Map of the world, 1914.
This is Allied Anarchy, timeline from 1914-1920. All history before happens the same as in OTL.
1914: Terror Starts[]
Europe and the rest of the world was in tension. The Germans and Austro-Hungarians wanted to expand, Slavic states in other countries wanted independence, and France wanted Alsace-Lorraine. The world’s tension decreased (for a little bit) with the completion of the Panama Canal. However, before that, war was inevitable. Austria-Hungary took control of Bosnia in 1908, and they wanted to be part of Serbia’s ”South Slav State.” Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne, visited Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. Serb Nationalists were there, of course, waiting to assassin the Archduke. Franz Ferdinand was in the city when assassins were attempting to kill him with bombs. The Archduke’s officers were hit by the bombs, and were injured. The Archduke hid from the assassins, but decided to go back into the city to visit the officers. His car took a wrong turn to the hospital, and his car stopped right next to an assassin. He and his wife were shot, and they were killed. Austria-Hungary, angry at Serbia, gave them a list of impossible demands. Serbia declined. Austria-Hungary declared war. Serbia was allied to Russia, so Russia declared war, and Russia allied to France, so they declared war. World War One started. French forces attempted to take Alsace-Lorraine. France moved forces up to Metz, however, they were stopped by German forces at Lesménils. French forces were able to surround the German force of 200,000, but at a high cost of 340,000 men. German forces were pushed back to Augny, where they stopped retreating. The French victory cost 50,000 Germans and 70,000 French. Metz fell and French forces pushed towards Strasbourg. Germans set a defence, and French casualties skyrocketed. Germans planned an invasion of Belgium for the Schiffen Plan, a Plan for victory. The Germans quickly took Belgian cities, and quickly moved towards Paris. French and British forces fought about retreating or not retreating, but because the French had high casualties.
Paris fell, and German quick victory seemed a reality. France decided not to surrender, but they were pushed back to Le Mans. At Le Mans, Germans found a gap in the French defenses, and surrounded 700,000. Germans went to Caen and Calais, and France surrendered. The British decided to surrender as well. The Russians, ill-equipped, were not ready for a full scale invasion. Tannenberg was a horrible loss for them, with the Russians losing 170,000 and the Germans only 14,000. The Austro-Hungarians planned their own invasion, going to Kiev and penetrating deeper into Russia. The Battle of Vinnytsia, in Ukraine, was known as the December stalemate. Austro-Hungarian forces battled Russians, who had an army of the same size (30,000 on both) Germans made their final invasion, known as the Battle for Western Belarus. Germans attacked on two lines, one towards Grodno and another towards Brest. Both fell, and the path to Minsk lay open.
1915: Russian Doom[]
Victory at Grodno and Brest led the path to Minsk open. German troops took Minsk. Ottoman forces joined the war about now in January, and took a large part of the Caucasus. The Siege of Baku, however would not end until March. Peace talks with France and Britain were made. Falkenhayn wanted a strict punishment, a punishment that would cripple the empires. Hindenburg, wanted both to pay, but in a not-so-strict form. Archduke Franz Joseph just wanted to make Serbia pay and they want colonial land. They mixed all of the treaties up to form the Treaty of Trianon (Balkan), the Treaty of Versailles (Western Front), Treaty of Ruppin (Colonies) and the Treaty of Krákow (Russia). However, the war did not end. Russia finally surrendered in May, when 700,000 troops were surrounded at Crimea. Trianon gave A-H Serbia and Montenegro, and gave Macedonia to Bulgaria. Bulgaria also gained Thessaloniki from Greeks, and the Greeks lost Crete to the Ottomans. Versailles was obviously administered by Falkenhayn, just look at the Treaty. Germany got western lands and Burgundy would get independence as a German vassal. Flanders is given independence from Belgium, and France has to pay war reparations. Britain lost everything in Ireland. Ruppin gave any colony south of Tanzania to Germany, and Algeria and Guinea were ceded to Burgundy. Germany got Indochina and Malaysia, as well as New Guinea. Finally, Krakow gave Finland independence, and gave Poland and the Baltic States as vassals to Germany. A-H got Ukraine and Byelorussia.