20th Century (Mughal Glory)

Loss of Imperial Power
Mohandas Gandhi, seeing that the Emperor still held some power, declared a worker's strike. The Emperor submitted to the lawyer and accepted his loss of power to the Diwan.

Aftermath
The Hindustan Reform Period led many to realize the power of the people.

Prelude
Mexico was a small nation, which many considered virtually part of the USA. However, it was ruled by a benevolent dictatorship, in contrast with the US to the north. This all changed when Pancho Villa, father of the revolution, went to the US in 1909. He requested aid from Theodore Roosevelt, who granted it. America was already not very isolationist in Africa because of their holdings of Liberia and Sierra Leone, so it was not very hard to convince the Americans to support him.

The Revolution
In 1910, Villa arrived back in Mexico, but this time with American troops behind him. The states of Baja Chihuahua and Baja Sonora were quickly invaded by the Americans and from there, Villa mostly sent in his own troops, who used American weaponry. By 5 May 1914, he captured Mexico City and all of Mexico was liberated.

Aftermath
This war ended Mexican hatred for the "gringos" and began an era of co-operation between Mexico and America. This era of co-operation would be vital in the American entry in the First World War. To this day, people celebrate the capture of Mexico City by Revolutionary forces as Cinco de Mayo, or Fifth of May.

Beginning
By 1915, Hungary was part of Germany. Several Hungarian nationalists decided to assassinate King Wilhelm II of Germany to help their cause. On September 9, 1915, an assassin was sent to kill the king while he was walking out of the Reichstag. The attempt was unsuccessful. However, Germany believed Serbia to be at fault, and declared war on it. A network of alliances between most European nations led to much of Europe to be at war by the end of the year.

German Invasion of France
One of the first campaigns of the war was the German invasion of France. However, France was fortified with troops and it would be impossible to invade France through the French-German border. Instead, Germany invaded France through Belgium in 1915. This was one of the first mistakes of the First World War. Britain, a principal ally of Belgium, declared war on Belgium.

Hindustani Invasion of Burma
In the same year, Burma was invaded by Hindustani forces. Britain chose to give up Burma to Hindustan to focus on other campaigns of the war.

Zimmerman Message
Germany heavily doubted American neutrality and, in order to keep the US from joining the war, it needed to distract it somehow. German Ambassador Zimmerman sent a message to Mexican President Villa in 1917 stating that, if Mexico invades Chihuahua and Sonora, Germany will recognize Mexican control over those areas. The alliance between the US and Mexico caused Villa to tell American President Woodrow Wilson about the message. In the same year, America joined the war on the side of the allies.

Russian Revolution
In 1918, Russians were starving to death due to war rations. A Communist leader, Vladimir Lenin, established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the USSR and Russia no longer fought in the First World War after this rebellion started. The Russian Revolution ended with a Communist victory in 1923.

Turning Tide
The war turned in the Allied favour after the American entry in the war. By 1921, the war was over with an Allied victory.

Treaty of Versailles and Aftermath
In 1922, both the victors and the losers met to talk about what would occur post-war. Germany lost much of its territory to Poland and all losers had to pay the winners of the war harsh reparations. Hindustan had to pay the victors of the war but, despite this, they easily mined diamonds and gave them the diamonds. However, in Germany, the intensely harsh reparations resulted in the start of dissatisfaction toward the Weimar Republic. In Turkey, groups wanting to be independent were successful. A man named Mustafa Kemal was appointed Prime Minister of Turkey and gave lots of groups independent in favour of decreased unrest in 1922. There was intense unrest in Hindustan, but then Motilal Nehru declared martial law in Hindustan in 1925. This avoided the collapse of Hindustan.

Rise of the Pahlavi
The Safavids were in deep decline, losing much of their territory to other nations. This set the stage for Reza Shah Pahlavi to overthrow the Safavids and establish the Pahlavi Dynasty of Iran in 1925.

Great Depression
In 1929, a sudden downturn in the world's economy resulted in the rise of a political movement known as fascism. In Italy, a dictator named Benito Mussolini rose to power. Meanwhile, in Japan, a right-wing person known as Hideki Tojo came to power. He overthrew the current monarch of Manchuria, King Puyi, and replaced him with his infant son, with Japan acting as "advisor." Meanwhile, in the poor Weimar Republic in Germany, the leade of the fascist Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler, attempted a coup against the government. This coup failed. However, Hitler and several other high-ranking officials was hanged for treason. This incited Ernst Rohm, another influential person in the Nazi Party, to lead a rebellion in 1925, which toppled the Weimar government. This new Nazi government declared the old German flag to be the official flag and remilitarized Germany, forming what was called the "Third Reich." This new Germany martyrized Hitler and the League of Nations, which was meant to stop these kind of things, did nothing, proving its failure.

Beginning
Japanese troops collaborated with Chiang Kai-Shek to establish a "Provisional Government of the Republic of China" and in 1937, invaded British China through Manchuria, which already had a Japanese puppet regime. In that same year, Germany and the USSR made the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, an agreement dividing Poland between the two. In 1937, the Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland began. In that same year, the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia provoked war in much of Europe. The Second World War had begun.

Nazi Invasion of France
The Germans invaded France in 1938. It quickly capitulated to the resurgent German army, with the French regime fleeing to London. The Free French Forces fought on.

Japanese Invasion of Asia
In 1938, the Japanese also invaded British South-East Asia. All of it fell to Japan by 1939 and the only area still controlled by Britain was British Ceylon and Western China. Japan realized Hindustan was ruled by pro-Allies officials and quickly had a Japanese sympathizer, Subhash Chandra Bose, established the Provisional Government of Azad Hind. Japanese troops invaded and occupied all land east of Bengal.

Operations Barbarossa and Sea Lion
Meanwhile, in 1940, Nazi Germany broke the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and invaded the USSR in Operation Barbarossa. Techniques like scorched-earth and the fact that Germany was invading the USSR in the winter caused Germany to lose the Battle of Stalingrad in 1941. This represented a failure of the invasion. However, in that same year, a massive build-up of Nazi aircraft destroyed the RAF in the Battle of Britain. Free French forces fled to Acadia, while many of the other exiled governments fled to Borealia. In that same year, Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain was launched by Nazi Germany. Famously, Winston Churchill and the Royal Family launched a final stand at Westminster. However, this failed, as they were all hanged outside the London Bridge. British expatriates in Borealia established Free Britain as Mosley made a Nazi puppet state in 1942, with ex-Prince Edward made King Edward VIII of the (now Fascist) United Kingdom of Britain, with a puppet state of Ireland also established.

Pearl Harbor and Aftermath
However, Japan did something that severely hurt the war campaign. They attacked Pearl Harbour in 1941. This caused the USA to sign a declaration of war on Japan and Germany in the same year. The USA went into full-time wartime production and ended the CS blockade. All these ships confronted Nazi ones and quickly, in the Battle of the Atlantic, destroyed their infamous U-Boats.

Battles of the Pacific
The US battled Japan in the Pacific, quickly gaining many islands to use as airports to capture more islands. However, the closer they got to Japan, the more difficult it got. The US went into negotiations with the CS to join the war campaign in 1942. However, their ships were at 1930s level. The massive numbers of these ships, along with another nation waging total-war on Japan, gave much-needed relief to America. Meanwhile, Hindustan was beginning to defeat Azad Hind, restricting it to Assam. Even that was reclaimed as troops from the heavily militarized Free British-controlled Ceylon came to support the campaign. Troops from Ceylon began to reclaim British Indochina, while rebels in the Malay archipelago accomplished successes.

Invasion of British Isles
In 1943, several beachheads were made in Ireland. These beachheads slowly expanded as Irish rebels reclaimed the island. In addition, Confederate troops also claimed London for Britain, in the invasion of the British Isles known as B-Day. This gave Free Britain a home and new numbers of troops were conscripted. In addition, African troops from colonies were also conscripted in the preparations for the invasion of British Asia.

Invasion of British Asia
British Asia rapidly fell to troops sent from Ceylon and Hindustan and British Asia was truly British again. By the end of 1944, Japan only consisted of Japan proper. However, Japan states it would never surrender. A super weapon was needed to end the war. For now, though, many of these troops were sent back to Britain for the invasion of Normandy.

Invasion of Normandy
On March 15, 1945, the invasion of Normandy began. At last, the Free French forces led by Charles de Gaulle could touch French land again. Troops from Algeria were sent northward in the simultaneous invasion of Cannes. Soviet troops were also making lots of progress against Nazi Germany.

The End
In March 1946, Berlin fell to the USSR and Hitler was sent to Moscow to be personally executed by Stalin. Germany was also split into occupation zones. Curiously, Austria had separate occupation zones in relation to the rest of Germany. In addition, most of Prussia was seceded to Poland.

Meanwhile, a nuclear bomb was used on Japan in May 1946 on an uninhabited stretch of Japanese land. The sheer power of the bomb caused Japan to surrender unconditionally to the USA. Japan was forced out of Taiwan, the Kuril Islands, and Korea. The emperor was forced to resign and a president took his place.

Aftermath
The Federal Republic of Germany was established in French, American, Confederate, and British zones of occupation and the Prussian Democratic Republic was established in one of the Soviet zones and in the other, the Austrian Democratic Republic was established. In the war, eight million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. This resulted in many Jews moving to Palestine. By 1947, Jews were now as populous in Palestine as Arabs. Despite talks of partition, it never occurred because Arabs were. In the war, eight million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. This resulted in many Jews moving to Palestine. By 1947, Jews were now as populous in Palestine as Arabs. Despite talks of partition, it never occurred because Arabs protested that highly educated Jews would invade Arab-ruled regions and force them into other regions like Kuwait and Jordan.

Chinese Revolution
Mao Zedong, a Chinese nationalist, wanted independence from Britain. However, Britain was in absolute control of China and China, being central to Britain's colonial empire, would never be given independence. The PLA, or the Peoples Liberation Army, was set up by Mao in 1945. From their bases in Central China, they slowly made their way to the capital of Nanking in 1949. Britain had no choice but to grant them their independence as the decline of the United Republic sped up. Conflicts with Communist Uyghuristan and Mongolia proved futile, as with the Kingdom of Manchuria. As with Tibet, Hindustan would invade China if any invasion of Tibet were to occur. China was no longer the Middle Kingdom and never would be.

Korean War
Post-war, Korea was divided between Communist North Korea and the right-wing dictatorship of South Korea. North Korea was surrounded by capitalist nations. Strife between the two ignited into war in 1953. Manchuria, South Korea, China, and Japan established the "Anti-Communist Circle," disallowing any aid to North Korea. By 1954, Korea was unified by South Korea.

Decolonization
Throughout the world, colonies were gaining independence from their now weak colonial empires. In Africa, almost all colonies gained their independence and were led by native Africans. However, in South Africa, Rhodesia and Uganda, they were led by their white minorities. In 1971, however, a coup from Idi Amin led to the downfall of the racist regime. However, Amin recognized that he needed the whites for a strong economy and kept the white minority from leaving.

Iberia War
Spain was the only remaining Fascist nation in the world, while Portugal was the only remaining dictatorship in Western Europe. The British declared war on the two in 1960. Soon, the rest of NATO joined, while most of the free world sent aid to NATO troops. The war ended in a NATO victory in 1962. Fascism ended. But Spain no longer existed. Aragon, Catalonia, Basque, Castile, Andalusia, and Leon gained their independence. All of them, except for Castile, began to discourage the use of Spanish as a language.

Martin Luther King's Achievements
In 1960, the Nationalist Party candidate Martin Luther King won the American election. He was the first African-American president in American history. However, the segregationist CS did not appreciate his election, fearing his election would cause riots amongst the black populace in their nation. However, in a big surprise, he utilized a philosophy based on the philosophies of Jesus and Mohandas Gandhi. He stated that the CS must remove segregation, not through war, but through "peace and love." President King also had his famous "I have a dream" speech in the Washington Mall, talking of ending segregation and, in a shock for the leaders of the CS, American unification. However, in the 1964 Confederate presidential elections, the Unification Party under Dolph Briscoe won, and in the 1964 American presidential elections, MLK won. In 1965, segregation ended and America was finally unified.

Iranian Crisis
In 1979, standings between the Shah and the people of Iran went high and the Pahlavi family was forced into Hindustan. Hindustan declared war on the newly founded Islamic Republic of Iran and, with the help of defected legions of the Iranian army, won the war in 1980 and re-established the Imperial State of Iran.

Lanka War
In 1985, due to Sri Lanka falling into a needlessly bloody civil war and also due to human rights abuses on both sides of the conflict, Hindustan declared war on both the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government. The war was rapidly won by Hindustan, with a referendum for annexation into Hindustan held. The Tamil-majority regions voted for annexation while the Sinhalese-majority regions were given independence as Sinhala.

Reagan's Presidency
Ronald Reagan became the president of the United States. He was highly militaristic and he revived the rivalry with the USSR. This is said to have played a role in the near-collapse of the Soviet Union. His famous "Tear down this wall" speech caused many reports of false crimes by Reagan in the USSR.

Autumn of Nations
All Communist nations either collapsed in this period, like Czechoslovakia, or became capitalist, like the Soviet Union.

Background
Gorbachev's reforms were not well-received by everyone. Several pro-Communist people decided to overthrow the Supreme Soviet.

August Coup
These people organized the August Coup, which had temporarily succeeded in 1991. However, mass protesting led the orchestrators to step down and re-instate Gorbachev as President.

Aftermath
Ukraine gained its independence. However, it was forced to make Russian an official language. Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia also gained independence. However, Soviet aggression caused the three to form the Caucasian Federation.

American Hegemony
After the Cold War, the European Union expanded eastward toward the Soviet Union. With Ukraine joining the Union in 1995, the Soviets realized that their influence would be greatly decreased in the next century. American hegemony was established in this new unipolar world.

First Mesopotamia War
In this period, President Bill Clinton organized a war against Mesopotamia, a nation ruled by the iron fist of Saddam Hussein, after he invaded and occupied Kurdistan. From Iran and Turkey, American troops liberated Kurdistan. The efficiency of the war has made Bill Clinton famous. It helped in his establishment of free health care.

Yugoslavia Civil War
Meanwhile, Yugoslavia fell into civil war. It eventually ended when all sides of the civil war agreed to a peace treaty in 1998, restoring Yugoslavia to its pre-war land. However, the province of Kosovo was established.