AH challenge: Three World Wars

Conditions:
- A war counts as a World War if there are independent nations involved on at least three continents. The majority of the ten strongest nations has to fight in the war, including on each of their territories.
- Between two world wars, there have to be between ten and forty years.

How would technology have to look like? What are the results? (I don't mean borders and such... but how would societies change.)
 

Straha

Banned
This is OTL. No wait it isn't. We've got 5 world wars(7 years war, american revolution, napoleonic wars, WWI, WWII)
 

Thande

Donor
Between 10 and 40 years between each war.

This might be ASB, but how about OTL up until the early 1960s, and then a major conventional war fought between the West and the Soviets with little or no use of nuclear weapons? Probably a bit difficult to see that by then, though.
 

Thande

Donor
I suppose that gets us into one of those 'WI no nukes / slower development of nukes' scenarios...

Alternatively, then, a World War in the mid to late 19th century, and then two more before atomics come in.

Possible triggers for this World War: Crimea? ACW? Balkan Wars/Constantinople possession? Division of China?
 
Would just the 7yr/ARW/Napoleonic count?

Perhaps a WW2 only against Germany, and then WW3 against Japan...
 
In one of DMA's "future histories", he made a mention of World Wars being "reclassified" using the terminology suggested in this thread - as such, Seven Years' War was re-labeled "First World War", the Napoleonic Wars became the Second World War, OTL WWI was the Third, and OTL WWII was the Fourth. Granted, it is more than 10-40 year breaks, but, let's say, Franco-German war happens 10 years later, is much less decisive, and grows to envelop a system of European alliances - perhaps Russia jumps on because it wants Constantinople, owned by French allies the Ottomans, the British jump on it because of a threat to British India the Russians pose, the Germans want a piece of the French (and, coincidentally, an empire of their own), etc etc.

Then, WWII and WWIII occur in the aftermath, pretty much on schedule with OTL. I guess military tech will be better than OTL, but a number of developments in politics and in social structures may be nigh unrecognizable, especially if Communism is either butterflied away, or mutated beyond recognition.
 
Maybe a Sino-Russian war. It would take up most of Asia, maybe spill out into the Middle East. I doubt those two countries would use nukes right off the bat, only if things went really sour.
 
Hmm, How about this:

1812 at Borodino Napoleon get a "Cannas style" victory (in OTL it is clear that one of the worst campaigns of Napoleon was Russia, in fact it seemed that was not Napoleon that was commanding the operations but a normal general with no imagination, but what if if Napoleon had commanded this campaign at the same level of Austerlitz, Jena or even the 1809 campaign against Austria). Russia with his army wiped out (as effectively had happened if Napoleon had showed in that battle the skills that make him great fame in Austerlitz and Jena) effectively plead the peace.

1813. Peace of Stockholm: Russia is obligated to cede Lithuania to a new polish kingdom (another of the great fails of Napoleon during the campaign not searching actively the support of the poles promising a new Polish kingdom under Poniatowski), Alexander and Napoleon signs a peace in part of compromise but effectively letting Russia out of the Napoleonic Wars.

1814-20 Campaigns of Napoleon in Spain, the pesty guerrillas will do of Spain in words of Napoleon "that wasp ever present in my mind" ( "Cette abeille toujours presente dans ma tête" it is also probable that Napoleon added some "merde alors":D ).

1821 Wellington wins the victory of Lisbon effectively making effective the independence of Portugal, Spain but is more or less in the hands of Jose Bonaparte that has convinces to his brother to return Catalonia to the Spain administration.

1822. The pragmatic politic of Georges Canning as prime minister from 1821 ends in june of 1822 with the Second Treaty of Amiens (or "Long Truce" as mentioned by some historians) Great Britain accepts the dominions of Napoleon over Europe while Napoleon accepts the dominion of Great Britain in America and India (loss of the french and dutch colonies to the british), the independence of Portugal, Sardinia and Sicily and the neutrality of the Ottoman Empire.

1822-1841 The Age of Napoleon I in Europe: formation of the European Confederation under the hegemony of France, expansion of the Napoleonic Code.

1830-35 Greece War, supported by the british government under Robert Peel the rebels get the victory against combined turkish-egyptian troops, Napoleon that had wanted some kind of accord between turks and greeks accuses the british of violating the treaty of Amiens, also a serie of nationalist rebellions in Italy, Spain and Holland in 1830-33 distract Napoleon of intervening in favour of the turks.

1841, Napoleon I is succeeded by his son Napoleon II. Believing to be a new Alexander he signs an alliance with the United States and the Ottoman Empire and Egypt.

1843 Richard Cobden new prime minister of England, beginning of a politc of supporting the rebels in Europe against Napoleon.

1845. Russia and England signs a treaty of alliance.

1850-54 First World War (the historians named First World War this because the massive use of new technologies like railroads, telegraphs, armored and steamships an even primitive submarines also the use of all the resources of the industrial economies makes of this war a war very different for example of the Napoleonic Wars, the hostilities is in America, Africa, Europe and Asia). between the Napoleonic European Confederacy, United States, Ottoman Empire and Egypt against United Kingdom, Portugal, Brazil, Great Colombia republic and Russia.
The war ends with a draw although Napoleon II reinforces his control over Europe after the occupation of Portugal and the defeats of Russia in Warsaw, Riga, Smolensk and St Petersburg (The Great Campaign of 1853-54).

1856. It is a pyrric victory in Europe for Napoleon II, weakened the european economy by the war (english raids, blockade, repression and the Russian Campaign of 1852 in Central Europe that make of Austria an scorched land) and by nationalist revolts, Napoleon II is murdered.

An attempt of his widow to assure the succesion to his son is a failure and aftre the 3 days of august, the widow goes to exile to Austria, proclamation of the II French Republic under Auguste Caulliard.

1857-58 The European Confederation is reformed as the Democratic League of European Nations under republican forms, Spain and Portugal is granted independence after refusing forming part of this League, Italy under Mazzini is with France the core of the new League of European Nations, this initiative is welcomed by the british foreign minister John Bright as a new step in the world for the "democracy".

1861. Treaty of friendship and alliance between the United Kingdom of the prime minister John Bright and The Democratic League of Nations under the presidency of Mazzini.

1862 to stop the widespread of the democratic ideas from France, Italy and Holland (the three principal members of the DLEN) and United Kingdom, Prussia (reborn as a nationalistic expansionist nation after the fall of Napoleon II), Austria that is ironically the nation from the Bonapartes dinasty reclaims the throne of France and Russia signs the Saint Alliance of Moscow.

1865. The attempt of Abdulmecit of making some kind of democratic reforms provoke the intervention of the Saint Alliance: The Second World War is an ideological war between the autocratic and despotic nations (Prussia has transformed in a succesful industrial nation thanks to the state directed economy while Austria has used of the the Industrial Revolution to rebuild his country, only Russia remains more or less little industrialized)

1865-71. The initial succesess of the Saint Alliance conquering Ottoman Empire is effectively countered by the superior organization of The European League and the British Empire, the battles rage along Europe, Africa and Asia, finally in 1871 the last stronghold of the Saint Empire of Russia is taken .

1872-1906 the Years of The Technology, the new advances are widely distributed along the world, Africa is not reparted instead a serie of protectorates and independent states is formed only some parts of the coast is under the control or europeans, british or brazilians. The principal potences are Europe, United Kingdom, United States (that defeated the Southern slave states in the War of Secession of 1865-67) and finally the South American Pact (Great Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru-Bolivia federation), other independent states are the Chinese Quing Empire, The Wu dinasty of Shanghai-Canton, The Empire of South Japan based in Kyoto and the Shogunate of North Japan based in Edo, Australian Republic and others.

1906. The tensions between the United States that is allied with the United Kingdom with the South American block clashes over the civil war in Mexico, The European League of Democratic States under Henri van Gaal sent a military expedition to Mexico to try stabilize the situation, an incident with the Royal Navy near Cuba rises the tension, finally when the europeans look at the situation in which Mexico has fallen under the United States (north Mexico, the south is controlled by the South American Block) the Mazzinisti Party allied with Blanchist Party and the Social-Comunitarian makes possible a resolution in the European Parliament of Nations to give an ultimatum to the United States forces in Mexico.
United States refuses the ultimatum, initially the war is only limited to America and is a draw, but after the United Kingdom passes a law in

1907 february Law of the Respect to neutral navigation, in fact a form to permit the sent of supplies and weapons to United States under neutral british pabillion (some kind of lend-lease but in TTL are the british that are lend-leasing to Unites States)

March: interception of the royal navy and the european navy near Santiago de Cuba: battle of Santiago beginning of the Third World War

(I know that this is not precisely post 1900 but because the debate also contemplates the Napoleonic Wars, Seven Years, etc well it was my natural entusiasm that produces this little timeline about three world wars in my mind:D)
 
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