A spectre is haunting Europe, part 4
Last I left off, Africa was in the beginning stages of decolonialization. A list of the countries that gained independence from European control after January 1, 1960:
Cameroon - January 1, 1960 (Same as OTL)
Mauretania, Mali, Senegal - May 1960
French Congo unified with Republic of the Congo - June 1, 1960
Somalia and Eritrea - June 26, 1960
Dahomey, Niger, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Beafrika, Gabon, Chad, and Tanganyika - August 1960 (Mostly same as OTL)
Nigeria - October 1, 1960 (Same as OTL)
Sierra Leone - January 1, 1961
Union of Ruanda-Urundi - January 28, 1961
Treaty of Oran gives Constantine independence - April 26, 1961
Buganda, Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole - September 1, 1961
Colony of Kenya and British Uganda unify into Kenya- March 28, 1962
Gambia - May 31, 1962
British protectorate over Zanzibar ends - January 1, 1963
Rhodesia and Malawi - December 31, 1963
Bechuanaland - August 1, 1964
British protectorate over Swaziland ends - September 9, 1964
Lesotho - October 1, 1966 (Same as OTL)
Republic of the Fang - September 22, 1968
Angola - March 27, 1973
Federation of Guinea and Cape Verde - September 24, 1973
Mozambique - September 8, 1974
Namibia - September 25, 1975
Some areas remained under European control. These areas were:
- Britain - Seychelles and Mauritius
- France - Sahara Territory, Constantine, Algeria-Oran, and Afars-Issas
- Spain - Western Sahara and Bioko Island
- Portugal - Cabinda and Sao Tome and Principe
The transfer of French and Portuguese colonies to India go the same way as OTL. Sarawak was given independence on July 22, 1963. East Timor and Macau remain under Portugal, and Hong Kong stays British.
Arabia was also decolonized:
- Kuwait joins Iraq - February 25, 1961
- Federation of South Arabia - April 4, 1962
- Dhofar - June 9, 1963
- United Emirates of the Trucial Coast - December 2, 1971
- British protectorate over Oman ends - November 3, 1972
With that, the decolonization of Africa was over. A light now shines on the dark continent...
Going to Europe, and Hungary was pissed that over 60% of their "rightfully owned" land was taken from them. As a result, in 1975 the Patriotic Party of Hungary won the elections, installing a centrist-nationalist government. They vowed to take back those "rightful lands" by any means necessary. Europe collectively held their breaths, until that fateful day in October 1977. A Romanian border guard shot at a Hungarian family that were driving to Debrecen without warning. The Hungarian government demanded $500,000 forint for the family as reparation, but was refused. War was declared on October 29, 1977, and the Pannonian War had begun. By this time, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia signed the Treaty of Bucharest, and the Carpathian Alliance went into action. By early 1978 the Hungarian minorities living in the three countries openly revolted, and even led to the assassination of Romanian Prime Minister Ioan Carlaont, on March 10, 1978. Germany occupied Sopron in April to avoid a total Hungarian takeover. A majority of the European community did not want to get involved, for WWIII would break out. As a result, on May 30, 1978 Germany, Hungary, and the Carpathian Alliance signed the Treaty of Warsaw:
- Article 11 of the Treaty of Vienna (1946), will be declared void.
- Romania will cede the Partium Region to Hungary.
- Czechoslovakia will cede Southern Slovakia to Hungary.
- The Carpathian Alliance will pay a grand total of $10 billion forint to Hungary for the expulsion and mistreatment of the Hungarian diaspora.
- The Sopron Corridor will be abolished, with the former Austro-Hungarian interwar border being reinstated.
- The Carpathian Alliance shall be abolished, effective January 1, 1979.
- All parties to this treaty will heed to the demands made in the treaty, or military and/or economic action will be taken.
Signatories:
Tibor Hornyák, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
Helmut Kohl, President of the German Republic
Alexander II of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Michael I of the Kingdom of Romania
Václav Havel, President of the Republic of Czechoslovakia
Europe returned to peace once more, the technological age of the 1980's in full effect. France would give French Guiana independence in 1980, and the country would become the Republic of Guiana. The decade went by without major issue until 1984. The Communist regimes of Eurasia began to crack, as independence movements began to take hold on areas in the Soviet Bloc. In 1986, Mongolia and Sinkiang abandoned communism, and became became democracies, and in 1987, Prussia declared a democratic German-leaning government. The Soviet Union could not exist anymore, so in 1989 the New Union Treaty was signed, forming the Union of Eurasian Sovereign Republics (UESR). The government became more democratic socialist than the former CPSU. In 1991 Tuva voted in a plebiscite to join Mongolia, which was condemned by the UESR but supported by the Republic of China. Meanwhile in the Middle East, Kurdistan declared war on Syria over a dispute over Deir-ez-Zor in 1995. The Eurasians sent military assistance to Kurdistan, which earned them the ire of Europe. At the end, Kurdistan won, and Syria suffered a coup to end the monarchy in 1999. The year is now 2000, a new century awaits the world. The United States, China, and the UESR are the three superpowers, but will this long peace last?