Second Chaos (Hamilton Dies)

The Second Chaos is the name generally given to the period of worldwide political, economical, and social unrest and turmoil from 1922 to 1938.

Causes
After the Eleven Years' War, there were many after-effects. With the Great Depression hitting already-suffering economies in Europe and other parts of the world, the peace after the Eleven Years' War gave way to the Second Chaos.

Main direct causes included, but were not limited to:
 * Newly annexed territories wanting independence
 * Collapse of many economies
 * Expansion of communism
 * Japanese invasion of China
 * Unstable governments in newly independent territories

Economical Impacts
The end of the Eleven Years' War brought economic instability and failures throughout Europe. Economies were attempting to recover, however it was an extremely slow recovery. The recovery was brought to a halt in 1929 with the October 1929 Stock Market Crash, and the beginning of the Great Depression. World economies suffered, and violence and turmoil spread across many places in the world.

Dissolution of Austria
The fall of the Austrian Empire is usually thought of as the beginning of the Second Chaos. In May 1922, several territories throughout Austria declared their independence from Austria. Austria suffered many mutinies and desertions, and by November of 1922, Austria faced recognizing the independence of:
 * Kingdom of Ukraine
 * Kingdom of Romania
 * Republic of Croatia
 * Republic of Montenegro
 * Kingdom of Hungary
 * Kingdom of Galicia
 * Republic of Bosnia

Union of Italy
With the failing economies of Switzerland, Venice, Florence, the Papal States, Sicily, and Sardinia, talks began in 1920 of a union of these Italian nations. In 1921, unification began. Political differences between the nations made the transition long and difficult, however by 1927, Venice, Florence, the Papal States, Sicily, and Sardinia were all parts of the United States of Italy (Switzerland declined the request to join). Unfortunately for the U.S.I., the Great Depression in 1929 brought hatred against the new government and brought Italy under the rule of communism and Antonio Gramsci, who's rule was supported by the Soviet Union.

Finnish War of Independence
Finland was able to briefly gain independence from the Russian Empire in the Eleven Years' War, but quickly fell under the rule of Soviet Russia. However, in 1924, Finland led a bold revolution against Russia and gained its final independence in late 1924.

Soviet Alaskan War
After the Great Depression, several politicians blamed the economic failures on the presence of communism so close to the Untied States. The United States, Mexico, and Gran Columbia proclaimed in 1934 that they would together rid Alaska of Soviet occupation. In 1937, the United States and the Soviet Union created the Arctic States, consisting of some of northern-most Canada and all of Alaska.

Independence of Danish Territories
Denmark, completely ravaged after the war, was unable to sustain itself ruling Norway, Iceland, and Greenland. In 1926, Denmark gave independence to Greenland, Norway, and Iceland.

Polish War of Independence
Poland rebelled in 1925 against the new Prussian rule. Prussia struggled to fight the determined geurilla fighters, and in 1930, admitted Polish independence.

Prussian-Austrian Unification
In 1924, Austria and Prussia began the process of unifying Prussia and what was left of the formerly-great Austrian Empire. The process was complete in 1928.

Franco-Italian War
In 1936, Italy invaded Corsica and southeastern France. The invasion of Corsica was unsuccessful, however in 1938, France ceded a part of France to the new communist Italy.

Libyan Civil War
In 1925, Libya rebelled against Khaleel Darzi, who had been appointed as King of Libya after the Eleven Years' War. However, Darzi's reign was supported by several nations in Europe, and the rebellion led to the British invasion of Libya. That, however, led to an even larger rebellion which then split France, Prussia, Britain, and Spain (France and Prussia supporting the rebellion, while Spain supported Britain's occupation of Libya). This drained these nations' funds, and in 1929, the rebellion took over, nominating Ziauddin El-Ghazzawy as President, who quickly became a dictator.

War of Japanese Aggression
The War of Japanese Aggression was Japan invading eastern and northern China as well as invading Soviet Russia in Siberia. It started in 1933 however it ended in 1937 with China giving some lands and Soviet Russia giving up some lands in eastern Russia.