Valamyr
Banned
Hm I doubt we can go with a defeat in WW1. They need to win the war to have a shred of hope at achieving this. They'll need extra territory in the west and the east, and the booming birthrates of the pre-world war. Victory has to be swift, also, with the entente suing for peace at the LATEST after Jutland, preferably in 1915, to avoid bleeding Europe white and giving America too much of an edge in the future.
So lets have France collapse after 7 weeks. Lets say the Russian offensive is even more miserable, so that Germany doesnt have to move crucial army corps to the East, and smash right to Paris. France surrenders. The army moves east, and to preserve Imperial power, the Tsar makes sweeping concessions in the middle of 1915, allowing Germany to effectively take over the baltic states, poland, and most of Ukraine. Gains also several colonies of choice.
England, at that point, sues for peace as well. War reparations and economic provisions of the peace treaty allow Germany to become by far the heart of european economy. The will and the capacity to resist it are eroding. Basically only England still has some fight in, but no mroe allies. Gradually, England abandons its continental balance policy and aligns with Germany to protect her interests and markets.
Popular upheaval in Tsarist Russia in the early 20s is crushed by the German Army after the Tsar's fail to do so. Russia moves into the orbit of the Reich. Amongst all the military expenditures necessary for Germany to display the world-class power needed to rule Europe and half the world, left-wing parties continue to gain influence in Germany. They take power in 1926. A minor constitutional crisis ensues as they clash with the Kaiser, who makes modest concessions to appease them. They pattern of nibbling on the Kaiser's authority continues for two decades, until the monarch is tolerably weak. He never becomes a pure figurehead, though, retaining substantial influence over the constitution, foreign policy and important legislations.
1929-1931 brings the War of Havana. Four times the Reich clashed to obtained colonies in America, and four times they had to back down before the Monroe Doctrine. On June 1st, 1929, a huge german Navy set sail from Calais to turn the tide. Germany, supported by local groups, proclaims a protectorate over Havana. The war is bloody and fought largely at sea, and end up as a German victory as the Monroe Doctrine is broken by force. The defeat on american soil brings about major political and economic upheaval in the USA, creating many years of incertitude as various attempts are made at ending isolation and building a world-class military power, admist social reforms. Poor implementation has the side effect of nearly bankrupting the country, and shifting much economic might from New York to Frankfurt.
Massive natality in Germany allows colonisation of much of western poland and some border regions in France. Meanwhile, the crown of Austria-Hungary collapses in 1936. Germany is swift to pick up the pieces, integrating Austria, along with Bohemia, Tyrol and Slovakia to the Reich. Hungary is swiftly invaded for it's role in the collapse of the Habsburg dynasty. It is reduced in size, and a puppet regime is installed. Friendly governments also appear in Croatia (Which includes most of Serbia) and Romania. To the south of that line, of course, lies one of the major German allies, the Ottoman Empire.
1939 - Maréchal Pétain takes power in France after a powerful communist revolt rocked the country. To consolidate the government in a country still in ruins, he takes a step back to the heir of the imperial dynasty. The 4th Empire is proclaimed at Versailles, but it does little to restore national pride as Germany continues to own large swaths of the country. Without a hope at military salvation, France continues to cooperate.
1940 - America stirs trouble again, threatening invasion as German influence becomes too strong in Mexico. Japan aligns itself with the US, hungry for German pacific colonies and wishing to crush it's asian trade, main cause of the strength of the Nationalist government in China. Germany has made substantial progress in science, however, and shows a firm technological edge in the early days of the conflict. Mexico is rapidly overrun, however, but the US Navy fails to even approach Havana. Britain this time leans much more in favor of Germany, and war entry is not entirely excluded.
1941 - Rockets launched from German Greenland and Havana hits New York and Philadelphia, though with horrible accuracy. A german landing in Florida fails. US. British forces clash in the Western Prairies. US invades Canada, Japan attacks German colonies, Hong Kong, Singapore.
1942 - Through sheer combined might and distance/logistic advantages, and tho lacking in military tech, the Pacific alliance makes serious gains in Asia and North America, threating to push the Europeans back to Europe.
1943 - V3s filled with poison gas falls on major American and Japanese cities. The latter are launched from Siberia, prompting Japanese invasion of Russia, and spreading their forces too thin. Pacific alliance fights on, seeing this as a last ditch effort to save a losing war. Primitive rocketry appears on Pacific side.
1944 - As they seem poised to finally crush European Havana, nuclear bombs falls on Washington DC, New York, Kyoto. Pacific Alliance sues for peace. Germany and England pushes their advantage with a fury. Canada annexes a large swath of Northern USA, and Mexico takes California, Tejas. The Japanese Empire is broken and made into a puppet state. Hawaii becomes British, and the American fleet is destroyed. Germany becomes the first economic and military power on Earth.
Now we just need to keep the status quo 20 years.
So lets have France collapse after 7 weeks. Lets say the Russian offensive is even more miserable, so that Germany doesnt have to move crucial army corps to the East, and smash right to Paris. France surrenders. The army moves east, and to preserve Imperial power, the Tsar makes sweeping concessions in the middle of 1915, allowing Germany to effectively take over the baltic states, poland, and most of Ukraine. Gains also several colonies of choice.
England, at that point, sues for peace as well. War reparations and economic provisions of the peace treaty allow Germany to become by far the heart of european economy. The will and the capacity to resist it are eroding. Basically only England still has some fight in, but no mroe allies. Gradually, England abandons its continental balance policy and aligns with Germany to protect her interests and markets.
Popular upheaval in Tsarist Russia in the early 20s is crushed by the German Army after the Tsar's fail to do so. Russia moves into the orbit of the Reich. Amongst all the military expenditures necessary for Germany to display the world-class power needed to rule Europe and half the world, left-wing parties continue to gain influence in Germany. They take power in 1926. A minor constitutional crisis ensues as they clash with the Kaiser, who makes modest concessions to appease them. They pattern of nibbling on the Kaiser's authority continues for two decades, until the monarch is tolerably weak. He never becomes a pure figurehead, though, retaining substantial influence over the constitution, foreign policy and important legislations.
1929-1931 brings the War of Havana. Four times the Reich clashed to obtained colonies in America, and four times they had to back down before the Monroe Doctrine. On June 1st, 1929, a huge german Navy set sail from Calais to turn the tide. Germany, supported by local groups, proclaims a protectorate over Havana. The war is bloody and fought largely at sea, and end up as a German victory as the Monroe Doctrine is broken by force. The defeat on american soil brings about major political and economic upheaval in the USA, creating many years of incertitude as various attempts are made at ending isolation and building a world-class military power, admist social reforms. Poor implementation has the side effect of nearly bankrupting the country, and shifting much economic might from New York to Frankfurt.
Massive natality in Germany allows colonisation of much of western poland and some border regions in France. Meanwhile, the crown of Austria-Hungary collapses in 1936. Germany is swift to pick up the pieces, integrating Austria, along with Bohemia, Tyrol and Slovakia to the Reich. Hungary is swiftly invaded for it's role in the collapse of the Habsburg dynasty. It is reduced in size, and a puppet regime is installed. Friendly governments also appear in Croatia (Which includes most of Serbia) and Romania. To the south of that line, of course, lies one of the major German allies, the Ottoman Empire.
1939 - Maréchal Pétain takes power in France after a powerful communist revolt rocked the country. To consolidate the government in a country still in ruins, he takes a step back to the heir of the imperial dynasty. The 4th Empire is proclaimed at Versailles, but it does little to restore national pride as Germany continues to own large swaths of the country. Without a hope at military salvation, France continues to cooperate.
1940 - America stirs trouble again, threatening invasion as German influence becomes too strong in Mexico. Japan aligns itself with the US, hungry for German pacific colonies and wishing to crush it's asian trade, main cause of the strength of the Nationalist government in China. Germany has made substantial progress in science, however, and shows a firm technological edge in the early days of the conflict. Mexico is rapidly overrun, however, but the US Navy fails to even approach Havana. Britain this time leans much more in favor of Germany, and war entry is not entirely excluded.
1941 - Rockets launched from German Greenland and Havana hits New York and Philadelphia, though with horrible accuracy. A german landing in Florida fails. US. British forces clash in the Western Prairies. US invades Canada, Japan attacks German colonies, Hong Kong, Singapore.
1942 - Through sheer combined might and distance/logistic advantages, and tho lacking in military tech, the Pacific alliance makes serious gains in Asia and North America, threating to push the Europeans back to Europe.
1943 - V3s filled with poison gas falls on major American and Japanese cities. The latter are launched from Siberia, prompting Japanese invasion of Russia, and spreading their forces too thin. Pacific alliance fights on, seeing this as a last ditch effort to save a losing war. Primitive rocketry appears on Pacific side.
1944 - As they seem poised to finally crush European Havana, nuclear bombs falls on Washington DC, New York, Kyoto. Pacific Alliance sues for peace. Germany and England pushes their advantage with a fury. Canada annexes a large swath of Northern USA, and Mexico takes California, Tejas. The Japanese Empire is broken and made into a puppet state. Hawaii becomes British, and the American fleet is destroyed. Germany becomes the first economic and military power on Earth.
Now we just need to keep the status quo 20 years.
