Von Glusenburg's first world war

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Contents 1 The death of Kaiser Wilhelm II- June 3rd 1890 2 Von Glusenburg's policies 1890-1914 2.1 Von Glusenburg's Plan 1910 3 World War One 1914-1918 4 The World Alliance of Nations Era 1918-1936 5 The World War Two- Also known as the Civil World War 1936-1947

[edit] The death of Kaiser Wilhelm II- June 3rd 1890

On June 3rd 1890 Kaiser Wilhelm II died following banging his head on his bath taps and drowned in the bath unconscious. Following his death Wilhelm's oldest son Crown Prince Wilhelm was decleared the 3rd German Emperor. However since the young prince was only 9 at the time, he had apointed (with help of his advisors) Gustav Von Glusenburg (Von Glusenburg is a fictional character (to the best of my knowledge)), to rule in his place until the Emperor reached age 18.

[edit] Von Glusenburg's policies 1890-1914

Von Glusenburg was a major supporter of the dream of a German "place in the sun", and so he created the Deutsches Kolonialarmee-Korps (the German Colonial Army Corps(D.K.K)). These corps were designed to protect the German Colonies and wage wars across the world much easier. To encourage people to join the Korps, if a quarter of the colony's population was to join the Korps either full time or part time reserves, the colony would be granted self-government and autonomy status. Nearly all German colonies (except their territories in China, where this policy wasn't issued) went for this plan and created D.K.K in 6 of the 8 German colonies.

Von Glusenburg also strengthened the ties between the nations in the Triple Alliance by creating the Berlin-Vienna-Rome Railway and aiding industrialization in Austrian-Hungerian Empire and Italy. Also Bulgeria, Spain, Ottoman Empire, Japan and Persia were given secret membership, as Von Glusenburg had foreseen a great European War in a dream and he inteaded to use the secret members to qucikly and unexpectedly attack the unexpecting enenmy countries.

When Wilhelm III became emperor in 1899, he apointed Von Glusenburg as his permanent advisor and together they vowed to make Germany the top world power. To show this will the Glusenhelm Canon was developed which could fire over 70 miles away.

In 1907 Britain and Germany signed the Hamburg treaty which was basically a neutrality pact, therefore meaning Britain never joined the triple Entente.

Von Glusenburg was preparing for the great war he had dreamt about and as he witnessed the Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on October 6, 1908; he knew the war would soon come. He knew that the alliance of Russia and France would mean a two front war and to conter this he devised a plan.

[edit] Von Glusenburg's Plan 1910

• Germany would create a series of fortresses and trenches along the German-French border and take a defensive stance with Glusenhelm Canons aimed for infront of the line and fortresses. The fortresses were constructed between 1910-13.

• The German backed Polish liberation Front was divised were Polish people would be drafted into the army and if there supported greatly aided in the war effort. This same policy was divised to create a Finnish state, Armenia, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, and Baltic states (Estonia,Latvia, Lithuania).

• Austria-Hungery would invade Serbia with half of its forces and the other half to aid the German invasion of Russia. Also an Austrian invasion of Tunisa and annexation of Kuwait would also occur.

• German Kamerun would invade French Equatorial Africa after Spain joined and invaded Gabon. The Togoland troops would then invade French West Africa in modern day Niger. Germany would also invade French Guiana.

• Italy would join the war after 2 years by invading France, French Somaliland, Ethiopia and Montenegro. The Itailians would serge northwards in France to meet the German Line and attack the oppsing French line from behind.

• Bulgeria would join after 2 years and invade Serbia from the East. Also following a Romanian intervention Bulgeria would form most of the invasion force. Plus the Bulgerian Navy would support the Ottoman Navy, and later invade the Krasnodar region in Russia.

• Ottoman Empire and Persia would join after 2.5 years, invade Russia from the Caucasus region and Crimea and also Persia would invade modern day Turkmenistan.

• The Empire of Japan, Republic of China and Spain would invade after 3 years. Japan would invade Far Eastern Russia, French Indochina and Sakhalin. China would invade modern-day Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Spain would invade France and quickly attack the French lines from behind, as well as Gabon and Morocco.

Then on 28 June 1914 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, kicked off the first World War.

[edit] World War One 1914-1918

Firstly in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared War on Serbia, then to support Serbia, the Russian Empire and Montenegro declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Then to protect Austria, the German Empire declared war on Russia. Then France declared war on Germany,and Belgium declared neutrality. Britain then said if any of it's territories or neutral country's territories was invaded by Germany or Austria they would intervene on France and Russia's side.

Firstly an Austrian invasion of Serbia began, a joint German-Austrian invasion of Russia began in 1914 and the guerilla movements in Poland, Finland, Armenia, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania; backed by the Central Powers also started in 1914. The D.K.K then also began campaigns to defend the German Colonies.

1915: German-Polish forces remove Russian forces in Poland and Poland was declared an independent state. Finnish forces capture all of Lapland and Oulu. Estonian forces capture the islands of Hiiumaa and Saarema and also the city of Tartu. The latvians capture Riga and most of the land around the Gulf of Riga. The Lithuanians capture most of the Lithuanian coast and the Armenian, Kurds and Azerbaijanis take over there respected lands and declare them independent nations. The German-Austrian front extends to Poland-Ukraine. The French front is held at the German line of Fortresses.

1916: The German-Austrian Front extends deeper into Ukraine and Belarus. Lithuania is declared an independent state. Rumania joins the war and invades Austria-German front from behind. Italy joins the war and invades France, Corsica, French Somaliland, Ethiopia and Montenegro. The Italian-French Front is pushed to the River Rhone and Geneva. The Bulgarians also join the war and invade Serbia and Rumania. The Bulgarian invasion forces the Rumanian forces to stop their attack of the Austrian-German Line to defend their country. The Ottoman Empire also joins the war, invades Russia from the Caucasus region. Then Persia invades modern day Turkmenistan. Also the emperor of Austro-Hungarian Empire Franz Joseph I dies and Karl I becomes the new emperor at age 29.

1917:The German-Austrian Front extends into Russia itself and the Russians deploy most of their forces to defend Moscow. Latvia, Lithuania and Finland are taken over by the guerilla movements and they gain indepence from Russia. The guerilla forces and the German Baltic fleet jointly invade St. Petersburg and the Japanese join the war and invade French Indochina, far eastern Russia and Sakhalin. The Chinese then join the war and invade modern-day Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and aid the Japanese in Far East Russia. Rumania surrender and is taken over by Bulgaria; so with forces freed up the Bulgarians launch an invasion of he Krasnodar region in Russia. Spain joins the war using their Mobile Offence armies to quickly invade France and they get behind the French-Italian line and the Central Powers control nearly all of France with half of the country under their control. The Spanish invade the French Colonies of Gabon and Morocco and the D.K.K begin their offence in French Equatorial Africa taking Chad and Benin. The Italian Colonial forces invade the north French Equatorial Africa and Algeria. The Germans invade the French Pacific Colonies and French Guiana, taking them all quickly. The Austrians invade Tunisia too.

1918: Japan invade Madagascar and all other French Indian Ocean Territories. The Germans take Moscow and Paris. France and Russia surrender in September 1918. Austria also then invade Kuwait.

The total dead of the war is around 20 million. The German-led Central Powers as you can see followed Von Glusenburg's plan and they won the first world war in 1918 and the world was redrawn by the Central Powers like so...

Just so you know the war didn't concern Central & South America thats why they are grey on the map. Also to combat the growing German Nation and U.S.S.R, Denmark, Norway, Sweeden, Iceland and Greenland formed the Scandinavian Union.

To try and prevent future wars on the scale of the first world war the leading world powers created the World Alliance of Nations (W.A.N). All the countries at the time except China joined the W.A.N and the Alliance vowed not to let another war on the scale of the first world war happen again.

[edit] The World Alliance of Nations Era 1918-1936

In 1918-1920 Russia was involved in a civil war and eventually taken over in a communist revolution and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed; however Tsar Nicolas II was saved by Russian loyalists and the Tsar went into exile in London. The W.A.N tried to get the Tsar back into power, but after a vote in Russia to decide if the people of Russia wanted the Tsar back, proved that the majority was communist and the Tsar was forced to stay in exile.

Then in China the Republic of China the Warlord era began in 1916 in the Republic of China following Yuan Shikai's death, and the shifting alliances of regional warlords fought for control of the Beijing government. The KMT then launched a campaign to reunite China with support of the Communist Party. However in 1929 the KMT was defeated and the warlords declared each of there own territories independent states. However the KMT declared the modern day states of Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan as the Southern Republic of China, with Guangzhou as the capital in 1930. The Communist party with aid of the U.S.S.R declared the modern day states of Zhejiang and Jiansu as the Eastern Socalist Chinese Republic, with Shanghai as its capital in 1930.

China after the Warlord period in Von Glusenburg's world histoy. The Dark Red is the Eastern Socalist Chinese Republic, Orange is the Southern Republic of China, and the other colours are the lands of the warring warlord's lands

Other than the civil war in China and the Russian Revolution the W.A.N Era was free of wars. However the as a result of the first world war France wanted to regain its nation's pride, so in the 1932 dictator Louis Bontecou came into power with his French Nationalist Party(PNF). Plus Canada gained independence from Britain (1924)but a civil unrest between the French speakers and the English speakers caused Quebec to succeed from Canada (1929). The Quebec French Pride Party(PFFQ) supported by the PNF won the 1934 elections and came into power. The French Atlantic Triangle Alliance (Alliance atlantique française de triangle(AAFT)) was signed between France, French West Africa and Quebec in 1935, to promote the power of the French People.

The USSR was also supporting and funding communist parties across the world to achieve Stalin's aim of a global communist revolution, and as a result the communists came into power in Brazil and East China. They formed the Perm League of Communist States in 1934. Perm was made capital of the USSR in 1930.

The German Emperor Wilhelm III gives birth to his first child wilhelm (1929) however his wife dies during birth & and the emperor vowed to never marry again. Karl I also has a child with his wife called Augusta (1933).

[edit] The World War Two- Also known as the Civil World War 1936-1947

The Second World War was mainly caused by the Perm League trying to increase the number of communist states, the AAFT's imperialistic wishes and various world wide independence campaigns such as the ones in Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Second World War lasts the duration of the Portuguese Civil War between the communists and nationalists.

• 1936- The civil war in Portugal started in 1936 when the communist party seized control of Algarve region of Portugal and declared Portugal a member of the Perm League. Also in 1936 a civil war started in Spain between the nationalists and republicans (that's the Spanish civil war in real history with Franco, etc). The Portuguese & Spanish nationalists signed a treaty of alliance and the creation of the Greater Iberian Empire (Imperio Ibero más Grande). The USSR begin to invade the territories which China invaded in the first world war (Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan) too. The WAN tries to stablize things by sending in peace keeper forces however they fail to control the regions.

• 1937- The former Qing Emperor Xuāntǒng (Pǔyí), who was in exile had gone to W.A.N headquarters in Jerusalem. Where he gained the support of Germany, Southern Chinese republic, Eastern Socalist Chinese Republic, Britain, USSR and the USA. They pledged troops and the Qing Emperor lead the alliance to victory to recapture Shandong. The civil wars in Spain and Portugal rage on. Rumanian forces declare independence from Bulgaria, and the USSR invade the Bulgarian controlled Krasnodar region. Bulgaria tries to defend its territories gain from world war 1.

• 1938- The USSR take control of the Krasnodar region, the Pro-Qing forces capture Hebei, Beijing and tiajin. The Southern Chinese Republic annexes the state of Guizhou and Eastern Socalist Chinese Republic annexes Anhui province. The British declare Tibet a territory of the British Empire, and incorporates it into the New British Dominion of South Asia (India, Burma, Tibet and Sri Lanka). Macedonia declare independence from Bulgaria,Austria and Greece. The French and Spanish Nationalists sign a treaty where the French give aid to the Spanish Nationalists and in return France regains the lands it lost in World War one.

• 1939- Macedonia gains independence from Bulgaria and signs a treaty with Greece about gaining land to reach the sea. British and USSR forces split Xinjiang province and claim the Qing area. The Pro-Qings also gain Liaoning, Henan and Shanxi provinces. The Germans sell West German East Africa and also invade Mozambique with the British. The Ottoman Empire is attacked by Saudi Arabia and it loses its Red Sea coast lands. Brazil invades Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. The Germans, British, Americans and the other South American Countries attack Brazil. France declare war on Italy and begins to regain the lands which Italy took in world war 1 from France. Romania defeat Bulgaria and become an independent nation.

• 1940- The USA annexes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in Canada. In return Canada gain Alaska. The Ottoman Empire collapses due to internal strife and a civil war engulfs all of the middle east. The Holy Lands of Israel is declared an international territory of the WAN. The USSR invades Crimea and some of the Caucasus region. The Pro-Qings gain Jilin, Heilongjiang and Hubei provinces. Brazil drops a nuclear bomb on Washington DC during a Brazil Naval Invasion of Maryland. The invasion fleet takes Maryland and Delaware. Mozambique is split between Britain, Germany and Japan following Portugal's civil war. Angola (Portugal's other South African Colony)declares independence as a communist state and member of the Perm League. Portuguese Guinea is taken over by French West Africa.

• 1941- Austria annex the former Ottoman territories around Kuwait and Create the Austrian Middle East. Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, Georgia, Syria and Iraq are formed from the Ottoman Civil War, and the war ends in the middle east. USSR invade Afghanistan. Pro-Qings take Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu. Korean rebels cause a civil war in Korea. Macedonia gains land from Austria with the treaty of Skopje. The Italians and French sign a peace treaty and France regain the parts of mainland France Italy took, however Italy keeps its colonies and Corsica.

• 1942- Pro-Qings take the rest of China and the Chinese Empire is reborn. The Germans keep part of Shandong as German China. The Brazilian invasion of the USA is stopped as the Americans retake Maryland and Delaware. The Americans invade East Brazil, Germans invade North East Brazil, British invade North Brazil. The Brazilian invasion of South America is stopped and the Brazilians begin to defend their country. Independence movements engulf Austria-Hungary and the Empire falls into civil war. Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, Slovenia and Romania declare independence from Austria.

• 1943-USSR invade the lands which Austria gained from Russia after World War 1. The Czechs, Hungarians and Slovaks declare independence from Austria also. Poland invades Austrian Polish lands. Korea gains independence from Japan. The Scandinavian Union splits. Ireland declares independence from Britain, and instead self rule is offered, the Irish accept. The Scots and Welsh also demand more self rule and again it is offered, just not as much.

• 1944- German Crown Prince Wilhelm IV and Crown Princess Augusta I of Austria vow to get married and a Union between Germany and Austria takes place and with German aid the Austrian civil war is stopped with all the independence movements gaining independence. The territories of the British Empire declare indepence and civil war destroys Britain's empire.

• 1945- British Royalists through out the former British Empire Declare the Commonwealth of Nations, with Queen Elizabeth II as supreme ruler. The Royalist movement takes over the British Isles, Canada, New Zeeland and Malta. Brazil surrenders and the government is replaced with a democratic one. Germany adds the Brazilian state of Amapa into German South America. The Brazilian Amazon is declared a WAN international territory and USA adds the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte into the USA. Hawaii is also incorporated into the USA as the 53rd State. Siam joins the Commonwealth of Nations. France invade Germany to retake former territory.

• 1946-The Germans defeat France, appoint a new government and still give France some territories back. The Commonwealth of Nations takes over all of the former British Empire. The USSR invade East Persia.

• 1947-Persia joins the commonwealth of nations, the Commonwealth signs a peace treaty with the USSR. The Spanish nationalists defeat the republicans. The Portuguese communists defeat the Portuguese nationalists. The second world war is over at a cost of around 50 million lives.

The course of the Spanish and Portuguese civil wars.

A map of France regaining territories in world war 2.

China after the second world war.