Probably seeing the tension in Russia and not wanting to do anything that could destabilize the nation or ruin his progress. Meanwhile, it now looks like we're probably going to get a World War II now that the US has entered. Oh Christ.
Ethiopia Rises - a Meiji Ethiopia TL
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Probably seeing the tension in Russia and not wanting to do anything that could destabilize the nation or ruin his progress. Meanwhile, it now looks like we're probably going to get a World War II now that the US has entered. Oh Christ.
Samsara123
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Hitler is gonna be still bitter about things, even more when the Jews are given Palestine
If France and Britain give massive unreasonable demands to Germany, then yes, it'd be nearly inevitable. A bare victory would not leave them in a position to do so and I don't think the USA would be the type to dissuade France and the UK .
I think you'll all like the fates I have planned for the Entente and CP.
Is a Zionist mandate confirmed for this TL? I can easily see the the Ethiopians doing it, but do we know for sure?
I’m not, that’s why I’m asking, because it seems like a lot of people on this thread have made that assumption.
Perhaps have the Bolshevik revolution fail, although unknown fate for romanovs
Also with beta israel, hitler might grow to have an extreme dislike of ethiopians, not helped by their race.
The Great War Pt. 7
The Eastern Front had stabilized in the aftermath of the Brusilov Offensive, having allowed for Russian forces to restore the frontlines to the borders of 1914 and with Romanian troops that had dug in at the Carpathian mountains as Russia focused on consolidating its new positions. Brusilov had anticipated a potential German counteroffensive against Russo-Romanian forces, establishing a series of fortifications in the captured forward trenches that Russian forces occupied in the Brusilov Offensive and these soldiers managed to repulse localized German counterattacks. Despite the successful Brusilov Offensive and subsequent revival of Russian nationalism, there was still internal dissident from the historical crackdowns of Nicholas' autocratic government and poor military decisions made a couple of years earlier. Combined with the poor railroad infrastructure that made the delivering of supplies to Russian population centers difficult, the Tsar and his government continued to remain unpopular with the majority of the Russian peoples. This manifested in the Putilov Factory's workers striking as demands were made of the Russian government, especially in calling for the establishment of a progressive government and abdication of Nicholas. Soon enough, those who had been celebrating International Women's Day joined in with the protesting workers and these protests escalated with the Tsar's order for a regiment in the Petrograd Military District to open fire on them. This led to the 4th Company of the Pavlovsky Regiment mutinying, not only refusing to open fire but actually opened fire on mounted police and were only disarmed by the rest of the Pavlovsky Regiment. Meanwhile, the Imperial State Duma was dissolved by Nicholas' order before he had left for the frontlines but her members created the Provisional Committee of the State Duma whilst various socialist parties cooperated in their establishment of the Petrograd Soviet. Even soldiers of formerly loyalist regiments deserted to join the protestors, allowing for arms to be distributed among the workers and other non-military personnel troops which only rendered what loyalist regiments remained impotent. A surprising number of troops had adopted a neutral position, effectively abandoning the Romanovs to whatever fate could take them as the February Revolution of 1917 exploded in Petrograd.
The 1917 February Revolution caused the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei as the other Romanovs were placed under house arrest in the Kremlin in order to make sure that they couldn't interfere in the affairs of the new government. The Provisional Committee had evolved into a Provisional Government of liberals and socialists who wanted to enforce the democratic process for elections in a Russian Constituent Assembly that had been created. The PG shared power with the influential Petrograd Soviet that consisted exclusively of far-left political parties in comparison to the Provisional Government, the latter being in ideology more similar to the Constitutional-Democrats. Many in Petrograd and other Russian cities were calling for the new government to pull out of the war in its entirety and focus on the Russian people for a change as Alexander Kerensky rose to power and became Premier. The Provisional Government made a move in its effort to distance itself from the monarchy by proclaiming the establishment of the Russian Republic as the Romanovs were moved to their Siberian estate while Vladimir Lenin was smuggled into Russia with the assistance of Berlin. Kerensky recognized that the new government wouldn't remain intact if it didn't pull out of the World War and explained to the Entente his plans to temporarily withdraw from the Entente to prepare Russia for war once more. With the influx of their Ethiopian and American allies' resources into the Western Front, the Entente accepted the loss of this crucial ally while the Ethiopian government negotiated the evacuation of the Romanovs to Ethiopia. Kerensky's government accepted this as a British force evacuated the Romanovs and a good amount of their wealth to Ethiopia where the House of Solomon received the Romanovs personally at the coastal city of Massawa. Haile Selassie granted the Romanovs a sizable estate in the Ethiopian town of Nazret after personally meeting with Tsar Nicholas II in Addis Ababa where the Russian Royal Family was met with surprising glee from the Ethiopian residents there.
Petrograd made overtures to Berlin and Vienna who were both thankful for a Russian withdrawal from the World War, the former needing to employ the armies in the East on the Western Front while the latter needed to reinforce the Italian Front where the Italians had managed to break through. The Treaty of Brest had seen the borders of Central and Eastern Europe being restored to the borders of 1914 but with some glaring exceptions - the establishment of a few independent Kingdoms under Austro-German hegemony and "protection". Archduke Charles Stephen was installed as the King of the Poles as Marshal Jozef Pilsudski became the Premier of Poland, his pro-CP Polish Legions becoming the core of the Royal Polish Army. In a rump Ukrainian state, Archduke Wilhelm became the King of Ukraine where, similarly to Poland, the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion made up the nucleus of the Ukrainian Galician Army. Another nominally independent nation was the Kingdom of Finland where the Finnish Parliament opted to choose Prince Frederick Charles to become the King of Finland while German-trained and equipped Jäger units backed the new royalist government that emerged. However, these territorial losses were only temporary in the eyes of Kerensky's government whose withdrawal of Russia from the World War would have reverberating effects to come, particularly on the Western Front.
The 1917 February Revolution caused the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarevich Alexei as the other Romanovs were placed under house arrest in the Kremlin in order to make sure that they couldn't interfere in the affairs of the new government. The Provisional Committee had evolved into a Provisional Government of liberals and socialists who wanted to enforce the democratic process for elections in a Russian Constituent Assembly that had been created. The PG shared power with the influential Petrograd Soviet that consisted exclusively of far-left political parties in comparison to the Provisional Government, the latter being in ideology more similar to the Constitutional-Democrats. Many in Petrograd and other Russian cities were calling for the new government to pull out of the war in its entirety and focus on the Russian people for a change as Alexander Kerensky rose to power and became Premier. The Provisional Government made a move in its effort to distance itself from the monarchy by proclaiming the establishment of the Russian Republic as the Romanovs were moved to their Siberian estate while Vladimir Lenin was smuggled into Russia with the assistance of Berlin. Kerensky recognized that the new government wouldn't remain intact if it didn't pull out of the World War and explained to the Entente his plans to temporarily withdraw from the Entente to prepare Russia for war once more. With the influx of their Ethiopian and American allies' resources into the Western Front, the Entente accepted the loss of this crucial ally while the Ethiopian government negotiated the evacuation of the Romanovs to Ethiopia. Kerensky's government accepted this as a British force evacuated the Romanovs and a good amount of their wealth to Ethiopia where the House of Solomon received the Romanovs personally at the coastal city of Massawa. Haile Selassie granted the Romanovs a sizable estate in the Ethiopian town of Nazret after personally meeting with Tsar Nicholas II in Addis Ababa where the Russian Royal Family was met with surprising glee from the Ethiopian residents there.
Petrograd made overtures to Berlin and Vienna who were both thankful for a Russian withdrawal from the World War, the former needing to employ the armies in the East on the Western Front while the latter needed to reinforce the Italian Front where the Italians had managed to break through. The Treaty of Brest had seen the borders of Central and Eastern Europe being restored to the borders of 1914 but with some glaring exceptions - the establishment of a few independent Kingdoms under Austro-German hegemony and "protection". Archduke Charles Stephen was installed as the King of the Poles as Marshal Jozef Pilsudski became the Premier of Poland, his pro-CP Polish Legions becoming the core of the Royal Polish Army. In a rump Ukrainian state, Archduke Wilhelm became the King of Ukraine where, similarly to Poland, the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen Legion made up the nucleus of the Ukrainian Galician Army. Another nominally independent nation was the Kingdom of Finland where the Finnish Parliament opted to choose Prince Frederick Charles to become the King of Finland while German-trained and equipped Jäger units backed the new royalist government that emerged. However, these territorial losses were only temporary in the eyes of Kerensky's government whose withdrawal of Russia from the World War would have reverberating effects to come, particularly on the Western Front.
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Samsara123
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Well its a better outcome for the romanovs than our hidtory thats for sure, I’m gonna say this now Alexis is gonna die from a tropical disease, his body is just not strong enough to cope with the climate that and he’s a hymopheliac, oh and is Rasputin still around and if so did he follow the Romanovs into Ethiopia?
Although the western front is about to get even bloodier with the Germans relocating to the western front
Although the western front is about to get even bloodier with the Germans relocating to the western front
Perhaps.
Rasputin is dead - he was murdered ITTL as he was IOTL but I was considering having him relocate to Ethiopia and then pissing off the Ethiopians to the point where they just opt to shoot him after seeing how much influence he has over Tsar Nicholas.
Oh yeah, definitely.
Then again, this loyal Jewish population could potentially extend to not only those under Ethiopian control but to the Jews of the world!
Perhaps.
Samsara123
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They are gonna have a great banking firms then, and if Hitler still rises and does the Holocaust, Ethiopia could rally the Jewish disporia to urge their nations to take action, I wonder of Mussolini still becomes dictator, Ethiopia id completely closed to him so what other targets does he have to proclaim a new roman empire, cause the Ethiopians are WAY ahead of him in retaking all the territory of the eastern roman empire
It'd be very interesting to see hundreds of thousands - maybe millions! - of Jewish soldiers under Ethiopian command if Hitler rises as IOTL, no? I'm not sure about who Italy would go after, considering she still possesses Italian Libya and Somaliland whilst Albania has been increasingly incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy since its acquisition in 1912-13.
It seems more likely they may look for more lands in North Africa or the Middle East . . .
Samsara123
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They take on greece they’ll run face first into the Ethiopians, they target Tunisia and they’ll ended having a two front war against France