 7th
The Democratic Republic of Germany is established officially.

October 14th
The United States recognizes the United Republic of China as a independent nation , the first nation to do so.

October 16th
Civil war ends in Greece with a communist surrender.

October 20th
The Soviet Union recognizes the United Republic of China , in return the United Republic of China renounces , their claims on the second East Turkestan republic (7).

November 6th
Whit Mars base Hellas now operational ,work on a simpler Mars base can begin by the royal Netherlands engineering corps , the location chosen for the second Mars base is Utopia Planitia.

November 20th
The Jewish population in the state of Israel reaches 1,000,000 , of them more then 14,000 are Dutch Jews.

November 27th
Burma recognizes the United Republic of China.

December 30th
India recognizes the United Republic of China.

December 31st
More then eighteen country’s recognizes the United Republic of China (8).

(1) the upgrades KNRS ER-1 will receive are a transported and tractor beam , so that it can tow materials beamed up by the Netherlands space centre Guyana ore other facilities used by the royal Netherlands space force and bring it to New Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard ore Moon base Eisinga ore New Amsterdam moon base , KNRS ER-2 is also schedule to receive the same upgrade when its conformed that the upgrades ER-1 received work whit out any problems.

(2) the KNIL 3rd tank battalion is one of the three tank battalion in service whit the royal Netherlands east Indies army , each tank battalion has three company’s consisting of twelve T-10 panther tanks and one company of twelve T-20 Tjiger tanks.

(3) the kingdom of the Netherlands is not a member of the NATO , and has chosen not to become a member , as it believes that its strong enough to defend its interest and independence whiteout being a member of any origination ore alliance.

(4) Mars base Hellas is equipped whit all the facility’s needed to function and is to date the largest Netherlands build base on Mars ore the moon.

(5) the Netherlands had hope that Soviet Union would not be interested in developing their one atomic bomb , but whit the information the Soviet Union having received from their spy’s in the United States , the came to the conclusion that the needed their on atomic bomb to defend them self against the United States.

(6) the United Republic of China is a republic made op of the Chinese nationalist and Chinese communist who whit only the Chinese provinces of Qinghai , Gansu ,Yunnan and part of the province of Sichuan under their control , have decided to create a united republic , in the hopes that the can be recognize by the United nation and form a strong front against the Japanese empire who controls most of China.

(7) the Chinese nationalist and Chinese communist claimed the second East Turkestan republic as Chinese territory ,which is made op the now former Chinese Xinjiang province.

(8) the Japanese empire and its led greater east Asia alliance do not recognize the United Republic of China , but the Japanese empire is now forced to halt any military offensive near the border of the United Republic of China for the moment.