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My inspiration here is the French Austrian alliance TL in the ark. France and Austria Hungary realize they have a common enemy and they sign an alliance in 1872. They drive Russia into the arms of Germany. After Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia, Germany and Russia both move troops to the border. After Austria Hungary declares war. Germany declares war on France and attacks through Belgium. Britain declares war on Germany and Russia. One July 23, 1916, German Russian and Italian troops take Vienna. Italy gains territory on the Adriatic coast. The rest of the empire is divided up into puppet kingdom. Starting in 1916, huge numbers of well supplied Russia troops are moved to the Western Front. On January 17, 1917, France surrenders. The peace treaty force France to surrender French Cameroon and Belgium to give up the Congo. The new colony of German Middle Africa makes its appearance on world map. In order to starve out Britain, Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare. Congress declares war on April 2, 1917. Beginning in May 1918, British and American forces capture every French and Belgian port city and the British navy The British persuade the Ottoman Empire to join the war and close the Bosporus to Russia bound shipping. Since the British and US control the North Sea and the Baltic the blockade is devastating to Germany and Russia. Germany and Russia sue for peace and an armistice is signed on November 11, 1918. At the peace negotiations at the Versailles Palace Germany and Russia refuse to accept reparations and limits on their military. Since Britain had taken possession of the German colonial empire, Germany did agree to return French Cameroon and the Belgian Congo. The treaty also included Woodrow Wilson's plan for a League of Nations. Wilson failed to convince the US Senate to ratify the treaty.
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