yes I've got a present day map already made. sadly I'm back at my house where I don't have Internet yet. so it'll be at least two weeks if I'm lucky before I can make aby more updates. I hope I can finish the TL up the next time I get Internet
America: My Third TL
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yes I've got a present day map already made. sadly I'm back at my house where I don't have Internet yet. so it'll be at least two weeks if I'm lucky before I can make aby more updates. I hope I can finish the TL up the next time I get Internet
Epilogue Part 3
As Germany had Italy's ability to spread its influence around the world had been severely hampered by the World War. Throughout the war Italy had thrown everything into defeating the Russians & that meant leaving its colonies largely devoid of troops to keep locals in line. By the time the war had ended most areas outside the major cities were more or less under native control & regaining control proved a task.
All of Italy's colonial possessions gave it trouble as it tried to reassert its control however the the worst came from the North African colonies of Libya & Tunisia. On November 1,1954 these territories went into open revolt when a series of over 30 bomb attacks would occur throughout Libya killing 14 & injuring 45 more. For over seven years war would ravage Libya & by 1956 Tunisia as well. At its peak Italy would have 470,000 troops in North Africa to put down the rebellion. Although Italy's military campaigns were near complete successes with most prominent rebel leaders either killed or arrested & the terror attacks stopped, Italian brutality failed to win the hearts & minds of the Libyan & Tunisian people, alienated support within Italy, & discredited Italian prestige abroad. In 1961 King Umberto II gave up on North Africa. Support for the war was almost nonexistent in Italy & a referendum showed huge support for Libyan & Tunisian independence. On March 19,1962 the Libyan War came to an end with the Palermo Accords giving Libya & Tunisia total independence.
Wikibox of the Libyan War
While Italy focused on North Africa France was trying its best to spread Communism across the world Africa in particular. On May 5,1959 French backed Ethiopian Communists launched a coup that overthrew, & a month later executed, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I who had remained the Italian controlled figurehead for Ethiopia's government since the end of the Italo-Abyssinian War in 1942. With so much as its military tied down in North Africa the Italians abandoned Ethiopia & withdrew to its directly controlled East African territories. The Ethiopian Peoples Republic would be funded & equipped by France & Spain & quickly became Communism's regional powerhouse in Africa.
On August 17,1968 trained & equipped with Frances modern most weaponry Ethiopian forces would invade Italian East Africa. This was exactly one year after Italy detonated its first atomic bomb in Ogaden making it the sixth nuclear power, France had detonated on June 9,1956 & Japan on January 30,1964, & was claimed to be the reason for the invasion, to protect the Ethiopian people. Though Italian military forces would defeat Ethiopia's invasion force driving them back to the border Italy stopped short of sending ground forces into Ethiopian territory for fear of possible French intervention & instead would use its Air Force to try & bomb the country into submission. The Second Italo-Abyssinian War would be mostly a guerrilla campaign Ethiopia with very few major conventional military offensives against the Italians. Communist groups backed by Ethiopia sprung up in Italian East Africa forcing the Italians to fight a guerrilla war all across the region. On December 10,1983 Italy agreed to a ceasefire with Ethiopia & agreed to peace talks to be held in Cairo. On February 22,1984 the Peace of Cairo would bring an end to the Second Italo-Abyssinian War & Italy returning Eritrea, Tigray, & Ogaden to Ethiopia. Ethiopia agreed to end its support for Somalian Communists & Somalia remained in Italian control.
Wikibox of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
The Somali War of Independence, which became separate but allied with Ethiopia's war on July 1,1975, continued on with occasional French support. Italy would continue to try & hold down the country for another five years before Somalian independence was achieved on April 14,1989. The only part of mainland Somalia that remained in Italian hands was Djibouti. By the end of the Somali War of Independence the Italian East Africa capital Djibouti's population was over 60% of European origin or loyalist African. A referendum held on March 10,1989 would show that Djibouti wished to remain a part of Italy.
Wikibox of the Somali War of Independence
The costly, both in terms of lives & money, wars in North Africa & East Africa had taken their tole on Italy. On September 11,1991 Italian East Africa would officially cease to exist when independence was given to Kenya & Uganda, which had been more or less autonomous & self governed since 1985, with Djibouti integrated as a part of Italy. With Morocco having been granted independence in 1978 the only Italian “colonies” that remained were its Indian Ocean island chains. For the next decade Italy would rebuild itself both internally & on the international scene. By the 21st Century Italy had rebuilt it prestige & strength on the world stage showing itself as a great power once more.
As Germany had Italy's ability to spread its influence around the world had been severely hampered by the World War. Throughout the war Italy had thrown everything into defeating the Russians & that meant leaving its colonies largely devoid of troops to keep locals in line. By the time the war had ended most areas outside the major cities were more or less under native control & regaining control proved a task.
All of Italy's colonial possessions gave it trouble as it tried to reassert its control however the the worst came from the North African colonies of Libya & Tunisia. On November 1,1954 these territories went into open revolt when a series of over 30 bomb attacks would occur throughout Libya killing 14 & injuring 45 more. For over seven years war would ravage Libya & by 1956 Tunisia as well. At its peak Italy would have 470,000 troops in North Africa to put down the rebellion. Although Italy's military campaigns were near complete successes with most prominent rebel leaders either killed or arrested & the terror attacks stopped, Italian brutality failed to win the hearts & minds of the Libyan & Tunisian people, alienated support within Italy, & discredited Italian prestige abroad. In 1961 King Umberto II gave up on North Africa. Support for the war was almost nonexistent in Italy & a referendum showed huge support for Libyan & Tunisian independence. On March 19,1962 the Libyan War came to an end with the Palermo Accords giving Libya & Tunisia total independence.
Wikibox of the Libyan War
While Italy focused on North Africa France was trying its best to spread Communism across the world Africa in particular. On May 5,1959 French backed Ethiopian Communists launched a coup that overthrew, & a month later executed, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie I who had remained the Italian controlled figurehead for Ethiopia's government since the end of the Italo-Abyssinian War in 1942. With so much as its military tied down in North Africa the Italians abandoned Ethiopia & withdrew to its directly controlled East African territories. The Ethiopian Peoples Republic would be funded & equipped by France & Spain & quickly became Communism's regional powerhouse in Africa.
On August 17,1968 trained & equipped with Frances modern most weaponry Ethiopian forces would invade Italian East Africa. This was exactly one year after Italy detonated its first atomic bomb in Ogaden making it the sixth nuclear power, France had detonated on June 9,1956 & Japan on January 30,1964, & was claimed to be the reason for the invasion, to protect the Ethiopian people. Though Italian military forces would defeat Ethiopia's invasion force driving them back to the border Italy stopped short of sending ground forces into Ethiopian territory for fear of possible French intervention & instead would use its Air Force to try & bomb the country into submission. The Second Italo-Abyssinian War would be mostly a guerrilla campaign Ethiopia with very few major conventional military offensives against the Italians. Communist groups backed by Ethiopia sprung up in Italian East Africa forcing the Italians to fight a guerrilla war all across the region. On December 10,1983 Italy agreed to a ceasefire with Ethiopia & agreed to peace talks to be held in Cairo. On February 22,1984 the Peace of Cairo would bring an end to the Second Italo-Abyssinian War & Italy returning Eritrea, Tigray, & Ogaden to Ethiopia. Ethiopia agreed to end its support for Somalian Communists & Somalia remained in Italian control.
Wikibox of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
The Somali War of Independence, which became separate but allied with Ethiopia's war on July 1,1975, continued on with occasional French support. Italy would continue to try & hold down the country for another five years before Somalian independence was achieved on April 14,1989. The only part of mainland Somalia that remained in Italian hands was Djibouti. By the end of the Somali War of Independence the Italian East Africa capital Djibouti's population was over 60% of European origin or loyalist African. A referendum held on March 10,1989 would show that Djibouti wished to remain a part of Italy.
Wikibox of the Somali War of Independence
The costly, both in terms of lives & money, wars in North Africa & East Africa had taken their tole on Italy. On September 11,1991 Italian East Africa would officially cease to exist when independence was given to Kenya & Uganda, which had been more or less autonomous & self governed since 1985, with Djibouti integrated as a part of Italy. With Morocco having been granted independence in 1978 the only Italian “colonies” that remained were its Indian Ocean island chains. For the next decade Italy would rebuild itself both internally & on the international scene. By the 21st Century Italy had rebuilt it prestige & strength on the world stage showing itself as a great power once more.
Epilogue Part 4
The World War had returned the British Empire to a superpower status. The Royal Navy was the second largest in the world behind the US's & its power was everywhere. Even with the loss of India the British colonial empire was still the largest in the in the world. India's independence however showed Britain that the age of colonialism was coming to an end. The bloody & costly wars fought by Europe's other colonial empires further solidified that point. As the World War ended the process of decolonization began.
In 1951 the first of Britain's colonies gained independence. On May 18,1951 the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was declared in Islamabad. Almost immediately Pakistan would go to war with its neighbor India. Within 10 weeks India, the first nation born as a Great Power, had defeated Pakistan & gained control of Kashmir. These two neighbors would fight each other four more time in the next three decades before the region was finally split between the two nations in 1977.
Three months after Pakistan Egypt, with the Sudan attached to it, gained independence on August 27,1951. By 1975 all of Britain's African possessions had peacefully been given independence. Only Liberia & Sierra Leone still held a British presence & that was due to British military forces assisting the natives in defeating Communist rebels.
Burma gained independence on January 10,1957 after British military forces completely withdrew from their occupation of interior China. Like Pakistan before it Burma soon found itself battling its neighbor when the Indo-Burmese War broke out in August 1,1960 giving India control of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Malaya & Singapore would be the last areas outside of Africa to gain their independence from Britain gaining their independence on March 25,1967 & October 9,1979.
Even while losing its colonial possessions Britain maintained its status as a dominant world power. Britain would prove it still had the means & will to fight across the globe in 1977. Portugal had been fighting & losing three separate wars in Africa to maintain its empire with the last coming to an end December 1975. A quick invasion from April 1-24,1971 by Indonesia had taken control of Timor from Portugal leaving only Goa & Macao under Portuguese control.
India had been wanting to incorporate Goa into it since its independence. Since its victory in the last Indo-Pakistani War in 1974 India's moves toward Goa had became threatening. Fearful of an invasion like had happened in Timor Portugal had greatly increased its military presence in Goa. On June 7,1977 Indian forces began assaulting Portuguese border positions to pave the way for a full on invasion. Being a member, the Pan-Atlantic Coalition was obligated to help its allies in the event they were attacked. However colonial conflicts had been exempt from mandatory assistance. This time however Portugal would not fight alone. On June 12 Britain ordered its Indian Ocean Squadron & elements of its Pacific Fleet to provide combat support for Portuguese forces on the ground.
On June 26 the first battle between aircraft carriers since the end of the World War occurred when aircraft from two Indian aircraft carriers attacked the British carrier he HMS Ark Royal. Though the Indians possessed more aircraft the British jets were far more advanced & the Indian fleet would retreat after the sinking of the INS Virkant not to engage the Royal Navy on the surface again. While the Royal Navy would hold supremacy at sea it still suffered casualties. From Indian air attacks & in one case submarine attack the Royal Navy lost 3 destroyers, a frigate, & a tanker ship during the Goa War. Britain didn't only give naval & air support to Portugal. As early as June 20 British SAS units were conducting combat operations in Goa & southern India. On July 4 the first British Army units arrived with the troops numbers eventually reaching 45,000. British & Portuguese forces would hold the Indians on their own for two weeks.
On July 20 Pakistan would enter the war & invade northern India. The Goa War went on for another three weeks before ending on August 9,1977. The Goa War achieved in stopping Indian plans on capturing Goa & end the conflict over the Kashmir with the region split. It also showed the world that Britain remained a superpower despite the loss of most of its empire.
Wikibox of the Goa War
For the remainder of the 20th Century Britain continued to flourish. Staying mostly peaceful Britain would engage in assisting friendly governments in defeating Communist supported insurgents in Malaya during the 1980's. By the 21st Century, while its overseas possessions now consisting of only an assortment of islands & Hong Kong, Britain was still considered one of the worlds foremost military powers.
The World War had returned the British Empire to a superpower status. The Royal Navy was the second largest in the world behind the US's & its power was everywhere. Even with the loss of India the British colonial empire was still the largest in the in the world. India's independence however showed Britain that the age of colonialism was coming to an end. The bloody & costly wars fought by Europe's other colonial empires further solidified that point. As the World War ended the process of decolonization began.
In 1951 the first of Britain's colonies gained independence. On May 18,1951 the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was declared in Islamabad. Almost immediately Pakistan would go to war with its neighbor India. Within 10 weeks India, the first nation born as a Great Power, had defeated Pakistan & gained control of Kashmir. These two neighbors would fight each other four more time in the next three decades before the region was finally split between the two nations in 1977.
Three months after Pakistan Egypt, with the Sudan attached to it, gained independence on August 27,1951. By 1975 all of Britain's African possessions had peacefully been given independence. Only Liberia & Sierra Leone still held a British presence & that was due to British military forces assisting the natives in defeating Communist rebels.
Burma gained independence on January 10,1957 after British military forces completely withdrew from their occupation of interior China. Like Pakistan before it Burma soon found itself battling its neighbor when the Indo-Burmese War broke out in August 1,1960 giving India control of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Malaya & Singapore would be the last areas outside of Africa to gain their independence from Britain gaining their independence on March 25,1967 & October 9,1979.
Even while losing its colonial possessions Britain maintained its status as a dominant world power. Britain would prove it still had the means & will to fight across the globe in 1977. Portugal had been fighting & losing three separate wars in Africa to maintain its empire with the last coming to an end December 1975. A quick invasion from April 1-24,1971 by Indonesia had taken control of Timor from Portugal leaving only Goa & Macao under Portuguese control.
India had been wanting to incorporate Goa into it since its independence. Since its victory in the last Indo-Pakistani War in 1974 India's moves toward Goa had became threatening. Fearful of an invasion like had happened in Timor Portugal had greatly increased its military presence in Goa. On June 7,1977 Indian forces began assaulting Portuguese border positions to pave the way for a full on invasion. Being a member, the Pan-Atlantic Coalition was obligated to help its allies in the event they were attacked. However colonial conflicts had been exempt from mandatory assistance. This time however Portugal would not fight alone. On June 12 Britain ordered its Indian Ocean Squadron & elements of its Pacific Fleet to provide combat support for Portuguese forces on the ground.
On June 26 the first battle between aircraft carriers since the end of the World War occurred when aircraft from two Indian aircraft carriers attacked the British carrier he HMS Ark Royal. Though the Indians possessed more aircraft the British jets were far more advanced & the Indian fleet would retreat after the sinking of the INS Virkant not to engage the Royal Navy on the surface again. While the Royal Navy would hold supremacy at sea it still suffered casualties. From Indian air attacks & in one case submarine attack the Royal Navy lost 3 destroyers, a frigate, & a tanker ship during the Goa War. Britain didn't only give naval & air support to Portugal. As early as June 20 British SAS units were conducting combat operations in Goa & southern India. On July 4 the first British Army units arrived with the troops numbers eventually reaching 45,000. British & Portuguese forces would hold the Indians on their own for two weeks.
On July 20 Pakistan would enter the war & invade northern India. The Goa War went on for another three weeks before ending on August 9,1977. The Goa War achieved in stopping Indian plans on capturing Goa & end the conflict over the Kashmir with the region split. It also showed the world that Britain remained a superpower despite the loss of most of its empire.
Wikibox of the Goa War
For the remainder of the 20th Century Britain continued to flourish. Staying mostly peaceful Britain would engage in assisting friendly governments in defeating Communist supported insurgents in Malaya during the 1980's. By the 21st Century, while its overseas possessions now consisting of only an assortment of islands & Hong Kong, Britain was still considered one of the worlds foremost military powers.
Epilogue Part 5
The Ottoman Empire had suffered greatly during the World War. While compared to other Allied military losses the Ottomans had fared better losing only 865,000 soldiers & sailors, its civilian casualties were massive. With Russia's attempts to eradicate all Muslims within the Empire Turkey had suffered nearly 9 million, mostly Muslim, dead civilians. Despite their massive loss of life the Ottoman Empire had played a major part in defeating Russia. Considered one of the worlds foremost powers now the Ottoman Empire was one of seven, along with the US, Germany, Britain, Italy, France, & Japan, members of the UN security council.
While the Muslims faced the brunt of Russia's racist views they weren't the only ones. As they had been for centuries the Jewish population faced persecution by Russia. Millions were rounded up & shipped to Russian factories or, in woman's cases, pleasure shops along the front. Over the course of the war more than 1.5 million Jews were either killed or died in Russian camps.
Fleeing the Russian advance several hundred thousand Jews would travel to Palestine & the exodus to Palestine would continue after the war ended. On May 14,1956 the Palestine was granted autonomy within the Ottoman Empire as Israel after a UN Resolution. This was an extremely controversial move by the Ottomans disapproved by many in its government & was met with hostility by many throughout the country against the Jewish population. It was also met with hostility by other Arab nations.
On October 29,1956 over 300,000 Egyptian soldiers swarmed into Israel & the Ottoman Empire. In less than a month the Egyptians were within artillery range of Jerusalem & had taken Amman. The tide would turn however on November 21 when an Israeli led counterattack rolled up the Egyptian advance on Jerusalem. Over the next six months the war raged in Israeli & Ottoman territory as the front swayed back & forth as the two sides attempted to throw the other on its back. The Ottoman & Israeli Army's however were gaining in experience & size & by June 1952 the war had entered the Sinai & by the end of the year the Ottoman & Israeli's were at the Suez. Here however the war became a stalemate as neither side could successfully cross the canal in sufficient force.
Despite the stalemate the war drug on as their air forces filled the sky with fire, their navies set the Red Sea & Mediterranean ablaze, & the canal became a scene of carnage. To end the bloody war the UN intervened in November & would mandate a ceasefire on November 7,1958 with the Ottomans & Israeli's occupying the Sinai until March 1960.
Wikibox of the Ottoman-Egyptian War
Despite defeating the Egyptians problems continued to arise in the Ottoman Empire over Israel. The Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO, which had formed at the start of the Ottoman-Egyptian War, continued to attack the Israeli's & the Ottoman military installations in Jordan & Syria. For a decade the situation in the Empire steadily got worse as hostilities against the Ottomans grew more & more often in Arabia, Jordan, Syria, & Mesopotamia. On October 6,1970 all out war broke loose across the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabs were revolting in mass against Ottoman rule. Five days after the rebellion began 250,000 of what would be nearly 800,000 Egyptian troops invaded Israel & the Empire. With some of the largest battles by numbers of troops & tank battles since the World War the Arabian Liberation War as it was called covered the Middle East in the blood of thousands. After more than a year of fierce bitter fighting the war came to an end on November 25,1971.
In a UN sponsored peace accord in Stockholm the Ottoman Empire would lose more than half of its territory. The Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, & the United Arab Emirates gained their independence from the Ottomans. Pre a UN Resolution Israel would become a fully independent nation from the Ottoman Empire in hopes to end the tension in the Empire. While they would gain independence Israel would lose the Gaza Strip to Egypt & the West Bank to Jordan however Israel gained the West Bank back during the Six Day War with Jordan in May 1977.
Wikibox of the Arabian Liberation War
Following the loss of the Arabian Liberation War the Ottoman Empire began a series of reforms within itself to bring itself into the modern war. On May 19,1975 the Ottoman Empire would become the worlds 7th nuclear power detonating an atomic bomb in the Mesopotamian desert. By the end of the 1970's the Ottoman Empire had returned itself to the modern world & was considered a first world country by the western world once more.
In the Ottomans eastern neighbor Persia however revolution was afoot. In late 1978 the Pahlavi Dynasty which had ruled for centuries was overthrown & went into exile in Constantinople. The Ottoman Empire refused to recognize the new Islamic Republic of Iran who was trying to stir up anti-monarch unrest within the Empire. On September 22,1980 Iran invaded the Ottoman Empire with the intent to capture vital regions & topple the House of Osman. Despite the surprise attack the Iranians were met by fierce resistance that halted the invasion only 50 miles into Ottoman territory at it deepest. By the Fall of 1981 Iran had withdrew back across the border. In the Spring of 1982 it was time for the Ottomans to invade. 750,000 Turkish soldiers stormed across the Iranian border & by July had pushed ore than 100 miles into Iran. The invasion however would soon bog down & eventually resemble the Great War's miles of trench lines. For more than five years the front would change but a little, though mostly against Iran, while thousands & thousands died. Both sides would use chemical weapons against one another without mercy. Finally in late June 1988 the Iranian military began to collapse. For the first time in five years the Ottomans made great advances & would be nearing Tehran by August. On August 20,1988 the Persian-Ottoman War came to an end & Ottoman forces would restore the Persian monarchy.
Wikibox of the Persian-Ottoman War
Not all of the Persians however were happy with the return of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Less than two years later on August 2,1990 Civil War erupted in Persia which quickly began spilling over into Mesopotamia. With the assistance of a US led UN Coalition in January 1991 pro-monarch forces would regain the high ground in Persia & on December 2,1994 the Persian Civil War ended finally returning peace to the Middle East. As the 21st Century began the Ottoman Empire continued to be a modern power & the unofficial police force of the Middle East.
The Ottoman Empire had suffered greatly during the World War. While compared to other Allied military losses the Ottomans had fared better losing only 865,000 soldiers & sailors, its civilian casualties were massive. With Russia's attempts to eradicate all Muslims within the Empire Turkey had suffered nearly 9 million, mostly Muslim, dead civilians. Despite their massive loss of life the Ottoman Empire had played a major part in defeating Russia. Considered one of the worlds foremost powers now the Ottoman Empire was one of seven, along with the US, Germany, Britain, Italy, France, & Japan, members of the UN security council.
While the Muslims faced the brunt of Russia's racist views they weren't the only ones. As they had been for centuries the Jewish population faced persecution by Russia. Millions were rounded up & shipped to Russian factories or, in woman's cases, pleasure shops along the front. Over the course of the war more than 1.5 million Jews were either killed or died in Russian camps.
Fleeing the Russian advance several hundred thousand Jews would travel to Palestine & the exodus to Palestine would continue after the war ended. On May 14,1956 the Palestine was granted autonomy within the Ottoman Empire as Israel after a UN Resolution. This was an extremely controversial move by the Ottomans disapproved by many in its government & was met with hostility by many throughout the country against the Jewish population. It was also met with hostility by other Arab nations.
On October 29,1956 over 300,000 Egyptian soldiers swarmed into Israel & the Ottoman Empire. In less than a month the Egyptians were within artillery range of Jerusalem & had taken Amman. The tide would turn however on November 21 when an Israeli led counterattack rolled up the Egyptian advance on Jerusalem. Over the next six months the war raged in Israeli & Ottoman territory as the front swayed back & forth as the two sides attempted to throw the other on its back. The Ottoman & Israeli Army's however were gaining in experience & size & by June 1952 the war had entered the Sinai & by the end of the year the Ottoman & Israeli's were at the Suez. Here however the war became a stalemate as neither side could successfully cross the canal in sufficient force.
Despite the stalemate the war drug on as their air forces filled the sky with fire, their navies set the Red Sea & Mediterranean ablaze, & the canal became a scene of carnage. To end the bloody war the UN intervened in November & would mandate a ceasefire on November 7,1958 with the Ottomans & Israeli's occupying the Sinai until March 1960.
Wikibox of the Ottoman-Egyptian War
Despite defeating the Egyptians problems continued to arise in the Ottoman Empire over Israel. The Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO, which had formed at the start of the Ottoman-Egyptian War, continued to attack the Israeli's & the Ottoman military installations in Jordan & Syria. For a decade the situation in the Empire steadily got worse as hostilities against the Ottomans grew more & more often in Arabia, Jordan, Syria, & Mesopotamia. On October 6,1970 all out war broke loose across the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabs were revolting in mass against Ottoman rule. Five days after the rebellion began 250,000 of what would be nearly 800,000 Egyptian troops invaded Israel & the Empire. With some of the largest battles by numbers of troops & tank battles since the World War the Arabian Liberation War as it was called covered the Middle East in the blood of thousands. After more than a year of fierce bitter fighting the war came to an end on November 25,1971.
In a UN sponsored peace accord in Stockholm the Ottoman Empire would lose more than half of its territory. The Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Yemen, & the United Arab Emirates gained their independence from the Ottomans. Pre a UN Resolution Israel would become a fully independent nation from the Ottoman Empire in hopes to end the tension in the Empire. While they would gain independence Israel would lose the Gaza Strip to Egypt & the West Bank to Jordan however Israel gained the West Bank back during the Six Day War with Jordan in May 1977.
Wikibox of the Arabian Liberation War
Following the loss of the Arabian Liberation War the Ottoman Empire began a series of reforms within itself to bring itself into the modern war. On May 19,1975 the Ottoman Empire would become the worlds 7th nuclear power detonating an atomic bomb in the Mesopotamian desert. By the end of the 1970's the Ottoman Empire had returned itself to the modern world & was considered a first world country by the western world once more.
In the Ottomans eastern neighbor Persia however revolution was afoot. In late 1978 the Pahlavi Dynasty which had ruled for centuries was overthrown & went into exile in Constantinople. The Ottoman Empire refused to recognize the new Islamic Republic of Iran who was trying to stir up anti-monarch unrest within the Empire. On September 22,1980 Iran invaded the Ottoman Empire with the intent to capture vital regions & topple the House of Osman. Despite the surprise attack the Iranians were met by fierce resistance that halted the invasion only 50 miles into Ottoman territory at it deepest. By the Fall of 1981 Iran had withdrew back across the border. In the Spring of 1982 it was time for the Ottomans to invade. 750,000 Turkish soldiers stormed across the Iranian border & by July had pushed ore than 100 miles into Iran. The invasion however would soon bog down & eventually resemble the Great War's miles of trench lines. For more than five years the front would change but a little, though mostly against Iran, while thousands & thousands died. Both sides would use chemical weapons against one another without mercy. Finally in late June 1988 the Iranian military began to collapse. For the first time in five years the Ottomans made great advances & would be nearing Tehran by August. On August 20,1988 the Persian-Ottoman War came to an end & Ottoman forces would restore the Persian monarchy.
Wikibox of the Persian-Ottoman War
Not all of the Persians however were happy with the return of the Pahlavi Dynasty. Less than two years later on August 2,1990 Civil War erupted in Persia which quickly began spilling over into Mesopotamia. With the assistance of a US led UN Coalition in January 1991 pro-monarch forces would regain the high ground in Persia & on December 2,1994 the Persian Civil War ended finally returning peace to the Middle East. As the 21st Century began the Ottoman Empire continued to be a modern power & the unofficial police force of the Middle East.
Epilogue Part 6
With the World War over Japan consolidated its control over Sakhalin, Formosa, & Hainan while tightening its grip over Manchuria. Like Russia China was far to large to be completely occupied & so the Allies held control over the eastern portion of the country. With anti-colonialism & anti-Comminist conflicts taking up Europe & the US's attention Japan & to a lesser extent Korea began taking up more of a leadership role in the occupation of China.
Russia would rebuild & eventually become a vital part of the world again with the occupation ending, outside of Allied military bases still in Russia, in 1958. China however would be chaotic. Within the Occupation Zone there was a degree of piece but in the rest of China, with Allied occupation patrols seldom, chaos was growing. The Federal Republic of China had been formed in May 1954 which theoretically owned all of China. Reality however was that outside of the occupation zones China was near lawless with marauding bands of former Chinese soldiers roaming the lands raiding, raping, & pillaging. By the late 1950's western & interior China was controlled by warlords. Many of whom were increasingly coming under Communist influence.
By 1960 Japan was the occupation authority in all of eastern China aside from an surrounding Hong Kong & Macao that Britain remained in control of, the Shandong Province where Germany still held power, Koreas zones in Manchuria, & the Jiangsu & Anhui Provinces which the Americans still held though were gradually letting more & more power return to the Chinese Federal Army. In 1958 all of the occupiers had agreed to begin transferring power & authority in their zones to the new Chinese government. While all were doing so Japan did it much more slowly.
Things had been changing within China's interior. Minor warlord General Mao Zedong had aligned himself & his faction with France & began receiving weapons & training through the Kazakh Socialist Republic which France was Allied with. By 1961 unoccupied China had gone from six warlord factions to two & the other was confined to Tibet.
By the summer 1962, while all of eastern China was still considered an occupation zone fewer than 500,000 Allied soldiers remain most of whom were Japanese. On August 1,1962 Mao's Communist forces invaded east. While the Federal Army had close to 700,000 troops in it, with most having little will to fight on, they were no match for the invading Communists. Japanese &, to a small extent, American, German, & British troops fought to hold back the advancing Communists. However after Britain, the US, & Germany withdrew into Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Tsingtao the Communists were inclined to leave them alone. Japan & Korea however fought on even as them & the Federal Chinese forces withdrew into Manchuria.
Japan wasn't willing to give up the fight & began pouring troops & equipment into Manchuria to train & strengthen the Federal backbone. On February 24,1963 Japan, China, & Korea launched a major counteroffensive against the Communist forces. Along with the massive invasion from Manchuria Japanese forces launched attacks from Hainan & Formosa. The capitalists now outnumbered the Communists & threw them on their back. By the summer it seemed the Federal Army had finally grew a backbone & was taking an active role in defeating the Communists.
Mao wasn't out of the game yet however & in November launched a counteroffensive into southeastern China. In just two months Communist forces threw back the capitalists & had pushed the Japanese & Federals into a fortified area around the Leizhou Peninsula. The Communists seemed to be back on the rise. That changed in late January 1964 when Japan entered the nuclear world by becoming the second nation to drop an atomic bomb in anger dropping it on the main army confronting its center near Wuchow. Over 300,000 Communist soldiers were either killed or wounded during the explosion including their leader General Mao. Though the attack was condemned across the world it had taken the head off of the proverbial snake in Communist China.
Though the war didn't end after the atomic bombing in Wuchow the Communists never again launched a major offensive. Japan would eventually withdraw from a ground fighting role in China in 1968. though its air force continued to assist the Federal Chinese until the end of the war on March 13,1973 when the Communists finally surrendered.
Wikibox of the Chinese Civil War
Japans participation in the Chinese Civil War was widely unpopular in the Home Islands. Over 175,000 Japanese soldiers had been killed & nearly double that had been wounded. On May 15,1975 Japan became a constitutional monarchy ending decades of militarism in the country. By the 21st Century Japan had the second strongest economy in the world & was steadily growing.
With the World War over Japan consolidated its control over Sakhalin, Formosa, & Hainan while tightening its grip over Manchuria. Like Russia China was far to large to be completely occupied & so the Allies held control over the eastern portion of the country. With anti-colonialism & anti-Comminist conflicts taking up Europe & the US's attention Japan & to a lesser extent Korea began taking up more of a leadership role in the occupation of China.
Russia would rebuild & eventually become a vital part of the world again with the occupation ending, outside of Allied military bases still in Russia, in 1958. China however would be chaotic. Within the Occupation Zone there was a degree of piece but in the rest of China, with Allied occupation patrols seldom, chaos was growing. The Federal Republic of China had been formed in May 1954 which theoretically owned all of China. Reality however was that outside of the occupation zones China was near lawless with marauding bands of former Chinese soldiers roaming the lands raiding, raping, & pillaging. By the late 1950's western & interior China was controlled by warlords. Many of whom were increasingly coming under Communist influence.
By 1960 Japan was the occupation authority in all of eastern China aside from an surrounding Hong Kong & Macao that Britain remained in control of, the Shandong Province where Germany still held power, Koreas zones in Manchuria, & the Jiangsu & Anhui Provinces which the Americans still held though were gradually letting more & more power return to the Chinese Federal Army. In 1958 all of the occupiers had agreed to begin transferring power & authority in their zones to the new Chinese government. While all were doing so Japan did it much more slowly.
Things had been changing within China's interior. Minor warlord General Mao Zedong had aligned himself & his faction with France & began receiving weapons & training through the Kazakh Socialist Republic which France was Allied with. By 1961 unoccupied China had gone from six warlord factions to two & the other was confined to Tibet.
By the summer 1962, while all of eastern China was still considered an occupation zone fewer than 500,000 Allied soldiers remain most of whom were Japanese. On August 1,1962 Mao's Communist forces invaded east. While the Federal Army had close to 700,000 troops in it, with most having little will to fight on, they were no match for the invading Communists. Japanese &, to a small extent, American, German, & British troops fought to hold back the advancing Communists. However after Britain, the US, & Germany withdrew into Hong Kong, Shanghai, & Tsingtao the Communists were inclined to leave them alone. Japan & Korea however fought on even as them & the Federal Chinese forces withdrew into Manchuria.
Japan wasn't willing to give up the fight & began pouring troops & equipment into Manchuria to train & strengthen the Federal backbone. On February 24,1963 Japan, China, & Korea launched a major counteroffensive against the Communist forces. Along with the massive invasion from Manchuria Japanese forces launched attacks from Hainan & Formosa. The capitalists now outnumbered the Communists & threw them on their back. By the summer it seemed the Federal Army had finally grew a backbone & was taking an active role in defeating the Communists.
Mao wasn't out of the game yet however & in November launched a counteroffensive into southeastern China. In just two months Communist forces threw back the capitalists & had pushed the Japanese & Federals into a fortified area around the Leizhou Peninsula. The Communists seemed to be back on the rise. That changed in late January 1964 when Japan entered the nuclear world by becoming the second nation to drop an atomic bomb in anger dropping it on the main army confronting its center near Wuchow. Over 300,000 Communist soldiers were either killed or wounded during the explosion including their leader General Mao. Though the attack was condemned across the world it had taken the head off of the proverbial snake in Communist China.
Though the war didn't end after the atomic bombing in Wuchow the Communists never again launched a major offensive. Japan would eventually withdraw from a ground fighting role in China in 1968. though its air force continued to assist the Federal Chinese until the end of the war on March 13,1973 when the Communists finally surrendered.
Wikibox of the Chinese Civil War
Japans participation in the Chinese Civil War was widely unpopular in the Home Islands. Over 175,000 Japanese soldiers had been killed & nearly double that had been wounded. On May 15,1975 Japan became a constitutional monarchy ending decades of militarism in the country. By the 21st Century Japan had the second strongest economy in the world & was steadily growing.
Epilogue Part 7: The End
Following the end of the World War France was the second strongest nation in the world. The Alliance however that bounded France & Spain with the western Allies quickly faltered however & by 1951 a Cold War as it was called had begun. Seeking to expand Communism across the globe France used its power & influence to set up Communist governments wherever it could. Out of defeated Russia France moved quickly installing the Ukrainian Peoples Republic & the Kazakh Socialist Republic before the Allies even realized.
As Europe's empires began to lose their colonies France was quick to try & establish new nations decolonization had created as Communist states. France succeeded in many areas not only in Africa but around the world. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Angola, the Yucatan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nicaragua all became Communist governments. Serbia was one area that saw only partial success. In June 1967 civil war broke out within Serbia that would eventually see the country split in two with the north breaking loose as the Peoples Republic of Croatia in February 1970.
Serbia was the first area that saw a active participation of French troops. France sent 3000 troops to fight for the Communists marking the first time since the World War that French troops saw active combat. This was also the first time that France made a move expanding Communist influence without the assistance of Spain. France & Spain's ideas had been gradually drifting apart since before the World War. However in 1965 the difference in ideas had grown to far & the alliance between the two strongest & most modern Communist nations ended. Spain would go on to grow & expand its economic interests & power & by the 21st Century it'd be a modern economic powerhouse in the world.
Even without Spain France continued to try & spread Communism around the world. On December 24,1979 the first of over 150,000 French troops would invade Morocco by land & air. This was not only the first but the largest invasion France had partaken in since the World War. In weeks the Moroccan capital had been captured with the Moroccan government only jut escaping. French military planners assumed that Morocco would fold up in six weeks at the most. By March 1980 however Morocco fought on.
The French invasion of Morocco was universally condemned & all nations demanded the France withdraw. In 1982 the US along with several other nations began supporting the Moroccans. Both combatant & non-combatant aid was smuggled into Morocco mostly across the Straits of Gibraltar, but also into the Western Sahara from the German Canary Islands. Using guerrilla tactics the Moroccans would bleed the French dry. By 1988 France was near bankrupt & nearly the entire nation protested for the war to end. French Africa was beginning to fester with anti-Communist sentiment. France would begin its withdrawal from Morocco on May 15,1988. For the next 9 months France would pull every one of its over 200,000 troops out of Morocco in defeat. Finally on February 15,1989 the last French troop would withdraw into Algeria which was now ripe with revolution.
Wikibox of Franco-Moroccan War
France was falling. On June 1,1989 Algeria declared its independence from France. Algeria was only the first of many to split from France. Over the next nine months the rest of France's republics (colonies) declared their independence including New Caledonia on January 2,1990 & Belgium on February 12,1990. Communist France would officially come to an end on April 3,1991 with the French Fourth Republic being formed. Over the next decade France learned how to be a democracy once more. By the 21st Century France had rebuilt much of itself as a modern nation. Without France Communism fell across much of the world. By the year 2000 only Vietnam, Laos, & Nicaragua would remain Communist nations.
The world saw much change in the years following the World War. By the 21st Century the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, & India remained Great Powers in the world though though many considered Spain & Russia Great Powers due to their economies. Along with the Great Powers South Africa in 1980, Israel in 1984, Pakistan in 1995, & Saudi Arabia in 2005 would develop nuclear weapons though only the US & Japan remain as nations to use them in anger. After their Civil War the Federal Republic of China spent the next decade & a half rebuilding though by the 21st Century was a first world country once more. Having suffered nine nuclear attacks between the World War & Chinese Civil War China would be at the worlds forefront of the worlds nations to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The Cold War had ended however extremism, notably religious extremism was on the rise keeping the world on edge for years to come.
Following the end of the World War France was the second strongest nation in the world. The Alliance however that bounded France & Spain with the western Allies quickly faltered however & by 1951 a Cold War as it was called had begun. Seeking to expand Communism across the globe France used its power & influence to set up Communist governments wherever it could. Out of defeated Russia France moved quickly installing the Ukrainian Peoples Republic & the Kazakh Socialist Republic before the Allies even realized.
As Europe's empires began to lose their colonies France was quick to try & establish new nations decolonization had created as Communist states. France succeeded in many areas not only in Africa but around the world. Ethiopia, Tanzania, Angola, the Yucatan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nicaragua all became Communist governments. Serbia was one area that saw only partial success. In June 1967 civil war broke out within Serbia that would eventually see the country split in two with the north breaking loose as the Peoples Republic of Croatia in February 1970.
Serbia was the first area that saw a active participation of French troops. France sent 3000 troops to fight for the Communists marking the first time since the World War that French troops saw active combat. This was also the first time that France made a move expanding Communist influence without the assistance of Spain. France & Spain's ideas had been gradually drifting apart since before the World War. However in 1965 the difference in ideas had grown to far & the alliance between the two strongest & most modern Communist nations ended. Spain would go on to grow & expand its economic interests & power & by the 21st Century it'd be a modern economic powerhouse in the world.
Even without Spain France continued to try & spread Communism around the world. On December 24,1979 the first of over 150,000 French troops would invade Morocco by land & air. This was not only the first but the largest invasion France had partaken in since the World War. In weeks the Moroccan capital had been captured with the Moroccan government only jut escaping. French military planners assumed that Morocco would fold up in six weeks at the most. By March 1980 however Morocco fought on.
The French invasion of Morocco was universally condemned & all nations demanded the France withdraw. In 1982 the US along with several other nations began supporting the Moroccans. Both combatant & non-combatant aid was smuggled into Morocco mostly across the Straits of Gibraltar, but also into the Western Sahara from the German Canary Islands. Using guerrilla tactics the Moroccans would bleed the French dry. By 1988 France was near bankrupt & nearly the entire nation protested for the war to end. French Africa was beginning to fester with anti-Communist sentiment. France would begin its withdrawal from Morocco on May 15,1988. For the next 9 months France would pull every one of its over 200,000 troops out of Morocco in defeat. Finally on February 15,1989 the last French troop would withdraw into Algeria which was now ripe with revolution.
Wikibox of Franco-Moroccan War
France was falling. On June 1,1989 Algeria declared its independence from France. Algeria was only the first of many to split from France. Over the next nine months the rest of France's republics (colonies) declared their independence including New Caledonia on January 2,1990 & Belgium on February 12,1990. Communist France would officially come to an end on April 3,1991 with the French Fourth Republic being formed. Over the next decade France learned how to be a democracy once more. By the 21st Century France had rebuilt much of itself as a modern nation. Without France Communism fell across much of the world. By the year 2000 only Vietnam, Laos, & Nicaragua would remain Communist nations.
The world saw much change in the years following the World War. By the 21st Century the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, & India remained Great Powers in the world though though many considered Spain & Russia Great Powers due to their economies. Along with the Great Powers South Africa in 1980, Israel in 1984, Pakistan in 1995, & Saudi Arabia in 2005 would develop nuclear weapons though only the US & Japan remain as nations to use them in anger. After their Civil War the Federal Republic of China spent the next decade & a half rebuilding though by the 21st Century was a first world country once more. Having suffered nine nuclear attacks between the World War & Chinese Civil War China would be at the worlds forefront of the worlds nations to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The Cold War had ended however extremism, notably religious extremism was on the rise keeping the world on edge for years to come.
Admiral Halsey
Banned
Sad to see this TL end but glad to have helped shape some of it as well. Can't wait for your next one.
Admiral Halsey
Banned
Well i'd have thought the US would've been involved more but no not really. Would you be willing to post the list of presidents of the US from the beginning pf the TL to the end? I really wanna know if Patton ever became prez.
uh yeah i might. it'll prolly be a while though since I'll be returning home soon &still dont have internet
Thank you herricks.
This is the first time I followed from beginning to end in real time. It was well thought out, well written, and very entertaining.
This is the first time I followed from beginning to end in real time. It was well thought out, well written, and very entertaining.
Thank you. As soon as I get Internet at my house I am planning on staying my new TL