Second Thirty Years War (1914-1944)

==Overview

== 8th April, 1912:

Russia and Germany sign a "Treaty of Territorial Sanctity", promising that in event of war, that they will render soveriegn territory inviolate to warfare.

Early War
28th June, 1914:

Gavrillo Princip shoots Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, sparking war between Austro-Hungary and Serbia. The Russian Empire intervenes on Serbia's behalf, followed by Germany on behalf of Austria. Germany invades France under the Schlieffen Plan through Neutral Belguim. The UK joins the growing war.

Due to the Treaty of Territorial Sanctity, the Eastern Front remains centred in the Balkans, fought between Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman Turkic and a few German Army groups against the Russian and Serbian Army, and local resistance units. This allows the majority of German and a handful of Austro-Hungarian troops to be delpoyed in the Western European Theatre.

Battle of the Jutland
1916- The German Navy assigns all available seapower to attempt to destroy the British Fleets. At the battle of the Jutland, the majority of the British fleet is sunk. Although German losses were equally heavy, British morale is crushed, and the blockade on Germany fails.

1917-Onward
The US remains neutral, but begins to ship weapons to the Entente, mainly the M1911 handgun for Trench Raiders.

The fighting in the Balkans continues,