A continuation and development from the last map I posted.
Few would have thought that the Trent Affair would have such far ranging consequences for a conflict that for the most part was confined to the North American continent. However, with the defeat of the United States in mid 1863, it allowed for the Napoleon III to enforce his position in Mexico without much due interference from the U.S. By 1865 the Mexican republican rebels had been defeated but a growing insurgency had ensured that in turn, by the following year almost 150,000 French troops were deployed to the country in a bid to enforce law and order. In the U.S., the better part of the next decade is spent trying to use military forces to hold down various attempts to secedes, ranging from the Second Mormon rebellion to Californian secessionism and even an attempt by various Indian tribes to form a nation in the Dakota and Montana regions. However, the U.S. weathers the storm and survives, if only just.
In 1866, with the defeat of the Austrian army all but complete at the hands of the Prussians and with French attentions directed to the Americas, Bismarck and his Generals have the confidence to march on and occupy Vienna. In the ensuing chaos central Hungary goes into open revolt and secedes from the Empire. The war ends with the Treaty of Linz which stipulates that:
Following the War, Austria suffers a bout of economic depression and extreme conservatism from which it would not recover from until the mid 1890’s. The government starts a long period of Austrianisation (Germanisation), expelling thousands of Italians (many who settle in Dalmatia) while many other ethnic groups leave for a better life in Places like Western Europe, North America and Australia while at the same time, million of ethnic Germans from across the former Austrian Empire are settled in their place. By 1900, even places like Bohemia; German has become the predominant language.
In 1868 in Spain, Queen Isabella II is deposed and sent into exile. In 1870, the Spanish Approach Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to be their new monarch and Prussia, more confident in its military strength and with a large proportion of the French military still tied down in Central America, allows him to take up the position. Naturally the even causes outrage in France who fears being encircled by hostile nations. Negotiations fail and threats quickly follow. In 1871 it comes to war. Despite early French successes in Spain where they almost reach Madrid thanks to a disorganised Spanish army and Carlist rebels who oppose Leopold. Shortly after the Confederate States of America declare War on Spain and attempt to invade Cuba, which they do but incur terrible losses, more to disease than the battlefield. However for France it is all in vain as Prussian Forces defeat their armies and reach Paris where ironically they end up putting down a socialist uprising in the city in order to aid the French government after the monarchy collapses and the third republic is declared. In Eastern Europe, Russia uses the distraction of the war to annex outright its new protectorates directly into the Empire.
In the Americas, despite the fall of the French empire the Republics new government chooses to continue to support the puppet government of Maxamillian while at the same time attempting to expand their support in South America too. At the same time, the new German Empire turns its attention to countering the French Latin American growth, sparing the beginning of the “Latin Race” in which various colonial powers (mostly France, Germany and to a much less extent, Great Britain) vie for political and economic dominance over the region. Germany gains a stronghold first in Venezuela, using its historical attempts at settling the region as leverage against the French. They also gain a strong position in Argentina and Chile (along with Britain). Argentina it particular becomes somewhat expansionist, annexing some of its lesser neighbours and ending up at odds with Brazil (particularly over the annexation of Uruguay). However, the short British invasion of Bolivia in order to ward off Chile and Argentina invading the country over its nitrate deposits cuts the Argentinean expansionism short in the 1880’s. After the Trent War, interest in building a Nicaraguan canal start to develop between Britain, France and the Confederate States. After various attempts at gaining building rights in the region fail, France and the C.S.A. somewhat rashly invade and annex the small nation along with its neighbours who had banded together to form the “Central American Alliance.” The War causes outrage in the United States but war is averted by the threat of British intervention and the poor states of the U.S. armed forces which have been largely neglected since the end of the Trent War. It does however, after the war push America closer to Germany in an effort to modernise their country, developing a Prussian type military and dealing with secessionist problems amongst the Native Americans in a manner similar to how the Germans deal with the Poles.
The Ottoman hold on the Balkans was forever broken when in 1876, a poor harvest led to large scale riots and rebellion in place s like Bulgaria and Serbia. Russia, ever the enemy of the Turks and ally of the Slavs engaged in a long and brutal war that saw the establishment of several new nations in the Balkans. However, Anglo-French intervention prevented the Russians from taking control of the Dardanelles and ensured that the new greater Bulgaria did not come at the expense of Greece. The result for the ottomans is disastrous and in 1880, Egypt declares its independence as an independent Empire, taking everything for the Sinai to Tunisia with it. The following year Egyptian forces occupy the Suez Canal Zone and declare the canal Egyptian territory and start charging ships extortionate fees for passage. This prompts an Anglo-French invasion in which France occupies Tunisia and Britain seizes Egypt and Tripoli while the canal is jointly administered.
The Scramble for Africa began with the Belgian occupation of the Congo and was formalised in the Vienna Conference where new spheres of interest set out. Due to their goings on in South America, France and Germany largely loose out, (not that it really bothers Bismarck who never really wanted colonies anyway) mostly to the benefit of France and Italy who make several gains and even allows them to be more aggressive in their policy towards other powers (such as Britain’s policy towards Belgium and Portugal and Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia, claming sovereignty over all ethnic Somalis in the country.
In Asia, the accidental sinking due to a mine of the Japanese Cruiser Shogun results in war between Spain and Japan with the latter seizing the Philippines and the Island of Guam.
The year is now 1912 and the world has formed into two large power blocks, with Germany, the U.S.A., Austria, Italy and Spain on one side while the other consists of Great Britain, France, Russia, the C.S.A., Hungary and the Balkan Alliance (a series of Balkan nation’s allied to the Russian Empire). A pro German coup in the previously pro French nation of Colombia has led to the French republic invading the country, sparking strong protest from Germany and many now think that war is on the horizon.
Few would have thought that the Trent Affair would have such far ranging consequences for a conflict that for the most part was confined to the North American continent. However, with the defeat of the United States in mid 1863, it allowed for the Napoleon III to enforce his position in Mexico without much due interference from the U.S. By 1865 the Mexican republican rebels had been defeated but a growing insurgency had ensured that in turn, by the following year almost 150,000 French troops were deployed to the country in a bid to enforce law and order. In the U.S., the better part of the next decade is spent trying to use military forces to hold down various attempts to secedes, ranging from the Second Mormon rebellion to Californian secessionism and even an attempt by various Indian tribes to form a nation in the Dakota and Montana regions. However, the U.S. weathers the storm and survives, if only just.
In 1866, with the defeat of the Austrian army all but complete at the hands of the Prussians and with French attentions directed to the Americas, Bismarck and his Generals have the confidence to march on and occupy Vienna. In the ensuing chaos central Hungary goes into open revolt and secedes from the Empire. The war ends with the Treaty of Linz which stipulates that:
- The Kingdom of Hungary shall be a free and independent nation in its own right.
- Galicia and the Free City of Krakow shall become protectorates of the Russian Empire.
- Ethnic Romania regions of Galicia shall be given to the Principality of Moldavia.
- Venetia and Dalmatia shall go to the Kingdom of Italy.
- The Archduchy of Austria shall consist of Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Southern Carinthia, Istria South Tyrol (the last two of being some gripe to the Italians).
Following the War, Austria suffers a bout of economic depression and extreme conservatism from which it would not recover from until the mid 1890’s. The government starts a long period of Austrianisation (Germanisation), expelling thousands of Italians (many who settle in Dalmatia) while many other ethnic groups leave for a better life in Places like Western Europe, North America and Australia while at the same time, million of ethnic Germans from across the former Austrian Empire are settled in their place. By 1900, even places like Bohemia; German has become the predominant language.
In 1868 in Spain, Queen Isabella II is deposed and sent into exile. In 1870, the Spanish Approach Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen to be their new monarch and Prussia, more confident in its military strength and with a large proportion of the French military still tied down in Central America, allows him to take up the position. Naturally the even causes outrage in France who fears being encircled by hostile nations. Negotiations fail and threats quickly follow. In 1871 it comes to war. Despite early French successes in Spain where they almost reach Madrid thanks to a disorganised Spanish army and Carlist rebels who oppose Leopold. Shortly after the Confederate States of America declare War on Spain and attempt to invade Cuba, which they do but incur terrible losses, more to disease than the battlefield. However for France it is all in vain as Prussian Forces defeat their armies and reach Paris where ironically they end up putting down a socialist uprising in the city in order to aid the French government after the monarchy collapses and the third republic is declared. In Eastern Europe, Russia uses the distraction of the war to annex outright its new protectorates directly into the Empire.
In the Americas, despite the fall of the French empire the Republics new government chooses to continue to support the puppet government of Maxamillian while at the same time attempting to expand their support in South America too. At the same time, the new German Empire turns its attention to countering the French Latin American growth, sparing the beginning of the “Latin Race” in which various colonial powers (mostly France, Germany and to a much less extent, Great Britain) vie for political and economic dominance over the region. Germany gains a stronghold first in Venezuela, using its historical attempts at settling the region as leverage against the French. They also gain a strong position in Argentina and Chile (along with Britain). Argentina it particular becomes somewhat expansionist, annexing some of its lesser neighbours and ending up at odds with Brazil (particularly over the annexation of Uruguay). However, the short British invasion of Bolivia in order to ward off Chile and Argentina invading the country over its nitrate deposits cuts the Argentinean expansionism short in the 1880’s. After the Trent War, interest in building a Nicaraguan canal start to develop between Britain, France and the Confederate States. After various attempts at gaining building rights in the region fail, France and the C.S.A. somewhat rashly invade and annex the small nation along with its neighbours who had banded together to form the “Central American Alliance.” The War causes outrage in the United States but war is averted by the threat of British intervention and the poor states of the U.S. armed forces which have been largely neglected since the end of the Trent War. It does however, after the war push America closer to Germany in an effort to modernise their country, developing a Prussian type military and dealing with secessionist problems amongst the Native Americans in a manner similar to how the Germans deal with the Poles.
The Ottoman hold on the Balkans was forever broken when in 1876, a poor harvest led to large scale riots and rebellion in place s like Bulgaria and Serbia. Russia, ever the enemy of the Turks and ally of the Slavs engaged in a long and brutal war that saw the establishment of several new nations in the Balkans. However, Anglo-French intervention prevented the Russians from taking control of the Dardanelles and ensured that the new greater Bulgaria did not come at the expense of Greece. The result for the ottomans is disastrous and in 1880, Egypt declares its independence as an independent Empire, taking everything for the Sinai to Tunisia with it. The following year Egyptian forces occupy the Suez Canal Zone and declare the canal Egyptian territory and start charging ships extortionate fees for passage. This prompts an Anglo-French invasion in which France occupies Tunisia and Britain seizes Egypt and Tripoli while the canal is jointly administered.
The Scramble for Africa began with the Belgian occupation of the Congo and was formalised in the Vienna Conference where new spheres of interest set out. Due to their goings on in South America, France and Germany largely loose out, (not that it really bothers Bismarck who never really wanted colonies anyway) mostly to the benefit of France and Italy who make several gains and even allows them to be more aggressive in their policy towards other powers (such as Britain’s policy towards Belgium and Portugal and Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia, claming sovereignty over all ethnic Somalis in the country.
In Asia, the accidental sinking due to a mine of the Japanese Cruiser Shogun results in war between Spain and Japan with the latter seizing the Philippines and the Island of Guam.
The year is now 1912 and the world has formed into two large power blocks, with Germany, the U.S.A., Austria, Italy and Spain on one side while the other consists of Great Britain, France, Russia, the C.S.A., Hungary and the Balkan Alliance (a series of Balkan nation’s allied to the Russian Empire). A pro German coup in the previously pro French nation of Colombia has led to the French republic invading the country, sparking strong protest from Germany and many now think that war is on the horizon.
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