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Chapter 46 East Versus West
Chapter 46 East versus West
"Nicholas that bastard! I will make sure to teach him not to interfere with our unification and show him the true might of Germany! Russia will forever regret the day they crossed a Hohenzollern."- Kaiser Wilhelm I 1847
"Those Russians never learn do they. After fighting a war over Germany they still want to goad us into further conflict. It matters not. To Crimea!"- Queen Victoria 1852
"If Germany, Austria, and Russia all fight each other who wins? Poland!"- unknown Polish peasant 1847
During the first half of the First War for German Unification, if there was one factor that the Germans deeply regret missing it was that of Russia. While Russia was indeed a close ally of both nations due to the Holy Alliance, Kaiser Wilhelm had been hoping that Nicholas would stay out of this fight since there would be no direct benefit for Russia and Wilhelm had proved that he was still willing to help with the status quo when he crushed the Polish Uprising in Posen. This was not good enough for Nicholas since he could not risk the rise of another Napoleon to power, with Germany's alliance with Britain being put forward it seemed like the best solution possible to put Germany in its place before it dominated the continent while Britain worked in unison to cut off Russian Expansion in the Great Game. For Nicholas it was a war for survival so that he could finally prove that the might of the Russian could trump over that of the West and their revolutionary ideals. For Germany it was a fight for the Fatherland and to keep the ideas of the Revolution for their new Empire after they had fought so hard to realize their dream of unification. Two civilizations would clash in 1847. This being the beginning of a grand feud that would last until The Great War, where only one would survive.
Texan political cartoon showing the chaos of Europe during the Revolutions
East Germany: Eastern Germany while not the most industrious, economically productive, or resourceful area, was in many ways a heart of the German Empire as it is the land where the Teutonic Order was born and where the modern state of Prussia rose from Brandenburg. As such, during the campaign in Austria there were still 300,000 men that were stationed here throughout the war in case the Russian's tried something or Austria somehow managed to defend its empire and begin a counterattack into Prussia. Therefore will some men were sent to the front lines in Austria to replace battlefield losses, there was still quite a force to be reckoned with in East Prussia. The Russian's plan to counter this problem was to send 150,000 men under Lieutenant General Yegor Tolstoy to go and take the old Prussian capitol of Konigsberg. When making their way to the city the force moved at a slow rate on purpose in order to have the Germans focus all their attention on capturing the city. Within days the port city of Memel fell before the Prussian force and they had reached the Pregel river on June 22nd. Making their way across it and reaching Konigsberg on June 24th. During this time the German Army under General Heinrich Ludendorff spent its time organizing and preparing to meet the Prussian onslaught before it made its way any further into the fatherland. The two armies clashed on June the 26th with the battle lasting for a full day with the Russians charging at the Prussian lines multiple times while providing non-stop artillery fire and cavalry charges. The Russians were told not to rest and kept on charing at the lines the whole time with even the reserves taking action, forcing Ludendorff to keep his troops from creating a flanking maneuver. At the end of the day the Russian army retreated from the city and headed south, leaving over 11,000 German casualties to the Russian's 15,000. At first Ludendorff thought that this was Tolstoy simply retreating before his army could be crushed by the full weight of the German force. It wasn't until later that he found out that it was all a ruse as the main Russian army of over 200,000 led by Prince Alexander Menshikov had been taking the time to make a thrust deep in the center of Eastern Prussia with the distraction in the North and the German obligations in the South providing his troops a way to go unopposed. For the first month the main part of the Russian army virtually steamrollled through Posen by managing to take most of the Grand Ducy by the coming of August. At the same time the Northern army was reorganizing and shifted focus to Danzig in order to take out the much more valued German Port while Russian reinforcements would soon be able to come and one day capture Konigsberg.
The Germans weren't doing nothing though as at the same time Ludendorff managed to reclaim the rest of Eastern Prussia and was redirecting his army to contain the Russian advance before it reached the Baltic, he was able to do this with some success as the Battles of Tuchel and Rosenberg were German victories and kept the Russians from advancing farther north. Down south it would be said to be the opposite as the Russians were advancing as far west as they could. The main opposition that the Russians had faced at that point was a group of German militias, Polish farmers, and German reinforcements from North of 68,000 men where they had tried to stop the Russians at the battle of Posen on July the 17th. The battle lasted for an entire week as the German defenders fought valiantly to contain the Russian onslaught and most often had to resort to close quarters combat within the city while Russia was able to contain them in using their cavalry. The battle was a failure as the Germans were defeated with over 30,000 casualties while the Russians suffered 23,000. It was successful in a strategic sense though as the Russians had taken massive attrition and had to slow down their progress. The farthest that Russia had been able to advance forward was all the way to the Oder River by September where everything below the 53 North in Germany belonged to Russia. They would have advanced further but by this time reinforcements had arrived from the French Border, Bohemia, and from Britain with their professional armies being shipped in. The total end of the Russian offensive was confirmed with the battle of Frankfurt on August 17th where a man Russian force of 100,000 troops under the command of Prince Menshikov tried to take the city but found themselves faced by a superior force of over 250,000 troops with most of them being reinforcements from other theaters. When the Russians launched their first attack their charge was slaughtered as over 10,000 Russians were either dead or wounded after the first charge, after that the German/British army counterattacked and forced the Russian army back 10 miles with Russia taking around 12,000 more casualties while Germany and Britain took a total of over 11,000. Realizing that his plan was lost, Menshikov then ordered his army to fortify their positions nad secure their territories. All the while coming under heavy resistance from Polish Partisans while the Anglo-German alliance prepared to strike back.
Reinforcements from the west arrive (Right) Battle of Frankfurt (Left)
Austria: At the time of May 22nd the Austrian Empire looked like it was about to collapse and that Germany would gain a whole new Archduchy for its territory. Now these dreams would be crossed as Prussia was now under attack and the conquest of Austria was now a secondary objective compared to saving the Empire that was so fragile at the moment. When Field Marshall von Multke heard of Russia's "stab in the back" he knew that the thrust could no longer be made against Vienna with a unilateral German force. So with some extreme reluctance, Multke had to order the 3rd Army under Stoffenburg to only reinforce them with two divisions while the main force continued its trek up North to join Ludendorff and the main Prussian reinforcements. In the meantime the 1st Army would have to get reinforcements from local Nationalists or volunteers from Germany. With the capitol now longer having the possibility of being besieged by a far numerically superior force, Franz-Joseph could now focus on maintaining the siege as long as possible and securing any other parts of the empire that he could with available forces. Now that Hungary was now longer on its borders, reinforcements were now flowing in from Galicia as tens of thousands of troops came west with some going to the sieges of Prague and Vienna, while others went down south to mop up any forces that the 3rd Army left behind. gradually retaking much of Slovenia and some of Southern Austria over a period of time. In Bohemia Field Marshall Siegfried von Lohengramm was affected the most as he had to send the most amount of manpower to the North with his forces being the closes ones to provide aid. He now had to send over 100,000 troops to Prussia while the rest were either committed to Prague or securing Western Bohemia. The Czechs were able to take advantage of this by using reinforcements from Galicia along with some men stripped from Prague to commence a campaign in coordination with the Russians to take back Silesia, which they did by July 29th. Realizing that the more important battles were going on in Prussia or in Austria. Field Marshall Lohengramm chose to break off the siege on August 3rd and commit his men to defending the borders and all of Bohemia west of the Vlatava. With the siege now ended the Czechs attempted to attack the Germans in the Second Battle of Prague on August 6th, unfortunately for them Lohengramm's superior tactical skill was able to hold the line and prevent the Czechs from making any incursions into his force while they were pushed back to Prague. Resulting in over 6,000 German casualties and 7,500 Czech casualties. Lohengramm then went off with the 1st and 2nd Division of his forces while leaving command to General Fredrick Muller. Lohengramm's intent was to head east and create a cut in Czech lines to prevent as many men from reinforcing Vienna as possible. He was successful as the city of Brno was captured on August 23rd with its defenders of 5,000 quickly surrendering when surrounded. For the rest of the war Siegfried Lohengramm would use the city as a FOB to commence hit and run tactics around the region to buy the main German forces enough time to strike back and continue the conquest.
Field Marshall Siegfried von Lohengram and the 2nd Army heading East.
Navy: Perhaps the greatest blessing of the Anglo-German alliance of the war can be pointed to the British contribution to the German's naval supremacy in the war. While Germany's were not needed at the beginning, it wouldn't have done much alone as Prussia had a skeleton fleet and the best ships of the nation belonged to the former Hanseatic States which were in small quantities. At first the Russian Baltic fleet made a move to blockade Germany by sending its troops all around the coast all the way to Denmark. This was successful for the first month but its effects were minimal with the North Sea side of the nation still receiving shipping. The blockade wouldn't last for long as the main British Home Fleet of over 100 ships led by Admiral William Stanford headed to the Baltic to face off against the Russian force of 25. In July the entire Baltic Sea became a virtual turkey shoot for the British since while Russia had upgraded some of its ships to steam, the British Home Fleet was all entirely built around steam and had some capitol ships with twelve inch guns. By August the blockade was virtually eliminated and Britain was able to send over much supplies along with 200,000 men in the German Expeditionary Force (GEF). Further down south in the Mediterranean the British were having a harder time trying to quell Russian power in the Black Sea as most of their forces were either in Britain, the colonies, or in America at the moment. There were only 40 ships in the whole Mediterranean around Egypt and Russia had around 60 in the Crimean Peninsula. Everytime the Royal Navy entered the Dardenelles they would exit Turkish waters hours later and come under heavy fire by awaiting Russian convoys. Those who did manage to escape would wonder the Black Sea for weeks without any friendly ports to go to, until they turned back to Constantinople or would get destroyed by the Russians. All that this had achieved in the end was Britain to lost 14 ships while Russia had lost only 3. The only good that came out of the region for the British was the fact that they were able to reinforce a blockade of the Austrian held shores with only 10 ships from the Mediterranean. More ships would arrive with the Oregon War dying down but the Black Sea would remain Russia's lake for now.
Royal Navy ship in action at the Baltic (Right) Russian Navy hunting British ships in the Black Sea (Left)
"Nicholas that bastard! I will make sure to teach him not to interfere with our unification and show him the true might of Germany! Russia will forever regret the day they crossed a Hohenzollern."- Kaiser Wilhelm I 1847
"Those Russians never learn do they. After fighting a war over Germany they still want to goad us into further conflict. It matters not. To Crimea!"- Queen Victoria 1852
"If Germany, Austria, and Russia all fight each other who wins? Poland!"- unknown Polish peasant 1847
During the first half of the First War for German Unification, if there was one factor that the Germans deeply regret missing it was that of Russia. While Russia was indeed a close ally of both nations due to the Holy Alliance, Kaiser Wilhelm had been hoping that Nicholas would stay out of this fight since there would be no direct benefit for Russia and Wilhelm had proved that he was still willing to help with the status quo when he crushed the Polish Uprising in Posen. This was not good enough for Nicholas since he could not risk the rise of another Napoleon to power, with Germany's alliance with Britain being put forward it seemed like the best solution possible to put Germany in its place before it dominated the continent while Britain worked in unison to cut off Russian Expansion in the Great Game. For Nicholas it was a war for survival so that he could finally prove that the might of the Russian could trump over that of the West and their revolutionary ideals. For Germany it was a fight for the Fatherland and to keep the ideas of the Revolution for their new Empire after they had fought so hard to realize their dream of unification. Two civilizations would clash in 1847. This being the beginning of a grand feud that would last until The Great War, where only one would survive.
Texan political cartoon showing the chaos of Europe during the Revolutions
East Germany: Eastern Germany while not the most industrious, economically productive, or resourceful area, was in many ways a heart of the German Empire as it is the land where the Teutonic Order was born and where the modern state of Prussia rose from Brandenburg. As such, during the campaign in Austria there were still 300,000 men that were stationed here throughout the war in case the Russian's tried something or Austria somehow managed to defend its empire and begin a counterattack into Prussia. Therefore will some men were sent to the front lines in Austria to replace battlefield losses, there was still quite a force to be reckoned with in East Prussia. The Russian's plan to counter this problem was to send 150,000 men under Lieutenant General Yegor Tolstoy to go and take the old Prussian capitol of Konigsberg. When making their way to the city the force moved at a slow rate on purpose in order to have the Germans focus all their attention on capturing the city. Within days the port city of Memel fell before the Prussian force and they had reached the Pregel river on June 22nd. Making their way across it and reaching Konigsberg on June 24th. During this time the German Army under General Heinrich Ludendorff spent its time organizing and preparing to meet the Prussian onslaught before it made its way any further into the fatherland. The two armies clashed on June the 26th with the battle lasting for a full day with the Russians charging at the Prussian lines multiple times while providing non-stop artillery fire and cavalry charges. The Russians were told not to rest and kept on charing at the lines the whole time with even the reserves taking action, forcing Ludendorff to keep his troops from creating a flanking maneuver. At the end of the day the Russian army retreated from the city and headed south, leaving over 11,000 German casualties to the Russian's 15,000. At first Ludendorff thought that this was Tolstoy simply retreating before his army could be crushed by the full weight of the German force. It wasn't until later that he found out that it was all a ruse as the main Russian army of over 200,000 led by Prince Alexander Menshikov had been taking the time to make a thrust deep in the center of Eastern Prussia with the distraction in the North and the German obligations in the South providing his troops a way to go unopposed. For the first month the main part of the Russian army virtually steamrollled through Posen by managing to take most of the Grand Ducy by the coming of August. At the same time the Northern army was reorganizing and shifted focus to Danzig in order to take out the much more valued German Port while Russian reinforcements would soon be able to come and one day capture Konigsberg.
The Germans weren't doing nothing though as at the same time Ludendorff managed to reclaim the rest of Eastern Prussia and was redirecting his army to contain the Russian advance before it reached the Baltic, he was able to do this with some success as the Battles of Tuchel and Rosenberg were German victories and kept the Russians from advancing farther north. Down south it would be said to be the opposite as the Russians were advancing as far west as they could. The main opposition that the Russians had faced at that point was a group of German militias, Polish farmers, and German reinforcements from North of 68,000 men where they had tried to stop the Russians at the battle of Posen on July the 17th. The battle lasted for an entire week as the German defenders fought valiantly to contain the Russian onslaught and most often had to resort to close quarters combat within the city while Russia was able to contain them in using their cavalry. The battle was a failure as the Germans were defeated with over 30,000 casualties while the Russians suffered 23,000. It was successful in a strategic sense though as the Russians had taken massive attrition and had to slow down their progress. The farthest that Russia had been able to advance forward was all the way to the Oder River by September where everything below the 53 North in Germany belonged to Russia. They would have advanced further but by this time reinforcements had arrived from the French Border, Bohemia, and from Britain with their professional armies being shipped in. The total end of the Russian offensive was confirmed with the battle of Frankfurt on August 17th where a man Russian force of 100,000 troops under the command of Prince Menshikov tried to take the city but found themselves faced by a superior force of over 250,000 troops with most of them being reinforcements from other theaters. When the Russians launched their first attack their charge was slaughtered as over 10,000 Russians were either dead or wounded after the first charge, after that the German/British army counterattacked and forced the Russian army back 10 miles with Russia taking around 12,000 more casualties while Germany and Britain took a total of over 11,000. Realizing that his plan was lost, Menshikov then ordered his army to fortify their positions nad secure their territories. All the while coming under heavy resistance from Polish Partisans while the Anglo-German alliance prepared to strike back.
Reinforcements from the west arrive (Right) Battle of Frankfurt (Left)
Austria: At the time of May 22nd the Austrian Empire looked like it was about to collapse and that Germany would gain a whole new Archduchy for its territory. Now these dreams would be crossed as Prussia was now under attack and the conquest of Austria was now a secondary objective compared to saving the Empire that was so fragile at the moment. When Field Marshall von Multke heard of Russia's "stab in the back" he knew that the thrust could no longer be made against Vienna with a unilateral German force. So with some extreme reluctance, Multke had to order the 3rd Army under Stoffenburg to only reinforce them with two divisions while the main force continued its trek up North to join Ludendorff and the main Prussian reinforcements. In the meantime the 1st Army would have to get reinforcements from local Nationalists or volunteers from Germany. With the capitol now longer having the possibility of being besieged by a far numerically superior force, Franz-Joseph could now focus on maintaining the siege as long as possible and securing any other parts of the empire that he could with available forces. Now that Hungary was now longer on its borders, reinforcements were now flowing in from Galicia as tens of thousands of troops came west with some going to the sieges of Prague and Vienna, while others went down south to mop up any forces that the 3rd Army left behind. gradually retaking much of Slovenia and some of Southern Austria over a period of time. In Bohemia Field Marshall Siegfried von Lohengramm was affected the most as he had to send the most amount of manpower to the North with his forces being the closes ones to provide aid. He now had to send over 100,000 troops to Prussia while the rest were either committed to Prague or securing Western Bohemia. The Czechs were able to take advantage of this by using reinforcements from Galicia along with some men stripped from Prague to commence a campaign in coordination with the Russians to take back Silesia, which they did by July 29th. Realizing that the more important battles were going on in Prussia or in Austria. Field Marshall Lohengramm chose to break off the siege on August 3rd and commit his men to defending the borders and all of Bohemia west of the Vlatava. With the siege now ended the Czechs attempted to attack the Germans in the Second Battle of Prague on August 6th, unfortunately for them Lohengramm's superior tactical skill was able to hold the line and prevent the Czechs from making any incursions into his force while they were pushed back to Prague. Resulting in over 6,000 German casualties and 7,500 Czech casualties. Lohengramm then went off with the 1st and 2nd Division of his forces while leaving command to General Fredrick Muller. Lohengramm's intent was to head east and create a cut in Czech lines to prevent as many men from reinforcing Vienna as possible. He was successful as the city of Brno was captured on August 23rd with its defenders of 5,000 quickly surrendering when surrounded. For the rest of the war Siegfried Lohengramm would use the city as a FOB to commence hit and run tactics around the region to buy the main German forces enough time to strike back and continue the conquest.
Field Marshall Siegfried von Lohengram and the 2nd Army heading East.
Navy: Perhaps the greatest blessing of the Anglo-German alliance of the war can be pointed to the British contribution to the German's naval supremacy in the war. While Germany's were not needed at the beginning, it wouldn't have done much alone as Prussia had a skeleton fleet and the best ships of the nation belonged to the former Hanseatic States which were in small quantities. At first the Russian Baltic fleet made a move to blockade Germany by sending its troops all around the coast all the way to Denmark. This was successful for the first month but its effects were minimal with the North Sea side of the nation still receiving shipping. The blockade wouldn't last for long as the main British Home Fleet of over 100 ships led by Admiral William Stanford headed to the Baltic to face off against the Russian force of 25. In July the entire Baltic Sea became a virtual turkey shoot for the British since while Russia had upgraded some of its ships to steam, the British Home Fleet was all entirely built around steam and had some capitol ships with twelve inch guns. By August the blockade was virtually eliminated and Britain was able to send over much supplies along with 200,000 men in the German Expeditionary Force (GEF). Further down south in the Mediterranean the British were having a harder time trying to quell Russian power in the Black Sea as most of their forces were either in Britain, the colonies, or in America at the moment. There were only 40 ships in the whole Mediterranean around Egypt and Russia had around 60 in the Crimean Peninsula. Everytime the Royal Navy entered the Dardenelles they would exit Turkish waters hours later and come under heavy fire by awaiting Russian convoys. Those who did manage to escape would wonder the Black Sea for weeks without any friendly ports to go to, until they turned back to Constantinople or would get destroyed by the Russians. All that this had achieved in the end was Britain to lost 14 ships while Russia had lost only 3. The only good that came out of the region for the British was the fact that they were able to reinforce a blockade of the Austrian held shores with only 10 ships from the Mediterranean. More ships would arrive with the Oregon War dying down but the Black Sea would remain Russia's lake for now.
Royal Navy ship in action at the Baltic (Right) Russian Navy hunting British ships in the Black Sea (Left)
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I find it astonishing how the Russian could still be such a formidable military at this point in time, especially how far they have marched through the German lands so quickly. Wonder if this conflict will be the cause for harsher peace terms on Russia in the Crimean War that will come up eventually.
Maybe you meant quell Russian power...?
Nice chapter!
That is actually what I was thinking, but more so than OTL.
So you have any ideas how it would be different from OTL?
Once again you have to remember that Russia was able to defeat Napoleon three decades ago and little has changed tactical or technological-wise in that time. The reason that Russia is so successful right now is because of the fact that Germany has deployed most of their forces in Aistria and weren't expecting a surprise attack. Eastern Priussia also isn't very industrialized at the moment so Germany can't use railroads to reinforce. All of that will change in the next chapter.
You'll have to wait and see on whether or not Russia loses Crimea again this time around.
Chapter 47 will either be posted today or Friday. I will be on break for next two weeks so expect many posts and lots of Texas chapters.
Being overstretched makes sense, not to mention the fact that Russia has sheer numbers to fall back on in overwhelming their opponents and rampaging through central Europe. Although this makes me wonder how this war will affect military doctrine of the Russian and Prussian Armies.
Maybe you meant quell Russian power...?
Nice chapter!
Yeah I fixed that. Thanks for the notice.
It looks like I won't be able to post another chapter today. I kindly ask all readers to patiently wait until Friday where I will try to double post that night. Thanks for reading and continuing your feedback.
Chapter 47 Germany's Counterattack
Chapter 47 Germany's Counterattack
"While Russia may have prevented our conquest of Vienna, they'll never destroy the dream of the fatherland. We will fight to the death for the Deutschland and Austria will be ours one day."- Field Marshall Siegfried von Lohengramm 1847
"Heil dir im Sieger Kranz."-German National Anthem composed in 1848
"While I'm mad as hell that we lost Oregon I can see why the Queen wanted to support Germany. They'll make for some great allies down the line."- Captain Roger Church 1847
In all of German history there is no year that held greater significance for the nation than that of 1847. This was the year that the virtual existence of the Reich was laid down on the line and where many within Europe would see just who would come to dominate Central Europe. While Wilhelm could have easily ignored Austria and stuck to a lesser Germany solution, the die had been cast and the players set the stage. Now with Russian reinforcements it looked as though Austria would live longer and free from Prussian domination. Come the fall and winter of 1847, Europe would watch in anticipation as the German Empire finally got its act together and made its move to reclaim its territory. For the Second Reich had been born, and its rise was nowhere near stopping.
When word of the Russian entry into the war reached Germany, the one thought on the minds of all the Germans was that of treachery. While Germany and Russia never interacted closely in each others histories, Russia was seen by the Germans as a friend and ally for being the first nation to push back Napoleon's rampage on Europe and protect Eastern Germany from Polish nationalism. Now Russia had committed the unthinkable and they had dared to strike the Fatherland while they were on the verge of victory. While Nicholas had intended for this war to be one that would destroy German Nationalism, it actually did quite the opposite and united Germans all over the Empire together. Even the conservative nobility of the south was now in full support of the Kaiser as they would rather be subjects of the Hohenzollerns than puppets of the Eastern barbarians. Within months tens of thousands of Germans joined the new Imperial Army and wartime production of munition and arms was happening at an unprecedented rate. Meanwhile, Kaiser Wilhelm was directing the Imperial Army into total mobilization against the East and was calling in all reserves available to meet up with Ludendorff. The redeployment also included virtually all of the 4th Army which was stationed on the border with Alsace-Lorraine, while this might have been a death note for Germany with the possibility of French Invasion, it luckily didn't come at the time as President Bonaparte was busy dealing with political enemies while the border was soon reinforced by militia from Bavaria. By the time fall came the Germans were able to reinforce the Oder front with over 400,000 troops while the numbers of the 5th Army around 350,000 men in Danzig, adding to this was the near 240,000 troops of the 3rd Army under Stoffenburg. Adding to this was the 200,000 troops of the British expedition and the British naval superiority of the Baltic. On September 1st began the German campaign of liberation, Operation Hersbt Weiss.
Mobilization for Total War
On September 1st a three-pronged attack was launched against the Russian forces With the 4th and 3rd Armies launching a combined offensive on the Oder while the 5th Army would come down and encircle the Russians from the North and the rear. In the first week the Russians would become overwhelmed as they were facing a 4 to 1 numerical superiority by the Anglo-German alliance. At the Second Battle of Posen on October 17th, the German 4th Army was able to avenge the earlier defeat of the German defenders by encircling the Russian Army under Prince Menshikov and holding the army in a siege there while Russian positions were continuously bombarded with artillery and the German cavalry cutting off any hope of escape. During this time the 3rd Army and the GEF was spreading out among the German countryside and reclaiming as much of it as possible from the Russians while destroying supply lines and brutally attacking straggling Russian regiments. With the main force cut off the 4th Army attacked on the 23rd and sent its men into the streets of Posen in droves, the sheer quantity of the Germans more than making up for any skill that the Russians had, adding to this also came an uprising of the native Polish/German populace, with the Poles having enough of the Russians and deciding that it was better to live under German rule than their Slavic brethren. The battle ended at the end of the day with Prince Menshikov surrendering his force after receiving a near brush with death from a sniper shot in his camp. The near 150,000 Russian force had suffered 13,406 KIA, 12,632 WIA, and the rest taken prisoner. While the Germans had suffered 10,205 KIA, 8,689 WIA. Further up North another epic battle was waging as the 5th Army was in the midst of taking the city of Memel from the 120,000 strong Russian force under General Tolstoy. At first the battle was evenly contested as while the Germans did have numerical superiority, the Russians had a stable supply line due to being so close to the border. This was negated over several weeks as the Royal Navy had been systematically bombarding the Baltic shore while launching marines to occupy the coast and destroy the roads so that the Russians could not surrender. when word of Posen had reached Tolstoy and seeing little option of reinforcement, the man surrendered the Russian Army on November 2nd. The Russians had taken 11,456 KIA, 12,133 WIA, and the rest prisoner. The German/British casualties were 8,943 KIA, 9,003 WIA. For the rest of the year a gradual offensive would begin with the Germans making their way to the borders and soon crossing into Russian Poland. The furthest they had managed to reach was the city of Warsaw on December 16th before a great snowstorm came in and they had to lock down for winter quarters. A good thing to as more Russian reinforcements which had meant to arrive in Germany had already come.
Operation Herbst Weiss
Further down south the fronts on Austria had been mostly static as while von Lohengramm was able to regain some territory in Bohemia, most of the German army was either too busy trying to keep the Austrians at bay in Southern Austria or were in the middle of the Siege of Vienna. Hypothetically if the war went on for more years than Germany could have easily conquered Austria and prevent the Second War for German Unification from needing to happen. However, Germany was on the balancing point of success as while they had been able to protect their territory and push Russia out, they were still nowhere near finishing the conquest and everyone knew that it was virtually impossible to conquer Russia. France also would not be waiting on the sidelines forever as it was only a matter of time before they joined. Adding to that were the tens of thousands of German casualties and the increasing anxiety and unruliness of the German nobles and Conservatives who wanted to restore the Old Order. Before Wilhelm could conquer Austria he knew that he needed to secure Germany first so that way his legacy could continue for generations. So with his gains already being in a significant amount, Wihelm called for Franz Joseph and Nicholas to send delegations to Stockholm so that the Germans along with the British and the Hungarians could finally restore peace to Central Europe.
A/N: I'm back! Now with exams finally over I have two weeks that I can dedicate to Lone Star Republic and I intend to use them to the fullest. Expect the 1846 Revolutions to end in a few days and for us to come back to Texas sometime next week.
"While Russia may have prevented our conquest of Vienna, they'll never destroy the dream of the fatherland. We will fight to the death for the Deutschland and Austria will be ours one day."- Field Marshall Siegfried von Lohengramm 1847
"Heil dir im Sieger Kranz."-German National Anthem composed in 1848
"While I'm mad as hell that we lost Oregon I can see why the Queen wanted to support Germany. They'll make for some great allies down the line."- Captain Roger Church 1847
In all of German history there is no year that held greater significance for the nation than that of 1847. This was the year that the virtual existence of the Reich was laid down on the line and where many within Europe would see just who would come to dominate Central Europe. While Wilhelm could have easily ignored Austria and stuck to a lesser Germany solution, the die had been cast and the players set the stage. Now with Russian reinforcements it looked as though Austria would live longer and free from Prussian domination. Come the fall and winter of 1847, Europe would watch in anticipation as the German Empire finally got its act together and made its move to reclaim its territory. For the Second Reich had been born, and its rise was nowhere near stopping.
When word of the Russian entry into the war reached Germany, the one thought on the minds of all the Germans was that of treachery. While Germany and Russia never interacted closely in each others histories, Russia was seen by the Germans as a friend and ally for being the first nation to push back Napoleon's rampage on Europe and protect Eastern Germany from Polish nationalism. Now Russia had committed the unthinkable and they had dared to strike the Fatherland while they were on the verge of victory. While Nicholas had intended for this war to be one that would destroy German Nationalism, it actually did quite the opposite and united Germans all over the Empire together. Even the conservative nobility of the south was now in full support of the Kaiser as they would rather be subjects of the Hohenzollerns than puppets of the Eastern barbarians. Within months tens of thousands of Germans joined the new Imperial Army and wartime production of munition and arms was happening at an unprecedented rate. Meanwhile, Kaiser Wilhelm was directing the Imperial Army into total mobilization against the East and was calling in all reserves available to meet up with Ludendorff. The redeployment also included virtually all of the 4th Army which was stationed on the border with Alsace-Lorraine, while this might have been a death note for Germany with the possibility of French Invasion, it luckily didn't come at the time as President Bonaparte was busy dealing with political enemies while the border was soon reinforced by militia from Bavaria. By the time fall came the Germans were able to reinforce the Oder front with over 400,000 troops while the numbers of the 5th Army around 350,000 men in Danzig, adding to this was the near 240,000 troops of the 3rd Army under Stoffenburg. Adding to this was the 200,000 troops of the British expedition and the British naval superiority of the Baltic. On September 1st began the German campaign of liberation, Operation Hersbt Weiss.
Mobilization for Total War
On September 1st a three-pronged attack was launched against the Russian forces With the 4th and 3rd Armies launching a combined offensive on the Oder while the 5th Army would come down and encircle the Russians from the North and the rear. In the first week the Russians would become overwhelmed as they were facing a 4 to 1 numerical superiority by the Anglo-German alliance. At the Second Battle of Posen on October 17th, the German 4th Army was able to avenge the earlier defeat of the German defenders by encircling the Russian Army under Prince Menshikov and holding the army in a siege there while Russian positions were continuously bombarded with artillery and the German cavalry cutting off any hope of escape. During this time the 3rd Army and the GEF was spreading out among the German countryside and reclaiming as much of it as possible from the Russians while destroying supply lines and brutally attacking straggling Russian regiments. With the main force cut off the 4th Army attacked on the 23rd and sent its men into the streets of Posen in droves, the sheer quantity of the Germans more than making up for any skill that the Russians had, adding to this also came an uprising of the native Polish/German populace, with the Poles having enough of the Russians and deciding that it was better to live under German rule than their Slavic brethren. The battle ended at the end of the day with Prince Menshikov surrendering his force after receiving a near brush with death from a sniper shot in his camp. The near 150,000 Russian force had suffered 13,406 KIA, 12,632 WIA, and the rest taken prisoner. While the Germans had suffered 10,205 KIA, 8,689 WIA. Further up North another epic battle was waging as the 5th Army was in the midst of taking the city of Memel from the 120,000 strong Russian force under General Tolstoy. At first the battle was evenly contested as while the Germans did have numerical superiority, the Russians had a stable supply line due to being so close to the border. This was negated over several weeks as the Royal Navy had been systematically bombarding the Baltic shore while launching marines to occupy the coast and destroy the roads so that the Russians could not surrender. when word of Posen had reached Tolstoy and seeing little option of reinforcement, the man surrendered the Russian Army on November 2nd. The Russians had taken 11,456 KIA, 12,133 WIA, and the rest prisoner. The German/British casualties were 8,943 KIA, 9,003 WIA. For the rest of the year a gradual offensive would begin with the Germans making their way to the borders and soon crossing into Russian Poland. The furthest they had managed to reach was the city of Warsaw on December 16th before a great snowstorm came in and they had to lock down for winter quarters. A good thing to as more Russian reinforcements which had meant to arrive in Germany had already come.
Operation Herbst Weiss
Further down south the fronts on Austria had been mostly static as while von Lohengramm was able to regain some territory in Bohemia, most of the German army was either too busy trying to keep the Austrians at bay in Southern Austria or were in the middle of the Siege of Vienna. Hypothetically if the war went on for more years than Germany could have easily conquered Austria and prevent the Second War for German Unification from needing to happen. However, Germany was on the balancing point of success as while they had been able to protect their territory and push Russia out, they were still nowhere near finishing the conquest and everyone knew that it was virtually impossible to conquer Russia. France also would not be waiting on the sidelines forever as it was only a matter of time before they joined. Adding to that were the tens of thousands of German casualties and the increasing anxiety and unruliness of the German nobles and Conservatives who wanted to restore the Old Order. Before Wilhelm could conquer Austria he knew that he needed to secure Germany first so that way his legacy could continue for generations. So with his gains already being in a significant amount, Wihelm called for Franz Joseph and Nicholas to send delegations to Stockholm so that the Germans along with the British and the Hungarians could finally restore peace to Central Europe.
A/N: I'm back! Now with exams finally over I have two weeks that I can dedicate to Lone Star Republic and I intend to use them to the fullest. Expect the 1846 Revolutions to end in a few days and for us to come back to Texas sometime next week.
Now THAT is what I call a comeback, congrats on giving us a militarily accurate version for this installment. Although I still can't see Nicholas I instigating the Crimean War at the same time as OTL, since he had to sign a peace treaty that saw his beautiful army defeated. So I am willing to be that it doesn't occur until the 1860s in the Lone Star Timeline
So what was your verdict on the Exams?
So what was your verdict on the Exams?
You'll see the reasons why the Crimean War happens in 1852 like I planned, just wait and see the results of the peace treaty. The Crimean War TTL will only receive 1 or 2 posts and the importance of the war is not going to be the direct results but the political aftermath in all of the combatants. It's also not going to be the same as OTL in many ways.
The Exams were pretty tough this year but I passed them okay. Don't have to take any next semester so looking forward to an easy week. Next post coming out later today.
Chapter 48 End of the Revolution, Beginning of an Era
Chapter 48 End of the Revolution, Beginning of an Era
"You really should have surrendered when you had the chance Franz."- Kaiser Wilhelm I 1861
"My friends after centuries of oppresion Hungary is free. For now and forever we shall decide our own destiny as we shall forever strive to become apart of the great powers of Europe once more."- President Lajos Kossuth 1848
"It appears that the revolutions were a success, far too good of one. Fear not Europe, for France shall return."- President Napoleon Bonaparte III 1848
By the time the Stockholm Conference began on January 2nd it was clear already who the victors were. Germany had already secured its territory and now held large swaths of land within both Russia and Austria. Hungary also had managed to conquer some parts of Austria with the addition of Croatia and while it wasn't able to push the Russians out fully yet, they had been steadily progresses into Eastern Hungary as more Russian troops were being pulled out north in order to deal with the German threat to their borders. With Budapest under Hungarian control it was also clear that Austria was in no position to enforce its claim to the Kingdom of St. Stephen. The only question that lied now was what exact terms of the treaty would there be. While Germany had managed to conquer much of Austria, at the same time they were far from their vision of total conquest that would give them a perfect casus belli for annexation. In the meantime while Russia was heavily defeated they still had millions of men to call upon and it was unlikely that the Anglo-German forces could even possibly be able to reach anywhere near Moscow soon. So for weeks there was much bickering over any amount of compromises, the annexation of land, recognition of sovereignty, and the future military prowess of each nation that could lead to another war down the line (which it did happen, twice). Finally on March 13th, the second anniversary of the start of German Unification, an agreement was reached and the Treaty of Stockholm was signed.
The terms are as follows:
Map of Europe in 1848 after the Treaty of Stockholm
With the signing of the treaty came about the official end of the 1846 Revolutions. It was a time of much turmoil for Europe, but in the end it virtually shattered the status-quo following the Congress of Vienna and brought about a new era of nationalism within Europe. Germany had just been born and was already recognized as a continental power that could one day extend its reach over the world. Many liberal reforms were also made within Germany and along with the unification of the economy and the growth of industry, would make it the foremost economic and political powerhouse on the continent by the end of the century. In Central Europe with the rise of Germany began the beginnings of the downfall of Austria. What could've been a Hapsburg Germany was forever denied and the Empire lost a hug majority of its territory with the cession of Hungarian independence and territorial losses to Germany and Italy. What was once the premier state of Central Europe and the center of German culture now slid into disorder and unrest as Emperor Franz Joseph still refused to grant any liberal reforms and focused on wild dreams of revanchism against Germany, instead of focusing on the now hugely Slavic majority of the Empire. The Balkans would now be changed forever as Hungary would arrive to the scene and brought with it an example of an European state that could achieve many liberal reforms that America had given birth to, while also becoming a strong power in its own right due to its national unity. Hungary's independence would further the unrest of the Balkan nationalities as many people now saw that if the Hapsburg Empire was to fall, then surely the Ottomans would be next. Russia was hit with a huge loss as while they had prevented a total Austrian collapse, at the same time they weren't able to stop German and Hungarian nationalism while suffering through its loss of naval power in the Baltic. Seeing Central Europe as an essential bust, Nicholas would turn his attention to Central Asia, the Balkans, and the Middle East, which would become the center of Russian foreign policy for the rest of the century. Finally Great Britain had managed to pull through the conflict with new found friends and allies and proved that their military was still powerful after Oregon, though they had gained little directly from it and the seeds of inequality and a desire for reform were spreading. 1848 would mark the total end of the old era of monarchism, and the beginning of the Age of Nationalism.
Victory Parade of the German Empire (Right) Official inauguration of Lajos Kossuth as President of Hungary 1848 (Center) Beginning of the end for Austria (Left)
A/N: Finally! I'm so glad that I was able to finish this after almost two months. It makes me quite scared though of how long it's going to take when we reach the Great War. Originally I was going to make Chapter 48 the last Hungarian one, but I figured that with Germany's counterattack then Hungary would slowly start to make gains while Russia diverted more troops to defend its lands. With the 1846 Arc down we will finally be able to shift focus back to Texas. Chapter 49 will be about both the Gold Rush and Lamar's final term, and will come soon. The 1850's will also include some more European action, seeds of the American Civil War, and colonialism in Asia. I'll also start a series of posts which detail the culture of Texas. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more. Long live the Republic!
"You really should have surrendered when you had the chance Franz."- Kaiser Wilhelm I 1861
"My friends after centuries of oppresion Hungary is free. For now and forever we shall decide our own destiny as we shall forever strive to become apart of the great powers of Europe once more."- President Lajos Kossuth 1848
"It appears that the revolutions were a success, far too good of one. Fear not Europe, for France shall return."- President Napoleon Bonaparte III 1848
By the time the Stockholm Conference began on January 2nd it was clear already who the victors were. Germany had already secured its territory and now held large swaths of land within both Russia and Austria. Hungary also had managed to conquer some parts of Austria with the addition of Croatia and while it wasn't able to push the Russians out fully yet, they had been steadily progresses into Eastern Hungary as more Russian troops were being pulled out north in order to deal with the German threat to their borders. With Budapest under Hungarian control it was also clear that Austria was in no position to enforce its claim to the Kingdom of St. Stephen. The only question that lied now was what exact terms of the treaty would there be. While Germany had managed to conquer much of Austria, at the same time they were far from their vision of total conquest that would give them a perfect casus belli for annexation. In the meantime while Russia was heavily defeated they still had millions of men to call upon and it was unlikely that the Anglo-German forces could even possibly be able to reach anywhere near Moscow soon. So for weeks there was much bickering over any amount of compromises, the annexation of land, recognition of sovereignty, and the future military prowess of each nation that could lead to another war down the line (which it did happen, twice). Finally on March 13th, the second anniversary of the start of German Unification, an agreement was reached and the Treaty of Stockholm was signed.
The terms are as follows:
- All signatories shall recognize the sovereignty of both the German Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary.
- Germany shall gain the Sudetenland, the German speaking areas of Bohemia
- Hungary shall receive the totality of the Kingdom of Croatia
- Germany shall annex the city-state of Krakow
- Russia is to be prohibited from constructing or sailing warships within the Baltic Sea. A 25-mile demilitarized zone shall exist in Russia in the territories on the German border for the next 10 years.
- The House of Hapsburg shall forever renounce their claims to the crowns of Hungary and Croatia.
- All of Silesia shall go to Germany.
- Wilhelm von Hohenzollern is to be recognized as Emperor of the Germans.
- Austria shall allow the free transport of goods between Germany and Hungary.
- German is to become a recognized language within Hungary and its ethnic members shall be protected by the government.
Map of Europe in 1848 after the Treaty of Stockholm
With the signing of the treaty came about the official end of the 1846 Revolutions. It was a time of much turmoil for Europe, but in the end it virtually shattered the status-quo following the Congress of Vienna and brought about a new era of nationalism within Europe. Germany had just been born and was already recognized as a continental power that could one day extend its reach over the world. Many liberal reforms were also made within Germany and along with the unification of the economy and the growth of industry, would make it the foremost economic and political powerhouse on the continent by the end of the century. In Central Europe with the rise of Germany began the beginnings of the downfall of Austria. What could've been a Hapsburg Germany was forever denied and the Empire lost a hug majority of its territory with the cession of Hungarian independence and territorial losses to Germany and Italy. What was once the premier state of Central Europe and the center of German culture now slid into disorder and unrest as Emperor Franz Joseph still refused to grant any liberal reforms and focused on wild dreams of revanchism against Germany, instead of focusing on the now hugely Slavic majority of the Empire. The Balkans would now be changed forever as Hungary would arrive to the scene and brought with it an example of an European state that could achieve many liberal reforms that America had given birth to, while also becoming a strong power in its own right due to its national unity. Hungary's independence would further the unrest of the Balkan nationalities as many people now saw that if the Hapsburg Empire was to fall, then surely the Ottomans would be next. Russia was hit with a huge loss as while they had prevented a total Austrian collapse, at the same time they weren't able to stop German and Hungarian nationalism while suffering through its loss of naval power in the Baltic. Seeing Central Europe as an essential bust, Nicholas would turn his attention to Central Asia, the Balkans, and the Middle East, which would become the center of Russian foreign policy for the rest of the century. Finally Great Britain had managed to pull through the conflict with new found friends and allies and proved that their military was still powerful after Oregon, though they had gained little directly from it and the seeds of inequality and a desire for reform were spreading. 1848 would mark the total end of the old era of monarchism, and the beginning of the Age of Nationalism.
Victory Parade of the German Empire (Right) Official inauguration of Lajos Kossuth as President of Hungary 1848 (Center) Beginning of the end for Austria (Left)
A/N: Finally! I'm so glad that I was able to finish this after almost two months. It makes me quite scared though of how long it's going to take when we reach the Great War. Originally I was going to make Chapter 48 the last Hungarian one, but I figured that with Germany's counterattack then Hungary would slowly start to make gains while Russia diverted more troops to defend its lands. With the 1846 Arc down we will finally be able to shift focus back to Texas. Chapter 49 will be about both the Gold Rush and Lamar's final term, and will come soon. The 1850's will also include some more European action, seeds of the American Civil War, and colonialism in Asia. I'll also start a series of posts which detail the culture of Texas. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more. Long live the Republic!
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Wonder if this will accelerate the development of certain technologies compared to OTL
MagicalPhantom345: Overall technological developments will be years ahead than OTL, you won't see a very huge change though until the mid 20th century. Having united governments that are willing to give subsidies to their scientists for prestige will certainly help in the long run, especially when we're talking about a 25 year earlier German Empire.
Bosemacher: Not yet. Luxembourg is an independent state and in personal union with the Netherlands at this point in time. So if Germany tried to annex them then they would go to war with the Netherlands. That doesn't mean that the possibility of annexation doesn't exist in the future, especially if the people demand it.
So will France be in the same position as it was OTL in terms of foreign relations?
Won't be to much longer and I'll need to try and update that map. Edit: World map that is.
Anywho, will be good to get back to Texas after all of this stuff on Europe and America. Much as I've enjoyed it all (and will continue to be partial to the American parts), the gold rush is to interesting to pass up. Lastly but not least, good update.
Now these strike me as interesting. You've hinted before at a second German unification war, which I half assumed would tie into the Great War, but now we see two and the top quote makes me think the second will be in 1861 (Bloody year, American Civil War, Mexican War, and possibly a war in Europe). Interesting times ahead even if I am wrong on all of this, but as was commented above it is easy to see why technology is going to get ahead of OTL.
Anywho, will be good to get back to Texas after all of this stuff on Europe and America. Much as I've enjoyed it all (and will continue to be partial to the American parts), the gold rush is to interesting to pass up. Lastly but not least, good update.
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Administrative Divisions of the German Empire circa 1849
Update coming out tomorrow.
Update coming out tomorrow.
Huh was Expecting Saxony to annex Sudetenland to sweeten it's entry into the Reich
Saxony didn't recieve the Sudetenland because Wilhelm doesn't want anyone besides Prussia to receive extra land.
Chapter 49 coming out later. Hopefully I can post it before the website goes down. Will you guys still be able to see the forum tomorrow and Wednesday?