Casual Day in Sarajevo

1914
While touring through Sarajevo, Archduke Frans Ferdinand escapes several assassination attempts and flees back to Austria. In August Austria declares a state of marshal law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Black Hand is quickly routed out and destroyed. A month after the destruction of the Black Hand several Serbian generals shoot themselves for unknown reasons.

1915
Poland begins to revolt against Russia. The Russians try to put down the revolt but only fail. The Poles then start waging a guerrilla war against the Russians. Secretly Vladimir Lenin sneaks into Russia. The Bolsheviks start gaining power. The Polish Revolution starts when Russian soldiers fire upon crowds in Warsaw. Several million Russian soldiers are sent to Poland.

1916
Independence movements arise in the Baltic States, Ukraine, and Finland. In Austria-Hungary, Franz Joseph dies and is replaced by Archduke Ferdinand. The Serbian economy collapses. In Russia mass slaughters are reported by Russian soldiers. The Poles form a military style army with captured rifles, machine guns, and canons and begin a military campaign against Russia. In the Balkans Serbia is annexed into the Austrian and Bulgarian empires. The Russians ask for military assistance from Germany. Kaiser Wilhelm decides not to send in troops fear of outcry against war at home.

1917
In St. Petersburg, rioters and mutinying soldiers storm the winter palace and force the Czar out. Britain accepts Nicholas II without sparking riots in in England. In Russia, Aleksandr Kerensky is elected prime minister of Russia. Immediately Kerensky gives, Poland, the Baltic States, and Finland independence. Russia can no longer leave its alliance with France.

1918
In the Balkans, Austrian Emperor Ferdinand creates a new tri-state empire between Austria, Hungary, and the new Austrian puppet state called the Pan-Slavic Federation. The Austro-Hungarian-Slavian Empire. In France General Foch takes over the government and promises to return Alsace-Lorraine to France.

1919
France launches Plan XVII and invades Germany. The Great War begins. German forces mount a defense which causes considerable French casualties Mulhouse. France pushes into German territory beyond Alsace. Britain meanwhile stands by on the sidelines. Germany begins a naval blockade of France. Germany asks for Britain to allow German ships in its territorial waters. England refuses. The Christmas Truce is declared between the Germans and French.

1920
Germany launches attacks on Belgium and the Netherlands with the Schleifen Plan. Britain declares war on Germany. British ships arrive in time to evacuate Rotterdam from Germany. Italy declares war on France and moves into Southern France. German forces in Belgium are stopped on the Meuse River. Though Brussels is occupied, Belgium is not. All sides adopt helmets, the Italians used captured French Adrian's, and America would ironically adopt the Brodie. In Africa Egyptian forces invade Libya while Ethiopian troops invade Italian Somaliland. In America the USA annexes Mexico. Anti-American sentiment arises across Latin America. Japan meanwhile decides it's in their best interest to side with Germany. Almost immediately Japanese soldiers invade Indochina and Malaya. Australia and New Zealand declare war on Japan.

1921
Anglo-Franco-Hollander-Belgian defenses hold in Europe. The Schleifen Plan has failed. On the front trench warfare has stalemated the two sides in lines of trenches stretching from Preisland in the Netherlands to Paca in Southern France. With pressure from France, and promises of plunder by Britain, Spain and Portugal join the war. The Entente begins to push back Germany. Britain falls under the control of William Wallace. Wallace wants the destruction of America. The British convince the Russians to send their fleets to the Pacific.

1922
Canada bombards Boston and New York. The US declares war on the Entente. All of Latin America declares war on America. The US rushes its soldiers to their respective positions. Russo-Canadian troops push into New York. Latin America unites into the new nation of Pan-Latina. Latino forces move in American Mexico. Britain now decides to avenge the English defeat in the Hundred Years War. British attack French positions on the Front. France negotiates a truce with Germany. Germany declares war on Russia. Austria declares war on Russia. Poland declares war on Russia. Russo-Canadian troops invade Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. In Quebec, Commonwealth forces massacre protesters and Canada outlaws the French language. This causes France to end the war against Germany and fight against Britain. The Americans field has weapons against Russian soldiers in Seattle causing devastating effects. America's very existence is threatened. In Russia Leon Trotsky with the Bolsheviks overthrows Kerensky. Russia switched sides. Rebel officers kill their Generals and flee to the US lines. The Russo-American army liberates most US west coast territories and join John Pershing in the Latina campaign.

1923
Russia invades India. British forces are locked else in the world and against Japan which means India is left for the Russians. Franco-Russo-German bombers start to hit Britain. Japan attacks Russian positions in Manchuria. In America any hopes of Entente victory wanes. In Saskatchewan Canada, rebels take up arms. Meanwhile the British sail up the Potomac and bombard Washington DC. The Russo-American forces start a campaign to liberate the Northeast USA. Britain fields conscripts from the two new puppet nations hey set up. Empire with New York as its capital, and New England with Boston as its capital. The new offensive is also reinforced with Franco-German troops shipped to America. Down south Central Powers forces move into Columbia. Panama is admitted to the Union as a full state. The US waits for new weapons before launching the Northeast offensive.

1924
The USA unveils the tank. The Central Powers quickly come up with new designs and ship them to America. The Russo-American forces launch attacks into the Canadian Rockies. Both sides use mountain warfare tactics met with sum statism amounts of casualties by machine guns, small pack cannons, and simple accidents. And with the Russians and Americans speaking different languages the Central Powers forces were horribly confused. The Northeast Offensive is launched. The British and their allies fall back mounting small rear guard defenses. In South America the Central Powers advance slows as the terrain turns against them. In Latina, General Fernando Puerto launches a military coup against the Latino government. The Junta Party takes control of Latina and begins raging a guerrilla war against the Central Powers. In Ottawa the Canadian government is toppled by rebels. Canada surrenders and joins the central powers. In Britain Wallace is toppled in a coup by Winston Churchill, after that Britain surrenders.

Treaty of London


 * Britain loses some colonies in Africa to Germany and Italy.


 * Canada becomes a permanent US ally while Quebec is given independence.


 * The Monroe doctrine will officially apply to the US protection of the Americas.


 * Japan to receive all of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.


 * France annexes Alsace-Lorraine to prevent any future Franco-German Wars.


 * The Netherlands and Belgium become German protectorates.

1925
The European Central Powers withdraw all military forces from America. Britain, France, and the Netherlands hand over all Caribbean islands to US protection. Emperor Ferdinand of Austria dies. Hungary stages a revolution. Slavic soldiers move into Bosnia. The Austrian government falls apart as Queen Sophie flees to Pan-Slavic Federation. Germany occupies all German speaking territory.

Treaty of Vienna


 * All former minority's are to be returned to national rule.


 * Hungary, Bohemia, Hungary, and Slovakia are given independence.


 * Germany annexes Austria and the Sudetenland.


 * The Pan-Slavic Federation is to annex all Slavic regions. The new nation of Yugoslavia is formed.

US troops push into the Amazon.

1926
Latino and American navy's duke in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Due to this the US buys 20 German submarine's and build the worlds first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley. In Asia Japan is angry by its sudden ending of the war. In the Imperial Senate, people say if Russia had joined the other side Japan could have gotten huge gains of Siberia. It is de coded to start a expansionist campaign. Japan invades Manchuria and reinstalling the old Chinese King. Japan also invades Mongolia turning it into another puppet state with pledges of soldiers and food. In Europe Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, and Britain (forced) enter a economic and military alliance called the European Community. It is planned that by 1965 the EC will unite and form the European Commonwealth.

1927
Japan invades China from all directions. US bombers begin pounding the Latin capital of Montevideo. The USA also pushes down the Brazilian coast. America pelages to defeat Pan-Latina no matter that cost and absorb it into the Union. The Japanese by winter conquer Nanjing.

1928
American engineer Howard Hughes reveals the worlds first flying aircraft carrier. The airship race begins. US planes now strike deep into Pan-Latinas war industry. Meanwhile the USA secures all of Brazil and moves into Paraguay and Chile. Russia begins to build up its armies in Siberia. In Latina riots begin in Montevideo forcing General Puerto to flee to Santiago. He is later killed in a bomber raid. After his death Latina surrenders to the USA and is made into a series commonwealths by America. John Pershing acting President gives a speech. In it he says, "America has become the greatest empire in the world. It stretches from the Alaska to Argentina. America with endless resources and territory must be able to take on any nation that threatens our freedom".

1929
Bosnian Muslims rise up against the government of Yugoslavia. Several Yugoslav soldiers are killed. This causes Yugoslavia to declare martial law in Bosnia. The Germans, Hungarians, and Italians move into Yugoslavia and annex claimed regions. In the US John Pershing is reelected President. The British economy collapses. Indian severs its ties from Britain. Japan takes advantage of this and invades Australia. Fearing Japanese invasion New Zealand becomes a US commonwealth. The USA and Russia begin a general mobilization.

1930
The Japanese situation in China worsens as Japanese soldiers report fighting Chinese armed with Russian and American guns. The Japanese begin to use nerve gas for the first time in history. Russia then stops sending arms to China because Trotsky is assassinated. Seeing Muslims being oppressed by a European nation the Ottoman Empire invades Yugoslavia. The Third Balkan War begins. The Ottomans quickly overwhelm Greece, Bulgaria, and Macedonia. German forces enter Yugoslavia. Italy is forced into the war after Ottoman ships shell Tobruk and Tripoli. Italiano-Yugoslav ships win the battle of the Mediterranean. Russia commits to the war by sending arms and ships them to the Yugoslavs. Hungarian soldiers enter Serbia. Ottoman troops enter Serbia. A military coup brings down the Socialist government of Russia. Symbols of the Bolshevik Party are removed and the Federal Kingdom of Russia is declared by White Russians. China begins pushing back Japan. Meanwhile Inner Mongolians take control of Mongolia itself.

1931
Japan retreats out of China and into Manchuria. In Russia the government is reformed Vladimir Kappel is elected Prime Minister of the FKR. The Duma is divided between two parties, the Socialist Party made of more liberal remnants of the Bolshevik Party, and the Republican Party, a more conservative group of Russia. Japan and China make peace with Japan retreating to its previous borders. China falls into civil war. A Inner Mongolian leader declares himself the Supreme Khan and wants to recreate the Mongol Empire. In Spring the Mongolian Wars begin with the Mongol invasion of the Kingdom of Manchuria. With China in chaos and Japan recovering from the five years slogging through China, Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire. Persia declares war on Russia. Britain declares war on Persia to secure its oil interests. Indian soldiers move into Persia. The Central Powers stem the Ottoman tide pushing them back into Macedonia and Bulgaria. However the Ottomans got far enough to Bosnia to evacuate most Muslims. Britain fields the first combat ready airships against the Persians in the battle of Bam.

1932
Persia surrenders after the Russian capture of Tehran. Russian airships bombard Istanbul. The Sultan moves to a temporary capital in Aleppo. Italian forces land in Albania. A workers movement called The Young Kurds begin to fight a guerrilla war in Kurdistan and Armenia. The battle of Van, the Principality of Armenia is formed by Russia. Russian troops move into Kurdistan. Mongolia captures Harbin, Manchurian leadership flees to Anshan. In Winter Greece is liberated by Italy. The Ottomans move for a defensive position around Thrace. Russia spreads Orthodox Christianity among its occupied territories. The Ottomans raid a German section of the line and capture several Jewish battalions. The commanders kill all the soldiers. In response the Central Powers raid Mecca from Italian Somaliland. Russian troops capture Bagdad.

1933

A Yugoslav artillery battery opposing the Thrace Line

A Yugoslav regiment breaks through the line and enters Istanbul. The Central Powers then break through the Thrace Line and invade Asia Minor. A Italian invasion of Arabia is launched using Somaliland as a spring board. Several Jewish rebellions spark up in Palestine. British forces secure Palestine and create Israel. The Sultan is killed by rebels under Russian leadership. The Ottoman Empire surrenders.

Treaty of Istanbul


 * Istanbul is to be renamed Constantinople.


 * The Ottoman Empire is reduced to territories that include Syria, Lebanon, and all of natural Turkish Asia Minor.


 * Arabia though not officially part of the war is to retrive the Ottomans Red Sea territory.


 * The Republic of Kurdistan is set up with Eastern Asia Minor and Northern Iraq and Syria part of the new nation.


 * Yugoslavia, a failed "experiment", is to be dismantled. Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia (with Bosnia), Albania, and Hungary are to be independent once again.

In America Franklin Roosevelt is elected President. Mongolia invades the anarchistic remnants of China. China has been split into several competing countries. The New Qin Empire controls Central China, the Federation of Han controls the Southeast part, the Russian Duchy of Uyghur controls Xinjiang, and the Mongolians to the north.

1934

The remains of the USS Oregon, flag ship of the US Pacific Fleet after Manila Bay

Japan invades the Dutch East Indies. Japan then uses the East Indies as spring board to attack Indochina and Australia. America declares war on Japan. Japanese planes and airships destroy the US Pacific Fleet in Manila Bay. Mongolia and Japan sign a non-aggression pact. The US begins to ferry soldiers to Australia. The Mongols capture Tsingtao bringing Germany into conflict with Japan and Mongolia. Though being a regional superpower, Russia remains neutral for now. Prime Minister Kappel plans to build up his Siberian divisions with troops from the west and the Russian duchy's spread across Asia. Britain grants India independence after a failed last stand in the Indian Ocean. The Mongol Empires advance is halted outside Xi'an. The New Qin Empire begins massive offensive to push back the Mongols and fight the American backed Han's. For now the Federation of Han had been at war with New Qin, but after a devastating airship raid by the Mongols of the Han capital of Shang Hi brings peace between Han and Qin.

1935

Japanese soldiers after making landfall outside Anchorage

Japan lands soldiers in Anchorage, Alaska and Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Allies of America and Australia declare war on Japan. Siam, Burma, and India, though not truly threatened still don't wish to be conquered by Japan. Quebec and Canada are forced into the war since they a technically American "protectorates". This spikes riots in both nations which see Britain and France as better nations than the giant continent spanning USA. Mongolia launches preemptive airstrikes on Tibet and India. Japan expands rapidly quickly conquering much of Southeast Asia.

1936

Australian soldiers in the battle of Darwin

The war in Alaska quickly turns against Japan as they lose nearly 3,000 men to cold, starvation, attacks by local wildlife, militias, and the US-Canadian-Quebecois armies. A new type of tank is unveiled by German. Called the mobile bunker these new super tanks with warship size cannons can ripe huge gaps in a enemies trench line. The Australians and Germans use a new mobile bunker against Japan in the battle of Falls Creek. Japan's Australian conquest force is completely demoralized after an entire division of lightly armored to Japanese tanks were destroyed. The Central Powers forces use poison gas against Japanese forces in Australia. America refuses the use of gas in Alaska as not to kill any wildlife in the near untouched wilderness of the state. Japanese forces in Alaska are stopped. The US navy wins several battles against Japan in the Gulf of Alaska. Japanese forces are cut off. Japanese soldiers in Australia are driven out. Central Powers forces plan for a liberation of Indonesia and the Philippines.

1937

New Zealand National Guard P-32 Firehawk in Truk Lagoon

Quebecois soldiers land outside Anchorage as a huge American offensive pushes into occupied Fairbanks. The US fields the Eagle Eye class airship. The US then drops gas bombs onto Japan. The Central Powers launch a island hoping campaign against Japan. Sensing weakness Mongolia begins to build up forces on the Japanese border. The Supreme Khan flys to the front in his person airship. It crashes in a huge fireball making Russia believe Mongolia is attacking. Russia's armies pour into the New Mongol Empire. Japan is attacked by Mongolia. Russian forces bomb Pusan and destroy the Japanese evacuation fleet. With no hope left Japan surrenders.

1938

British soldiers being deployed into the Ottoman Empire

In Europe France exits the European Community. Britain follows suit. Italy's economy collapses allowing King Emmanuel to dictatorial powers. Italy exits. Most European nations begin rearming. Britain sends its armies across the world.

1939

An American soldier in war games with Canadian and Quebecois units in New York

USA, Canada, Quebec, and Japan declare neutrality from any European war. Russia defeats the Mongols and Annexes Mongolia and Manchuria. France annexes Southern Belgium and French speaking parts of Switzerland. Monaco is invaded by France. The Entente is reformed. Britain sends the BEF to France and the Ottoman Empire.

1940

German soldiers rush out of trenches into Holland

German invasion of Holland and Flanders. Both sides use trench warfare to great effect. Eventually after the battle of Reims the Central Powers and Entente are stalemated on the Western Front. British airship fly across Central Asia providing Russia with supply's. Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, and Hungary join the Central Powers. The Ottoman Empire joins the Entente. Entente armies wreck the German colonies in Africa and the Pacific. Russia at the last moment joins the Entente hoping to take back Poland and the Baltic states.

1941

British soldiers hold off a German attack outside Antwerp

The Central Powers conquer the west coast of the Ottoman Empire. Central Powers units stomp across Russia after the battle of Vilnius. America is divided on which side to join. The Ottomans fall apart as Kurdish insurgents plague the Entente armies. German soldiers capture Belgium and Holland. Entente lines hold against any German advances into Alsac-Lorraine. Entente forces stop the Germans on the Meuse River.

1942

French artillerymen man a 75mm gun on the front

Central Powers forces enter Syria. German uses missile technology to great effect against tanks and aircraft. Russia is pushed ever back by German mobile bunkers. German forces break through on the Western Front. The battle of the Marne is a bloodbath. German heavy missiles hit Paris. Eiffel Tower collapsed after being hit.

1943

Russian soldiers counter attack during the battle of Petrograd

Moscow and Petrograd are captured, Russian government moves to Chelyabinsk. German forces attack into the Caucasus. German airships and land forces decimate Entente forces in Northern France. Spain joins the war fearing a German invasion to get to Portugal. Germany takes Paris. Entente collapse on the Western Front. Italy joins the war on the Central Powers side after enough decision. Italy then invades Corsica and sends troops to the Middle East. Entente forces begin setting up defensive positions in the Pyrenees. The Entente governments meet Madrid. It is decided to unite Europe into one country. For now the nation would be a propaganda name, the Free European Federation. It would be decided that hardcore British prime minister Winston Churchill would be the first president of the FEF and the capital will be in London.

1944

British soldiers rest during the retreat to Spain, France was a virtually turned into a wasteland by the two sides

Italy invades France and captures Monaco and Marseille. German forces secure the north of the country and push General Wavell's BEF army back into the sea. Italy annexes Albania. Germany takes the time to invade Scandinavia. British and Commonwealth soldiers are rushed to Norway and Sweden. Within a month Germany occupies Stockholm. The retreat to Spain is a success. German troops reach the Ural's. German forces lay siege to Russia, not wishing to overrun their supply lines. Central Powers forces capture Palestine and Iraq. FEF situation in the Middle East deteriorates. The Entente begins fortifying Norway as Sweden falls. Germany halts all offensive moves for the winter giving more preparation for the Entente.

1945

Greek soldiers stand at attention before a parade into Mecca

The Central Powers easily conquered Arabia. Yet Britain secretly said to Portugal that it would allow Portugal control of Iberia in exchange for its colonies. The FEF outraged makes General Charles De Gaulle as president. Britain is expelled from the FEF. This causes Germany to launch several precise strategic bombing raids of Spanish and Portuguese cities. The Pro-German Sultan of the Turk Caliphate (a central powers puppet states of the former Ottoman Empire) tells the Central Powers high command in Vienna that he can no longer control his country. Pro-Entente rebels control much of the countryside. It is decided to break up he Ottoman Empire. Greece gets the west coast, Bulgaria gets Thrace, and Italy gets the rest. Spain falls into civil war between pro-Entente and pro-Central Powers forces. Portugal invades Spain on a long march to Madrid. German and Italian forces pummel the Entente frontline.

1946

Portuguese soldiers during the battle of Guernica

A German-Italian offensive pushes into Northern Spain. The Central Powers get as far as Guernica and Barcelona. Airships couldn't provide effective support due to the rugged terrain. German-Italian armies push into France. Using new anti-tank weapons and heavy weapons the FEF launch a attack towards Marseille. The Entente Air Force manages to keep the sky's clear of German airships as Portuguese and British forces advance on Lyons. The FEF lands forces in Sicily and Sardinia, once again using the terrain and the FEFs naval superiority against Central Powers airships. Indian and ANZAC forces move into into Iraq. Russian airstrikes in Poland and Ukraine hamper Germany's war effort. The FEF focus their main forces on retaking France while holding its Mediterranean territories.

1947

A Irish soldier watches over surrendering Germans after a attack near Bordeaux

FEF advance in France continues with major success. Portugal after taking Madrid decides to annex Spain but leave Basque and Catalonia independent in exchange for joining the war against the Central Powers. A Italian attack near Monaco shocks Entente leaders as they sustained heavy casualties due to Italian aircraft. French troops reenforces Entente positions along with Catalonian and Basque soldiers. To counter the threat of aircraft, the FEF begins researching new infantry anti-aircraft weapons. For now a shoulder mounted mortar with shrapnel shells is the best weapon. Germany begins research for new aircraft that are faster than the old mono-wing aircraft from the late 30s and early 40s. The FEF abandons Scandinavia for Germany. The British army is redirected to new offensives in Iraq and Kurdistan. Free Ottoman soldiers take Kut. The FEF invades Yemen. Central Power armies are too spread out and pull out of Arabia. The Entente sets up the New Arabian Caliphate.

1948

A German medium tank rushes across no mans land during a counter attack outside Aleppo

The Entente drives deep into Syria and France. The Anglo-Portuguese armies prepare to take Paris but are thwarted when new German Sturmwolke-111 airships demolish their frontline positions. The Entente have created new anti-airship technology and are ready to use it. Modeled after German rockets, these "Euro-loaf" multi-rocket launchers are the Ententes best hope at bringing down a airship. The British design a airship that can use the guns of a battleship while launching aircraft. The Italians try to take Sicily back from the Entente. It fails horribly as French airships prevented the landings. Italy then decides to bombard the island into submission. A Entente drive pushes into Anatolia. Russia launches trench raids against lightly defended German positions in the Ural's. Germany decides to use Swedish and Finish troops to hold the Ural front. The first Ukrainian troops arrive in Anatolia. The FEF drives their troops to Milan. Rome is heavily bombed by the FEF. Central Powers soldiers morale in the east begins to decrease after Russian raids start becoming ever more bloody. Unknown to the occupied people's, Germany has big plans for the east.

1949

German soldiers parade through Warsaw

On New Year's Day Germany annexed Poland. After 32 years of independence Poland has been swallowed by another country. The international community protests the action as a act of territorial greed. Germany then declares new duchy's in Western Russia. The Kingdoms of New Novgorod and Ukraine were placed under German kings. The Entente launches new offensives into the Caucasus determined to liberate Russia. The Entente invades Anatolia. The Ottoman Empire reasserts itself in Damascus. The Entente invades Corsica and liberates it. The FEF launch a invasion of Italy. German forces are tied up else where allowing Italy to fall to the Entente. China is finally unified under Mongolia. The Mongols invade Persia. The Entente declares war on Mongolia. Civil war sparks in India over independence. Australian and South African troops only spark more insurrection. It is decided to secede a area around Kashmir and Pakistan as the new nation of Free India. Japan launches a invasion of French Indochina and Siam. Japan is determined to take India. The US begins sending aid to the Entente.

1950

British soldiers examine a captured German machine gun after taking Rome

Rome is captured, Italy switches sides. Entente and Slavic troops battle at the Isonzo River. New Entente offensive into France. German forces lay waste to the city of Paris. The air battle is destructive as entire airships crash into the city. Germany develops jet propelled aircraft. The German Air Force says it will not have 1,000 active planes until 1952 due to the complex nature of the motor. Entente Generals promise to bring the troops home by Christmas. Russia after a decade of war collapses. Mongolia quickly swallows the country. The Germans launch a massive air raid on London. Thousands of bombers and hundreds of airships bombard the city. The king and queen are killed and most important places are bombed to rubble. Both sides begin research for a new super bomb that can destroy whole cities. German and Dutch forces rally and attack into France retaking Paris and driving the Entente back with their mighty air force. India is granted independence and attacks into Mongol occupied Persia. The Mongolian armies in the Middle East are cut off and destroyed. Japan attacks Mongolia. Entente forces break it of the Caucasus. Entente armies head towards Bismarkberg (formerly Kresenskygrad). However Mongol Air Force fighters hamper the operation. The Central Powers offensive in France continues into winter.

1951

A Hungarian mortar squad lobs mortar shells at Entente positions outside Krasnodar

The Entente offensive in Southern Russia batters the Hungarian and Ukrainian units stationed with battle hardened German forces are caught off guard. The British land in Calais and Normandy on June 6th, 1951. The Entente drive deeper into Russia reaching Bismarkberg by August. The city is easily taken after a pincer maneuver. FFL marines capture Crete from Greece.

1952

Australian soldiers during the invasion of Ukraine

Entente forces push into Ukraine. Entente forces invade Central Asia which is occupied by Mongolia. This campaign is short lived as Japan conquers old Mongolia. Japan annexes Manchuria. From the chaos of Asia has new nations form. The Muslims of Central Asia unite to form Islamstan. China has been divided by Han and the New Khmer Empire. The Federal Kingdom of Siberia dominated the north and Japan owns Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin, and Formosa. The FKS pledges its allegiance to the Entente and declares war on Germany. The FEF marched towards Moscow. In November FEF and FKS soldiers meet in Red Square in celebration. The New York Times predicts the wars end by 1955 if the FEF doesn't overstretch its armies with fighting in Russia, France, Italy, and Turkey.

1953

Siberian troops move through Archangel during the Great Winter Offensive

The Siberians launch a massive offensive in winter aimed at recapturing Archangel. Entente forces counter attack in France and push into Trieste, Italy. The Germans use the strategic Crimean Peninsula to stage massive raids on Entente positions in Ukraine and Russia. The Entente invades Greece from Ottoman territory. Greco-Bulgarian units manage to put up a great defense against the FEF. The German army pushes the British out of Calais. The Portuguese and British meet up outside Bordeaux.

1954

A Catalonian mortar unit fires a mortar at German positions near Lyon

German offensives open up on the western front. The Entente officers respond with a fierce counter attack. Both sides obliterate each other's trenches with airships. Germany deploys hundreds of mobile bunkers on both fronts. Kresenskygrad is recaptured along with Moscow. The German navy raids Scapa Flow destroying much of the British navy. In the USA, a new type of music evolves from black rythem'n Blues. The new German offensives set back the war for another 5 years. FEF offensives in Italy pay off, Croatia is captured and Entente troops enter Hungary and German Austria. Germany uses Bohemian and Slovakian troops to hold the Austrian front. Germany continues its drive in the east.

1955

Ukrainian infantry rush against Entente positions outside Novgorod

Vienna is captured, the German leadership purges the Central Power armies. Hungarian armies move into Entente occupied territory. Germany however forces the Entente to evacuate Vienna by almost encircling the whole Entente army. In the East German troops once again reach the Caucasus. Support for the war in Britain and Europe's colonies begins to wane. Protests begin in most major colonial cities demanding equal representation. Britain in response passes the London Stature forming the Imperial Commonwealth of Britain. This essentially unites most of the British empire into one country. The flag is changed from a Union Jack to a red lion head in a white circle surrounded by a dark blue background. Major British provinces are Rhodesia, South Africa, Britannia, Atlantica, and Australasia. German planes continually harass British airships supplying Russia. The Entente begins researching its own jet fighters. America starts its "turbo" project aimed at creating their first jet.

1956

Latvian volunteers about to ambush a Siberian column in Karelia

German forces reach the Ural's. Siberia orders a immediate counter attack. The British launch massive bombing raids on Berlin almost killing the Kaiser. FEF forces in Croatia push into Bosnia. Siberia pushes heavily in Spring eventually reaching Karelia and Moscow. The Germans develops new tanks like the Cougar to counter Siberian T-24 medium tanks. Entente battleships bombard Salonica. A landing then takes place with over 10,000 men being killed on both sides.

1957

Two British Avro Comet Tails in the sky's above France

The Entente reveal new jets and launch a massive offensive in France Paris is recaptured by the Entente. The Entente surround Greece and force it to surrender. A Siberian offensive into Finland succeeds. Petrograd is liberated. The German launch attacks into Italy. The air war is stalemated.

1958

A Siberian tank destroyer moves through Warsaw

The Entente push into Germany and the Balkans. The Siberian launch a invasion of Sweden to liberate it. Stability in Indochina collapses as Leninists under Ho Chi Minh rebel. France unable to resists abandons the colony. The British move into the region and annex it into Australasia. The Entente invade Rumania and Hungary. Germany resists futilely.

1959

British soldiers move down a Hamburg street

The Entente push into Berlin. The Kaiser says he will never surrender. The Entente destroys Berlin from the air. Hundreds of airships drop a million tons of bombs on the city. The FEF capture most government buildings. The Kaiser is killed in a artillery strike. Germany surrenders upon the news.

The Versailles Treaty


 * Germany shall no longer retain a empire.


 * Siberia shall annex all lost Russian territories including Poland, the Baltic States and Finland.


 * Portugal shall retain its annexation of Spain.


 * The Free European Federation is disbanded. In its place is the Eurasian Military and Trade Organization or EMTO.


 * Massive tracks of Germany's land is lost. Austria shall be independent and Bohemia shall gain the Sudetenland.

Aftermath of the Second Great War 1940-1959

100,000,000 killed

60% of pre-war French population killed.

70,000,000 non-combatant deaths

50,000,000 wounded

Casualties

Russia/Siberia: 3 million

France and colonies: 7 million

Portugal and colonies: 3 million

British Empire/ICB: 10 million casualties

Scandinavian countries: 2 million

Germany and colonies: 5 million

1960

The ruins of Berlin one year after Germany's surrender

A civil war in the Holland. Britain occupies Indonesia. Germany is abandoned for its own demise. Berliners scavenge through the rotting bodies and burned out tanks. The Siberia Union forms the New Federal Kingdom of Russia. Czar Alexei reenters Petrograd with triumph. The Duma passes a act stating Petrograd will be the monarchal capital while Moscow will be the political capital. The Entente celebrate their victory. However France is weary and maintains a large army on the German border. Young Kaiser Wilhelm IV (who was hiding in Bavaria) gathers a German army and marches to Berlin. People have resorted to cannibalism. The Kaiser begins to rebuild Berlin.

1961

US invasion of the Commonwealth of Nicaragua

In the USA now president Barry Goldwater authorizes a invasion of several Latin American commonwealths who are in a state of rebellion against America. In response to this the USA developed agent orange as a suitable replacement for mustard gas. Using new helicopter technology the USAAF establishes air superiority over several commonwealths. Rock'n roll plays a huge part in American morale. Japan installs puppet governments in China and east Asia. A triple Cold War begins. Attempting to annex American territory, Japan begins supplying rebels in Panama.

1962

The American flag raised over Hill 32 in Panama, this was the first true battle of the Latin American War

The USA launches a invasion of Panama. The battle of Hill 32 is a American victory but a hard fought one. This is the beginning of the Latin American War. The US and Commonwealth governments crackdown on independence movements. Germany begins to rebuild itself and its army. Eurasian Alternative Media begins to state that in the long run, Germany will wage a Third Great War to finally destroy the Entente. The USA establishes the Pan-Latino/American Trade Organization or PLATO. Japan establishes the East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.

1963

The North American B-80 Stratoflyer, the worlds first jet bomber

The US leads the race for new weapons. The US tests the

F-200 Goblin fighter jet, the first airship launched jet plane. The St. Louis scandal, president Goldwater resigns after a eye witness sexual assault on his niece. Vice President Richard Nixon comes to power. The Eurasian Pact begins installing liberal and monarchist regimes throughout Africa and Asia. Russia declares Kurdistan and Turkmenistan Grand Duchies. Islamstan is disbanded and annexed by Russia. Japan declares the Kingdoms of Mongolia and Chūgoku. The Commonwealth of Chile declares allegiance to the USA and sends troops to Latin America. Britain hands over Atlantica to the US in exchange for New Zealand. Atlantica is renamed the Commonwealth of Terra Nova. New Zealand is annexed into Australasia.

1964

Chilean paratrooper during the Christmas Offensive, the larges offensive ever launched by the LALA during the Latin American War

Peru joins the war on the US side. Britain offers to start peace talks in Liverpool the independence movements and USA agree. In South Africa and America, both are facing near rebellion due to racist laws like segregation and apartheid. Japan begins increasing their arms sails to the Latin movements. Canada, Quebec, and Terra Nova begin sending troops to Latin America. The US cruiser Jacksonville captured a Japanese ship loaded with weapons. The USA demands a explanation. Japan replies by demanding a 99-year lease of the Panama Canal and 5 oil rigs in Alaska as payment for Japan to stop running guns to the Latin rebels. However a Filipino unit discovers a camp full of more arms and ammo than what a Japanese ship could carry. The USA tells Japan to back off because Latin America isn't their business. President Nixon declares war on Anarchy. The OSS conducts several raids across the USA and its commonwealths.

1965

A US Pit Bull armored transport crew examines the US government building in Caracas

Anarchist resistance in South America was nothing until the Caracas bombings of January 7th, 1965. At this time Nixon declared marshal law in the commonwealths. PLATO forces flooded in. The US sent its airships to Panama. In Spring a containership caring weapons for anarchists in a lock and exploded destroying the Panama Canal. Immediately shipping from Asia to Europe via North America was stopped. While Nicaragua was quelled the US began building a 3 lane canal though the flat terrain. Covered by airships and 500,000 soldiers all across America. About 5 miles on both sides were dug the whole year.

1966

Russian tanks lined up during the Russia decrees that the American annexation of Alaska was illegal and that Alaska was a 99-year lease of the territory. Russia threatens the USA to remove its military from Alaska and allow Russia to enter. The USA refuses. Tensions escalate when the main US carrier task force Pershing scrambles aircraft after spotting Russian airships off the coast of Hawaii. Russia also uses the Japanese annexation of Sakhalin as illegal. Japan's entry forces Russia to back down on Europe's terms. The US invades Venezuela. Bolivia declares allegiance to the USA. The US begins rebuilding the Panama Canal. In Nicaragua the canal work increases due to a influx of poor workers from the US Mexican states and US black population. South Africa votes to ban apartheid.

1967

Patagonia declares independence from Argentina but still asks to be a US commonwealth. The Latin American War dies down as most anarchist and independence movements have been crushed. Patagonia and Ecuador declare allegiance to America. The US begins shipping its soldiers back. The first lock is rebuilt in Panama. Democrat Jimmy Carter wins the US presidency. The Entente make plans for establishing a Arab power in the Middle East. Japanese forces are diverted from Sakhalin to crush a Chinese rebellion in Manchuria.