Eleven Years' War (Hamilton Dies)

The Eleven Years' War was a major conflict between 1908 and 1919. It was fought by France, the United States, Austria, Prussia, Gran Columbia, Venice, Florence, the Papal States, Mexico, and the Ottoman Empire against Britain, Russia, Sweden, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria,Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Denmark, Sicily, Spain, Portugal, and Sicily, as well as several other nations throughout the globe and several independence movements.

Causes
The War was caused by Prussian intervention in the Balkan War. Until 1908, no official declaration of war had been created in the Balkan War. However, Prussia made the choice to declare war on Russia officially in 1908 for funding rebellions in the Balkans. This caused a series of declarations of war until in 1909 it involved several nations.

1909
In 1909, the war was in full swing in Europe, with France finally agreeing with Prussia to join the war. The United States, Mexico, and Gran Columbia had also joined and created the Atlantic Alliance between the U.S., Gran Columbia, Mexico, France, Prussia, the Ottoman Empire, and Austria, although troops from the Americas did not arrive in large numbers until 1911.

1910
In March of 1910, Prussia invaded Denmark, however the Prussian troops were pushed back by April. Meanwhile, in July of 1910, Spain launched an offensive on the Franco-Spanish border. The attacks were successful in the center of the fighting, however France was well-supplied on the flanks nd soon the Spanish troops were surrounded in the Battle of Toulouse, which lasted for over three months until Spain finally surrendered.

In July of 1910, Prussia also launched an offensive into Russia in the East Baltic region. The attack found Russian troops dug into trenches with well-prepared defenses, however, and several attacks were repulsed.

In September of 1910, France used major railways in Italy to attack Sicily. The attack was met with stubborn resistance, however the resistance crumbled by November.

By the early winter of 1910, most fighting had ceased temporarily for the winter, however the nations used this peace period to create defenses which would only cause more bloodshed in the future.

1911
In April of 1911, major fighting kicked off again with the first troops from the Americas arriving in Europe, at the First Battle of Naples. Atlantic Alliance troops found Sicilian troops using Russian idea of trenches. However, American troops had a new plan of attack to deal with trenches, which was to fight trenches with trenches. The idea only ended in a stalemate, as now with both sides stuck outside of Naples, dug into trenches, neither side could attack the other. The Americans abandoned the idea after hundreds of thousands of troops were killed or injured after an entire two weeks of fighting.

In June of 1911, Austria launched an attack on Russia in Ukraine. The attack was slow but Austria achieved several victories until the Battle of Kiev, which led to the beginning of the Austrian retreat.

In July of 1911, Prussia attacked the East Baltics while Russia was distracted in Ukraine, however they had to pull back so they could supply troops to defend against the British and Swedish troops attacking Prussia through Denmark.

In October of 1911, France decided to invade Portugal instead of the expected invasion of Spain through the Franco-Spanish border. However, France lost hundreds of thousands of men as the British navy sunk their transport ships. With this huge French loss, morale was at the lowest it would be for the French in the entire war. The Sardinians took advantage of this by attacking Corsica, successfully invading the island.

1912
In February of 1912, Russia launched a massive offensive against the Ottoman Empire in the Caucuses, suffering huge casualties, however by July were two-days away from Ankara.

Meanwhile, in March, Sicily launched a counter-attack on French and American troops in Italy, successfully driving them back into the Papal States.

In August 1912, Prussia attacked Denmark once again, this time with more prepared forces, and once again held Copenhagen. In September, Sweden attacked, however their attack was destroyed in the Battle of Zealand. The Prussians took up the opportunity, and invaded Sweden from the south. By December of 1912, the remaining Swedish forces were trapped far north in the cold winter snows, and Sweden surrendered.

1913
After the surrender of Sweden, Britain was pushed to launch a massive strike against Prussia. In May of 1913, Russia, Britain, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, and Sardinia pushed hard in yet another invasion of northern Prussia. However, this time, the invasion was extremely successful. In only a week, New Coalition forces had made it all the way to Hamburg.

The Battle of Hamburg occurred in late May, as Atlantic Alliance troops dug into defenses, desperately trying to hold onto a major railway and supply line. Under heavy fire, New Coalition troops began digging trenches, with generals collaborating on the idea of digging trenches longer and longer to outflank the enemy trench while staying under cover. Artillery began bombarding the enemy trench, leading to thousands of casuatlties. The Battle of Hamburg lasted over two months, as the two massive armies fought each other from their trenches. The Atlantic Alliance was extremely desperate to hold onto the supply line, and the New Coalition troops were desperate to capture it or destroy it. At the cost of over 1.5 million troops, Atlantic Alliance forces kept New Coalition forces out of range of the railroad, and at the cost of over 1.2 million troops, the New Coalition finally managed to win the Battle of Hamburg on August 3rd, 1913.

On November 16th, 1913, another bloody battle occurred, the Battle of Istanbul. It ended in over 1.3 million total casualties, and the surrender and withdrawal of the Ottoman Empire from the war.

1914
In March of 1914, Sweden was liberated from Prussian occupation, however did not rejoin the war, except as a link between Russia and northern Prussia and Denmark. This was useful for supplying the continuing New Coalition offensive, which was nearing Berlin.

In April of 1914, the Papal States, Florence, and Venice joined the war against the New Coalition. Surprised, Sicily was quickly overrun, and Corsica returned to the French.

In May of 1914, Berlin was captured by the New Coalition. But Prussia did not surrender, in fact they continued to fight back, and in late June Berlin was recaptured by Prussia.

France meanwhile was fighting the New Coalition in the Netherlands. In August, the New Coalition captured Amsterdam. Also in August, the New Coalition attempted a surprise landing in Normandy. It worked initially, however by November, they were engaged in a major trench battle near Le Havre that resulted in almost a million total casualties, however the troops fled by boat in early December to Britain.

1915
The first half of the year 1915 was plagued by stalemate. Large trench battles were becoming more common, slowing progress, and resulting in large casualties. It wasn't until August 1915 that a major event finally occurred, with the New Coalition capture of Antwerp.

In September of 1915, Russia launched another massive offensive against Austria, weaving through the Carpathians. Once again, the Austrians dug into defensive trenches. However, the Austrians dug trenches at the foot of the mountains, and the Russians were not able to take cover in the ground. They also were equipped with very little artillery, and the Russian invasion was repulsed. It was followed by a Prussian flanking maneuver, in which Prussia circled around the Carpathians, and captured over 350,000 Russian troops retreating through the mountains.

With little progress in northern Prussia and France, the New Coalition launched a new offensive at the Franco-Spanish border, this time with a staggering three million troops.

1916
By March of 1916, there was an entire line of trench networks spanning the Franco-Spanish coast. The 3 million New Coalition troops could not use their numerical advantage due to the difficulty of crossing the several hundred meter gap between the trench networks. France had also ordered that along the network of trenches, French troops place entire lines of barbed wire to make it even more difficult to overwhelm French trenches. The only thing the 3 million New Coalition troops were dying, in higher rates than the French since they were packed together more and more suceptible to artillery shells.

By May of 1916, the same thing had happened in the Netherlands and northern Prussia, and by August of 1916 practically the entire war in Europe was sitting in trenches and charging forward under artillery bombardment.

1917
Only one major battle occurred in Europe in 1917, which was the Prussian recapture of Hamburg from New Coalition troops.

1918
Russia suffered terribly in 1918. Prussia, France, and the other Atlantic Alliance nations combined their wealth to take advantage of resentment in Russia against the Tsar and support rebellions in Finland, and communist uprisings in Russia. In February of 1918, Finland rebelled against the Russians, and in April of 1918, communists funded by the Atlantic Alliance rose up and the Russian Civil War began.

Without funding from Russia, nations in the Balkans began to fall once again under the rule of Austria. Remaining Balkan states were funded by the New Coalition, who, with the withdrawal of Russia due to the Russian Civil War, were desperate for a major distraction.

1919
In Early 1919, peace talks began. The Ottowa Peace Conference began in January, and ended by April with the Peace of Ottowa, officially ending the Eleven Years' War.

Americas
British Canada was a major target in the Eleven Years' War. By 1916, the United States and Mexico occupied all of British Canada. Mexico and the U.S. also targeted European holds on several islands in the Caribbean. Near the end of the war, Mexico and the U.S. began attacking Alaska, however their attacks were cut short by cease-fire in January of 1919 and official peace after the Peace of Ottowa.

Africa
War in Africa was influential, as many resources were present in the continent. Gran Columbia was a major combatant in Africa, and liberated several nations from imperialistic rule, as well as supported and funded independence movements in Africa.

Asia, Oceania, and the Pacific
Japan was a somewhat major player in the war. Japan invaded and annexed several French and Prussian islands and other territories in Asia, Oceania, and the Pacific ocean, mainly for the purpose of expanding their empire and honoring their alliance with Great Britain.

India
Despite Mohandas Gandhi's efforts to keep Indian independence movements peaceful, Gran Columbia induced a violent rebellion in India.

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