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After long researches on alternate WW1s, I finally found my inspiration from the Balkan war -> WW1 thread (https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=179911). So I created this small timeline, from the beginning of the First Balkan War, which leads to WW1, which lasts until 1917 (So the total length of the war is December 1912-July 1917).

There are a few things I'm unconfident with in the timeline. Mainly the Italian front: I'm not sure about the fighting conditions, but I went with the presumption that the rough terrain around the Italo-French border causes a trench warfare there, while Italy continues to send troops to Balkans and Africa.

Another thing is the peace negotiations. Since Russia hasn't yet experienced the revolution (which is coming shortly after the treaty; a cunning plan indeed) and is still strong, creating Poland is out of the question. Russia, being the one with the most casualties (most likely), wants big areas. So the western Entente needs to calm them down. I've been thinking of an independent Galicia.

Here's the timeline. It's very brief, thus it doesn't include every single important battle etc. I even forgot to write about German colonies, which they lost as in OTL. Comment on it, suggest changes, suggest possible peace negotiations.

1912
-First Balkan War starts: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
-Italo-Turkish war ends: Ottomans have been beaten by Italy and are being beaten by the Balkan countries.
-In November Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire.
-In late November, Serbia turns its army towards Albania. Italy and Austria-Hungary, both which desire hegemony over the Balkans, put pressure on Serbia to withdraw.
-Serbia, confident with Russia backing them, ignores pressure from the Central Powers.
-In mid-December, Austria-Hungary and Italy declare war on Serbia.

-Russia defends Serbia and is at war with Austria-Hungary and Italy.
-Germany honours the Triple Alliance and joins the war on the side of Italy and Austria-Hungary.
-Serbia puts pressure on Montenegro, who joins the war on the Serbian side.
-France honours their alliance with Russia and is now at war with the Central Powers.
-Greece, who had its own ambitions in Southern Albania, sides with Serbia.
-Britain doesn't intervene, as it has no reason to do so.
-Bulgaria, unwilling to back Serbian claims on Albania, doesn't align itself to any major alliance, to focus on the war with the Ottomans.

Lining up the alliances:
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Entente: Russia, Serbia, Greece, France, Montenegro
Unaligned: Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria

1913
-Greek troops attack southern Albania.
-Germany attacks the Lodz area and pushes back the Russians.
-In the spring, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire sign a peace treaty; Bulgaria receives land all the way to the Enos-Midia line.
-Bulgarian-Ottoman peace is quickly followed by peace negotiations with Serbia and Greece. Greece gain land up to Thessaloniki. Serbia gains Skopje, Kumanovo, Pristina and Prijepolje. They also receive the Tetovo area, but it is under Italian occupation.
-Italian troops land in Albania and start fighting both the Serbs and the Greek. Minor land gains from former Ottoman territory are gained.
-Russian troops attack Galicia.

1914
-Germany promises Bulgaria parts of Greece and Serbia in exchange of their participation in the war. Bulgaria accepts the offer and joins the war.
-United German and Austrian troops push back the Russians from Galicia and pushes the frontline to the east.
-A similar offer is made to the Ottomans, who refuse as the army is still weak after two wars during the past years. They also announce their unhappiness of Bulgaria on the Central Powers' side.
-With the eastern offensive going well, German military command turns its eyes on France. The Schlieffen plan is put to effect in July.
-Within a few months, German forces storm through the Belgian country and push into French land; they almost reach Paris, but a French counterattack halts the offensive.
-Great Britain, who had guaranteed Belgiums independence, declares war on Germany. British dominions also join the war.
-The German offensive is defeated at the Marne in September; Germany is stuck in a static two-front war. Italian troops constantly fail to attack French areas, mainly due to the rough terrain.
-Austria-Hungarian and Italian troops overwhelm the Serbian forces, who lose much territory in a short time.
-In November, the Entente and the Central Powers race to the English channel, in an effort to outflank the other. By Christmas 1914, the frontline becomes static, and a solid line of frontline stretches from the English Channel to the Mediterranean.

1915
-All Serbian resistance is overcome: Serbia is occupied by Italian, Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian forces. The Greek front remains quiet.
-Italy launches its military campaign, the so-called Cadorna Offensive. It achieves little: the Nice area and Corsica are captured by Italy before France repulses the rest of the attacks.
-The Entente attacks Italian Libya from both directions. They advance a little, but major breakthroughs are unsuccessful.
-In the spring, Germany renews its eastern offensives. Joint Austrian-German attack achieves a huge crush on the Russian lines, and the Central Powers gain hundreds of miles of land.
-In July, Great Britain promises Ottoman Empire land areas from the Balkans for their support in the ongoing war. Ottoman Empire, who had during the ongoing war regained its military strength, agrees.
-The Entente contacts Romania, who also joins the war a few weeks after the Ottomans. They are promised Transylvania and northern Bulgaria.
-Romania and Ottomans both start their attacks. Romania attacks Transylvania, and Austria has to withdraw its troops from the Russian border to counterattack the Romanians.
-France pushes Italy back from Nice, but fails to regain control of Corsica.
-Germany and Austria send troops to help in the Balkans, but the initiative in Russia is lost.
-By November 1915, Romania loses Transylvania and Italy loses more of its African territories, as well as Rhodes.
-In early December, Germany starts the use of poison gas. This has a severe impact on Entente soldiers fighting in France.

1916
-Germany starts unrestricted submarine warfare. This results in the armament of U.S merchant vessels, and the relations between Germany and the USA worsen.
-Italy loses its grip on Libya, only controlling a small part in the central areas. Italian war effort is crumbling.
-German foreign minister Zimmermann sends a telegram to Mexico, asking for their support in a possible war against the United States. Mexico refuses and claims that the Central Powers cannot support Mexico financially and a war between Mexico and the United States would be unavoidabe if they agreed.
-Romania is occupied by various Central Powers. Russian troops hold their positions in northern parts of Romania.
-The Entente gains areas from southern Albania but loses ground in Greece.
-In the last weeks of March, the British intelligence finds out about the Zimmermann Telegram.
-The United States declare war on Germany in early May. Troops will be sent to France by the autumn, says the government.
-Italy loses Libya, Corsica and northern areas of Sardinia. Greece and the Ottomans, former enemies, meet each other near the city of Kavala.
-Russian reinforcements arrive and the German eastern front is being smashed by enemy attempts to break through.
-Afraid of losing the war when the United States arrive, Germany begins the one, final grand offensive in France in October. The offensive is nowhere as successful as the Germans had hoped.
-In November, French and British troops land in Sicily. At the same time, the Entente troops in the Balkans achieve a breakthrough.
-By the Christmas, Entente offensives remain successful. A foothold in Sicily is held, Italy has lost territory and Bulgaria would surrender any day now.

1917
-Bulgaria, who lost their capital to Ottomans, surrenders in the first days of the year.
-U.S troops arrive to the western frontline at a rate of 300,000 a month. German frontline is being pushed back.
-Italy surrenders in February.
-By April, Austria desperately tries to strengthen the now exposed Italian front and to counterattack the Balkan offensives, but at the same time leaves the eastern flank vulnerable. Russian troops reach Tarnopol.
-French and British troops from Italy capture Trieste and other Austrian areas around the Italo-Austrian border.
-By early June, the Austrian military command is in chaos. They are simply unable to defend every front. Same goes for Germany: desperate defending in Russia is somewhat successful, but the western front is collapsing.
-Having lost almost 400,000 men in a month, the German army is splintered. In the early days of July, Germany asks for an armistice.
-On the 7th of July 1917, the guns fell silent.
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