Royale: The Second Great War

In 1918 war material and fresh troops from U.S. were flowing into the allied war effort tiping the scales toward their victory.

The Russian Empire had crumbled allowing Germany to relocate her efforts to the Western Front in preparations for great offensives aimed at ending the war before american reinforcements could decisively set the outcome of the conflict.

It was on 25 March that the unthinkable happened changing the destiny of the world completely.

At 05:48'33 in the morning a fireball crossed the skies of the United States and crashed at Chesapeake Bay creating an enormous explosion.

A tidal wave resulting from the explosion pushed through the estuary's watershed causing major floods in the states of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York as well as in the Federal Distric.

Several military and political personnel including President Woodrow Wilson and U.S. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker perished alonside millions of civilians in the regions stroke by the disaster.

The nation awoke in chaos.

Communications whitin the Unites States and between her and the rest of the world quickly felt appart.

Most roads and railroads in the states of Virginia and Maryland crumbled with many more destroyed in the state of Pennsylvania.

Delaware was nearly sunk with only a handful of buildings and survivors standing amidst the devastated landscape.

While the wave hit the state of New York with less streght causing destruction only in cities close to riverbeds it was nevertheless plunged into anarchy alongside New Jersey due to the collapse of energy, water and trasport sistems.

Agricultural production was ruined and industrial activities almost came to a halt in the affected regions.

The smoke raised by the blast was dragged by the winds causing several respiratory problems to the survivors.

Other states not hit by the catastrophe itself were soon to fell it's collateral effects as all economical activities lost coordenation and power shotages swang through the country.

Meanwhile in Europe the event had enormous impact aswell.

With U.S. suddenly undergoing a full communications black out the allies panicked with dissagrement and conflict raising among it's officers.

With just a few weeks after the disaster that would come to be known as "The Great Catastrophe" news brough through airplane from America to Great Britain explained the state of calamity the United States just felt in and that it could no longer afford to mantain expedictionary forces in Europe.

Those news were terrible for the allies as the United States, their mightiest power in the war was quiting them without barely contributing for what could be a decisive victory.

To worse things up Germany and her allies noticed the dissaray in the allied forces and decided to throw everything she had to turn the tides.