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1910 Part One - Peace in our time

January: The Hindenburg Government deals the Bavarian Volkmiliz a decisive defeat at Erfurt. Hindenburg’s troops begin a pursuit of the fleeing communists southward.

January: Freikorp militias attempt to retake Berlin but are stopped by superior firepower and discipline. Freikorp militias begin deserting the Bebel government.

January: Tsaritsyn falls to the Soviets, marking the end of the Republican government in Russia. As the Warsaw Pact is too powerful for an invasion of those states to be attempted at the moment, the Soviets shift their gaze east to crush the Tsarist regime still operating out of Yekaterinburg.

January: Hungarian nationalists clash with Communist forces at Pecs, after heavy fighting, the nationalists seize control of the city.

February: The Treaty of Versailles is signed by the Entente powers and representatives from the Bebel government. While the British had attempted to alleviate French demands, French military strength, along with Dutch and Belgian pressure results in the Treaty being quite harsh towards Germany. In the Treaty of Versailles:

· France annexes Alsace-Lorraine and the Saarland (along the Mossel-Rhine).

· Belgium annexes Eupen-Malmedy

· The Netherlands annexes Emden and Papenburg

· The Rhineland is to become an international zone under the jurisdiction of an Entente mandate

· Denmark is to be ceded Northern Schleswig

· Poland is to be ceded Posen, Katowice and East Prussia (up to the Vistula, with Danzig remaining German)

· Lithuania is to be ceded Memel

· Germany’s colonies are to be divided between France, Belgium, Britain, the Netherlands and Japan.

· Germany is permitted an army no bigger than 200,000 men

· Germany is permitted 2 Dreadnoughts

· Germany is to pay for the reconstruction of Belgium and the Netherlands

· Minor reparations are imposed

The treaty immediately results in the downfall of the Bebel government in Hamburg. Freikorp militias establish a new government in Hamburg led by Wolfgang Kapp but this government quickly crumbles to infighting and desertions.

February: Taking advantage of their victory at Krems the previous year, Habsburg Loyalists begin clearing the rest of Austria from hostile elements.

February: Yuan Shikai declares himself emperor of the new Hongxian dynasty. Yuan’s army still led by General Mackensen quickly crushes any dissent.

March: Hindenburg’s troops crush the communist regime based in Munich, ending hopes for a Communist Germany for the next decade.

March: Dmowski’s expulsion of Germans extends to the newly annexed territories from Germany and Austria-Hungary. Königsberg is renamed Królewiec, and former East Prussia is now subject to heavy Polonisation.

March: The Soviets launch an offensive from Kazan to retake Izhevsk from the Tsarists.

April: The Hamburg government surrenders to Hindenburg, ending the German Civil War. Hindenburg’s junta immediately sets to rebuilding the country but does not lift restrictions on civil liberties. Hindenburg reluctantly recognises the Treaty of Versailles to stave off an intervention by the Entente

May: The Tsarists fall back in the face of substantial Soviet pressure, who retake Izhevsk before moving on to Perm.

June: With their poor performance in the Great War against Austria-Hungary, Italy begins extensive an extensive modernisation program of their army.

June: With the occupation of Manchuria and Pacific Siberia continuing to strain the Japanese economy, the Japanese begin creating local governments subservient to Japan in order for local troops to take over from the Japanese.