I will hate you forever if he doesn't live till AT LEAST 1890!!!!!!!
Haha, lol. I don't know about that.
CHAPTER XXV
The War Ends
The War Ends
Eventually, French troops started appearing in Scotland. Irish troops burned out the towns of old rivals. Victoria was panicking. Under her rule, England might crumble. She had to ask for peace. No, she had to beg for peace.
When Louis caught wind of her faltering, he decided to press the attack and humiliate the English for all time. Thousands upon thousands invaded from every coast on October 31st, 1874. White-coated French troops paraded in the streets of Welsh towns. At last, a large Franco-Irish force surrounded London. Victoria declared unconditional surrender. With the French Royal Anthem playing the Dauphin marched his troops into Buckingham Palace and all the other government buildings. Parliament was dismissed by armed Irishmen. The ports were filled with French steamships which scuttled the English fleet anchored in the Thames without a shot of resistance. Things were about to get ugly.
America was already in the phase known as "Reconstruction." Alexander was purging the Royalists and setting up new governors. Open Royalist citizens lost their rights to vote and hold office, as did Royalist soldiers. King Andrew was exiled to Russia, where he was to live out the rest of his life among Moscow's elite. Peace was soon made between France and Alexander, and even with Germany and Prussia. The monarchs "wanted to be gentlemen."
And they all wanted to cut up Britain's colonies.
France immediately called for the Congress of Moscow to discuss what to do with the supreme losers. Prussia and Germany paid for damages done and agreed to cut taxes on trade with France. Then, they cut up Africa, South Asia, and China. Japan also was present and formed the Franco-Japanese-American Entente, better known, and easier to say, as the League of Three Monarchs, agreeing to help each other out in times of need and to trade much more often with each other. Britain was shut out of China completely, Victoria's holdings in Africa were cut down, and the Congo was awarded to Alexander. While he was at it, Alexander also grabbed up all of the Indochina peninsula, stealing it from Britain, except for a sliver of the west coast, which belonged to France. The Italian countries also got in on the fun, getting their own little trading colonies on the Chinese coast. Austria furthered its influence by making the League of Three Monarchs the League of Monarchs. This new international organization deliberately blocked Britain from joining. The Italian monarchs, minus the Pope, soon joined, as did the Kaiser of Germany and the King of Prussia. Russia was given the offer but bluntly refused. It took half of Mongolia and said it was content.
Austria beat the Ottomans up terribly in treaty, taking everything west of Istanbul and North of Greece. Greece had been revolting against Ottoman rule for decades, but no international help was received. Now, it overthrew the Turks, rejected Austrian intervention, and plunged into violence and genocide. Catholics clashed with Orthodox in bloody street battles involving dirt poor Greeks with knives and revolvers. Finally, six months later, in its first act of unity, the League of Monarchs sent in an international force to establish order. It was less an attempt to help their fellow man and more of an attempt to test their joint military strength. Athens was immediately captured and a new government was formed under strongman Adelphos Demetriou, who set himself up as a monarch type figure. Greece remained a hellhole for the next few decades.
France strongly moved in on British Pacific and Indian Ocean territory. The western and north-western coasts of Australia were taken away and formed into the new royal colony of French West Australia, or Française Ouest de l'Australie. Madagascar was finally completely under French rule. Seeing Victoria's weakness, the other countries piled on the bandwagon to tear Britain to pieces. At last, the final British boundaries were set. Ireland was permanently part of France and Britain had lost a huge amount of its former empire. Britain was now a second-rate country and could be considered on equal footing with Norway or Denmark. However, Britain's problems had only just begun.
France and the URAS immediately worked together to draw up terms to keep the British under control. It was agreed that "the Kingdom of Great Britain shall not have more than 100,000 soldiers at any given time." Other restrictions followed, including turning the English navy into what was little more than a harbor patrol. Further, Britain was to pay billions of dollars in reparations to France and Austria. Britain was essentially driven into the ground head first, deliberately so, in an attempt to prevent it from expanding ever again. It appeared it would work.
Also resolved at Moscow was the USLA Civil War. Latin America broke again. The various states pulled out and began a long history of rivalry. Now, Mexico sat on the URAS's border, just waiting for someone with enough troops, brains, and money to seize it. That someone would arrive in the 1890's in the form of a muscular, mustachioed man with a small pair of glasses and a famous smile.
Map of the world after the Treaty of Moscow and the League of Monarchs' intervention in Greece:
When Louis caught wind of her faltering, he decided to press the attack and humiliate the English for all time. Thousands upon thousands invaded from every coast on October 31st, 1874. White-coated French troops paraded in the streets of Welsh towns. At last, a large Franco-Irish force surrounded London. Victoria declared unconditional surrender. With the French Royal Anthem playing the Dauphin marched his troops into Buckingham Palace and all the other government buildings. Parliament was dismissed by armed Irishmen. The ports were filled with French steamships which scuttled the English fleet anchored in the Thames without a shot of resistance. Things were about to get ugly.
America was already in the phase known as "Reconstruction." Alexander was purging the Royalists and setting up new governors. Open Royalist citizens lost their rights to vote and hold office, as did Royalist soldiers. King Andrew was exiled to Russia, where he was to live out the rest of his life among Moscow's elite. Peace was soon made between France and Alexander, and even with Germany and Prussia. The monarchs "wanted to be gentlemen."
And they all wanted to cut up Britain's colonies.
France immediately called for the Congress of Moscow to discuss what to do with the supreme losers. Prussia and Germany paid for damages done and agreed to cut taxes on trade with France. Then, they cut up Africa, South Asia, and China. Japan also was present and formed the Franco-Japanese-American Entente, better known, and easier to say, as the League of Three Monarchs, agreeing to help each other out in times of need and to trade much more often with each other. Britain was shut out of China completely, Victoria's holdings in Africa were cut down, and the Congo was awarded to Alexander. While he was at it, Alexander also grabbed up all of the Indochina peninsula, stealing it from Britain, except for a sliver of the west coast, which belonged to France. The Italian countries also got in on the fun, getting their own little trading colonies on the Chinese coast. Austria furthered its influence by making the League of Three Monarchs the League of Monarchs. This new international organization deliberately blocked Britain from joining. The Italian monarchs, minus the Pope, soon joined, as did the Kaiser of Germany and the King of Prussia. Russia was given the offer but bluntly refused. It took half of Mongolia and said it was content.
Austria beat the Ottomans up terribly in treaty, taking everything west of Istanbul and North of Greece. Greece had been revolting against Ottoman rule for decades, but no international help was received. Now, it overthrew the Turks, rejected Austrian intervention, and plunged into violence and genocide. Catholics clashed with Orthodox in bloody street battles involving dirt poor Greeks with knives and revolvers. Finally, six months later, in its first act of unity, the League of Monarchs sent in an international force to establish order. It was less an attempt to help their fellow man and more of an attempt to test their joint military strength. Athens was immediately captured and a new government was formed under strongman Adelphos Demetriou, who set himself up as a monarch type figure. Greece remained a hellhole for the next few decades.
France strongly moved in on British Pacific and Indian Ocean territory. The western and north-western coasts of Australia were taken away and formed into the new royal colony of French West Australia, or Française Ouest de l'Australie. Madagascar was finally completely under French rule. Seeing Victoria's weakness, the other countries piled on the bandwagon to tear Britain to pieces. At last, the final British boundaries were set. Ireland was permanently part of France and Britain had lost a huge amount of its former empire. Britain was now a second-rate country and could be considered on equal footing with Norway or Denmark. However, Britain's problems had only just begun.
France and the URAS immediately worked together to draw up terms to keep the British under control. It was agreed that "the Kingdom of Great Britain shall not have more than 100,000 soldiers at any given time." Other restrictions followed, including turning the English navy into what was little more than a harbor patrol. Further, Britain was to pay billions of dollars in reparations to France and Austria. Britain was essentially driven into the ground head first, deliberately so, in an attempt to prevent it from expanding ever again. It appeared it would work.
Also resolved at Moscow was the USLA Civil War. Latin America broke again. The various states pulled out and began a long history of rivalry. Now, Mexico sat on the URAS's border, just waiting for someone with enough troops, brains, and money to seize it. That someone would arrive in the 1890's in the form of a muscular, mustachioed man with a small pair of glasses and a famous smile.
Map of the world after the Treaty of Moscow and the League of Monarchs' intervention in Greece:
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