Quite soon, as I plan the next one to be quite a short one. The war will be divided up. But don't expect too much before the World Cup final...
@iiicollies: The issue with the British King got fixed.
Vive la Revolution!: The story of Fructidor and Beyond
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Quite soon, as I plan the next one to be quite a short one. The war will be divided up. But don't expect too much before the World Cup final...
@iiicollies: The issue with the British King got fixed.
On the World Cup, and sports, once everything clams down, what of the Olympics? And other major sporting events?
Ventôse CXLVIII - Vendémiaire CXLI
A war that was none, or: How long can it stay phoney?
CXLVIII:
CXLVIII:
- Austria-Hungary, from 13 Ventôse onwards, bombards and invades Ukraine. Within one month, on 28 Germinal, and with help by the USWR, Ukraine was divided up. Austria established the Generalstaats-Diozöse Ukraine.
- Spain attacked Madagascar, but France kept surprisingly still, only letting the divisions stationed there fight. However, they fought valiantly and the attack is not yet finished by Fructidor, despite the promise of an independent Madagascar.
- Mao Tse-Tung fell in the battlefield of Shaanxi on 3 Prairial. This brought the communists into disunity and allowed the Japanese to support one particularly strong warlord, Shao Jiayi.
He starts to gain territory in Shaanxi and Shanxi., and several smaller warlords and their "armies" defect to him. - Greece invades Egypt on 18 Germinal, deposes the British-imposed government and the King with Coptic Extremist collaborators. Egypt's resistance was only token, and it quickly exported this new system to Sudan. The King and government fled to the Sinai.
CXLIX:
- Spain liberates Madagascar and sets up the (First) Malagasy Empire on 5 Frimaire. This state is ruled by Malagasy rulers, however, it becomes clear relatively quickly that this Malagasy Empire is just a Spanish puppet.
- Russia now joins the war, but not directly against any of the great powers. It first blitzes through Tuva in Pluviôse and Ventôse, however, the independence is kept in order to "Russianise" them.
- After the Sultanates of Turkmenistan and Khorezm and the Khanate of Khiva have become de facto puppets of the Iranian Empire (without a shot being fired, just for protection from the commies), both Iran and Russia, in a coordinated move, invade Kokand on 17 Nivôse. However, they have considerable problems with the mountainous terrain, especially as Russia has also invaded the Soviet puppet of Kazakhstan on 11 Messidor.
- Austria-Hungary with the Oberster Prälat Engelbert Dollfuß invades Saxony and Silesia simultaneously on 2 Pluviôse. They encounter more than just token resistance, despite Saxony already having been under the Christlich-Soziale Bewegung (CSB) of Martin Mutschmann et al. for three years, and guerillas, calling themselves Neutrality Army of Saxony and Silesia (NASS), fight valiantly in the Saxon and Silesian mountains.
- When both Capitals have fallen (Dresden on 26 Thermidor and Breslau on 5 Fructidor), despite there still being guerilla fighters, Austria-Hungary attacks the Duchies of Bavaria and then Baden-Württemberg. As Bavaria is under the leadership of arch-Christian Gustav Ritter von Kahr and Baden-Württemberg under Günther Fürst von Waldburg-Zeil, the invasion goes very smoothly and the Generalstaatsdiozöse Alpenvorland (Generalstaatsdiozöse of the Foothills of the Alps) is established on Jour de la Vertu.
- The Mormon Republic of Deseret, another one of those extremist religious nations, blitzes through the Navajo nation and then, with all it's desert and mountain experience, on 18 Floréal invade California. The success there is surprising, but it is attributed not only to new tactics or the massive use of "Speicherfässer" (=tanks, another codename plus invaded in Germany that stuck), but also to Californian collaborators en masse. But these are basically only there because they are incontent with the artificial and, really, nonsensical borders of California and not because of any love for Mormonist extremism. The Navajo, meanwhile, are pushed into what are basically concentration camps in the desert.
- On 25 Messidor, on the height of the "dry" season, Florida invades the Worker's Communal Republic of Mississippi, as the extremist black supremacists in Jackson are called. They also use Speicherfässer, however, here, too, there are many, many collaborators, mainly oppressed whites who live here in great numbers. In that way, they can easily conquer nearly all of Mississipi except for the most black areas on the river. Texas and Lousiana are officially neutral, as are most other American nations, however, volunteers join Florida's and Deseret's "cause" in great numbers.
CL/CLI:
- After successfully crushing the guerillas in the mountainous areas of the Erzgebirge, Austria-Hungary turns it's attention to Prussia and the United Baltic Duchies. However, it gives itself time through the winter (8 Brumaire to 4 Ventôse) to rebuild, stabilise the ranks, incorporate forcibly recruited troops from all these Generalstaatsdiozösen, repair and rebuild some of the damaged equipment, and so on.
- However, on 4 Ventôse, nearly a million troops cross the border into Prussia. They first think they are held up by the Von-Rundstedt-Linie, the defensive line built up by the Prussians in the years prior to the war. However, Poland has not followed this step and thus, the Austro-Hungarians can pass by this line. They invade Poland and take Warsaw on 14 Floréal, and then go onto Prussia. The first major city to fall is Danzig on 28 Floréal, giving Austria it's first Baltic Sea port and splitting the country in half. Meanwhile, the Von Rundstedt line is bombarded massively by Speicherfässer and more and more holes are made in it. Within a few months and a little guerilla fighting by army and civilians not prepared to give up so easily, Poland and then Prussia are conquered and incorporated. The infamous Fall of Berlin takes place on 11 Vendémiaire, after which Adolf Hitler and his crew fled to the United Baltic Duchies (of which significant territory, including Riga, was taken), where he wanted to lead the Liberation of Europe.
- Spain, after over years having established a puppet state of Equatoria on the area of french Equatorial Africa, attacks the coasts of French West and Coastal Africa (in which Nigeria is quickly incorporated) all-out. And since some of the rebels are collaborating with the Spanish, it is quite successful, although the difficult swampy and disease-prone terrain proves difficult, which is also the reason not that much progress has been made. Meanwhile, the CUS supports every non-Pact member with the WSP (War Support Program), de-facto Lend-Lease.
- Austria, just before the fall of Prussia and Poland, desperately needs iron ore and, knowing that Sweden can provide some (Sweden is neutral in this war, but right-wing) and that the shipping route into the Baltic needs to be secured, occupies the Aland Isles and Gotland and unites them into the Generalstaatsdiozöse Inselland. Operation Fördeübung also leads to occupation and direct administration of Denmark.
- Gran Colombia, with help from Florida and it's rainforest- and mountain-experienced troops, celebrates major victories against Peru, nearly conquering the whole coast and northern rainforest areas. The successes in the Brazilian Amazon are fewer, but also fairly sizeable.
- Argentina, meanwhile, has blitzed through all of Paraguay and, before that, Uruguay in CXLIX, however, their success rate against Bolivia is, for a phoney war, dismal...
- The warlord Shao Jiayi, supported by the Japanese, manages to gain some more territory and seed more dissent in the communist rebel faction.
- All war-affected countries have, by now, instituted the draft.
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Won. How did A-H, and Russia get so powerful, and the UWR at war witn Spain I see.
Austria-Hungary and Russia will not be that powerful forever, it's just overextended now. Don't worry...
The UWR, for now, is allied with Austria-Hungary and the Holy Rus Empire, so is not at war with Spain. More, it's the French Empire that is...
Ethiopia is allied to all those extremist regimes and wants, together with Byzantium, to re-Christianise the middle East with the Orthodox faith...
Remember that Madrid- Vienna- Constantinople- Novosibirsk- Addis Ababa- Bogóta- Buenos Aires- Teheran- Salt Lake City- Orlando are allied with each other and want to expand religion all over the world... everyone their kind of religion, of course. But they stand against the rest of the world.
UPDATE FINISHED! Comments, criticisms, pointing out of mistakes, or just simple love are welcome!
(and, yes, this is a bump)
(and, yes, this is a bump)
A slight Retcon: The South Atlantic Islands had to be ceded to the UWR after World War I. This affects St. Helena, Tristan de Cunha, the Falklands/Malvinas and Ascension.
This is currently on hiatus to some extent, but still feel free to ask any questions and make any comments you want...
The next map... this time without a writeup, as I am really no good at writing about wars. Questions, Comments and Criticisms are always welcome!
This is the height of the advance of the Holy Covenant, and slowly, they are starting to get beaten back.
This is the height of the advance of the Holy Covenant, and slowly, they are starting to get beaten back.
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And this is on the day before Jour J/Tag B/T-Tago (yes, the official main languages of the UWR are French, German, and Esperanto!) on 22 Floréal, CLV. This will be the start of the Allied landing in Denmark and Prussia...
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Givin' out a hint at the Future: South Portugal is Best Portugal!
North Somalia is Best Somalia!
North Somalia is Best Somalia!
The occupation zones are all occuped by the *Allies, the Great War has ended. But only after nuclear bombs had been used, on 25 Messidor and 3 Thermidor CLVII respectively, against Seville and Salamanca, two cities of the extremely resilient Spaniards.
One year after the occupation zones were occupied, the Californian Crisis in which the Japanese Imperialists tried to found their own puppet republic, but were firmly evicted by the Canadian United Syndicate and it's allies.
More and more rifts are beginning to show in occupation policy and other aspects between the communist and imperialist blocs and it is seeming like another war is brewing between the two blocs...
This becomes especially fierce as the communist bloc instigates a currency reform in the Trizone of former Austria-Hungary, introducing the Donauländer Schilling, for short D-Schilling. As a reaction, the bloc later to be called the Nanjing Pact, through it's close allies in Berlin (still under the chancellorship of Adolf Hitler!) and Riga, instigates a blockade of West Vienna which can only be resolved by airlifts and is only lifted 8 months later. This is very quickly followed by the foundation of the Vereinigte Donauländische Republiken (VDR) and, to the east, the Donauländische Nationalstaat (DNS).
One year after the occupation zones were occupied, the Californian Crisis in which the Japanese Imperialists tried to found their own puppet republic, but were firmly evicted by the Canadian United Syndicate and it's allies.
More and more rifts are beginning to show in occupation policy and other aspects between the communist and imperialist blocs and it is seeming like another war is brewing between the two blocs...
This becomes especially fierce as the communist bloc instigates a currency reform in the Trizone of former Austria-Hungary, introducing the Donauländer Schilling, for short D-Schilling. As a reaction, the bloc later to be called the Nanjing Pact, through it's close allies in Berlin (still under the chancellorship of Adolf Hitler!) and Riga, instigates a blockade of West Vienna which can only be resolved by airlifts and is only lifted 8 months later. This is very quickly followed by the foundation of the Vereinigte Donauländische Republiken (VDR) and, to the east, the Donauländische Nationalstaat (DNS).
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Here, a writeup (either as done previously, or inspired by KaiserK's format) will follow.
Messidor CLVIII to Brumaire CLXX
A near miss, or: How to (not) conduct wars
A near miss, or: How to (not) conduct wars
Turkey? Turkey went communist, in an equivalent to the Greek Civil War...
Greece is actually quite well off: Its government is democratic-communist much like UWR and USWR, it's stable, and it is quite prosperous. However, the Greeks still grumble about the result of the referendum (it was actually free and fair!) which split the Free Republic of the Straits off, and they also have quite a fast cycle of government changes. Corruption is also, mildly said, not unknown in Greece.
And yes, the Congo is still sort of Belgian, but that is now only nominal. Belgians don't dictate anymore, and most things are decided by (for the most part) Congolese politicians. A bit more than how Canada was still British until 1986(?), though, maybe like 1940s Canada.