Ethiopia Rises - a Meiji Ethiopia TL
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Samsara123
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Mistrust cause well only recently had the Italians stopped trying to conquer Ethiopia, then a few years later they find out an overly aggressive dictator is declaring a new roman empire and he targets the greeks would would send out alarms as he’s invading too close to their territory
I doubt Ethiopia would want to occupy Turkish territories for that long.
The Great War Pt. 8
With the Russian withdrawal from the World War, it seemed the Entente was doomed to be crushed by the massive Austro-German armies that had been stationed on the former Eastern Front and there was the widespread fear that the US or Ethiopia wouldn't be able to mobilize sufficient resources to prevent any offensive from potentially knocking the Entente out of the war all-together. The Ethiopian government had managed to send reinforcements to the Ethiopian Expeditionary Force in France and brought its numbers up to 190,000 men, with plans of stationing over 1.3 million men in France. All the while, Ludendorff and German High Command were making plans for a large-scale offensive in 1918 to knock Anglo-Franco-Ethiopian forces out of the war before the US could put a substantial army in the field as infiltration tactics acquired from the Brusilov Offensive were to be used. The Ethiopians continued sending more men and material to not only reinforce their own troops but to bolster the French Army which had sustained massive losses throughout the years. However, it would be unknown if this could turn the World War in favor of the Entente with the beginning of Operation Michael on March 21st, 1918 against British forces at Saint-Quentin.
The 1918 German Spring Offensive successfully utilized Hutier tactics through employing small teams of highly-trained and aggressive specialist troops that had managed to penetrate weak points in the Entente's lines and allowed for the bulk of German forces to follow in order to crush remaining defenders. The lines of the Western Front moved ever-closer to Paris where German artillery shelled the city and caused thousands of Parisians to flee as the Kaiser celebrated German successes. However, these celebrations were to be short-lived once heavy fighting broke out and German forces proved unable to consolidate their gains as their supply lines were unable to keep up with the German advance - not to mention, the lack of mobile artillery added to this. Meanwhile, General Ferdinand Foch had faced difficulties in convincing the US High Command that American units in France be utilized as replacements whereas General Pershing wanted American forces to be independent. Despite Foch having been chosen as the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, the respective armies on the Western Front continued to maintain tactical control over their own forces but cooperation between the various armies increased.
German High Command launched Operation Georgette to follow Operation Michael, hoping to capture Ypres and force British troops all the way back to the channel as well as to sever all British supply lines in France. The 2nd Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps was the first to be attacked, being overrun and forced to fall back to Estaires all while Anglo-Ethiopian forces attempted to relieve them. However, the British 40th Division was unable to defend against the German assault and ultimately collapsed whilst the 21st Ethiopian Division was wiped out to a man in the fierce fighting. British reserves attempted to halt it but they too were crushed in battle as the seemingly unstoppable German advance continued, reaching Estaires but they were finally halted by a combined British and Ethiopian reserve force. The British situation seemed to be devolving as the German 4th Army launched its attacks against the British 19th Division whose lines were broken by German forces who also managed to capture Merville but were stopped by the 1st Australian Division. Ethiopian units were sent to reinforce the beleaguered British-Dominion troops in the Centre but this was proved to be a waste as the Germans successfully took Bailleul. Anglo-Ethiopian forces under the German assault were to fall back from Lys to the Passchendaele and Ypres Salients while the 11th Ethiopian Division occupied the intermediate line of the Battle Zone and was ordered to hold the line until orders to retreat were received.
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Private Makonnen landed a blow against the German's helmet but this was unable to get the German soldier to cease strangling him and his eyes landed on the sheathed bayonet on his belt, moving one of his hands away from its grasp on the German's uniform and unsheathed the bayonet before jamming it into the side of the German's neck. This loosened the German's grip around his throat as he moved one of his hands to his neck where blood had began spurting out and Makonnen took the chance to kick the German to the ground as he kneeled beside the German choking on his blood and slit his throat. The Ethiopian private soon noticed his friend, Mesfin Desta, who was attempting to prevent the German in front of him from shoving the rifle on the end of his bayonet into his stomach and picked up an abandoned rifle. The German looked up, only to find an Ethiopian soldier swinging the rifle like a baseball bat into his face and knocked him off Mesfin who scrambled to find a weapon and leapt onto the German to bash his face in with an entrenching shovel. All around Makonnen, there were Ethiopian and German soldiers attempting to kill one another with what they had on hand which included nothing more than rocks and sticks at time but this didn't prevent Makonnen from joining in once more.
Mesfin Desta quickly thanked his friend for saving his life as he had done many times since their coming to France in 1915 before throwing away the shovel that he had used to beat the German to death and occupied his machine gun position. He gripped the butterfly grips of the Ethiopian machine gun and pressed down on the trigger, mowing down what he presumed were German reinforcements and screamed various swears in Amharic as soldier after German soldier fell to the ground as bullets torn through their torsos. The Ethiopian machine-gunner grimaced at the sight of countless German corpses that continued piling up in front of the Ethiopian trenches but continued firing into the mass of German troops.
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The 11th Ethiopian Division had successfully repulsed the German attack, inflicting heavy losses on the Stormtrooper units and the main German force that would attempt to reinforce the German Stormtroopers. At Merckem, the Belgian Army successfully repelled the German advance coming from Houthlst Forest, managing to inflict over two thousand casualties on Bavarian Divisions and only lost 600 men in the attacks and counterattacks. The German 4th Army launched another attack against the British at Kemmelberg and was repulsed but it managed to capture it in a second battle - however, this had little effect on the Allied lines and failed to make any significant dent in Allied lines. French reserves were dispatched to reinforce the Lys sector as German High Command ordered that Operation Georgette be cancelled as it had failed to meet its objectives, German forces having sustained 109,000 casualties but it had managed to inflict 118,000 losses on the Entente's forces in the Lys Sector - most of those being British or Ethiopian.
The 1918 Spring Offensive had failed to knock out the Anglo-Franco-Ethiopian Armies out of the World War - despite having caused hundreds of thousands of men to die in the German attempt to do so - as substantial American manpower and resources finally began flowing into France to reinforce the exhausted Entente troops. This was joined by a fresh force of 1.5 million Ethiopians from Ethiopia and Ethiopian-occupied territories in the Middle East alongside much-needed supplies produced by Ethiopian industry.
The 1918 German Spring Offensive successfully utilized Hutier tactics through employing small teams of highly-trained and aggressive specialist troops that had managed to penetrate weak points in the Entente's lines and allowed for the bulk of German forces to follow in order to crush remaining defenders. The lines of the Western Front moved ever-closer to Paris where German artillery shelled the city and caused thousands of Parisians to flee as the Kaiser celebrated German successes. However, these celebrations were to be short-lived once heavy fighting broke out and German forces proved unable to consolidate their gains as their supply lines were unable to keep up with the German advance - not to mention, the lack of mobile artillery added to this. Meanwhile, General Ferdinand Foch had faced difficulties in convincing the US High Command that American units in France be utilized as replacements whereas General Pershing wanted American forces to be independent. Despite Foch having been chosen as the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, the respective armies on the Western Front continued to maintain tactical control over their own forces but cooperation between the various armies increased.
German High Command launched Operation Georgette to follow Operation Michael, hoping to capture Ypres and force British troops all the way back to the channel as well as to sever all British supply lines in France. The 2nd Division of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps was the first to be attacked, being overrun and forced to fall back to Estaires all while Anglo-Ethiopian forces attempted to relieve them. However, the British 40th Division was unable to defend against the German assault and ultimately collapsed whilst the 21st Ethiopian Division was wiped out to a man in the fierce fighting. British reserves attempted to halt it but they too were crushed in battle as the seemingly unstoppable German advance continued, reaching Estaires but they were finally halted by a combined British and Ethiopian reserve force. The British situation seemed to be devolving as the German 4th Army launched its attacks against the British 19th Division whose lines were broken by German forces who also managed to capture Merville but were stopped by the 1st Australian Division. Ethiopian units were sent to reinforce the beleaguered British-Dominion troops in the Centre but this was proved to be a waste as the Germans successfully took Bailleul. Anglo-Ethiopian forces under the German assault were to fall back from Lys to the Passchendaele and Ypres Salients while the 11th Ethiopian Division occupied the intermediate line of the Battle Zone and was ordered to hold the line until orders to retreat were received.
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Private Makonnen landed a blow against the German's helmet but this was unable to get the German soldier to cease strangling him and his eyes landed on the sheathed bayonet on his belt, moving one of his hands away from its grasp on the German's uniform and unsheathed the bayonet before jamming it into the side of the German's neck. This loosened the German's grip around his throat as he moved one of his hands to his neck where blood had began spurting out and Makonnen took the chance to kick the German to the ground as he kneeled beside the German choking on his blood and slit his throat. The Ethiopian private soon noticed his friend, Mesfin Desta, who was attempting to prevent the German in front of him from shoving the rifle on the end of his bayonet into his stomach and picked up an abandoned rifle. The German looked up, only to find an Ethiopian soldier swinging the rifle like a baseball bat into his face and knocked him off Mesfin who scrambled to find a weapon and leapt onto the German to bash his face in with an entrenching shovel. All around Makonnen, there were Ethiopian and German soldiers attempting to kill one another with what they had on hand which included nothing more than rocks and sticks at time but this didn't prevent Makonnen from joining in once more.
Mesfin Desta quickly thanked his friend for saving his life as he had done many times since their coming to France in 1915 before throwing away the shovel that he had used to beat the German to death and occupied his machine gun position. He gripped the butterfly grips of the Ethiopian machine gun and pressed down on the trigger, mowing down what he presumed were German reinforcements and screamed various swears in Amharic as soldier after German soldier fell to the ground as bullets torn through their torsos. The Ethiopian machine-gunner grimaced at the sight of countless German corpses that continued piling up in front of the Ethiopian trenches but continued firing into the mass of German troops.
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The 11th Ethiopian Division had successfully repulsed the German attack, inflicting heavy losses on the Stormtrooper units and the main German force that would attempt to reinforce the German Stormtroopers. At Merckem, the Belgian Army successfully repelled the German advance coming from Houthlst Forest, managing to inflict over two thousand casualties on Bavarian Divisions and only lost 600 men in the attacks and counterattacks. The German 4th Army launched another attack against the British at Kemmelberg and was repulsed but it managed to capture it in a second battle - however, this had little effect on the Allied lines and failed to make any significant dent in Allied lines. French reserves were dispatched to reinforce the Lys sector as German High Command ordered that Operation Georgette be cancelled as it had failed to meet its objectives, German forces having sustained 109,000 casualties but it had managed to inflict 118,000 losses on the Entente's forces in the Lys Sector - most of those being British or Ethiopian.
The 1918 Spring Offensive had failed to knock out the Anglo-Franco-Ethiopian Armies out of the World War - despite having caused hundreds of thousands of men to die in the German attempt to do so - as substantial American manpower and resources finally began flowing into France to reinforce the exhausted Entente troops. This was joined by a fresh force of 1.5 million Ethiopians from Ethiopia and Ethiopian-occupied territories in the Middle East alongside much-needed supplies produced by Ethiopian industry.
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Indeed. Perhaps Germany may end up with Austria after all though that leavesa the rest in a state of unknown (unless Czechoslovakia and Hungary form some sort of Central European state)
No clue on that honestly. Yugoslavia has always been a bit of a nutty place.
That seems like the Balkans - and perhaps even Eastern Europe - in general.
I feel like some "fascists" will exist but on the fringe, and religious nationalism, like Brazilian integratalism.
I imagine with Ataturk dead and Turkey having the entire Middle East stolen from underneath it by Ethiopia, you may see a much more bitter Turkey. Could we see fascist Turkey in this TL? That would also definitely put Ethiopia in the Allies, assuming Ethiopia gets all of the Middle East. It is also unlikely that Hitler would view a bunch of Sub-Saharan Africans with a supposedly Israelite king as "honorary Aryans".
However, potentially, if France and Britain took much of the Middle East instead for themselves, Ethiopia may feel cheated and would be surrounded on all sides by allied territory.
Then again, without the rise of communism, we have no idea how WWII will even work.
However, potentially, if France and Britain took much of the Middle East instead for themselves, Ethiopia may feel cheated and would be surrounded on all sides by allied territory.
Then again, without the rise of communism, we have no idea how WWII will even work.
Any ideas as to what Ethiopian "Fascism" could look like?
Ethiopia doesn't occupy the entire Middle East ITTL - she only occupies Palestine, Iraq and a chunk of Anatolia of which the former two are jointly occupied in cooperation with British forces.
Do you think a siege mentality exists in the Emperor's government?
That'll be interesting, won't it be?