Germany (Earlier October Revolution)

Placeholderry of the Second Reich
Otto von Bismarck was the master mind who untied all of Germany. Known as the Iron Chancellor, he served during the reigns of Emperors William I and Frederick III. In 1864 Prussia and Austria occupied the Danish provinces of Schleswig and Holstein; after Bismarck maneuvered Austria into the Seven Weeks' War in 1866, Prussia annexed the two provinces, as well as Hanover and other north German states. Bismarck reorganized Germany and excluded Austria. The states north of the Main River united with Prussia in 1867 in the North German Confederation.

In 1870 Bismarck tricked France into declaring war. Defeated, France was forced to cede Alsace-Lorraine, a humiliation that France sought to avenge in 1914. The south German states joined Prussia in a new German empire. The king of Prussia, William I, was proclaimed emperor (or kaiser) of the Second Reich in 1871 at Versailles.

Bismarck built up Germany's industries. He also laid the foundation for a colonial realm in Africa (Togoland, Cameroon, German Southwest Africa, German East Africa), China (Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong Province), and the Pacific (Kaiser Wilhelm's Land, Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Islands).

William II succeeded Frederick III in 1888. He dismissed Bismarck and built the country into a military nation. In 1914 Germany backed Austria against Russia and launched World War I.

World War 1
Germany, faced with war on two fronts, decided to begin the Schlieffen Plan. The Idea was that by traveling through Belguim, they could invade France from the North, take Paris, and knock France out of the war. They could then focus on Russia and defeat them with the help of Austria-Hungary. However, it failed to take Paris, and was soon bogged down to trench warfare. However, back in the East, Austria-Hungary had pushed out all of the invading Russians by the end of 1914. The German army could now invade Russia with AH help. The Ottoman Empire also joined the war, and starting in 1915, the Central Powers launched a three front war against the Russian: in Poland, Western Russia, and in Caucasus. They soon had captured a large amount of Russian Industry and agriculture, forcing the First Russian Revolution to begin. Back on the Western front, the third battle of Ypres has begun. The Western front was soon equiped with millions of men coming back from the Eastern front, seeing as Russia was knocked out of the war. A two-million man advance on Paris begins, and the Allies don't have enough men to defend against it all. By this point, all Allied reserves had been called up and draft was in place. The Germans had reached the edge of Paris in 1917, and the battle began. The French Government had alreayd fled West, and gave the order to blow up the Effiel Tower and parts of the city. The French army relunctly agrees, but because they were running low on Shells, they let the Germans fire theirs instead. Meanwhile, back in Belguim, English troops had landed and established a beach head. However, Germany had a large number of troops on standby, should they be needed in Paris, and all of them were used to combat the incoming British. By the start of 1918, all British troops had been kicked out. Paris was soon lost after this, and France surrendered. Weaker France was established as a puppet state in Southern France, and Northern France was annexed by Germany. The war was won, and between 1918 and 1920 saw little action besides a failed attempt by the U.S and Britain to land in France.

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