What If? HOI IV Rise Of Nations: Alternate Timeline

[Marcus Aurelius]

(1900-1909)

1900:

Major Events:

- The Boxer Rebellion: The Boxers go to war with almost the entirety of Europe and the 8 Nation Alliance is established to combat them. China, knowing it couldn't defend against the 8 Nation Alliance, joins the Alliance against the Boxer.

- Russia Expands the Trans-Siberian Railway.

1901:

Major Events:

- The Boxer Protocols: The Boxers are annexed by China, who uses it's lend-leases with the West to start modernizing it's army.

1903:

Major Events:

- Anglo-German Naval Arms Race: Britain, Germany, and the Ottomans all significantly invest in their navies.

- Russo-Korean War: The Russian Empire invades Korea.

- Korea, being a protectorate of Japan, calls Japan into the war.

1904:

Major Events:

- Russia pushes far into Korean and launches an invasion of Japan from Sakhalin.

- Treaty Of Seoul: Korea becomes a puppet of the Russian Empire.

1905:

Major Events:

- Treaty Of Tokyo: Japan surrenders to Russia and gives Russia the island of Hokkaido.

1907:

Major Events:

- Sweden-Norway and Denmark form the Scandinavian Union faction.

1908:

Major Events:

- A failed coup in Sweden-Norway incited by Britain is put down.

- The Ottomans encroach on Greek territory, starting a border war.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

(1910-1919)

1911:

Major Events:

Agadir Crisis: War between Germany and France almost breaks out.

Chinese Civil War: Due to China's vastly improved army, the Chinese civil war is quickly put down.

1912:

Major Events:

The First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Austria-Hungary for control of Bosnia.

Initial push into Bosnia by Ottoman forces is successful

1913:

Major Events:

Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece join the Central Powers on Austria-Hungary's side.

Austria-Hungary rejects the Ottomans peace offer.

- Romania joins on the side of the Ottomans.

1914:

Major Events:

- Austria-Hungary surrenders to the Ottomans.

- Treaty Of Nis: Serbia cedes land to the Ottomans.

- Treaty Of Sarajevo: Austria Hungary pays reparations and cedes Bosnia to the Ottoman Empire.

- Treaty Of Athens: Greece takes some territory from the Ottomans and the Ottomans are required to keep their armies away from Greek land.

- Treaty Of Bitola: Montenegro gives land to the Ottomans and becomes a protectorate.

- Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand: Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princep assassinates Archduke Of Austria Franz Ferdinand.

- July Crisis: Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, and Serbia try to stop a war.

- The Great War: Austria-Hungary and Serbia go to war, starting the Great War.

- Germany invades Belgium, causing Britain to declare war on the Central Powers and joins the Entente.

- The Netherlands joins the Central powers.

- Russian Civil War: The USSR revolts against the Russian Empire in Ukraine.

- Japan joins the Entente.

1915:

Major Events:

- Italy joins the Central Powers.

1916:

Major Events:

- Spain joins the Entente.

- Serbia and Romania join the Entente.

- The Ottomans join the Central Powers.

- By this point, France has pushed through almost all of German-Occupied Belgium and the Netherlands, Germany has advanced deep into Russia, the Ukrainian rebels have made significant progress, and Italy opens a front in Africa.

- Bulgaria and Greece begin fighting the Ottomans.

- French troops enter Germany.

- Britain launches a land invasion of Germany.

- China joins the Central Powers.

1917:

Major Events:

- Belgian, French, and British soldiers surround the German Army.

- The White Russians start going up against the USSR.

- Germany makes a desperate push into France, but French and British troops are already pushing towards Berlin.

- Italy invades the French south.

- Romania and Bulgaria capitulate.

- Spain exits the war.

- Italy pushes into Catalonia and the Balears.

- Italy becomes Fascist and joins the Entente.

- German Civil War: The German Empire fights a civil war against the Communists.

1918:

Major Events:

- Germany falls to the Communists and the Entente invasion.

- Russia, losing ground to Germany from the West and the Ottomans to the South, surrenders.

- Greece is knocked out of the conflict.

- Treaty Of Berlin: The Rhineland and the Saarland are liberated and Denmark gains it's former lands in Germany. Germany loses it's colonies to Britain and France. Germany becomes the Socialist Republic Of Germany.

- Treaty of Edessa: Greece cedes lands to the Ottomans and becomes a protectorate.

- Treaty of Sofia: Bulgaria cedes land to the Ottomans and becomes a protectorate.

- Treaty of Lemberg: Russia cedes land to Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans, Korea and Poland gain indepandance.

- Treaty if Smederevo: Serbia becomes an Ottoman protectorate.

- Treaty Of Beijing: Manchuria is puppeted by Russia while the Entente make small colonial gains across the southern coast, while Japan gets the entirety of the East Coast.

- The Central powers are disbanded by the Ottomans after Italy leaves.

- White Russians rise up against the USSR.

1919:

Major Events:

The Netherlands and Belgium form the Dutch-Belgian Union faction.

 

[Marcus Aurelius]

(1920-1933)

1920:

Major Events:

End Of The Russian Civil War: The USSR pushes the White Russians far into Siberia, causing them to capitulate.

1922:

Major Events:

- The USSR and Finland go to war.

1923:

Major Events:

- Although Italy had taken Libya in the Great War, the Ottoman Empire conquered Jabal Shammar and the wasteland, retaking Libya.

- Hitler leads the failed Beer Hall Putsch.

1928:

Major Events:

- 2nd German Civil War: Hitler leads a Civil War against the Socialist Republic Of Germany.

- The German Reich is highly successful in pushing back the Socialists.

1929:

Major Events:

- The German Reich defeats the Socialists and Hitler becomes Fuhrer.

- Germany increases it's army and produces more guns.

- Germany starts producing Panzers.

- Austria-Hungary gives land to Poland and creates Moldavia as a puppet.

1930:

Major Events:

- The Great European War: Spain invades Italian colonies in North Africa.

- Luxembourg joins the Belgium-Netherlands union.

- Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire declare war on Italy.

1931:

Major Events:

- All of Morocco occupied by Spain.

-USSR joins war on Italy's side.

1932:

Major Events:

- Ottomans release the Balkans.

1933:

Major Events:

- Spain annexes Morocco and gains Algeria as a protectorate.

- Serbia and Romania exit the war.

- Turkish army pushes halfway through Libya.

- White peace between Italy and the Turks, Romanian rebellion put down, end of Great European War.