Europe - 1956 Aftermath of World War I By Breakingerr Watch

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Alternate History



Victory of Central Powers



During Great War Italy had disputed opinions on what they should do in this conflict: A stay neutral, B join Entente side and C rejoin old allies. in real life Italians choose Entente but in this scenario they choose old allies aka Central powers. this was great turn in Central Powers favor which let conflict end in favor of CP.

Italy in return got North African French colonies except Morocco which was taken by German Empire, Djibouti and rest of East African colonies from Britain. Ottomans got Kars and Batum from Russian Empire and all of Arabia, Egypt and Sudan from Britain and Germany got rest of French colonies in Africa and Western and Central British colonies. Bulgaria gained whole Dobrogea, Serbian and Greek Macedonias, Thrace and Eastern Serbian territories. German Empire though being big player in The Great War gained little territory in Europe but big influence in return. Austria-Hungary annexed Montenegro into it's Empire and some South African territories such as Namibia. Germany incorporated only Luxembourg in the Empire. the countries participating in war such as Belgium and Netherlands got new rulers from Hohenzollern family which led them to become German puppets. Belgium gained Northern French territory by order of it's new leader to get proper port for it's new country. Countries who gained independence with Brest-Litovsk Treaty got guaranteed their sovereignty by Central Powers.



Countries founded after Brest-Litovsk treaty and Russian Civil War



1. People's Republic of Ukraine (with Kuban region until 1918 - 1940)

2. Democratic Republic of Belarus

3. Kingdom of Poland

4. Kingdom of Courland (1918 - 1920)

5. Kingdom of Livonia (Estonia and Latvia soon with Courland but still dissolved in 1926)

6. Kingdom of Finland

7. Democratic Republic of Georgia

8. 1st Republic of Armenia

9. Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan

10. Mountainous Republic of North Caucasus

11. Kingdom of Bessarabia (Moldova and Budjak 1918 - 1932)

12. Crimea (1918 - 1919 into Ukraine)





German Support of Mensheviks



Due Russian Tsar's incompetence and harsh treatment to it's people, Russians rose up against it's rulers and thus starting great Russian Revolution which led of formation 2 great factions: Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. the Bolsheviks were too radical for Germany while Mensheviks were more conservatives. Germans couldn't ignore the revolution and started supporting more favorable side to them - Mensheviks. as a result, Whites won the revolution and formed Russian Republic and then forcibly recognizing other nations who got their independence from Russian Empire.



Aftermath



Though Central Powers won some of it's members still had internal problems while some gained more problems. only Germany and Italy grew more stronger and were stable. Austria-Hungary still experienced large ethnic problems within Empire and even after victory in Great War, A&H was doomed to collapse. in 1923 Austria-Hungary knowing about it's decline announce of it's dissolution on Austria which later will join Germany and Kingdom of Hungary which will get all South Slavic lands except of Slovenia which will stay with Austria, Bucovina which will be split and given to Ukraine and Romania and Polish-Ukrainian Galicia which then be split by German order to Poland and Ukraine. though A&H split was peaceful same couldn't be said to Bulgarian and Ottoman Empires which experienced great revolution which then transformed into war due other countries interventions such as Greece, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Romania, Germany and Great Britain. despite already being big conflict Ottomans and Bulgarians had their own large separatists movements inside countries, in Bulgaria: Serbian, Romanian and Greek separatist groups while in Ottoman Empire: Kurdish, Arabian and Armenian separatist movements. the war was bloody and long but in 1928 conflict was over with somewhat cease-fire. the monarchy in Ottoman Empire now under the name of Turkey will be abolished and will be replaced by democratic rule meanwhile Bulgaria will remain monarchy country but now will be constitutional monarchical country and will change it's dynasty. by support of Germany both will remain German allies and by support of Britain, the separatists and countries involved in this conflict will gain independence and territories. the tensions between Germany and Britain grew since this day until 1932...



New Countries



United Arabian States/Arabian Kingdom - was founded in 1928 after Turkish war for independence and was soon recognized by almost all nations. currently oil rich country but experiences lot of tensions inside between religious and ideological factions.



Kurdistan - Was also founded in 1928 after Turkish war for Independence HOWEVER was not recognized by neither Turkey or Arabia (It's biggest neighbours) but was recognized by Britain, Russia, Iran and etc. currently has big tensions with Arabia and Turkey.



Egypt - Gained it's independence soon after collapse of Ottoman Empire in 1926. was recognized by all nations



Republic of Cyprus (1928-1931) - Gained it's independence from Ottoman Empire and since was under British and Greek protections. in 1931 was annexed by Greece by it's own will.



Republic of Turkey - Was founded by Turkish freedom fighters which emerged from old Ottoman military which saw fall of Empire and rise for new democratic republic for Turks. after collapse of Ottomans, Germany started funding and equipping Democratic Turks instead which then bought them a new ally. currently lead by Kemel Ataturk.



Kingdom of Bulgaria - Emerged from fallen 3rd Bulgarian Empire and currently is lead by new dynasty and parlamental leaders of Bulgaria.



3rd Balkan War



Unsatisfied by result of war and new borders, nations of Balkan region started plotting against each other. mainly after collapse of Bulgarian and Ottoman Empires. Serbs were plotting against Hungarians, Hungarians against Romanians, Greeks against Albanians and Bulgarians and Romanians against Hungarians. the tensions were so high that in 1930 war finally broke out in Balkans. first step to escalating conflict into whole regional 3rd Balkan war was Greek - Albanian conflict over region of Epirus. Greeks were claiming Northern Epirus due large Greek and Orthodox minority in this region while Albania was claiming southern part with same excuse. finally the tensions reached its boiling point when Greek transporter was by mistake shot by Albanian patrol during night watch. Greece declared war on Albania for "justice" but in really was an excuse to expand its borders. soon after few weeks, Bulgaria joined on Albanian side which then provoked Serbs and Romanians which stood with its Greek allies. Bulgaria being outnumbered asked for aid from Central Powers. Hungary directly joined war on Bulgarian side while Germany tried to stay out from the war to not escalate conflict further due they already had tight tensions with British and French. Italy stayed out from this war.

The war lasted 2 years with mixed advances. Greeks were holding up pretty good compared to Albanians and Bulgarians. Hungary surprisingly wasn't doing so well and got pushed back from Romania and soon from parts of Transylvania in 1 year. the reason behind it is big Romanian ethnic population in Transylvania which rebelled soon after start of the war. even with German and Italian aid Hungary was struggling to hold against Romanians. with Romanians, Hungary also had big stalemate with Slavs in south or more specific Croatian & Serbian partisan fighters in mostly Slavic regions. Hungary was on brink of collapse and was getting no alive support from any allies what so ever. plus to add to this Hungary had big division in capital and almost ended up with socialistic revolution in capital. in 1932 Germany seeing how Hungary was on brink of collapse couldn't resist and loose valuable ally in Balkan region. Germany joined war on 5th July of 1932 which become doom of Empire...



REST WIP!!!!



Now this is final version of all scenarios and maps I did about Central Powers victory. all my previous works connected to Central Powers victory are not cannon (most of them) and will be rewritten as soon as I be able to.

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Published : May 3, 2018