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Just because I got really bored when I should have been studying for exams...
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POD is the Napoleonic Wars(I'll start the story with the 1848 revolutions though), which is when Germany(more militant, along with good timing with other revolutions, Polish/Italian/Hungarian rebellions) and Italy were both unified. Polish and Hungarian Revolutions succeeded also(Poland gained a small amount of Congress Poland, as mentioned in the Treaty of London, and Hungary became the Hapsburg successor, as Austria was annexed into Germany). Denmark was the only thing in Germany's way by 1860(The Union of Germany had signed an agreement of Union with Prussia in 1857, and Austria collapsed), so it was annexed, and the Danish colonies were given to Sweden and Britain by Germany. Holland, who had, along with Belgians, been rebelling from the French, who had refused to surrender those territories at the Treaty of London(think of the OTL Treaty of Vienna, but the British and French had pushed the treaty be signed in London, the capital of the nation who was most against Napoleon). In 1895, the First Imperial Reich, Germany, had started a war with France, over French pressure on the Italians(Germany had claimed that it was a war to help an ally), and managed to secure Alsace-Lorraine and Holland(which was created as an independent Duchy) from France, while the Germans had allowed France to do what the wished for in Belgium. Also, due to the Swedish agreeing to some of Napoleon's offers, they had been spared of defeat in Swedish Pomerania(which they were force to give to the Germans during the 1848 revolutions), and had some troops to spare when the Russian) attacked. With British help, as well as some defenses that Gustav IV had built(due to general knowledge that the Russians would attempt to go after Finland), most of Finland was spared and the Grand Duchy of Finland was created out of what the Russians gained(Southern and Eastern).
By 1910, the world's imperial power's have created each of their own sphere's of the world:
-The United States put Brazil, Colombia(which after Panama was ceded to the US in exchange for political and economic alliance), Chile, and Mexico in it's own, along with Liberia in Africa. The United States continued active development of most of the Americas, leaving only Argentina and Peru out, for their hate of
-The British had put the Western part of Indonesia(Philippines included), their Dominions(Australia, Canada[including Greenland], India, South Africa), Egypt(during the Ottoman wars, which the Ottoman Turks ceded nearly everything in Europe as well as everything in the Middle East/Africa, except Syria), Persia(due to Persian help given to the British, the British claimed them as part of their sphere, and allowed them free reign of the Ottoman province of Mesopotamia), and the entire Congo.
-France had most of Africa(except Congo, East Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Cameroon, Libya, Egypt, and Northern parts of Morocco), and Guyane(including Suriname as well). They had fought various wars with the Siamese and Vietnamese, taking a large portion of the Indochinese Peninsula. They had also managed to secure Borneo, Eastern Sumatra, and other parts of Indonesia that Germany and Britain hadn't already taken.
-The Germans took East Africa(Germany had attempted to make the German East Africa much like the United States was to Britain, an ex-colony that had later became a good and useful ally), German Cameroon(which included a large part of OTL Nigeria and all of OTL Gabon), Sweden(who was very much independent, but still reliant on the German state as an ally against the Russians, who would be all the more willing to take Finland away from Sweden), and Eastern Indonesia(the Duchy of Holland had claims on all of Indonesia, but the Germans were only able to secure the East, along with Rabaul).
-Spain was barely able to keep what they had left, with everything in the Americas lost to America during the Spanish-American War, as well as Guam. They also had to sell the Mariana Islands to Japan, just to keep their economy from tanking. The only thing they were able to secure was Equatorial Guinea.
-The Portuguese were able to get what they wanted out of the African coast, but still didn't get the territory between Angola and Mozambique. Also, they secured Timor and many Islands in the Atlantic.
-Russia had began to create a sphere in China, taking Mongolia away as a puppet state, making alliances with various Chinese warlords, etc, when the Japanese, using equipment/ships that the British and Germans shown them how to make/use, defeated the Russian forces in sea and land. Russia was then forced to give up their sphere in Korea, and allow Japanese annexation of Korea, and also give up Sakhalin.
-The Japanese had managed to, with German, British, and American help, modernize their entire army and navy within just a few short years. This came at a price though, and the Japanese economy took the brunt of it. Even with a few more years of the economic depression in Japan, the Japanese had managed to work their way up from 'random nation' status to 'Regional Power' status. Using their new equipment, the Japanese took on their first opponents, the Chinese and Koreans. With superior commanders, the Japanese gained Taiwan, various coastal ports in China, and removed the Chinese influence in Korea. Then after the Russians were defeated, they gained Korea as a territory, Sakhalin as a territory, and some influence within Eastern China.
The Great War, as many called it, broke out in 1911, over a Dutch and Belgian border dispute. The Dutch, who were supported by Germany, claimed a strip of land linking Luxembourg to the Netherlands proper. This eventually boiled down to each side threatening the other, trying to get, or keep in Belgium's case, what they wanted. It wasn't but one week after the first shot across the Belgium-Holland border was fired, that most of the nations of Europe went to war.
Belgian Alliance:
-France, Russia, Spain, Hungarian Empire(includes OTL Czechoslovakia), Greece, Belgium, Argentina(Later), Peru(Later), Bolivia(Later)
Dutch Alliance:
-Germany, Sweden-Norway, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy(Later), Japan(Later), Britain(Later), USA(Later), Brazil(Later), Gran Colombia(Later), Chile(Later)
After 2 years of fighting, the Germans and French came to the first wide-spread armistice that lasted almost an entire month. This armistice achieved nothing more than to stir the nations once more into fighting, as a French agent was caught in Mexico, attempting to place a letter to the Mexican Emperor from the German ambassador to Mexico. This message was an attempt to make the Germans look like they were making plans to go to war with the US, and possibly Britain as well(due to the Anglo-American Alliance that the US and Britain signed in 1903). Although the French claim that it was actually a German spy who got himself caught for his own country, it didn't matter, and the Americans and British went to war against the French. 1 year after the declaration of war by Britain and the United States, Italy finally joins her ally Germany, and declares war against France. 6 months later, British and German troops are outside Paris, and had controlled most of France's colonies. While war was going on in Europe, South America erupted in war. When the United States entered war against the French, the Brazilians, Colombians, and Chileans all joined with the United States, the Brazilians and Colombian invasions of Guyane. Along with the American and British entry to the war, Argentina and Peru joined France, being against the US and it's allies. The Americans had occupied Guyane, when the Brazilian and Colombian armies had to turn and face other foes. The initial campaign against the Brazilians, for the Argentinians, had managed to seize land to São Paulo Province(including Paraguay and Uruguay). Bolivia, believing that Argentina was about to defeat the Brazilians, and being closer to Argentina than Brazil, joined the Argentinians against Chile and Brazil. Once the main Brazilian Army reached the front, a British-Chilean force landed in Southern Argentina, and had seized Tierre Del Feugo. Peru suffered massive defeats from the advancing Gran Colombian Army in Ecuador. The Japanese had managed to, with the British as well, to take the French Indochina. With the French Alliance facing defeats on all fronts, and being given a generous offer for peace, they accepted.
Treaty of Amsterdam:
-Belgium was forced to surrender the corridor between the Netherlands and Luxembourg
-Tunisia and Morocco were to be given independence.
-France surrendered Indochina(to Japan, as the Greater Vietnamese State) and French Indonesia(to Germany).
-France pays war reparations to Germany and Britain.
-The Hapsburg Kingdom of Czech-Hungary is split into the Republic of Czechoslovakia and Republic of Hungary, and the Hapsburg Monarchy is allowed to go back to Vienna and live there.
-The Balkan Front returns to Status Quo Ante Bellum.
-Bolivia is annexed by Brazil.
-The Grand Duchy of Finland is to be annexed by Sweden-Norway. Sweden-Norway becomes the Kingdom of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Svalbard.
-The Finnish-Russian border is pushed west some 100 km.
-Paraguay and Uruguay join in Union, with parts of Northern Argentina. The Union is called the Republic of La Plata.
-Tierre Del Feugo was ceded from Argentina to Chile.
With the first Great War drawing to a close, the Russian Civil War rages in the East. The Persians had seized Turkmenistan, and were attempting to eradicate Communists there. A combined German, Czech, Polish, British, American, and Italian army marched into Ukraine, refusing to allow the Bolsheviks to take control of all of, what was, Russia. By 1921, the Reds had overrun all of Russia and were looking to make peace with Ukraine. Ukraine, which had been looked upon as the bastion of Freedom by the west, had re-installed a new Tsar, Alexei II. The young Tsar, only 18 at the time, begins to westernize and modernize Ukraine, pushing to keep his nation one step ahead of the FSRoR(Federal Socialist Republic of Russia, only called federal because of the Union with Belarus, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan).
*The reason I call it the Russian Civil War, rather the Russian Revolution, is that there were multiple Communist Factions, which will be explained later.
During the year of 1929, many nations began falling to Communism. And since European Nations were busy trying to keep their in one piece, most had abandoned attempting to stop Communism in minor nations abroad. Portugal had a Communist Revolution in January, and had lost the Azores to the British, and Mozambique to Germany because of it. The Chinese Civil War, which began most of the real fighting in November of that year, had seen multiple Communist factions, varying widely. The parts of German Indonesia that had been controlled by France began a grueling Guerrilla War and preaching of The Revolution. Persia, after over expanding itself during the Russian Civil War, had succumbed to a civil war, which the Communists had overwhelmed the Shah's forces. This year became more famous in the history books than even the 1840 and 1848 Revolutions Combined, and was dubbed the 1929 Revolutions.
From 1924-1932, many centralized governments rose out during a global economic crisis that spanned the entire 1920's, effecting nearly every nation. Italy was the first to become more centralized in 1924, as many in Italy believed that Italy was given the short end of the stick, even though they had sided with the winning side, and had adopted a foreign policy against the Allied Powers. France had seen a restoration to the Napoleonic Monarchy, with Napoleon I's Great Grandchild, Napoleon IV, and had began to develop French Colonies, not only as current fortresses against the Allies and Communists, but as some of the best places in Africa. Poland, who had been neutral during the Great War, fears Communist and German encroachment, and began a massive military build up, building many forts along the Polish-German borders and the Polish-Russian border. Argentina, who had been a French ally in the Great War, decided to begin a massive militaristic program, mostly getting away with it due to the Americans trying to be isolationist, and took control of the Republic of La Plata(in an invasion), and declared the Empire of La Plata(The Brazilians just didn't stand by and let the Argentinians take their puppet state, they lost against them, without British and Chilean support). Turkey, even though they were also on the winning side, had suffered the most casualties per land gained in the Treaty of Amsterdam(they hadn't gained anything, yet they fought a large-scale war against Russia), began to turn against the Allies, who had abandoned them.
From 1932-1935, tension between the 3-way Cold War had grown, sparks flying from the chaos in the Chinese Civil War*. The Marxists in China, who found support in the Japan and Germany, were against the FSRoR and supported Communism. The Stalinist(No, ITTL another man had named himself Stalin, or the 'Man of Steel'), who had direct support of Russian troops. The Kuomintang had support of the French and other Militarist nations. Many other Western Nations had fluctuated their support wildly. The British had at one point supported a Warlord who declared that he was the Qing successor and had taken much of Eastern China.
*The Chinese Civil War was not just a single war, but a series of Wars that a divided China fought, each state trying to assert their independence or unite all of China.
In 1937, Greek and Turkish Warships clashed in a Naval engagement that was the precursor to the Second Great War. The Greeks claimed a large part of Turkish Anatolia, and attempted to seize it through a naval landing. The Turks had known that the Greeks would have tried something, mostly because of the high tensions around the world, and had theirs, along with a part of the Italian fleet, in the Aegean. When the Greek Navy was spotted heading for the Turkish coast, and had fired upon some Italian ships, the sea-battle began. At the end of the day, the Greek Navy was in the bottom of the Ocean, and WWII had began.
With an attempt to seize the Turkish Coast, the entire Paris-Rome Pact(signed in 1931, to protect member nations against Communist and other enemies) declared war on Greece. Yugoslavia, which had been staunchly Pro-Democracy, had made this out as an attack on Greece by the Paris-Rome Pact, and had entered war against them with the support of Germany, Romania, and Britain. Italian, Turkish, and Romanian troops had no trouble taking out Yugoslavia and Greece and creating new puppet states, forcing nearby states of Bulgaria and Albania into them. On the German-French front, Germany had been largely unprepared against a French invasion, and had lost Belgium, Holland, German Lothringen within a few months of war. After the initial attacks, Germany and Britain managed to defeat the French Navy in Atlantic, as well as deal a decisive blow to the Italians in Austria. In Asia and the Pacific, Japan had taken the opportunity to attack the Kuomintang, with PRC support. They had been forced onto Hong Kong, which had been a French Fortress during WWI that had been given back to China due to France's poor economy at the time, and had began to prepare for invasion. While the fight was raging in the West, Germany was also fighting the Polish in the East. Poland had been a massive, anti-foreign, fort in the eyes of many German Commanders. It took 6 months to take Poznan, just a mere 15 miles from the German-Polish border.
Even though the Germans and British had looked like they were winning in the Western European Front, they hadn't predicted so much resistance from the French and Belgian people, as many of their vital supply lines had been cut, forcing them to withdraw out of Eastern France. In Africa/Middle East, France and Italy managed to help the Egyptians and Palestinians(includes Israelis) gain independence from the British. This came at a price though, as the British managed to start a democratic revolution in Turkey.
By the end of the War, casualties mounted on all sides, and many were asking for peace.
The Treaty of Constantinople:
-Germany has to surrender Alsace-Lorraine to France.
-The Imperial States of Greece and Serbia were created. The Imperial State of Greece is given Constantinople as well as the Coastline in Anatolia. The Imperial State of Serbia was given Albania.
-The Second Polish Republic was created out of the Polish State.
-Northern Peru was put under Colombian and Brazilian occupation(they had joined France against the Allies).
-The Kuomintang were forced to surrender everything on the Asian Continent.
-The Republic of Belgium was created as a French Puppet.
-Egypt and Israel are granted independence.
After the end of the Second World War, many nations used this time to rebuild their nations as others tried to gain independence. Africa had seen many revolutionary wars after the 1943 Peace Treaty of Constantinople. As well as that, the FSRoS fell apart in 1985, due to an economic mismanagement.
Most of the rest you might be able to guess from the map. I'm just too tired to write up the rest right now...
*Warning* Wall-o-Text
Read it anyway!
POD is the Napoleonic Wars(I'll start the story with the 1848 revolutions though), which is when Germany(more militant, along with good timing with other revolutions, Polish/Italian/Hungarian rebellions) and Italy were both unified. Polish and Hungarian Revolutions succeeded also(Poland gained a small amount of Congress Poland, as mentioned in the Treaty of London, and Hungary became the Hapsburg successor, as Austria was annexed into Germany). Denmark was the only thing in Germany's way by 1860(The Union of Germany had signed an agreement of Union with Prussia in 1857, and Austria collapsed), so it was annexed, and the Danish colonies were given to Sweden and Britain by Germany. Holland, who had, along with Belgians, been rebelling from the French, who had refused to surrender those territories at the Treaty of London(think of the OTL Treaty of Vienna, but the British and French had pushed the treaty be signed in London, the capital of the nation who was most against Napoleon). In 1895, the First Imperial Reich, Germany, had started a war with France, over French pressure on the Italians(Germany had claimed that it was a war to help an ally), and managed to secure Alsace-Lorraine and Holland(which was created as an independent Duchy) from France, while the Germans had allowed France to do what the wished for in Belgium. Also, due to the Swedish agreeing to some of Napoleon's offers, they had been spared of defeat in Swedish Pomerania(which they were force to give to the Germans during the 1848 revolutions), and had some troops to spare when the Russian) attacked. With British help, as well as some defenses that Gustav IV had built(due to general knowledge that the Russians would attempt to go after Finland), most of Finland was spared and the Grand Duchy of Finland was created out of what the Russians gained(Southern and Eastern).
By 1910, the world's imperial power's have created each of their own sphere's of the world:
-The United States put Brazil, Colombia(which after Panama was ceded to the US in exchange for political and economic alliance), Chile, and Mexico in it's own, along with Liberia in Africa. The United States continued active development of most of the Americas, leaving only Argentina and Peru out, for their hate of
-The British had put the Western part of Indonesia(Philippines included), their Dominions(Australia, Canada[including Greenland], India, South Africa), Egypt(during the Ottoman wars, which the Ottoman Turks ceded nearly everything in Europe as well as everything in the Middle East/Africa, except Syria), Persia(due to Persian help given to the British, the British claimed them as part of their sphere, and allowed them free reign of the Ottoman province of Mesopotamia), and the entire Congo.
-France had most of Africa(except Congo, East Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Cameroon, Libya, Egypt, and Northern parts of Morocco), and Guyane(including Suriname as well). They had fought various wars with the Siamese and Vietnamese, taking a large portion of the Indochinese Peninsula. They had also managed to secure Borneo, Eastern Sumatra, and other parts of Indonesia that Germany and Britain hadn't already taken.
-The Germans took East Africa(Germany had attempted to make the German East Africa much like the United States was to Britain, an ex-colony that had later became a good and useful ally), German Cameroon(which included a large part of OTL Nigeria and all of OTL Gabon), Sweden(who was very much independent, but still reliant on the German state as an ally against the Russians, who would be all the more willing to take Finland away from Sweden), and Eastern Indonesia(the Duchy of Holland had claims on all of Indonesia, but the Germans were only able to secure the East, along with Rabaul).
-Spain was barely able to keep what they had left, with everything in the Americas lost to America during the Spanish-American War, as well as Guam. They also had to sell the Mariana Islands to Japan, just to keep their economy from tanking. The only thing they were able to secure was Equatorial Guinea.
-The Portuguese were able to get what they wanted out of the African coast, but still didn't get the territory between Angola and Mozambique. Also, they secured Timor and many Islands in the Atlantic.
-Russia had began to create a sphere in China, taking Mongolia away as a puppet state, making alliances with various Chinese warlords, etc, when the Japanese, using equipment/ships that the British and Germans shown them how to make/use, defeated the Russian forces in sea and land. Russia was then forced to give up their sphere in Korea, and allow Japanese annexation of Korea, and also give up Sakhalin.
-The Japanese had managed to, with German, British, and American help, modernize their entire army and navy within just a few short years. This came at a price though, and the Japanese economy took the brunt of it. Even with a few more years of the economic depression in Japan, the Japanese had managed to work their way up from 'random nation' status to 'Regional Power' status. Using their new equipment, the Japanese took on their first opponents, the Chinese and Koreans. With superior commanders, the Japanese gained Taiwan, various coastal ports in China, and removed the Chinese influence in Korea. Then after the Russians were defeated, they gained Korea as a territory, Sakhalin as a territory, and some influence within Eastern China.
The Great War, as many called it, broke out in 1911, over a Dutch and Belgian border dispute. The Dutch, who were supported by Germany, claimed a strip of land linking Luxembourg to the Netherlands proper. This eventually boiled down to each side threatening the other, trying to get, or keep in Belgium's case, what they wanted. It wasn't but one week after the first shot across the Belgium-Holland border was fired, that most of the nations of Europe went to war.
Belgian Alliance:
-France, Russia, Spain, Hungarian Empire(includes OTL Czechoslovakia), Greece, Belgium, Argentina(Later), Peru(Later), Bolivia(Later)
Dutch Alliance:
-Germany, Sweden-Norway, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy(Later), Japan(Later), Britain(Later), USA(Later), Brazil(Later), Gran Colombia(Later), Chile(Later)
After 2 years of fighting, the Germans and French came to the first wide-spread armistice that lasted almost an entire month. This armistice achieved nothing more than to stir the nations once more into fighting, as a French agent was caught in Mexico, attempting to place a letter to the Mexican Emperor from the German ambassador to Mexico. This message was an attempt to make the Germans look like they were making plans to go to war with the US, and possibly Britain as well(due to the Anglo-American Alliance that the US and Britain signed in 1903). Although the French claim that it was actually a German spy who got himself caught for his own country, it didn't matter, and the Americans and British went to war against the French. 1 year after the declaration of war by Britain and the United States, Italy finally joins her ally Germany, and declares war against France. 6 months later, British and German troops are outside Paris, and had controlled most of France's colonies. While war was going on in Europe, South America erupted in war. When the United States entered war against the French, the Brazilians, Colombians, and Chileans all joined with the United States, the Brazilians and Colombian invasions of Guyane. Along with the American and British entry to the war, Argentina and Peru joined France, being against the US and it's allies. The Americans had occupied Guyane, when the Brazilian and Colombian armies had to turn and face other foes. The initial campaign against the Brazilians, for the Argentinians, had managed to seize land to São Paulo Province(including Paraguay and Uruguay). Bolivia, believing that Argentina was about to defeat the Brazilians, and being closer to Argentina than Brazil, joined the Argentinians against Chile and Brazil. Once the main Brazilian Army reached the front, a British-Chilean force landed in Southern Argentina, and had seized Tierre Del Feugo. Peru suffered massive defeats from the advancing Gran Colombian Army in Ecuador. The Japanese had managed to, with the British as well, to take the French Indochina. With the French Alliance facing defeats on all fronts, and being given a generous offer for peace, they accepted.
Treaty of Amsterdam:
-Belgium was forced to surrender the corridor between the Netherlands and Luxembourg
-Tunisia and Morocco were to be given independence.
-France surrendered Indochina(to Japan, as the Greater Vietnamese State) and French Indonesia(to Germany).
-France pays war reparations to Germany and Britain.
-The Hapsburg Kingdom of Czech-Hungary is split into the Republic of Czechoslovakia and Republic of Hungary, and the Hapsburg Monarchy is allowed to go back to Vienna and live there.
-The Balkan Front returns to Status Quo Ante Bellum.
-Bolivia is annexed by Brazil.
-The Grand Duchy of Finland is to be annexed by Sweden-Norway. Sweden-Norway becomes the Kingdom of Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Svalbard.
-The Finnish-Russian border is pushed west some 100 km.
-Paraguay and Uruguay join in Union, with parts of Northern Argentina. The Union is called the Republic of La Plata.
-Tierre Del Feugo was ceded from Argentina to Chile.
With the first Great War drawing to a close, the Russian Civil War rages in the East. The Persians had seized Turkmenistan, and were attempting to eradicate Communists there. A combined German, Czech, Polish, British, American, and Italian army marched into Ukraine, refusing to allow the Bolsheviks to take control of all of, what was, Russia. By 1921, the Reds had overrun all of Russia and were looking to make peace with Ukraine. Ukraine, which had been looked upon as the bastion of Freedom by the west, had re-installed a new Tsar, Alexei II. The young Tsar, only 18 at the time, begins to westernize and modernize Ukraine, pushing to keep his nation one step ahead of the FSRoR(Federal Socialist Republic of Russia, only called federal because of the Union with Belarus, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan).
*The reason I call it the Russian Civil War, rather the Russian Revolution, is that there were multiple Communist Factions, which will be explained later.
During the year of 1929, many nations began falling to Communism. And since European Nations were busy trying to keep their in one piece, most had abandoned attempting to stop Communism in minor nations abroad. Portugal had a Communist Revolution in January, and had lost the Azores to the British, and Mozambique to Germany because of it. The Chinese Civil War, which began most of the real fighting in November of that year, had seen multiple Communist factions, varying widely. The parts of German Indonesia that had been controlled by France began a grueling Guerrilla War and preaching of The Revolution. Persia, after over expanding itself during the Russian Civil War, had succumbed to a civil war, which the Communists had overwhelmed the Shah's forces. This year became more famous in the history books than even the 1840 and 1848 Revolutions Combined, and was dubbed the 1929 Revolutions.
From 1924-1932, many centralized governments rose out during a global economic crisis that spanned the entire 1920's, effecting nearly every nation. Italy was the first to become more centralized in 1924, as many in Italy believed that Italy was given the short end of the stick, even though they had sided with the winning side, and had adopted a foreign policy against the Allied Powers. France had seen a restoration to the Napoleonic Monarchy, with Napoleon I's Great Grandchild, Napoleon IV, and had began to develop French Colonies, not only as current fortresses against the Allies and Communists, but as some of the best places in Africa. Poland, who had been neutral during the Great War, fears Communist and German encroachment, and began a massive military build up, building many forts along the Polish-German borders and the Polish-Russian border. Argentina, who had been a French ally in the Great War, decided to begin a massive militaristic program, mostly getting away with it due to the Americans trying to be isolationist, and took control of the Republic of La Plata(in an invasion), and declared the Empire of La Plata(The Brazilians just didn't stand by and let the Argentinians take their puppet state, they lost against them, without British and Chilean support). Turkey, even though they were also on the winning side, had suffered the most casualties per land gained in the Treaty of Amsterdam(they hadn't gained anything, yet they fought a large-scale war against Russia), began to turn against the Allies, who had abandoned them.
From 1932-1935, tension between the 3-way Cold War had grown, sparks flying from the chaos in the Chinese Civil War*. The Marxists in China, who found support in the Japan and Germany, were against the FSRoR and supported Communism. The Stalinist(No, ITTL another man had named himself Stalin, or the 'Man of Steel'), who had direct support of Russian troops. The Kuomintang had support of the French and other Militarist nations. Many other Western Nations had fluctuated their support wildly. The British had at one point supported a Warlord who declared that he was the Qing successor and had taken much of Eastern China.
*The Chinese Civil War was not just a single war, but a series of Wars that a divided China fought, each state trying to assert their independence or unite all of China.
In 1937, Greek and Turkish Warships clashed in a Naval engagement that was the precursor to the Second Great War. The Greeks claimed a large part of Turkish Anatolia, and attempted to seize it through a naval landing. The Turks had known that the Greeks would have tried something, mostly because of the high tensions around the world, and had theirs, along with a part of the Italian fleet, in the Aegean. When the Greek Navy was spotted heading for the Turkish coast, and had fired upon some Italian ships, the sea-battle began. At the end of the day, the Greek Navy was in the bottom of the Ocean, and WWII had began.
With an attempt to seize the Turkish Coast, the entire Paris-Rome Pact(signed in 1931, to protect member nations against Communist and other enemies) declared war on Greece. Yugoslavia, which had been staunchly Pro-Democracy, had made this out as an attack on Greece by the Paris-Rome Pact, and had entered war against them with the support of Germany, Romania, and Britain. Italian, Turkish, and Romanian troops had no trouble taking out Yugoslavia and Greece and creating new puppet states, forcing nearby states of Bulgaria and Albania into them. On the German-French front, Germany had been largely unprepared against a French invasion, and had lost Belgium, Holland, German Lothringen within a few months of war. After the initial attacks, Germany and Britain managed to defeat the French Navy in Atlantic, as well as deal a decisive blow to the Italians in Austria. In Asia and the Pacific, Japan had taken the opportunity to attack the Kuomintang, with PRC support. They had been forced onto Hong Kong, which had been a French Fortress during WWI that had been given back to China due to France's poor economy at the time, and had began to prepare for invasion. While the fight was raging in the West, Germany was also fighting the Polish in the East. Poland had been a massive, anti-foreign, fort in the eyes of many German Commanders. It took 6 months to take Poznan, just a mere 15 miles from the German-Polish border.
Even though the Germans and British had looked like they were winning in the Western European Front, they hadn't predicted so much resistance from the French and Belgian people, as many of their vital supply lines had been cut, forcing them to withdraw out of Eastern France. In Africa/Middle East, France and Italy managed to help the Egyptians and Palestinians(includes Israelis) gain independence from the British. This came at a price though, as the British managed to start a democratic revolution in Turkey.
By the end of the War, casualties mounted on all sides, and many were asking for peace.
The Treaty of Constantinople:
-Germany has to surrender Alsace-Lorraine to France.
-The Imperial States of Greece and Serbia were created. The Imperial State of Greece is given Constantinople as well as the Coastline in Anatolia. The Imperial State of Serbia was given Albania.
-The Second Polish Republic was created out of the Polish State.
-Northern Peru was put under Colombian and Brazilian occupation(they had joined France against the Allies).
-The Kuomintang were forced to surrender everything on the Asian Continent.
-The Republic of Belgium was created as a French Puppet.
-Egypt and Israel are granted independence.
After the end of the Second World War, many nations used this time to rebuild their nations as others tried to gain independence. Africa had seen many revolutionary wars after the 1943 Peace Treaty of Constantinople. As well as that, the FSRoS fell apart in 1985, due to an economic mismanagement.
Most of the rest you might be able to guess from the map. I'm just too tired to write up the rest right now...
I'm not the best map-maker, but I'm improving...
Yeah, It looks really bad looking at it now...
An advice, that i gave all the time, try to make a sketch on paper of what you want BEFORE using a basemap.I'm not the best map-maker, but I'm improving...
By using an evermade map, you'll increase the risk that your final map don't reflect your TL's spirit. At the contrary, by making a sketch, it's YOU that impose the map what you have in mind.
Oh, and try quit this basemap when you could use a different one. It's overused, and should be reserved to B_Munroeists.
"Niggers Colonies"? Reported. I'm out now, the banhammer is making hard collateral damages.
Krall
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good by....
I would like to request that you stop making maps and posting them here.
I would also like to ask you how old you are? If you are under the age of 13 then I do not think you should be on this forum.
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