Dominion of Southern America - Updated July 1, 2018

Glen

Moderator
So... Australia invading Indonesia, and definitely not as "liberators." Not something I have seen before.

True, but it's more in line with a preemptive strike - both sides were gearing up for it, but TTL's Australians beat the Dutch to the punch - the Spanish were a bit too focused on Indochina as well so they're going to be playing catch up in the Dutch East Indies.
 

Glen

Moderator
Will we be seeing a conquest (or at least attack) of French Australia by Britain as well?

Right now it's more containment at least for French Greater Australia, though French lesser Australia (South Island of New Zealand) may be another matter....
 

Glen

Moderator
What are the territories included in the DEI TTL?

See the below map - it's the orangy parts of the East Indies.
Thank you!:D



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Glen

Moderator
As part of the British Australian advance on the Malthusian Dutch holdings in the East Indies, Britain's stalwart ally, Portugal, allowed for staging out of Portuguese Timor - Combined Imperial British and Portuguese forces rapidly took Dutch Timor and continued via ship to advance northward.

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Glen

Moderator
As part of the British Australian advance on the Malthusian Dutch holdings in the East Indies, Britain's stalwart ally, Portugal, allowed for staging out of Portuguese Timor - Combined Imperial British and Portuguese forces rapidly took Dutch Timor and continued via ship to advance northward.

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Hmmm
 

Glen

Moderator
The aged Ottoman sultan had in the years leading up to the Population War started to slip into senility. However, his ministers covered this up at the time, aided and abetted by the Malthusians who had come to power in the legislature. While massive in size, much of the Ottoman holdings were arid wilderness or outright desert, making the burgeoning population of the prosperous Empire a growing concern, especially in the minds of ethnic Turkish leaders as many of the other ethnicities in the empire had enjoyed higher growth rates than the Ottoman Turks. Therefore many leaders among the Turks thought well of Malthusian measures to curb the growth rate of the ethnicities of the Empire. They also saw with the onset of the Population War a chance to strike against the Empire's old enemy, Russia, who had declared for the British. Ever since the Global War the Ottomans had maintained a modern military, with ample funding in the previous decades from their oil wealth. In addition, some Ottomans saw the war as an opportunity to gain more arable lands and eyed with hunger the territories of those neighbors who dared side with the British and Russians, such as Hellas and Persia.
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Glen

Moderator
Madagascar had enjoyed prosperity under the dual sphere of Britain and France, up until the strife of the Population War. Unfortunately for the island nation, the sudden break between the former major members of the Entente saw Madagascar become a battlefield in the global conflagration, especially given the strong French Naval presence on the island, which had become the strongest supporters of the Sartre regime. The British defended their position on the island. One minor consequence of this was the sharp spike in vanilla prices globally.
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Glen

Moderator
The Population War didn't just tear away the Crown Jewel of India from the British Empire, but also formented conflict in South Africa. While a vital part of the British Empire, the diverse South Africa had been a source of instability throughout the 19th Century, both from Bantu Speaking tribes and Afrikaners. Many Afrikaner speaking people, fearing the growing majority of Bantu tribes in the region had become enamoured of the Dutch and their early embrace of Malthusianism. On the other hand, English speaking people of British firmly supported the Crown and rejected Malthusian policies. The outbreak of the Population War and the issuance of the Malthusian Manifesto saw South Africa erupt into civil war, with the Afrikaners and their Griqua allies fighting to throw out the British with aid from the Malthusian nations, whereas the English speaking South Africans and Bantu speaking allies fought to hold South Africa within the Empire.

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Glen

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The United States Congress tried to keep the USA out of the Population War, but under the leadership of President Martin Roosevelt also would not back down from exercising America's right to freely travel the seas - including engaging in commerce with the British Empire. The Malthusian navies, on the other hand, were not willing to allow American merchant convoys travel unmolested through the North Atlantic to the British Isles. After several attacks on American shipping, thankfully under guard by American forces, the USA was ready to declare war on the forces of the Malthusian Manifesto. The final tipping point came with the invasion of Bahia by the Malthusian Confederation of the Equator and Brazil. The US Navy held a port there and refused their combined naval forces access to the Bay rather aggressively. The United States Congress accepted President Martin Roosevelt's request for a declaration of war on December 19, 1934.
 
Nice update Glen. The war itself is getting very interesting.

Speaking of which, would you mind if I made an Updated World Map after the war?
 
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