The World War began with Britain and Germany against Russia. France promptly joined Russia’s side rather than risk an Anglo-German victory that would have seen the French position grow even more precarious than it was. Britain then called in its allies, Spain; Portugal, Sardinia, Rhomania, Austria, and Bavaria, and France and Russia called in their allies; Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, and Bulgaria. The United States initially stayed out, only joining when Russia agreed to sell it most of Alaska (the fact that most of the Yukon gold was played out by this point made that possible), bringing Japan with it when it did. America’s puppet government in Colombia followed them, as did its ally La Plata. The only major neutrals were the Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Scandinavia- Brazil nominally joined in towards the end just to make sure that it was on the right side.
And so the Dominos fall...
While there were certain similarities to OTL’s World War I, the World War was a very different conflict. Air power was highly important- drachenflieger were technologically on par with fighter aircraft from the OTL late-1920s and although heavier-than-air bomber technology was well behind OTL, airships could conduct bombing raids on par with smaller ones from World War II. It was also very much a naval war. The Entente navies clashed with the Royal Navy in the Atlantic and the Pacific, pitting dreadnaughts and super-dreadnaughts against each other.
Seaplane Carriers - or rather “Seeflieger” carriers- were common on both sides. There were armored cars that rapidly transitioned into early tanks, and flamethrowers that well-predated the start of the war. Major amphibious invasions occurred across the planet, some successful (the Philippines twice, Ireland, and Sicily) some unsuccessful (yet another French invasion of England).
Tech is interesting, especially with the more involved Air War ITTL and the early Carriers...also would love to see French thinking on there idiotic Invasion of England like is it "Fourth times the charm"
France entered the war with a doctrine that called for grand, overly detailed war plans in which her generals attempted to plot out the positions and movements of every company. They planned to break through the German lines using overwhelming numbers, heavy artillery, and chemical weapons coordinated in a massive top-down fashion, while holding off Spain on the Pyrenees.
So they took both German stupid pills and their own from OTL combining the worst aspects of the Scheflinn plan and French Cockieness... Yeah no wonder they got so badly screwed.
These units- called “Blitzsoldaten”- would avoid enemy strong points and instead break through weaker parts of the line, opening the way for forces carrying heavy weapons (portable machine guns, grenades, flamethrowers, recoilless rifles, etc.) to expand on their breakthroughs. Enemy strongpoints could then be surrounded and destroyed once they had been bypassed, making it possible for the Germans to effectively break past the Rhine and into the French Rhineland using infantry with relatively little in the way of new technological inventions other than the
“super-solder” pills.
Oh God now we have abunch or Drug fuled storm troopers...
(whose nominal head of state had- despite some soul searching- come out firmly in favor of the war against the wicked British Empire and its Drakian lackeys)
Ugh, here's one lesson that while it may sound awesome in theory it can be abaf idea to put the Church symbolically in charge of a Nation...that said I do think their are some problems here, I mean sure go to war against the Draka is all fine and Dandy with me (their Euthinasia program and BLS merits this response) and the Brits are much more Anti Catholic ITTL probably leading to some unfortunate persecution (I doubt they were kind with Catholics in Indochina ITTL) but the number one priority of the Church is ussually to preserve itself and they would not want to give an excuse for the Enemies of the Faith to go total wrecking on it (hence for example why we did not openly condemn the Nazis even though the Church). Adding onto that you have the fact that the Church would probably reconigze the awkwardness of the situation in Europe (you have devout Catholics in Austria/Bavaria, Hungary and Italy killing each other for Nationalist reasons). Sure I think the church may singal their support of one side or another but I don't think they'd do a big announcement giving the Italians support.
Through human experimentation protocols- part of the general Drakian project of giving disposable subjects various substances to study their effect on the human body- Drakian scientists became aware of the effects of methamphetamine on human beings. Initially it was looked into as something to give to Bondsmen to increase productivity, leading to the discovery of its addictive potential which was regarded as a positive development- if you could addict the Bonded to a substance then you could use that as an additional means to control them.
Of course the bastords did this... Yet another thing to add to "How the Draka utterly screwed Africa", Mass Drug addiction won't just go away from Formerly Bonded peoples after the Draka are driven out of power...
This was the beginning of Drakian attempts to enhance human capabilities through science- it would not be the end.
Uh oh... Senses stuff that would make Menglee proud coming up.
This time the invasion of Newfoundland was swift and successful,
Wonder how this worked, the place must of been built up like a fortress..
The US Navy achieved rapid dominance of the Caribbean, before pushing into the bloodier and more drawn-out struggle for supremacy over the Atlantic. In the Pacific Britain had some limited initial success but America and Japan co-operated in the Liberation of the Philippines after a campaign of island hopping that created a safe route from California to East Asia. While America had a disadvantage to Britain in terms of tonnage, the USN’s greater willingness to adopt the use of indirect naval artillery fired from beyond line-of-sight (aimed using seeflieger that would find British ships and radio back the co-ordinates) at the beginning of the war gave it a major advantage. The pivotal Battle of the Celtic Sea was the first major sea battle in which opposing ships only laid eyes on each other in a few incidental contacts and the fighting was mostly conducted in the air or with super-dreadnaught artillery. It ended with a crushing defeat for the Royal Navy and the rise of American dominance at sea. Control over sea lanes made it possible for the United States to land expeditionary forces in British colonial possessions, which were joined by Native uprisings that tore through Northern and Western Africa and the East Indies. It also opened the way for seaborne attacks such as the Raid on Capetown that forced the Drakian government to relocate (temporarily in theory, but they never left) inland to Aurica (ATL Johannesburg)
Hums Anchors Aweigh gleefully...
Drakia mobilized and went to war with a vengeance. To increase the labor pool available for the Auxiliaries it permitted Bondsmen to volunteer- if you survived then your bond was forgiven and you were at the very least a National if not an Honorary White Citizen
No doubt they honored their word as they are such honorable noblemen (sarcasm)
It was Drakia that took point in fighting against the Americans and their rebel allies. The belief in the Firstborn Dominion was that if the Drakians proved themselves in the World War by fighting for the British Empire then Britain would reward them by backing down in its demands that they reform their labor system and society. The fact that calls for Drakian reforms were shelved in London during the war tended to encourage this view. At the same time Britain believed that the war would demonstrate Drakia’s need for Britain’s protection and that the excuse of wartime exigency would be used by the Drakians themselves to make the necessary reforms. The fact that Drakia considerably reduced its Euthenasia program during the war encouraged this view among British leaders.
Yeah...I think the Brits are delusional if they don't see the power difference here. At the end of the day, Britian is just one island at the end of the day, Draka is all of Africa. They beat them in manpower, resources and quite possibly industry by absurd ratios.
zebroid-drawn carts and wagons
Such an awesome animal working for the wrong side...
Polandball got to love it...
radical ideas such as Socialism, Utopianism, Geoism, and Rodinaism to spread to individuals who had never been exposed to them before, even as they received military training and combat experience.
Rut roh...this won't be pleasent.
But the Liberation of Ireland proved a success, with the US Army (and a small Japanese expeditionary force) greeted as liberators south of Ulster and Dublin falling towards the end of 1910. Britain was placed under blockade and the British Dominions began seeking separate peace with New York. American troops landed in France and were rushed to the front, retaking Paris and pushing the overstretched Germans (who were still fighting on all sides of their country) back. In the end Britain sued for peace rather than face an invasion of Great Britain itself that might have succeeded. America cut a deal with Rhomania that sold out Italy and Russia, and Berlin and Paris (under pressure from their Americans liberators who wanted a swift end to the war) cut an agreement that let Germany keep some of the German-majority territory west of Rhine and avoided a drawn-out Entente invasion of Germany.
America bailing out our allies and screwing up international diplomacy as usual
appeared briefly that the bloodied countries of Bavaria and Austria might join the German Confederation, but America and France nixed that and they merely united with each other under King Ludwig IV of Bavaria as the country of Bavaria-Austria.
Yes this is awesome, I'm so happy right now. thanks for taking my suggestion seriously Ephiram
Peace had been achieved, but the First Russian Civil War was still ongoing, the Anglo-Drakian War was yet to come, and instability elsewhere would end in revolution in France, Spain, and Italy
Okay here's my predictions: France and Italy are going to go Communist (or Rodonist in this world I suppose) while Spain and Russia go Geoist, leaving Germany and Rhomania stuck between the two with America as a possible ally. Draka will go free (honestly don't see why the Brits are fighting this, considering how badly they just had the shit kicked out of them) and begin plans for world domination. America will have to deal simultaneously with being world policeman and being over streched massively, which will be... interesting.
From Drakia’s perspective, the World War was one victory after another, albeit often difficult and hard-fought victories. It was Britain who had failed them- it was the Royal Navy that had been unable to protect Capetown or keep the Yankees from landing in West Africa, it was the Drakian Army who had defeated the American invaders and put down Native revolts across the continent. In the eyes of the Drakian nation the World War proved that they could protect themselves without British help, and even that the mother country was a liability. After all, hadn’t Drakia been winning when the government in London sued for peace? That peace came as a great frustration for the government of Premier Lloyd Mcrae, who watched the gains his homeland had achieved undone one by one at the peace table. The empire was to lose ownership over the holy land, withdraw its forces from Sicily, and even grant “independence” to colonies in West and Northern Africa (they were to become protectorates of America and France). The inclusion of a requirement that Drakia abolish Bonded Labor and its Euthenasia program was to many a final betrayal. The Firstborn Dominion was in a pivotal moment, questioning its old beliefs and loyalties even as a new political ideology began to coalesce from the national zeitgeist. Elvira Naldorssen’s The Final Society had come out in the last year of the war, and booksellers couldn’t keep it in the shelves. Paul Delacroix was giving speeches across Drakia and the other African dominions. Father Vern Schönberger had launched the Saviorite Revival.
I believe this is the moment they have evolved from merely being massive racist dicks to non white people to the "We are the super men bow in our wake", complete with Bondaging white people.
For Japan it proved beyond a doubt that the Japanese were capable of going toe-to-toe with Europeans and removed the looming threat of the British Empire
This will not in any way portend bad things in the future...
For Rhomania it was the glorious culmination of the Neo-Byzantine aspirations, with the relocation of their capital to an (ethnically cleansed) Constantinople and the creation of an empire stretching from the Adriatic to the Black Sea.
Enjoy it while it lasts bud...just hope you don't choke too badly
The Italian national identity was severed from that of the Papacy, the war left the Catholic Church to a period of soul searching and ultimately a withdrawal from temporal affairs after the removal of its symbolic executive over Italy and the schism of many Drakian and British Catholics into Sedevacantist Catholicism.
This is really a bad time for this, in the coming years, the world is going to face, Alternate Communism,Geoists from Russia who will not be kind to the church, and of course the Draka, not to mention all the Social developments undoubtedly coming down the line... the Church needs to be pro active, prepared to defend itself and guide the faithful, not meek and secluded. Hopefully this hangover doesn't last too long.
was then that a twenty-eight-year-old Englishwoman named Audrey Ratcliff stepped off a boat in London and immediately burst into tears.
Oh crap were getting alt Spanish Flu...
