Commonwealth Strategic Division · Timeline

SERIES TIMELINE

Chronological events from 1920–1989, including world events, Commonwealth Security Directorate operations, and book releases. Showing divergence points from actual history and the 1963–1982 "lost years" gap.

70
Years Covered
6
World Events
12
CSD Events
7
Operations

Foundation Era · 1920–1962

1945
WORLD
VE Day · Britain stands; the question of Empire is forced.
1947
WORLD
Delhi Conference · Morrison Plan adopted. India remains united. Commonwealth Federation founded, 43 members, Ottawa as capital.
1949
CSD
Commonwealth Security Directorate founded · Col. H. Vane, first Director.
1951
WORLD
Korean War · Commonwealth forces deployed alongside UN.
1952
CSD
Malayan Emergency continues · Deveraux & Gurung first cross paths.
1957
WORLD
Sputnik · Soviet pressure intensifies on the Development Fund.
1958
WORLD
South Africa expelled over apartheid · the first major expulsion.
1958
CSD
Operation LION'S SHADOW · LD-001 · the conspiracy in Delhi.
1958
BOOK
THE LION'S SHADOW
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1959
BOOK
THE LION'S GAMBIT
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1960
CSD
Vane retires; heart attack December.
1961
CSD
Dr. C. Wyndham-Deveraux appointed Director · first woman, age 37.
1961
CSD
Congo Crisis · the river extraction · LD-003.
1961
BOOK
THE LION'S ROAR
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The Lost Years
1962–1973 · Twenty Years Classified
A generational gap in the narrative. The world turned. The Commonwealth endured. Deveraux aged from 43 to 64. When operations resume in 1983, new faces join old hands for the endgame.
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Endgame Era · 1983–1989

1973
CSD
The Quiet Decade · CSD funding halved.
1983
CSD
Hong Kong handover negotiations · the new generation · LD-005.
1983
BOOK
THE LION'S LEGACY
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1987
CSD
Afghanistan · Soviet decline · LD-006.
1987
BOOK
THE LION'S PRIDE
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1989
CSD
Wall falls · Cold War ends · CSD stood down · LD-007.
1989
BOOK
THE LION'S TWILIGHT
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2012
CSD
Federation Records Act · declassification begins.
2026
CSD
LD-001 file released · The Lion's Shadow published.
TIMELINE NOTE: World events marked with [ALT] indicate divergence from actual history where the Commonwealth Federation formed in 1947. CSD events are internal Commonwealth Security Directorate operations and milestones. Book releases show publication schedule.