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"Today I stand in front of you, the Reichstag in great horror, as our glorious fatherland has been invaded by a enemy, unprovoked, the Fascist hordes of France have marched onto German soil, German cites, are slaughtering German men, German women, German children, and they have threatend our very exsistence, the Peace brought about 20 years AGO I knew was a stressful one, one that could sow the seeds of a new conflict, I predicted to myself back in 1919, that within the next 20 years, Europe would be a flame in War once gain, I sadly, was right, but we must stand together, united, agaist our enemy, we marched into Paris and defeated them in 1919, and we shall do it again!. now members of the Reichstag, I say to you, do I have my declaration of war?"
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Speech to the Reichstag, Decemeber 8th, 1939​


Chapter 1: 1901-1914
The Road to War.......


William McKinley campaign poster, circa 1900​


Some wonder how our world came to be, how two wars could be ravaged on European soil. how a state of workers could have a stare down for over 40 years with a state of capitalism. how the world could be so many times brought the brink of war, death, and destruction via bombs with the energy of the Sun. the story is a long and complicated one, one spanning many decades, Two World Wars, and many many moons. ill start at the begining, 1901........​



Nineteen Hundred and One, the height of European colonialism, increasing technological growth, The life of the average citizen was getting better, through the world, and Europe, was on the slow approaching path to war. as Great Britian, the world's leading power, was slowly being threatend by increasing German economic and naval growth, Britain had long desired two things on the European continet and the world, the balance of power, and the security of her trade path to British Raj, or India. Britain also desired a railroad connecting from Egypt in the North to South Africa in the South, to secure her trade on the African continet. through the German Empire had long been in the way of that goal, as German East Africa stood in the way of the Cape to Cairo Railroad. and increasing German growth of her Kriegsmarine threatend the power of the Royal Navy, which had long been dominate on the seas of the Planet Earth. the Russian Empire also proved somewhat of a threat, but possibly also a loyal ally. The UK's relations with France had long been strained, through increasing German power had slowly been pushing the two together.​


This world, was the same as our world, that is. until September 14th, 1901.​


The Pan-American Exposistion was set to take place that day in Buffalo, New York. President William McKinley, who had just begun his second term in office was arriving by train to Buffalo to speak there. on that day in our world. Anarchist Leon Czolgosz, assassinated the President in front of a larged crowd at the Temple of Music, however, this world sways off from our world on this day, Czolgosz while on his way to the Temple of Music instead accidently falls into a Lake and drowns, thus, President McKinley makes his speech that day, and lives. thus Theodore Roosevelt never ascends to the Presidency, and many of the progressive policies that were appointed by him and his succsesors never come into fruition, allowing Big Buisness to remain in much larger control of the American economy. McKinley would serve as President until 1905, when Charles Evans Hughes succeeds him as President. serving as President until 1912. when William Jennings Bryan is elected as President.​


Leon Czolgosz, the would be assassin of William McKinley.​

Abroad in Europe, Africa, and Asia history slowly follows the path is much did in our world, the Morocco Crises falls in favor of Spain, who gains Morocco as it's protectorate, instead of France. however, through Germany continues her naval build up, as the UK falls further into bed with the French and Russians, the Germans and Austrians work together closely, with Italy being a unwitting partner in the alliance, the Russian bear gets curbstomped by the ever rising Japan, by 1914. the two opposing alliances, the Entenate of Britain, France and Russia, are opposing the Central Powers. or the League of Three Emperors, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, the Ottomans sit on the sidelines for now, the Sick Man of Europe trying to curtail her own problems. the power keg for war in Europe has been placed. the spark would come, on a quant day in Sarajevo. June 28th, 1914........................................................​



Europe before the outbreak of the Great War, July 28th, 1914.​




OOC: The next chapter will be a recap of the events of the First World War, which lasts until 1919 ITTL,​
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