Thread:CirUmeUela/@comment-27496405-20180307074410/@comment-26838855-20180322023057

I've known about this for like a year and only just taken a minute to think about moving.

In The Things We Bury, it is shown in Whitehall's mugshot that he was taken on "3.2.45" - March 2, 1945. This is a little while after the climax of The First Avenger.

We also have this, the source of which I can't find, and the user who uploaded it hasn't been active for 2 years. In the title is "Faked" but they've sourced it as a behind-the-scenes photo and it looks pretty good. But also, why would it only first arrive on the wiki in February 2016? Dubious of its legitimacy, but accepting it for now.


 * Capture of Zola - The Smithsonian says Bucky "died" in 1944. However, later in the film, Zola says he was captured in 1945. Sam also refers in Civil War to Bucky and Steve working together still in 1945, and the event isn't long before the climax, which we know is no earlier than February 1945, because they take Zola to London and then interrogate him and report back about the Red Skull's plan and act on it ASAP, and Steve is still drinking in mourning the night before the climax (it's after Red Skull says "tomorrow"), with Peggy coming to console him. It's seemingly only days later. So this is early 1945.
 * Possibly February 3, 1945 - Phillips interrogates Zola.
 * Soon after Bucky's "death" and soon after the interrogation - Phillips returns to the U.S. Schmidt rallies his forces for "tomorrow". Peggy consoles Steve as he drinks in mourning of Bucky. Phillips, Stark, Carter, and Rogers, along with the Howling Commandos, make final plans.
 * The next day - Climax.
 * March 2, 1945 - The Howling Commandos take down the final Hydra base in the wake of Schmidt's death. Peggy is a bit happier, it seems like she's had at least a bit of time to mourn.
 * March 5, 1945 - A newspaper shown in The Winter Soldier reports on Steve going missing. It's quite possible this is a little while later, especially in the war, when the government would want to cover this up to keep morale going. But it can't be more than a few weeks.

So I'd go with, while accepting the February 3rd telegram: Then after some mourning, Peggy helps the Howling Commandos in the second half of February and beginning of March. They take Whitehall on March 2, 1945, 3.5 weeks after the climax, and Peggy is a little bit more cheerful. Then the news is released on March 4, 1945, nearly 4 weeks later (it could actually be taken to coincide with them stopping Hydra, that they feel it's OK to release the news now that Hydra are seemingly finished). The papers report on it on March 5th.
 * February 1, 1945 - Capturing Zola, Bucky's "death".
 * February 3, 1945 - Interrogating Zola.
 * February 4, 1945 - Schmidt prepares for "tomorrow". Steve mourns Bucky. Plans are made.
 * February 5, 1945 - Climax.

If the telegram is fan-made, then I'd go a little bit later in February, to work a little bit better with the March 5th date, around mid-February instead.