So Im a pretty big fan when it comes to studying World War One, I dont know what it is but its a much more appealing subject to me than World War Two (I do know why that war is in particular, my least favorite, the Holocaust). Naturally I would take a gander at creating an alternate history, this has been done to death I know but if everyone else jumped off a bridge Id probably see what all the fuss was about.
This is what Ive been writing during classes for the last week. Its a rough draft.
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After German soldiers captured Paris after a furious battle they occupied French positions and fought a three month long battle against allied forces, bleeding them white. At the end of the three -month Battle of Paris the French Government sought an armistice.
Never exactly eccentric about joining the war and only doing so to uphold their treaty with Belgium, Great Britain promptly asked for peace as well and quickly received it. Imperial Russia, whose internal turmoil was getting in the way of its war making potential, sought peace with Germany as well. Due to Germanys upper-hand in the east Russia agreed to some very obscene terms. The Kingdom of Poland was created as a German puppet, while the Baltic States were outright annexed into the Empire. Far in the north Finland was given its independence, in the coming years it would prove a loyal ally to Germany.
In the West, Belgium and Luxembourg became German puppets. The Iron rich fields of North-Eastern France were ceded to German-Belgium and all existing French colonies were handed over to the German Empire. Though the Kaiser finally had an Empire worthy of its name, he would employ a vastly expanded Marine Corps to keep authority over these colonies for the next decade.
The War of 1914 ended in the Balkans with German soldiers arriving to assist Austro-Hungarian forces in the Invasion of Serbia, which brought the misunderstood nation into the sphere of influence of the Central Powers as an Austrian puppet.
In the former Entente things were heating up. Violent reactionary groups began to gain power in France; Ireland and India were in full-scale revolt against the British Empire and Bolshevik Extremists were acting up in Russia. Thankfully Germany had not imposed any heavy war reparations on France, none of Great Britain and pledged to assist the Russian Monarchy in its civil war with veteran German soldiers. The United States of America has remained neutral throughout all of this, chasing banditos in Mexico.
In the Pacific Japan sought to increase the size of her Empire and was angry at having lost the opportunity to seize German colonies. So instead she turned her eyes to the fractured state of China.
How Germany Won: The Schlieffen Plan was not extremely modified. More troops were stationed for the Invasion of Belgium and France rather than the defense of Alsace-Lorraine. The result is that Germany just barely reaches and captures Paris, having a much harder time holding it (but holding it indeed).
With no trench warfare there are no grenades, sub-machine guns or tanks. The machine gun is not the incredibly important infantry weapon it should have been and Cavalry was not completely out-dated. The bayonet and bravery are seen as the weapons that win wars.
This is what Ive been writing during classes for the last week. Its a rough draft.
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After German soldiers captured Paris after a furious battle they occupied French positions and fought a three month long battle against allied forces, bleeding them white. At the end of the three -month Battle of Paris the French Government sought an armistice.
Never exactly eccentric about joining the war and only doing so to uphold their treaty with Belgium, Great Britain promptly asked for peace as well and quickly received it. Imperial Russia, whose internal turmoil was getting in the way of its war making potential, sought peace with Germany as well. Due to Germanys upper-hand in the east Russia agreed to some very obscene terms. The Kingdom of Poland was created as a German puppet, while the Baltic States were outright annexed into the Empire. Far in the north Finland was given its independence, in the coming years it would prove a loyal ally to Germany.
In the West, Belgium and Luxembourg became German puppets. The Iron rich fields of North-Eastern France were ceded to German-Belgium and all existing French colonies were handed over to the German Empire. Though the Kaiser finally had an Empire worthy of its name, he would employ a vastly expanded Marine Corps to keep authority over these colonies for the next decade.
The War of 1914 ended in the Balkans with German soldiers arriving to assist Austro-Hungarian forces in the Invasion of Serbia, which brought the misunderstood nation into the sphere of influence of the Central Powers as an Austrian puppet.
In the former Entente things were heating up. Violent reactionary groups began to gain power in France; Ireland and India were in full-scale revolt against the British Empire and Bolshevik Extremists were acting up in Russia. Thankfully Germany had not imposed any heavy war reparations on France, none of Great Britain and pledged to assist the Russian Monarchy in its civil war with veteran German soldiers. The United States of America has remained neutral throughout all of this, chasing banditos in Mexico.
In the Pacific Japan sought to increase the size of her Empire and was angry at having lost the opportunity to seize German colonies. So instead she turned her eyes to the fractured state of China.
How Germany Won: The Schlieffen Plan was not extremely modified. More troops were stationed for the Invasion of Belgium and France rather than the defense of Alsace-Lorraine. The result is that Germany just barely reaches and captures Paris, having a much harder time holding it (but holding it indeed).
With no trench warfare there are no grenades, sub-machine guns or tanks. The machine gun is not the incredibly important infantry weapon it should have been and Cavalry was not completely out-dated. The bayonet and bravery are seen as the weapons that win wars.