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The Central Powers do gradually better during the course of WWI, leading the Italians to side with them, and the USA to stay neutral. Lenin is still sent in his sealed car to Russia and destiny.
With the victory of the Central Powers in the Great War, a major redivision of the African Continent ensues, mainly to the benefit of Germany. Newly promoted General Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck is appointed military governor of the Central African Colonies while the details of their division and administration are being worked out in Berlin. Though expected to only be a temporary assignment, General Lettow-Vorbeck begins the process of organizing a nascent infrastructure for the region, including surveying and the use of his Askaris to muster support among the indigenous populations of Central Africa.
In the aftermath of the British defeat, the Union of South Africa declares its complete severance from the British and forcefully annexes the remainder of British South Africa, much to the amusement of the Kaiser.