The Great War (Viva California)

With the death of Franz-Ferdinand of Austria, the complex web of alliances of Europe began unraveling into factions that quickly polarized into two world alliances pitted against one another.

Siding with Austro-Hungary were the German Empire, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. After the infamous Zimmerman Telegram, the United States of America joined the war effort firmly on the side of Germany against the Entente powers.

The Entente grew gradually to encompass France, Italy, Portugal, Great Britain, and by extension the Kingdom of Canada and the Confederate States of America.

As the fighting began in earnest on the American continent, the United States quickly overpowered British power in the Kingdom of Canada, and with a promise of Sovereignty to Quebec, secured a strong ally against the British with the creation of the Republic of New France.

The End of European War and the Aftermath
As the war progressed, Great Britain was quickly forced to their knees with the embargo of food and supplies because of the German/US blockade. With their exit from the war, France quickly submitted to the demands of Germany to recind all claims to the Alsace-Lorraine region and to demilitarize within 100 miles of the border of Germany. Germany claimed dominion of Holland and Belgium which were incorporated into the German Empire.

With the loss of France and the United Kingdom, Italy soon folded, as did Russia with the Communist revolution. As a result of German success in the war, Norway-Sweden, heretofore unified only by personal union, which was dissolved in 1905 renewed their Union as the Skandinavisk Kungarike. Denmark refused to join.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire self-destructed, and a great number of Eastern European states were created. Many of these squabbled in border disputes throughout the interbellum. The Ottomans likewise met their decline and Germany took Regency of their liberated territories as spoils of war.

The End of North American War and the Aftermath


While the United States of America was focused on the occupation of the Kingdom of Canada, the Confederate States of America and Republic of Texas saw the relatively undefended borders with Territory ripe for the taking. In the Jeff Davis III letter, the CSA and Texas agreed to shut off the USA's traffic through the Mississippi mouth and in a lightning war invaded the whole of Kentucky, Louisiana, half of Arkansas and half of West Virginia.

With this distraction the US eagerly accepted the please of the United Kingdom for peace, including the ceding of Canada to the United States of America as spoils of war. With this concluded, the USA quickly fortified the southern advance and negotiated peace with the CSA and Texas.

This did not stop the Texan War Machine, which redirected its advance southwesterly, against the fledgling People's Republic of Mexico. The fledgling Communist nation was supported in word by Russia under the rule of Stalin, but no financial or military support was forthcoming.

As far as historical documents show the war of Texas and Mexico ended out of boredom on the parts of Texan aristocrats who tired of massacring Mexican peasants. A peace treaty was signed, ceding Chihuahua, Sonora and part of Sineloa.