Greatest Alternate History Military

Name the greatest alternate history military(U.S.A., C.S.A., Nazi Germany, Holy Roman Empire) of the present day include manpower, equipment, and victories?
 

Straha

Banned
The Drakan military

manpower 10,000,000 citizens and 30,000,000 jannisaries

victories: EVERYONE
 

Grey Wolf

Donor
Russia

ConfederateFly said:
Name the greatest alternate history military(U.S.A., C.S.A., Nazi Germany, Holy Roman Empire) of the present day include manpower, equipment, and victories?

The worlds greatest naval superpower with fleets in the Baltic, White Sea, Far East (Siberia/Manchuria), Persia, Black Sea/Med and international.

Tsar Aleksandr VII is the world's foremost autocrat !

Grey Wolf
 
Greater Empire of Germany (Grösserer Reich Deutschland)
1881-present day
Manpower (Königliches Reich Militär):
-Army (Königliche Reich Armee): 650,000, active; 1,00,000, reserve
-Navy (Königliche Reich Kriegsmarine): 95,000, active; 25,000, reserve
-Air Force (Königliche Reich Luftwaffe): 101,000, active; 40,000, reserve
-Armed Imperial Guard (Waffen-SS): 55,000, active; 15,000, reserve
Total Population: 1,500,000,000
Wars:
-European War (1914-1916), German Victory
-Russo-Germanic War (1921-1924), German Victory
-War of Expansion (1924-1939), German Victory
-Great War (1941-1953), German Victory
-Indian War (1951-1953), German Victory
-Mongolian War (1962-1971), German Defeat (OTL Vietnam)
Equipment:
-Tanks: 55,000 (5,000 hover)
-Artillery: 45,000
-Armored Personall Carriers: 15,000
Ships:
-Carriers: 25
-Battleships: 45
-Cruisers:
-Battle: 20
-Armored: 19
-Heavy: 20
-Light: 600+
-Destroyers: 1000+
-Submarines: 780
Aircraft:
-Fighters: 1,500
-Bombers: 750
-Ground Attack: 600
-Spy: 100
-Transport: 240
Helicopters:
-Utility: 450
-Attack: 670
-Trasnport: 105
 
lol. Too few by nearly two orders of magnitude.

The Republic of Frankfurt (1821-1871)

At the peak of it's strength prior to the Franco-Prussian war and the War of German Unification, the Republic was the chief military power of the lower Rhine region.

Regular Army: 75,000
Reserves: 625,000

Wars:
Annexation of Mainz (1836)
Krakow Incident (1845)
European Civil War (1848-1852)
Hannoverian Conflict (1859-1861)
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
War of German Unification (1871-1873)

The Regular Army posted a strength of 3 divisions and 3 regiments of artillery. The unusually large artillery contingent was mostly utilized in manning the fortifications along the lower Rhine and Weser rivers. The male population of the Republic was required to undergo one year's military service as training at the age of 18. Following this, he would be subject to callup at the orders of the Parliament. Only once, during the War of Unification, was this step ever taken, with full mobilization taking nearly a full months' time, during which time the forces of Prussia had advanced nearly to the gates of Frankfurt itself. The initial attack was beaten back, but the overwhelming numerical superiority took its toll in a war of attrition, and the Republic was eventually incorporated into Greater Germany.
 
The Argentine Navy

In 1872 The Argentine was granted it's independece as a Brithish Domonion. Following the Great Southern War of 1876, Between Brazil , The Argentine, & Peru vs Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, & Equador. Argentine annexed Southern Chile giving The Argentine a pacific Coast.

Major British Investment Followed , With a Trans Andes RR between Bueno Areies & Santiago, in 1885. From the beginning "The Republic of The Argentine" realized the need for a strong military, and with the annexation of Chile, this included a need for a Two Ocean Navy. And a strong Merchant Navy to move its products around the world.

By 1890 The Argentine and Mexico were the Two largest Industrial powers in the Americas. When Mexico opened a Canal across it's state of Nigaraga, The Argentine entered into an agreement with Gran Columbia to Build a competing Canal across Columbia's province of Pamama.

In 1897 The Argentine Sent it's "Great White Fleet" on a World tour. It's first stop was in the Newly independent nation of Cuba, While there report of Riots in the US. The Argentine fleet Entered Ports along the East Coast to evacuate, Argentine & Mexican Nationals, While The Mexican Navy did the same on the Gulf & Pacific Coasts.

When Marco Phillipe' Became the first man to Fly, in 1898, His "Great Roc" Flyer took off from the Beach at the La Plata Naval base. By 1906 the Navy ordered a Dozen Aircraft from the Langley Aerodrome Company in Bahia Blanca, and formed the worlds first Naval Air Force. While Fords Auto factory Would make Monterrey the Auto capital of the World. Bahia Blanca would emerge as the Largest AeroDrome Manufactuing City in the world.

When Mexico sent General Villa roaming around NM & Arizonia [1911] following the US Rebel-Bandit Pershing raid into Mexico. The Argentine sent several NAF pilots as Military Observers, Their reports lead to several changes in Aerodrome design.

During the early years of the 1900's The Argentine Navy under went a complete overhaul. By 1912 and the begining of the GW in Europe, The Argentine had one of the Finest long distance Blue Water Navys in the World. Thru it was only Half the size of GB's. They also had one of the largest Air Forces. In 1915 it would be a Argentine pilot who shot down the Infamous Red Baron, in the closing weeks of the War.

During the 1930's the Navy sponsored research into Hydrogen Fueled vehicles and steam powered Aerodromes. In 1936 the ANAF produced several Dozen Steam High attitude long range reconisance aerocraft, In 1937 following Mac Authurs Coup de Etat, The Argentine sold a dozen of these S-2s to Mexico. Mexico used these to conduct overflights of the US.

In 1938 The Nabor forces of Imperial Russia smarting from their defeat in the GW1 Lached a Surprise attack and invadsion on the British naval base at Pearl Harbor. This was aimed at Preventing Britian and Canada from being able to help the Japanese. Unfortunally for the Rodina ANAF carrier and task force had just arrived and the ANAF still had a CAP of S-2s up.

In 1943 at the end of GW2 The Argentine Was the worlds #1 Industrail Nation & The Argentine Navy was the most powerful in the world.

During the late 40's Argentine continued with it's hydogen research and in 1954 launched the world first Fuel cell Submarine, Natilus. In 1955 natilus made the first trans polar submerged Vovage from St Johns New Foundland, to Junuea, Alaska.

In 1990 When the Sauds invaded Kuwiitt, The Argentine Lead the OAS participants in the Colilition that Liberated Kuwiitt .

On 03.03.03. Facists Terrorists Flew 4 large commericial aerodromes into the Dominion Trade centre in downtown Bueno Aires, Killing over 3000 People.

Even as I write this Argentine Naval Forces, Along with Forces from the OAS, British Commonwealth, and MittleEuropa, prepare to lead a goabal Colilition into the USA. Operation Founding Fathers , Is designed to restore Democarcy to that Poor Nation.
 
The United States Navy today

The military of the United States is the greatest in the world today. The United States declared in August, 1914, that “Any unlawful interference with American commerce by the warring powers will result in instant war with the United States.” As a result, the United States managed to sit out the Great War of 1914-1919, although there were a few times when one side or the other tested America’s resolve. That resolve was seen to be firm, as the USN on several occasions provided armed escorted for American ships. On one noted occasion, after a Royal Navy siezure of several American ships, the USN provided an escort of4 dreadnoughts plus assorted light ships for a convoy to Denmark. The possibility theat the American ships could opperate with the High Seas Fleet if war broke out was a factor in Britian’s returning of the seized ship, and neither side again molested American shipping. When the war ended, the United States navy was a force to be reckoned with—after the great battles in the final days of the war, the US was left with the world’s most powerful navy—and a building program to maintain that status.
The Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy reluctantly realized that this would be the state of things to come for a long time
An attempt to limit naval armaments in the 1920’s failed, as the European powers anticipated another war, and could not agree on terms.
The fact that only a strong navy kept the USA out of the wars was not lost on Congress, and the isolationists actually started to back a strong fleet—although not an army to match.
When the Second Great War broke out in 1946, the USA maintained a similar policy—and occasionally escorted merchants through the war zone. With the same policy in place, both sides saw that to bring the US into the war would be suicidal-especially since the US started a new building program when it became apparent that war would be likely again.
There were no Nazi’s and no Holocaust.
The war ended in 1950 with mixed results. Austria-Hungary finally collapsed, but France was humiliated yet again. The Ottoman Empire had fallen onto hard times between the war, and sold much of the Middle East to the USA. War loan repayments flowing into the USA instantly turned around, flowing back to Ottoman Turkey. This time, the Army was respectable, as the possibility of a greedy European nation seizing the American Middle East could not be ignored.
After two world wars in which the US stayed neutral, the US economy was very strong, with most of the nations of the world owing the USA vast sums of money. Even to this day, gold from Europe flows into American coffers repaying the debts of those distant wars.
Note—the Middle East is officially a protectorate of the USA, and the US Supreme Court as ruled that freedom of religion concern mean that various Islamic customs, such as polygamy, are protected under the first amendment. It has also ruled that women do have all the rights of men—weather they choose to exercise them is another story, and one that has caused some difficulties.
Today, the United States Navy is the world’s most powerful fighting force, consisting of 16 fleet carriers, 8 battleships, 3 missile battleships, as well as numerous cruisers and destroyers. John Paul Jones Station in low Earth orbit is the command center for the USN’s presence in space—so far, purely scientific and observation assets, at least publicly.
Only the United States, Imperial Germany, and Great Britain possess ballistic missile submarines, although China and the Russian have land based ballistic missiles.
The United States Navy has no great victory in battle—in fact, it has not been called to battle in over a century against a comparable force. Its great victory is keeping the USA out of the wars that devastated Europe twice in the 20th century.
 
Do the Cubans have pretty much all old soviet equipment such as T-54 tanks, ballistic missles from the Cuban missle crisis, and old Soviet-Afghan war jeeps and field phones?
 
United Kingdoms of Denmark

United Kingdoms of Denmark/Forenede Danske Kongedømmer
~800-1868.

Population: 17,000,000 (estimated 1860)
Territories: Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Tranquebar, Danish Bengalen, Faeroes, North Albiengien (Hamburg, Holstein and Lauenburg), Skåne (Southern Sweden), Danish West Africa (Ghana) and Baltic Duchy (Estonia).

Armed Forces:
Well equiped and used to fighting smaller wars overseas the armed forces of the United Kingdoms went to war in 1860 with supreme selfconfidence…

Army:
Royal Danish Army/Kongelige Danske Hær: 250,000 (~ 800,000 fully mobilised).

The old Valdemar-kings used the Ledings Fleet to great effect. The system slowly evolved into a kind of conscription thus creating a modern day citizens army with levy en masse.

- Infantry: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th , 7th and nummerous independent brigades and regiments.
- Royal Guard: 2 Brigades, one Foot Guard (1 Old and 1 Young Guard battalion) and one Horse Guard (Hvy Cav), organised in the 1st Divison.
- Cavalry: 4th Division, 2 brigades and several independent regiments
- Artillery: Some 25-30 batteries with between 8-12 guns each, and special batteries with motars and heavy guns.

Navy:
Royal Danish Navy/Kongelige Danske Flåde: ~105,000.

During the reign of King Hans I the Royal Danish Navy was founded as a real fleet in the modern sense of the word with dedicated shops of the line. Around 1845 the RDN began constructing ironclads, some 10 years later all-steel ships were being build at Holmen and Nakskov

- Line: 21 modern steel warships of the primarily Caroline Amalie and Monarch, the Christians and the Frederiks, classes), 5 monitors of the Beowulf and 1 of the Rolf Krake class and some 40 frigates.
- Costal and reserve: 20 older iron and non-iron clad ships of the line and smaller vessels, corvettes and the like.
- Marine Corps: Some 8-10 battalions. Deployed around the world and used for fighting minor colonial wars and skirmishes. Famous in the Kingdoms for their heroic last stand in Torshavn in '67.

Airforce:
Royal Aeronatical Corps/Kongelige Aeronautiske Korps: 500.

During the War of Revolution balloons were being used as platforms for artillery oberservation. These soon took shape as true airships loaded with bombs and such like. Three airships is said to have bombed Stockholm in the spring of '63 and thus started the firestorm that nearly destroyed the city.

Wars:
1497-1509: The Kalmar and Merchant Wars. King Hans I and his son, future king, Christian I battles first the Swedes in the bloody Kalmar War and duels with The Hanseatic leagues at sea.

1520-1605: The Swedish Wars. Danish and Swedish kings fights long and protracted wars over southern Sweden and the Baltic regions.

1625-1645: The Holy Wars. Christian IV unleashes his conscripted army upon the catholics of Germany Empire. Tilly is defeated at Lutter am Barenberg and his army destroyed, sack of Aachen and Köln follows. Duing the Long March to Münich in early ’45 King Christian IV falls off his horse and dies.

1756-1769: The Colonial Wars. Denmark, Holland and France engage British forces around the globe. Bloody stalemate in India where the greater powers ekspend themselves in futile attempts to drive to others out of the subcontinent for good.

1799-1810: The Napoleonic Wars. Aided by Spain, Holland and Denmark Napoleon I sweeps across Europe and secures french supremacy for the next 150 years.

1848-1851: War of Revolution. The United Kingdom of Denmark faces internal unrest, colonial uprisings and invasions by The German Bund and Sweden.

1860-1868: The Great War. The Old Alliance, Denmark, France, Spain, Brazil, Holland, Mexico, Russia and the CSA battles The Alliance of Nations, England, Portugal, Argentine, Germany, Sweden, Japan and USA. Airships, machineguns, repeater rifles, gas and all the other wonders of the industrialised modern society makes this war the war to end all wars…


Regards!

- Mr.Bluenote.

Honeste vivere, alterum non ladere, suum cuique tribuere!
 
Oh, ooops, forgot to answer that one! Hmm, actually my posting is part of an Greater Denmark/Stordanmark TL I'm wrting, and it ends with the indirect defeat of Denmark and Co because of internal unrest (a lot of liberal and cummunard uprisings etc etc). You would probably have liked the good guys (CSA) to have won, neh? :)


Best regards and all!

- Bluenote.

Honeste vivere, alterum non ladere, suum cuique tribuere!
 
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