Timeline of 20th Century (MastahCheef117)

1912

 * Titanic disappears shortly after leaving European waters.
 * Germany and Austria-Hungary begin massive buildup of military might.
 * Joint British-American scientists create a Tri-Bomber, a plane with three engines. It is the first fighter-bomber in history.

1915

 * Germany invades Luxembourg and attacks Belgian infantry.
 * Germany invades Denmark and takes it over within several months.
 * First dogfight in history erupts between three German Fokker E.III's and two French Moraine-Saulnier L's.
 * France, Belgium, Italy, Bulgaria and Croatia declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
 * Joint Belgian-French offensive against German-held Luxembourg brings several small cities under Allied occupation.
 * Austria-Hungary launches an assault against Bulgaria and Croatia, bringing them under control from August to October.

1916

 * Britain joins the war against Germany.
 * Poland joins the war on the Central Powers.
 * Joint Polish-Austria-Hungary forces invade northern Italy, as German cavalry smash Belgian fortifications in Luxembourg, pushing them back several miles.
 * Britain begins first air raid in history, sending a dozen Tri-Bombers with several Fighter escort over to bomb Luxembourg's capital with the same name.
 * French tanks and cavalry charge German defenses and begin to push back German home front soldiers.
 * America joins the war with the Allies.
 * Sweden joins the war with the Central Powers and help to hold German soil from French invaders.

1917

 * American infantry arrive in Europe by January, and begin to assist French forces attacking Germany.
 * British cavalry arrive in Italy to help sustain the tiring forces from Poland-Austria-Hungary forces.
 * Belgian naval forces land infantry on the coast of Luxembourg and surround German infantry there.
 * French forces beat German-Swedish forces back to Stuttgart.
 * British-American infantry land on Denmark's shore supported by aircraft- Northern Denmark is secured and Sweden repositions it's home guard soldiers to counterattack the Allied forces there.
 * Massive aerial forces between Italy, America, Britain and France meet with German, Swedish and Polish aircraft over Wehr- hundreds of craft are shot down, almost evenly distributed, but is broken up when aerial artillery arrive and destroy more Central powers planes, forcing a retreat.

1918

 * Surrounded German forces in Luxembourg almost surrender when Polish infantry arrive and break Belgian infantry up- advance continues for thirty miles back into Belgium and fighting continues at Antwerp.
 * French and American forces stuck at Heidelberg and can't push past defenses- fighting will continue there for another year.
 * Swedish land invasion infantry attack Allied defenses at Northern Denmark but are repulsed- British-American forces reach Kolding.
 * Italian forces supported by British cavalry help greatly- Central Powers forces beaten back to Trieste.
 * German naval forces land near Le Havre in France, but are beaten back with massive casualties- 500,000 Germans are killed and nearly a dozen major transports destroyed, at the cost of virtually no French casualties.
 * Austria-Hungary forces move to attempt to air raid a British-French naval forces heading for the shores near Venice to support British cavalry already there. Although almost all planes are destroyed, four of the twelve transport ships are destroyed and are forced to dock at Rome until reinforcements can arrive.
 * Polish and Swedish tanks cross the borders into Lithuania and the country falls within just under a month.
 * Swedish naval forces bombard Latvia and support the Polish and Swedish forces into the country- fighting is limited and the country also falls quickly.
 * By September British troop transports arrive and they continue on to Venice, landing an additional 100,000 infantry and cavalry and several hundred tanks. Austria-Hungary forces are pushed back to Nova Gorica in Slovenia.

1919

 * Swedish and Polish forces cross the borders into Russia, supported by long-range bombers and ground attack craft. Central Powers forces reach Moscow in several months, and Russia breaks apart into several small, unorganized military kingdoms. Under the command of German King Hautt von Friedsburg, Polish and Swedish forces are left in the area and watch over the warring kingdoms, siphoning resources from the rubble of the Russian monarchy.
 * British-Italian forces leave Slovenia and reach Germany, and begin to try and reach stranded French and American forces stranded in Heidelberg. They reach there by May and begin the combined push to Berlin.
 * Belgian-French forces at Antwerp are pushed back to Leuven- losing there means the fall of Belgium and the possible defeat in the war.
 * British-American infantry in Denmark reach Northern Germany and push through massive casualties and fierce fighting from the Germans. Soon they will be forced back by Swedish and Polish reinforcements from the north east and east, and would be on the defensive on Southern Denmark borders.
 * Belarus joins the war on the Central Powers' side.
 * Belorussian-Polish-Swedish tanks, infantry and planes invade Northern Denmark. British-American defenses crumble and all northern defenses fall to Randers, while Polish-German-Austria-Hungary forces push southern defenses to Kolding. French reinforcements attempt to go around while naval forces, but can't due to a massive German blockade near Belgium. Supplies must be brought in with aircraft, and French forces must push through German defenses to reach Denmark.

1920

 * German Southern defenses crumbling, most Polish and Swedish tanks in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia pull back to assist southern defenses.
 * King Hautt von Friedsburg tells Belarusian generals to disposition forces behind the Austria-Hungary lines, so when the French-British-Italian-American forces arrive, Austria-Hungary forces can retreat and be reinforced by the Belorussian lines.
 * British-American forces rout from Denmark. American Lieutenant General James Francis says before he leaves, "I will be back." His words will come true over a year later.
 * Belgian-French forces are reinforced by American tank battalions, and push German forces back to Liege. The battle there will continue into the following year.
 * Hautt von Friedsburg's plan was correct- Austria-Hungary forces retreat to the Belorussian line and Italian-British forces fight hard to disposition the German lines. It would take nearly two whole years to do so.
 * French naval forces crack the German blockade around Belgium, and, with a surge of supplies, Belgian-French forces push German infantry completely out of Belgium, and begin attacking Luxembourg.
 * British-Italian aerial forces, consisting of nearly three-dozen Tri-Bombers attack and destroy Swedish war factories in the retaken Denmark, crumbling Swedish tank production for following years.

1921

 * The Netherlands join the war on the Allies' side.
 * Netherlandish infantry assault German positions at Oldenberg and Osnabruck, smashing German defenses. Hautt von Friedsburg calls upon Polish forces to help hold the line.
 * Russia, with very little security forces guarding them, reunite and begin rebuilding it's military and economy. The next year it will join the war on the Allie's side.
 * After the bombing on Denmark factories, a massive force of +600,000 British-American-French infantry and tanks land on western Denmark at Esbjerg. Under intense pressue, the Swedish-Polish army there of 80,000 surrenders.
 * French-American forces push past Kassel, intending to meet up with Netherlandish-Belgian-French forces and smash Berlin, which would most likely bring the war to an end. They sneak around the Erfurt Line, where British and Italian tanks continue to attack German-Polish-Austria-Hungary-Belorussian forces there.
 * US President Warren G. Harding declares that the war will end soon, and to do so increases tax pay to all American workers after military production rates rise 20%. This is one of the reasons of the later First Depression of the 20th Century.
 * Massive amounts of Russian infantry, estimated at 1.3 million total, smash the small defenses at Latvia and Lithuania, taking them over in less than a month. Then they move to Belarus. After the country falls, the Central Powers are desperate for extra men, power, and money as the Allies close in.

1922

 * British-Italian infantry finally smash the Erfurt Line and meet up with American, Belgian, French and Netherlandish forces and march on to Berlin. They plan to meet up with allied forces in Denmark to attempt a massive attack on Berlin.
 * Hautt von Friedsburg orders a full retreat from all countries- any surviving forces attempt to fall back to the defense of Berlin.
 * By November, the massive amounts of forces meet at Berlin. Poland, Austria-Hungary, and Sweden had fallen earlier that year. Before the Allies enter the city but continue the siege, diplomats are sent out. By November 17, World War I ends.
 * Leaders of Belgium, France, Italy, Britain, American, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Holland, Austria-Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Sweden and Belarus, agree that German territory be limited through Dortmund, Siegen, Frankfurt, Wurzburg, Zwickau, Dresden, Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg, and Osnabruck. German parliament and capital rerouted to Glottingen, in case of future wars, the city cannot fall so easily on the border of a country.
 * The Treaty of Berlin declares that the German military be limited to a mere 200,000 infantry, 200 tanks, several dozen planes, about a dozen warships, and several small forts dotted across the countryside. Many countries across Europe begin rebuilding, with help from larger, more independent countries like Italy, France, Britain, the US, Spain, and Greece. Spain and Greece were almost completely unaffected by the war, other than their donations to the countries in Europe to help win the war.

1925

 * The First Depression of the 20th Century begins in the United States. Unemployment skyrockets to 29% by the end of June. Although America's military and religion stand strong, the economy rots from the stock market crash.
 * By July Britain, Spain, Germany and Italy are affected by the stock market. All over the world, unemployment for the human population is at 23%.
 * By November India, China, Japan, many countries in Africa, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and Canada are affected. Unemployment in the US is at it's highest- 35%, and human population is 28%.

1927

 * President Calvin Coolidge tells the American people to continue working, as the few amounts of unaffected countries donate millions of dollars to affected countries, especially those in Europe and South America. Unemployment worldwide is at 32% as of April.
 * Russia quickly recovers from the Stock markets and begins reinstating the economy. Russia flourishes and begins helping other countries stabilize, most of which include Greece, Italy, Germany, Belarus, and China.
 * Britain recovers and begins helping countries like Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Japan. Worldwide unemployment at 30% as of August.

1928

 * Germany recovers and also begins helping other countries. Because of these efforts, nearly all countries recover from the stock market, all except Bulgaria and Croatia, who were still yet recovering from the War.
 * The United States finally recovers. It helps the most by donating a total of 65 billion dollars worldwide, and helped places like Australia, India, and Brazil stabilize.

1930

 * Herbert Hoover meets with 4,000 World War One veterans and presents each with the Purple Heart and tells the public that:

"War is terrible, death is terrible... and that is why you must cherish life, for without life, there is death and war."


 * Germany creates a new ship class, the Blitzkrieg-class Heavy Cruiser. Blitzkrieg in German is "Lightning war", which many super political figures in Europe feared this meant a second war. It took German officials two years to assure them it was false.