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Other records of the Ironside Project survived in declassified records of the war but no specific details could be found. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') | Other records of the Ironside Project survived in declassified records of the war but no specific details could be found. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A History of Humankind (novel)|A History of Humankind]]'') | ||
== Alternate timeline == | |||
As the [[Eleventh Doctor]] recounted to [[Amy Pond]], the Ironsides became fully operational in the [[history (The Ironside Advance)|history]] in which he never found them. The [[Battle of Britain]] lasted only one more [[week]] before the German [[Luftwaffe]] suffered crippling casualties, forcing them to retreat and turn their forces against the [[Soviet Union]]. Their underestimation of the strategic possibilities of the Ironsides cost them dearly. Whilst their efforts were diverted elsewhere, the Ironsides [[Normandy landings|landed]] on the [[Normandy]] [[beach]]es, traveling along the [[seabed]] of the [[English Channel]] to avoid detection. The first two Ironsides were joined by the third Dalek from the ship. | |||
[[File:To_victory.jpg|thumb|left|British WW2 War poster featuring an Ironside. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')]] | |||
The conflict was brief. Soon the three Ironsides were marching across [[France]], clearing a path for the [[liberation]] of the towns along their way by British soldiers. The enemy's guns could not penetrate the Ironsides' defenses and their speed and mobility meant that the [[Nazi]]s had to retreat to [[Germany]] to prepare a final defense, allowing the [[Russian]]s to spread across [[Eastern Europe]] at the other end of the [[Allies (World War II)|Allied]] pincer movement. Until this point, the [[United States of America]] had remained silent, unwilling to commit forces to a war that seemed impossible to win, instead steadily stockpiling their weapons, awaiting a tactically advantageous moment. However, when the [[Japan]]ese attempted to come to Germany's aid with a [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|pre-emptive attack]] on [[Pearl Harbor]], the Ironsides stepped in, taking on the enemy [[bomber]]s in a vicious [[dogfight]] lasting two [[day]]s. The [[American Navy]] was saved and [[President of the United States|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] bestowed the [[Medal of Honor]] on the Ironsides, finally agreeing to aid the British in the war effort. Two months later, the Allied forces [[Battle of Berlin|marched]] on [[Berlin]], and the [[Nazi]] stranglehold was broken. | |||
In summer [[1942]], the Allies met in a secret bunker underneath [[Washington, D.C.]]. With no common enemy to fight, relations between the Soviets, Americans and British were [[Cold War|breaking down]] and the center of the debate was the Ironsides. Neither Stalin or Truman were keen to allow such powerful weapons to be the property of the [[British Army]] alone, but the Ironsides' insistence that under no circumstances would they relocate from the United Kingdom meant that Churchill had no choice but to agree to their destruction. | |||
It took the United States nearly a year to refine the nuclear technology needed to destroy Professor Bracewell's creations and, in an operation broadcast live across the globe, the first test of the [[atomic bomb|atom-bomb]] took place on [[7 February]] [[1943]] on the [[Isle of Man]], the blast vapourising the Ironsides. It was an ironic fate for the Daleks, permanently ending their race and their terror.([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ironside Advance (short story)|The Ironside Advance]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
