A Long and Flowing Whig: The French Peace

Should France accept Germany's peace offer?

  • Yes, it's the best option we could hope for.

    Votes: 26 54.2%
  • No, it's a slap in the face of France and her allies.

    Votes: 22 45.8%

  • Total voters
    48
  • Poll closed .
Ok. In my timeline, A Long and Flowing Whig the Germans have just captured Paris and have made a peace offering to the French. Should the French take it, or leave it. I've decided to let the readers of my timeline decide. So I've put it up to a vote.​

Shattered: The Summer of 1911
With Turkish and Persian entrance into the war in the spring of 1911, the war in the middle east expanded, and Russia was forced to divert most of its remaining troops on the western front with France to the Caucuses, Central Asia, and the Balkans. The Kingdom of Turkey was not represented at the Conference of Gent. When Turkish invaded Bulgaria, which was a Russian Puppet, the Conference went into a panic. No one at the conference knew if this would spark war in Europe. All they knew was that peace was being maintained on the western front, for the time.

The Russians fought the Turks in the Balkans, primarily in Bulgaria, backed up by Bulgarian troops. Albania and Greece were still sitting on the sides lines in the Balkans, waiting to see if it was worth the risk to enter the war. The British and French envoys promises of territory were not enough to convince the two.

Germany was getting extremely anxious. The Russian troops that had augmented them on the western front were gone, and the British and French troops were beginning to return from North Africa after putting down the Ramadan Revolt. The German generals were requesting the Kaiser for permission to attack before the French and British were up to full strength. However Kaiser Henry did not want to senselessly reignite the war in Europe. A coup was plotted by the army staff. Days before the coup was set to occur, on July 1st, the Kaiser had an accident. He slipped on a rug leading to a staircase, he fell down the stairs, severely injuring himself. He didn’t die, but the fall did put him into a coma. With the Kaiser incapacitated, the Generals took command of the war. They ordered a surprise attack on Franco-British lines for July 14th, the day the French would be celebrating the storming of the Bastille.

The surprise German offensive caught the French and British unprepared. They were forced to retreat several miles. Artillery shells began to rain down on Paris. The government in Paris fled the city to resettle in Blois. As German forces drew closer, chaos ensued in Paris. Riots broke out and the Police were insufficient to keep the peace. The Battle of Paris, as it would become known, saw the most carnage of any battle in the war so far. Both sides fought for the city street by street, building by building, room by room. By August 6th the City was under German control. It was at this point the German government offered a peace deal to the French.
This peace deal began known as the August Peace. The following terms were offered by Germany to France and her alliance.

. Alsace and Lorrain to Germany
. German and Russian withdrawal from the Cairo Pact
. Thailand to France and Britain
. The Philippines to Japan
. Southern Madagascar to the French
. Morocco Partitioned between Germany and France
. All holdings in the pacific given to the nations that captured them
. Cease in hostilities and withdrawal from all other foreign territory.

The deal was very enticing. Germany gave up much, and would only gain Lorrain and Alsace in Europe. Of course there was protest on both sides, saying that this was either too good of an opportunity to pass up, and those that would not let the pride of France be broken by a treaty. It was up to the Republican controlled French government to decide.
 
 
 
 
That's an extraordinarily generous offer from the Germans. Considering that means that they'll give up the Philippines, half of Madagascar and de facto control over Thailand, while splitting Morocco instead of taking all of it, in exchange for two provinces.
 
Regardless of my French ancestry, let the French and Germans have peace. At least for a little while.



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