1909 Part Two - At what cost?
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1909 Part Two - At what cost?
July: German soldiers come home to a disgruntled population. Similarly blaming the government for their conduct of the war, many soldiers radicalise and turn to the extreme left and right.
July: The Entente begins demobilisation.
July: Czech and Croatian nationalists’ revolt, seizing substantial parts of Bohemia and Croatia yet to be occupied by the Entente.
July: The Byelorussians begin a general retreat west in the face of the Soviet onslaught.
August: Growing dissent forces Kaiser Wilhelm II to abdicate. August Bebel of the Social Democrats forms an interim government, but this government does not have much authority outside Berlin.
August: The extreme right and left begin forming militia groups. Despite the new government, violence erupts throughout Germany, beginning the German Civil war.
August: Finland surrenders to advancing Soviet troops, marking the end of the Finnish uprising. Martov’s government establishes a Finnish Soviet Republic with significant autonomy.
August: Having secured control of the country, Roman Dmowski establishes a government based in Warsaw. His regime immediately begins the ethnic expulsion of all Germans living within Poland.
August: A peace conference is opened in Paris to determine the formal peace agreement to end the Great War. No representatives from the defeated Central Powers are invited.
September: The Byelorussians manage to establish a defensive line running from Vitebsk to Gomel. Knowing that the Republicans have barely recovered since the previous year, the Soviets divert their attention south, seeking to crush the Republicans once and for all.
September: Bavarian communists seize Munich. In an attempt to restore order, Bebel’s government utilises Freikorp militias to put down the Bavarian communists, but the Freikorp prove unable to overcome the Volksmiliz.
October: Soviet troops reach the forward Republican lines at Frolovo.
October: Bavarian Volksmiliz attack north towards Berlin. Fierce resistance by the Freikorp makes this advance slow and bloody.
October: A peace treaty is signed with Austria-Hungary. The Treaty of St. Germaine includes the following clauses:
• Czechia, Slovakia and Croatia are recognised as independent
• Galicia is ceded to Poland
• Italy annexes South Tirol, Istria, Slovenia and the majority of the Dalmatian coast (Croatia owns the coast from Rijeka to just before Zara)
• Serbia annexes Vojvodina
• Romania annexes Transylvania
• The remaining Austro-Hungarian rump state is permitted no more than 100,000 troops
• Minor reparations are imposed
November: Riots erupts in Austria-Hungary once news of the Treaty of St Germaine reaches the public. Austria-Hungary quickly descends into Civil War between Habsburg royalists loyal to Kaiser Franz Josef, Hungarian nationalists, Austrian nationalists, Republicans and Communists. The Royalists have control of the Vienna, Budapest, Graz and Linz, while the countryside is divided amongst the other factions.
November: After waiting for supplies to catch up, the Soviets resume their offensive south. They quickly breach the Republican lines and advance on Tsaritsyn.
November: With the end of the war, the Ottoman economy enters a minor recession. However continued profits from Baku alleviate the worst of the economic problems.
November: Habsburg Loyalists deal the Republicans a decisive defeat at Krems, ending the Republican Austro-Hungarian movement.
December: General Hindenburg (who led the Eastern campaign) along with veteran army divisions who fought victoriously on the eastern front marches on Berlin. In the face of professional troops, Bebel’s government relocates to Hamburg. There are now three different regimes claiming to be the legitimate German government, although Bebel’s government remains the internationally recognised government of Germany.
December: With Entente support, Poland, Byelorussia, Lithuania and Ukraine sign a mutual defensive pact (known as the Warsaw Pact), promising to aid one another in the event of a Soviet invasion.
1909 Part Two - At what cost?
July: German soldiers come home to a disgruntled population. Similarly blaming the government for their conduct of the war, many soldiers radicalise and turn to the extreme left and right.
July: The Entente begins demobilisation.
July: Czech and Croatian nationalists’ revolt, seizing substantial parts of Bohemia and Croatia yet to be occupied by the Entente.
July: The Byelorussians begin a general retreat west in the face of the Soviet onslaught.
August: Growing dissent forces Kaiser Wilhelm II to abdicate. August Bebel of the Social Democrats forms an interim government, but this government does not have much authority outside Berlin.
August: The extreme right and left begin forming militia groups. Despite the new government, violence erupts throughout Germany, beginning the German Civil war.
August: Finland surrenders to advancing Soviet troops, marking the end of the Finnish uprising. Martov’s government establishes a Finnish Soviet Republic with significant autonomy.
August: Having secured control of the country, Roman Dmowski establishes a government based in Warsaw. His regime immediately begins the ethnic expulsion of all Germans living within Poland.
August: A peace conference is opened in Paris to determine the formal peace agreement to end the Great War. No representatives from the defeated Central Powers are invited.
September: The Byelorussians manage to establish a defensive line running from Vitebsk to Gomel. Knowing that the Republicans have barely recovered since the previous year, the Soviets divert their attention south, seeking to crush the Republicans once and for all.
September: Bavarian communists seize Munich. In an attempt to restore order, Bebel’s government utilises Freikorp militias to put down the Bavarian communists, but the Freikorp prove unable to overcome the Volksmiliz.
October: Soviet troops reach the forward Republican lines at Frolovo.
October: Bavarian Volksmiliz attack north towards Berlin. Fierce resistance by the Freikorp makes this advance slow and bloody.
October: A peace treaty is signed with Austria-Hungary. The Treaty of St. Germaine includes the following clauses:
• Czechia, Slovakia and Croatia are recognised as independent
• Galicia is ceded to Poland
• Italy annexes South Tirol, Istria, Slovenia and the majority of the Dalmatian coast (Croatia owns the coast from Rijeka to just before Zara)
• Serbia annexes Vojvodina
• Romania annexes Transylvania
• The remaining Austro-Hungarian rump state is permitted no more than 100,000 troops
• Minor reparations are imposed
November: Riots erupts in Austria-Hungary once news of the Treaty of St Germaine reaches the public. Austria-Hungary quickly descends into Civil War between Habsburg royalists loyal to Kaiser Franz Josef, Hungarian nationalists, Austrian nationalists, Republicans and Communists. The Royalists have control of the Vienna, Budapest, Graz and Linz, while the countryside is divided amongst the other factions.
November: After waiting for supplies to catch up, the Soviets resume their offensive south. They quickly breach the Republican lines and advance on Tsaritsyn.
November: With the end of the war, the Ottoman economy enters a minor recession. However continued profits from Baku alleviate the worst of the economic problems.
November: Habsburg Loyalists deal the Republicans a decisive defeat at Krems, ending the Republican Austro-Hungarian movement.
December: General Hindenburg (who led the Eastern campaign) along with veteran army divisions who fought victoriously on the eastern front marches on Berlin. In the face of professional troops, Bebel’s government relocates to Hamburg. There are now three different regimes claiming to be the legitimate German government, although Bebel’s government remains the internationally recognised government of Germany.
December: With Entente support, Poland, Byelorussia, Lithuania and Ukraine sign a mutual defensive pact (known as the Warsaw Pact), promising to aid one another in the event of a Soviet invasion.
Yikes, Roman Dmowski in charge of Poland leading an alliance that's basically the Intermarium!? I wonder if that will last. Is Soviet Russia really viewed as so hostile in this timeline compared to OTL with the Bolsheviks? I guess because this is a decade earlier, it's generally more shocking as a geopolitical development even if the Soviet government behaves better.