Should I continue this?

  • All the way to 2018

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  • Wrap up the current events

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • It has run its course

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    40
Just read all of it, I'm less familiar on WWI combat that I'd like so I can't really comment on much in that regard. I definitely like the frequency and quality of the maps. I think you should delete the stuff that you retconned, having it just stroked out looks rather messy. Maybe somethings can be expanded on, particularly some of the diplomatic manoeuvres, for countries that are engaged in a general european war they seem awfully quick to change alliances and commit to additional wars over secondary concerns.

Also, I've noticed that this isn't the first time you've been downtrodden by the lack of readers (you're not alone, I've been there). The premise of a three way Great War is a pretty intriguing concept, perhaps you could change the title to reflect that (also we haven't seen anything of Michel since last August) as to get more traffic. On that note why isn't your TL in your signature?
 
I think a lot of this you get right, but I'm not sold on the Ottomans staying in the war if Constantinople fell (assuming Bulgaria could actually take it), nor on the invasions of Sardinia and Sicily.
 
I think a lot of this you get right, but I'm not sold on the Ottomans staying in the war if Constantinople fell (assuming Bulgaria could actually take it), nor on the invasions of Sardinia and Sicily.
How do think the war will end as it is now? I'm not a very good military historian.
 
End of the War
France:


On July 26, heavy German attacks began around Querrieu in the central sector of the western front. Within days the offensive had spread and the Allies, short of supplies and manpower from their recent attacks, could not hold. The Germans pushed on, and by 8 August they had reached Fouencamps. Here the next phase of the offensive began.


But the Allies had a new weapon. Devised by First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, the tank was an armoured tractor with machine guns and cannon. With development just finished they were hurriedly manufactured and deployed during the Third Battle of Amiens to surprising effect, but once the Germans realized that tanks were poor at coordinating with infantry it became official tactics to simply ignore the slow-moving beasts. Although Third Amiens was an Allied victory, it was mostly hollow.


The second phase of the Hindenburg Offensive then began. The Germans attacked and took Beauvais, and also began offensive operation elsewhere to secure their flanks. A massive battle at Compiegne saw a regiment of Canadians hold off virtually the entire German army, before finally withdrawing.The Germans lost nearly 90,000 casualties at Compiegne, and without any supplies their units couldn’t take advantage of the victory.


Elsewhere, however, the attacks continued. The Third Phase saw Hindenburg's armies oblitarate hastily built defenses with new Big Bertha howitzers. In any case, by October they had reached Paris. The Allies were forced to abandon the city, hoping that by surrendering victory to the Germans they might re-enter an intact Paris.


End of the War:


Across the world, the war continued strong as ever. Confused fighting in China saw a series of defeats of Yuan Shikai’s army, but the British and French were astounded by the resilience of the Chinese troops. General Ma Lin even invaded Burma and destroyed an Indian army at Wawshawng. The Japanese were defeated at Chifeng and Nel’ma, but their attacks on Shandong and Tianjin were successful. In the Middle East, Abbas of Egypt defected to the Central Powers and arrested British military officials and soldiers in Egypt. With his help the CUP took Syria, and Egyptian armies captured Tripoli and Khartoum, although it became clear by the end of the year that these gains were temporary. Russian troops in Persia and Irak asked for an armistice with the Allies on September 19. Without a government, there was little for them to do.


But the events in France superseded all of this. Peace talks began in November, and President Wilson offered to host a peace conference in Philadelphia. On the new year an armistice was signed. The Treaty of Philadelphia ended the war with the following terms:


  • Signatories: Australia, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Egypt, French Republic, German Empire, Greece, Japan, Italy, Iran (Qajar Dynasty), New Zealand, Poland, Russia (Kljembovsky Government), Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey (CUP Government), Union of Serbs and Bosniaks, United Kingdom, United States

  • Some border regions of France will be given to Germany.

  • Luxembourg will become a member state of the German Empire.

  • Parts of Belgium originally controlled by Luxembourg will be returned to it.

  • Liege will be directly annexed into Prussia.

  • The Treaty of Odense between the central powers and Russia will be recognized by the Allies.

  • The CUP will be recognized as the legitimate government of Turkey.

  • Germany will keep all of its colonies in Asia.

  • All foreign possessions in China except for Shanghai, Macau, Kwangchowan, and Hong Kong will be returned to China, including parts of British India claimed by China.

  • The United Kingdom will withdraw from Irak and Persia.

  • All signatories agree to respect the independence and territorial inviolability of Persia.

  • Britain will withdraw all troops from Egypt and Sudan, including the Aozou strip.

  • Ghana, Nigeria, Dahomey, most of French Equatorial Africa, Zanzibar, parts of Uganda, and the Belgian Congo will be given to Germany.

  • Small parts of Bechuanaland and a tiny bit of South Africa will be given to Deutsch Sudwestafrika.

  • Walvis Bay will be transferred to German South-West Africa.

  • Corsica and Tunisia will be appended to Italy.

  • Aden will be given to Yemen.

  • Cyprus will be given to Turkey.
  • Morocco will retain its independence, and will be given some of Spanish Sahara.

  • Establishment of the League of Nations.

  • Germany agrees to pay for any damages sustained to Paris.

  • France in turn will pay Germany 500 million reichsmarks in reparations.

  • France and the United Kingdom agree not to interfere in the affairs of Belgium.
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World Map


Russia:


On August 3, Transcaucasia declared its independence, followed son after by several Cossack hosts and Alash Orda in Central Asia.The civil war in Russia continued, mostly indecisively. The Bolsheviks were decidedly losing their grip, but Guchkov and Milyukov continued to fight.

Notes:

-Should I continue this? Vote in the poll.
 
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Do you have an idea of where the TL is going from here?
I've drawn up some drafts for a second world war scenario, the future of China, France, Russia, etc.

It ended up with a pseudo-kuomintang taking over China, Japan puppeting Kljembovsky Russia and invading China, and irredentist not-communist France invading Germany (I don't want to fall into the boring category of French Communes).

Any suggestions?
 
Hmm I don't see Britain giving up the Suez not unless German troops were in London or the RN had been completely destroyed its just to vital to give up
 
Interwar: The 1910s
Interwar to 1920 by country:


Belgium:


After the Treaty of Philadelphia Belgium remained occupied by German troops. King Albert I returned to the country, but his government was forced to sign a treaty with Germany essentially turning it into a protectorate. The Germans did allow Belgium generous funding to turn it into a model teutonic country, and by 1920 it had become one of the most prosperous, if reluctantly so, states in Europe.


China:


China’s actual performance in the First World War was dubious, but at the peace conference it decisively routed the Allies, repealing most of the unequal treaties. Yuan Shikai was regarded as a national hero, and in 1916 he proclaimed himself Emperor of the Wěidà Dynasty. This was fiercely opposed by the liberal Kuomindang, but having been defeated in a revolt in early 1911 that political organization could do little but plot...


German Empire:


Germany set about consolidating its recent gains. Conquests in africa were organized into Deutsch Äquatorialafrika and Deutsche Kongo. Katanga and Buganda became protectorates of Germany. In 1915, the United Baltic Duchy was established, led by Prince Erik of Sweden. The U.B.D became a member state of the Reich, but retained certain autonomies. The region beyond Poland and Lithuania, not part of either, remained an unorganized occupation zone. In 1915 it became the Reichsgebiet Podlachien. Following the Ten Day’s War (see Russia) the area was integrated into Lithuania.


After the war, the Reich was still controlled by a military directory that had held power throughout the war. It stepped down, but Hindenburg was still elected as Chancellor in 1917. Liberal parties became more prominent in Germany after the war as well. Part of this was spillover from a socialist tide in France, but it also reflected the situation of the world, and how it didn’t always conform to the Teutonic way.


Russia:


In 1915, the competing Russian governments began to organize themselves more thoroughly. On April 8 1915, the Duma ratified the April Constitution. This established Milyukov as President, with a term of six years starting on the date of ratification. He appointed Prince Georgy Lvov as Prime Minister. Guchkov’s Emergency Committee created a republican government largely along American lines.


As 1915 continued, things began to deteriorate for Guchkov. His forces almost captured Novgorod in March, but from then on Milyukov’s armies had the upper hand. On April 11 1916, Milyukov won the battle of Kaluga. Events progressed very quickly from then on. On April 13, Brusilov announced his loyalty to the apparent victors, and on April 14 Ukraine declared independence. Guchkov decamped to Crimea, where the Emergency Committee maintained its policies and laws, despite being essentially a government-in-exile.


The Trans-Volga Military Authority, curiously, continued to exist, though Lenin had been captured and executed in 1915 and the Bolshevik movement largely died with him. The Russian Republic was weak and did not have the political influence to overcome Brusilov, a national hero. For his part, the old general seemed perfectly loyal to the Duma, although many Russians joked about the “Guchkov agent in our midst”.


Nikolai II had fled the country in late 1915, and did not attempt to stop Milyukov proclaiming the formal overthrow of the monarchy on May 23. The Tsar was graciously welcomed by Regent Kljembovsky. The Far Eastern Regency, a government welded onto a military high command, did not officially have a head of state. However, Germany continued to recognize the F.E.R. as the legitimate government of Russia, and Nikolai as its leader. The US considered the Emergency Community under Guchkov (succeeded by Boris Sturmer in 1919) The Russian Republic led by Milyukov was recognized by the the former Entente, who expected him to obey the terms drawn up at Odense and Philadelphia. In 1920, however, Milyukov, decided to seize Podlachia. The resulting conflict, known alternately as the Russo-German War, the Podlesia Incident, or the Ten Days’ War, was really just a border conflict between the Reichsgebiet Podlachien and Russia. It resulted in an embarrassing defeat for Russia.


During the civil war, many entities had split off from Russia. The Union of Turkestan, the People’s Republic of Siberia, the Ciscaucasian Republic, and the Semirechye Host all declared independence during the civil war, alongside the aforementioned Ukraine.


South America:


In 1916 Colombia and Ecuador signed a peace treaty resolving their long border dispute. This treaty angered Peru, which claimed the area through through which the border ran along with half of Ecuador. In 1918 Ecuador and Colombia declared war Peru, and by 1920 it was clear that they had the upper hand.


Other Events:


1915 - Ireland declared unilateral independence from the United Kingdom as the Irish Republic. Pancho Villa establishes a government in Mexico City.

1916 - The US buys the Danish West Indies.

1917 - The US occupies Cuba.

1918 - Second Sepoy Rebellion begins.

1919 - British forces achieve victory in the second sepoy rebellion, but the Raj is badly shaken, and in the chaos Afghanistan seizes Quetta and Nepal declares independence. The League of Nations convinces Britain and nationalist political parties in India to sign an agreement giving India its own Parliament.

World Map 1920:

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Interwar: The 1920s
Central and Eastern Europe:

In 1921 Germany established a customs union called the Mitteleuropäische Zolliga (the MEZG, or Central European Customs Union). This was followed by the foundation of the Europäische Wohlstandsgemeinschaft (EWGS; European Prosperity Community). Both were established to institutionalize Germany hegemony across Europe, and succeeded in tying much of Central Europe to the German economy.


Still, Germany still met resistance from many sources. In 1923 Podlachia was separated from Lithuania and became a republic after an uprising.


In 1925 another uprising occurred, this time in Bohemia. These were Czech rebels, who on April 10 declared the independence of the Czech Republic. The Austrian government had a tough time defeating the Czechs, and meanwhile Hungary had declared independence, with Poland seizing Krakow. On August 6 representatives from the Czech rebel government, Austria, and Hungary met at Komárno and discussed a solution. The Ausgleich was annulled and replaced with the Act of Confederation. This established the Confederation of Free States (Freistaatenbund), usually referred to as the Komárno Federation. The non-German speaking parts of Bohemia, Moravia, and Austrian Silesia would become the Czech Free State, and the Ruthenian Free State would gain independence as well.

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Europe in 1930


China:

The 1930s were quiet compared to what would come later in China. Although a minor revolt in Guangdong province occurred in 1927, this was local and did not spread. Yuan decided to occupy Mongolia in 1921 and the country became a Chinese puppet.


France:

French politics became increasingly radical in the 1920s as the memory of the terrible bloodshed of the war was eclipsed by a revanchist spirit. In 1927 the Front nationale, an ad hoc coalition of right and socialist parties, was established with the goal of allowing a nationalist takeover of the National Assembly, which had been controlled shakily by the Parti Radical since 1918. In 1928 the Front nationale achieved a majority in the a legislative election, and Jacques Arthuys became Prime Minister.



Other Events:

1920 - Oriente War ends.


1921 - Benito Mussolini’s fascists take over the Italian government.


1925 - Reza Shah Pahlavi becomes the Shah of Iran, founding the Pahlavi dynasty. Brusilov dies and is succeeded as governor-general of the Trans-Vokga Military Authority by Aleksandr Kolchak, a distinguished admiral.


1928 - Liberal coalition comes to power in Germany and begins reforming the government.


World in 1930:

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Expansion of the EWGS:

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In order from darkest to lightest;
German Reich
Other founder members
Joined by 1923
Joined by 1925
Joined by 1928
Joined by 1930


Important People:

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Reza Shah of Iran.


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Jacques Arthuys, 59th Prime Minister of France


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Gustav Stresemann, German Chancellor
 
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Hello, everyone! This is a timeline I worked on a while ago before I joined AH.com. I recently looked it over, and decided it needed to be redone, since in retrospect it seems very poorly researched. So... welcome to Agadir War 2.0, renamed Michel's Victory since I needed a (slightly) less cheesy name (c'mon, General Victor Michel, get it?). Now renamed to the more appropriate title Nineteen-Eleven.

It starts in July 1911, a few years before the Great War, although in this timeline that will prove to not be the case. You've probably heard of July 1911 before: it's the date the Second Moroccan (aka Agadir) Crisis flared up. As far as I can tell, nobody else has done an actual tumeline on this, so I might as well be the first. I appreciate that it did not come as close to starting the Great War as is often thought, but then again, nobody saw July 28 1914 coming, either. Feedback and constructive criticism are encouraged. I apologize for my terrible writing skills.

July 7 1911 (Jospeh Caillaux's Office):

In the preceding days, Prime Minister Caillaux had done his best to ensure that the crisis over Morocco remained peaceful, but the lastest report broke even his iron patience. According to French military officials, a the German pre-Dreadnought SMS Schleswig-Holstein docked at Agadir yesterday. Accompyaning her were several troopships that landed a German force in the city, and it had been rumoured that they were organizing a Moroccan revolt.

Even more ridiculously, their very existence was vehemently denied. Caillaux's order was immediate and firm: "Please inform the German Foreign Ministry that we are at war with them".

July 12 1911 (Liege Fortress):

Much has happened in the past five days. After France declared war on Germany, Europe exploded into war. The UK rather cynically announced that it would be supporting France in every way short of war, as Herbert Asquith was very critical of Caillaux's descision to "leap of the roof". Franz Josef had no such qualms and declared war the next day, while his German allies were busy trying to convince Belgium to let their army through.

Belgium refused, which of course didn't stop the Germans from sending their troops anyway, prompting Russia to formally enter the war also. However, the Germans were stopped at Liege. Without any sufficiently heavy seige guns to break the fortress, they turned, somewhat embarrassingly, to the Austrians, who agreed to provide the them with seven Škoda 305 mm howitzers.

July 13 1911 (Agadir):

Meanwhile in Morocco, General von Kluck, transferred there to direct the unenviable task of organizing a war effort two-thousand miles away from Berlin, was overseeing operations. Support among the inhabitants of the region for the creation of a German-organized resistance army had been surprisingly strong, and by 8 July von Kluck officially founded the Army of the Moroccan Free State, led by a Moroccan officer named Mohammed Yousouffi.

Preperations soon began for an attack on the French position to the North. This offensive began on the 10th, initialy advancing almost 100 kilometres. However, the drive was halted at Bouskoura outside Casablanca by the arrival of experienced colonial garrison troops.

Spain declared war later that day, impressed French success and worried about German ambitions in Morocco, especially after their occupation of Tangier.

July 10 1911 (French Chief of Staff General Victor-Constant Michel's Headquarters)

"Then what is your plan?" Michel asked.

"Our plan is to appoint a competent General," replied War Minister Adolphe Messimy, "a category you certainly do not fit."

"What do you propose to fight the Germans with, then? Britain has forsaken us, and the Russians can't organize themselves out of a paper bag! Do you think we should just sit here and wait for them to get to Paris?"

"Fine!" snapped Messimy, "You can have your army, and your reserves, under one condition. Which is that you do not fail."

"Fair enough," thought Michel.

And indeed, the next day he recived his troops. On the 15th, French troops entered Alsace-Lorraine, initiating what is known as the Battle of Alsace. Three days later, they encountered a German force at Chateaux-Salins. The result was a French victory. The Germans retreated back through the valley, leaving the road open for a deeper advance.

Elsewhere, the superiority of Michel's tactics began to assert itself, at Morhange on the 26th, and Laquenexy on the 28th, the latter completing an encirclement of Metz. In the south, French troops pressed deep into Geman territory; when confronted by German forces at Oberhaslach they decided to entrench after a breif skirmish.

The only true defeat was at Mulhausen near the Swiss border, where the the French attack came to a screeching halt before the walls of the heavily fortified city. However, elsewhere, events were not so enheartening. In Belgium, the Škoda guns arrived on the 23rd, by the next day Liege had been shelled into rubble and it surrendered. German forces pressed on rapidly thorugh Belgium, reaching Antwerp on the 30th.

July 31 1911 (East Prussia):

Although the Schlieffen Plan had relied on the Russians requiring at least six weeks to deploy in East Prussia, they actually took only twenty-six days, much to the alarm of the German General Staff. In desperation, General von Francois launched a series of attacks on the huge Russian armies that had invaded East Prussia. Although successful on paper, they failed to dislodge the Russians.

Germany had pressured Italy from the start to join the war, which was countered with a seiries of delaying attempts, but Rome ultimatley had no convienient excuse to stay neutral, and on the 26th they declared war on France. Although Italy tried to stay neutral in the Eastern Front, if only to spite the Germans, this last effort failed on the 31st when Russia declared war on Italy.
Perhaps have a cabinet meeting to vote to declare war as opposed to the order to inform the German ambassador that we are at war.
 
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