Americusian-Bavarian War of 1860-1863

September 12th,1862
Border between the Bavarian Empire and Americus, Northern Italy.

General James Bruton, commanding general of the Army of Americus, looked at the border that seperated the Bavarian Empire for Americus. Perhaps soon there will be an Americusian Empire instead of a Bavarian one, thought Bruton. The army had been resupplying for weeks now, gaining new troops and artillery along with ammuntion. Everyone sensed that victory was in the air. My how the tables have turned, smiled Bruton. Just four months ago, the combined Bavarian-Austro army, some 140,000 men had stood right on the doorsteps of the Americusian capital, Columbus.

It had seemed that the war was lost. Then President John Maxwell had panicked, unsure as to what to do. He came very close to loosing the war, Bruton thought. Indeed, Maxwell had ordered the evacuation of the Parkersburg Naval Base, and had it been carried out, the Americusian Navy would have found itself without a home. On top of that, Maxwell had revealed to all that he was going to order the evacuation of the country's eastern half, facing Czarist Russia. That would have only encouraged the Czar to unleash his powerful army on us, thought a frowing Bruton. Finally, Bruton, then a Major General, and Jack Thomas, a senator from the southern area of Americus, what was once known as Greece, decided that the President had to go. In his place, Thomas became President and his first act was to appoint Bruton a full general and placed the defense of the capital in his hands.

In what was deemed a miracle, Bruton and the Army of Americus fought several battles that cuminated in the near destruction of the combined enemy army. What followed was a brilliant campaign that saw Bruton retake much of the territory that had been lost early in the war. God, how i am proud of these boys, he thought. Veterns of Parker's Crossroads, Paintsville, Liberation of Venice, Milano, the list goes on.
Now his boys were going to give the Bavarian a taste of their own medicine. It would not be easy. Repots said that the Bavarian Amry still had some 250,000 to 300,000 troops avaliable, and also that they had begged their newest ally, The United States of Sicily, to attack the Americusians to the south. Its still going to be a long war, thought Bruton.
 
Um:..... This should go in the ASB forum, Very funny but Ian will most likely move it, don't worry, this is real history not fake. Otherwise interesting story, will follow it.
 
Well ihope he will keep it here because in a sense, it is an atl. Basically what i've done is instead of their being a balkans, i replaced it with a fictional country. This is something that i have been writing on and off for a couple of years. I wanted to see how the world would be effective by a nation that was established a couple of hundred years after the fall of the roman empire and still remained intact and a major power in southern Europe. The only thing that would be considered weird is my country, everything else, with the exception of the United States of Sicily, is and was an actual country. Please don't send it to ASB! I will explain in detail as the story unfolds.:cool:
 
From the Pages of:
History of The Americusian Empire
by John Keegan

The cause of the Americusian-Bavarian War can be traced back to the early 1700s with the War of the Spanish Succession. At this point, both countries knew about the other, but there intrest was one of trade and commerce. Americus was allied with Britian and Holland and enjoyed the comforts of a peaceful existance. But this came to an end when France, then lead by Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, offered Bavaria an alliance which would strenghten both nations.

Even when Bavaria accepted and started to raise and army, Americus still did nothing. The change came at the start of the war. Britian had asked for help from her allies and that included Americus, which honored its pledge and started to raise an army. Bavaris feared that Americus might try to take over their country and impose its will that would include taxation, and opression. This caused them to declare war against Americus and with France's backing, invaded northern Italy.

Americus considerd Northern Italy to be a buffer between them, France, and Bavaria. When Bavaria invaded, Americus grew alarmed and moblized their reserves. They promptly moved into Northern Italy and a fierce struggle began that lasted untill 1704 when Americusian forces finally drove Bavarian forces back into their country. The matter would have been settled there and then, had not France decided to interven ( note, in otl , the Battle of Blenheim was the result of the Franco-Bavarian attmpet to invade Austria. Here, in my Atl, instead of Austria, its their attempt to invade Americus and cuttoff Austria from the south).

What followed was the Famous and Decisive Battle of Blenheim, fought on August 14th,1704 in which a Franco-Bavarian force was defeated by a joint British, Hannovian, and Americusian force in overall command of the Duke of Marlborough. The result would forver change the face of Europe and Americus themselves.


Okay guys, This is an update. More to come latter. please tell me what you think!:D

 
Well ihope he will keep it here because in a sense, it is an atl. Basically what i've done is instead of their being a balkans, i replaced it with a fictional country. This is something that i have been writing on and off for a couple of years. I wanted to see how the world would be effective by a nation that was established a couple of hundred years after the fall of the roman empire and still remained intact and a major power in southern Europe. The only thing that would be considered weird is my country, everything else. . .

. . . remains the same as OTL for 1200+ years, right? You need to explain what (or some of what) happened between the 5th & 18th centuries.
 
Lets start with Americus.

Somehow you are going to have to get the area of your nation, which from description is Sicily, to be called Americus and the people who inhabit it to be English derived. Considering Sicily is Sicily which is very Sicillian I doubt their would be much in the way of English their, the only possible historical chance would be the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and even then they would become more Islamic-Italian over 'English'.
 
Lets start with Americus.

Somehow you are going to have to get the area of your nation, which from description is Sicily, to be called Americus and the people who inhabit it to be English derived. Considering Sicily is Sicily which is very Sicillian I doubt their would be much in the way of English their, the only possible historical chance would be the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and even then they would become more Islamic-Italian over 'English'.

I surmized that Valus was placing the nation where the Papal States are in OTL.
 
In response to you guys,

#1 origins of Americus. I will be getting to that latter, as what happens in Americus's past ultimatly effects their future. As for the history in otl, some of it will remain untouched, while others will be drastically changed because of my nation. For example, i will latter explain that the 1st crusade failed to capture Jerusalem because on the way, the crusading force had to go through Americus, which it did, but several persons within the crusading force grew jealous of the wealth that Americus had at the time, and decided to take some of it for themselves. Bad mistake. Reason one is that the Americusians have a standing army, unlike England or France, mainly because the Byzantiums have been trying to get their paws on Americusian territory. So they are at constant strif with them, 2 of all, Americus had more sympthy toward religious tolerance, than most others so when the crusders targeted Jews and started killing them (who were Americusian citizens by the way) the Americusians turned on them and slaughtered them. They also withdrew their support for the crusades by taking back supplies, naval vessels, etc. This causes the crusders to stop and resupplying themselves, thus giving the Turks time to gather forces and defeat the crusdaers at dorylaeum. Also, Americus sent envoys to impose a peace treaty with the Turks. Okay, i will get more indepth with this some other time.

#2 location of Americus. Some of you are getting the idea of Americus being where the papal states were. sorry, as much as i like the idea, it wasn't were i was planning on putting Ameriucs. Americus is at were Yugoslavia would be at. By the time of my ATL, it encompasses what was greece, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Northern part of Italy, and of course, Serbia and Albania. Its neighbors included Russia, to the east, Austria, to the north and east, Bavaria to the north and west, France to the west, The Italian Republic, to the south, and the Ottoman Empire to the south and east (from istanbul southwards).

#3 if this is a asb to everybody, so be it. I will still keep writing as long as i get reviews. anyways, i know that many of you are a little confused or maybe a lot. Either way, all i ask is that you be patient and i will answer your questions as soon as i can. Thanks!:D
 

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Pfft, where are the butterflies. The existence of a power on the Balkans would create huge changes in Europe and Middle East over the centuries.
 
From the Pages of:
History of The Americusian Empire
by John Keegan
The Battle of Blenheim was fought on August 14th,1704. With it was brought the end of one power and the rise of another.The Bavarians and the Americusians, who were under the leadership of Prince Eugene of Savoy, clashed at the Bavarian town of Lutzigen. The result was a bloody 4 four struggle that saw both sides suffer herendous losses. The Americusians, under General Curtis, lost 2800men out of the 9000 they deployed. The Bavarians, under GeneralMajor Jurgen von Thol, lost 3800 men out of the 10000 they deployed. If one this came out of this battle was that the Americusians and the Bavarians both hated each other.

In the end, the Franco-Bavarian army was destroyed. The Americusians continued to serve under the english and the Bavarians contiuned to serve under the French. The next time the two would meet was at Oudenarde on 11th July 1708 and again the fighting was ferice. This time the Americusians had some 12000 men and lost 3000 while the Bavarians had 15000 and lost 5000. Again, both fought with their respective allies.

The war ended and the Americusians went home and started to expand their army and navy. The Bavarians fell out of the spotlight for many years to come. During these years, from the end of the War of Spanish Succession to the American Revolution, the Americusians expanded their domain. They turned south and drove the Ottomans back to Constantinople, east and fought several engagements, both with the Swedes and the Russians who were both trying to take whatevere territory them could get and also support their new ally, Prussia, and finally, north, against Austria, where they deprived the Austrians of half their empire. By the time of the Revolution, Americus was seriously thinking about finishing off Bavaria when an unexpected enemy arose that would give them headache for years to come: The United States of Sicily.

Next update: The origions of the United States of Sicily. Stay tuned!:D

 
From the Pages of:
History of The Americusian Empire
by John Keegan

The United States of Sicily was the ambition of one man: John Crawford. Crawford was a die hard supporter for the American Revolution and hated any thing British. He had joined the Continental Army in 1776 and served untill he was wounded in 1777 at Germantown. After he recovered from his wound, he was chosen to travel to Americus and try to get them to support the Revolution. He arrived off of the Americusian coast, near the Parkersburg Naval Base with three ships and several men.

Crawford then requested and got an audenience with President Mark Thomas. After hearing him out, President Thomas declined. The Americusians would not support the Revolution, although they would stay out of it as they have been doing since the begining. Crawford stormed out of the office and headed back to Parkersburg. There, he and his compainions started to preach the Revolution to the people, telling them that their government was corrupt and greedy. Thomas dispatched Major General James Anderson Bruton to Parkersburg with orders to arrest Crawford and his compains. However, before Bruton could do this, Crawford had fled to Northern Italy with his compains. They eventually ended up at an area known as the Peidmont. That's when things took a nasty turn.​
 
From the Pages of:
History of The Americusian Empire
by John Keegan

Before one can begin to understand the Peidmont Rebellion of 1779-1780, one has to go back to the source: Americus. The Founding of Americus is shrouded in mystery, just as modern day Americus is. For a country who's origions are shaky at best, to the same country that controls most of the lower half of Europe and the upper half of Africa, along with its long time ally, the Germanic Empire (which controls all of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, what was Poland, and the Baltic states) the tale needs to begin at its origions.

ORIGIONS

Americus began, according to many sources, at the end of the Roman Empire, at about 476 A.D. The problem that many scholars find in this date is the fact that the earliest writings that mention Americus by name was around 525 A.D. It is believed that somewhere between 476-525ad that a group of romans, who were fleeing the Italian mainland, settled somewhere in the Balkans and etablished a nation-state there by 525. The main person attriubted with the founding of Ameriucs was a man by the name of Jameus Brutanius, a roman. As to his profession, many have believed that he was a soldier in the empire, perhaps a general.

What we do know is that Brutanius led some 2000 to 3000 people across the north of Italy, origionally planning on going to Constantinople, to live in the eastern part of the Empire. Some where around the area that became the Americusian capital, Brutanius's group met a tribe that were migrating north, the Ameri. If the origions of Americus was baffeling, the origions of the Ameri were puzzling.
 
He guys, im going to focus on my other two atls and will get back to this one latter. Sorry for the delay!
 
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