Das Deutsche Jahrhundert: Central powers victory

What did the central powers want after the war? What would have happened had they have had their way? This article will cover the territorial ambitions of each of the Central Powers, and based on real plans made by the Central powers a highly plausible treaty can be constructed imposed by the now victorious central powers.

In this scenario we are making one key assumption that Italy remains loyal to the Central Powers.

The German Empire was the most ambitious. It wanted enormous amounts of land in eastern Europe, a number of puppets, many colonies, and the dissolution of the French and British Empires. It wanted to establish a new world order with Germany being the strongman of it.

The Kingdom of Italy wanted lands that they considered to be rightful Italian land. This included Corsica, Nice and Savoy, Istria, South Tyrol, Dalmatia, and the Illyrian islands, the following four being occupied by Austria-Hungary. In this timeline, Trentino and some Illyrian Islands are given to Italy, along with a pro-Italian Free City of Trieste in exchange for remaining loyal to the Central Powers. It also wanted several colonies in Africa.

Austria-Hungary was in extreme turmoil at the time of the war. It would ask for Serbia, Montenegro and Albania to be Austria-Hungarian puppets to cement the Empire's dominance in the Balkans, it would demand little land.

Bulgaria wanted to annex large portions of Serbia, Thrace from Greece, and some borderlands from Romania.

The Ottomans wanted all British colonies on the Arabian peninsula, including Kuwait. They also wanted Egypt and Arabia as protectorates. They wanted lands in the Caucasus lost to Russia.

The Treaty of Vienna is signed in 1917 between the victorious German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Kingdom of Italy, Tsardom of Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. Russia, France, England, Japan, Portugal, Serbia, and Greece compose the losers:

Section I: France and the Lowlands

Germany wanted to impose a Carthaginian peace on France so great as to make the Treaty of Versailles a slap on the wrist, while Italy primarily wanted lands considered to be Italian. They would either lose all colonies to the Central powers or be forced to give them independence.

I. France will Secede large parts of eastern Lorraine to Germany including Nancy, Verdun, and Sedan

II. Germany annexes Luxembourg and huge parts of wallonia and flanders. Belgium becomes a German puppet.

II. The province of Savoy, city of Nice, and the island of Corsica will be given to Italy

III. A small part of the channel coast near Calais will be given to Belgium.

IV. Lorraine is demilitarized until 1940. No fortifications on the way to Paris until 1935.

V. French Morocco is given to Spain. French Tunisia is given to Spain. French West Africa and Indochina is given to Germany. The rest are are given independence or divided among the Central Powers

VI. France will pay significant war reparations. French army and navy heavily reduced.

Section II: British Empire:

Britain would have their colonies divided among the Central powers and have its army and navy heavily reduced. However it suffers less than France and Russia. Canada, India, and Australia would have successfully declared independence, many colonies in the Pacific and Caribbean would be occupied by the USA. Germany wanted to eliminate Britain as a rival and empire altogether.

I. Ireland is given independence. Germany shall protect Ireland in case of a British attack.

II. Kuwait and all colonies on the Arabian peninsula are given to the Ottoman Empire. Egypt becomes an Ottoman Protectorate.

III. The British army and Navy are heavily reduced.

IV. British East Africa is given to Italy. The rest of the Colonies are divided amongst the powers. No war reparations.

Section III: Russia (Treaty of Brest-Litovsk)

Russia was a land of serfs and lagged far behind the rest of Europe for several centuries. However all of that changed in the late 19th century as Russia began to industrialize. By taking all of these lands, Germany took 25% of the Russian population, and a staggering 90% of its coal. It would severely inhibit the rise of Russia and make it more willing to be obedient to Germany.

I. Huge amounts Baltic territories are seceded to the German Empire.

II. Territory gained in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 are seceded back to the Ottomans.

III. Bessarabia is given to Romainia

IV. Russia will Release the following countries:

Finland, Poland, Lativia, Lower Estonia, Upper Estonia, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Rostov, Azov, and Chechnya. Lativia,

V. Poland. Latvia, Upper and lower Estonia, and Crimea become German Puppets while Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan become Ottoman puppets.

VI. The Russian Republic is installed, the Central Powers will aid Russia in the Russian Civil War. The Romanovs are allowed to go into exile at London.

Section IV: Japan

White peace. Japan hands back all colonies occupied during the war.

Portugal would lose all of their colonies in Africa. US would not be affected and would be allowed to occupy the colonies they had, due to the fact that Central Powers can do nothing about it and that they do not want to provoke a war with the USA.

Outcome

The United States and the German Empire become the two giants in the post-war world. Each develop their own alliances, while Italy becomes a minor power and occupies Istria and Dalmatia following the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. A French "Hitler" is highly likely, but without colonies Fascist france would get nowhere and would be ignored. Ottoman Empires and Austria-Hungary would dissolve between 1925-1940, and leave the traditional ottoman provinces independent. Without the British and French mandates, the middle East is fare more stable today than in our timeline. British colonies in North America would become American and would not be unoccupied so long as the German Empire remains a superpower. Canada and British Newfoundland and Labrador might be pressured to become American states. Germany would absorb Austria soon after its dissolution forming a Greater Germany. From here on out I am going into pure speculation. What would you think would have happened following a Central Powers victory?

Danke for reading!

Sources:

Alternate History Hub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQW3VefRozc&t=405s

Imperial Mapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K89EHq-vjvo