Diary of President Bismarck III
WWI started with a bang. The modernized German Navy smashed the British Navy, long the defender of Britain from foreign invaders. London was captured by the largest amphibious invasion ever in 2075. The 101st Airborne got to “see the elephant” (cookie if you know what it means, and where it came from) in the battle for Plymouth. York was taken by 2075, with my Panzers swarming over the countryside.
This had, obviously, made the diplomacy screen very…red.
The 101st Airborne took Plymouth the next year, and all of Old England and Wales was officially mine.
While wars raged in England, a census for drafting was taken and it revealed the German Empire had over 50 million souls, which, as a reward for increasing the population, no draft was held.
By 2077, Edinburgh was also taken. The British were in danger from losing Britain. Ironic.
One of Britain’s most loyal vassals was Ireland. (Also ironic.) Thus, Dublin was taken in 2078 with help from the 101st and the navy. Meanwhile, in America, Hastings was taken. This was to be the first of many German conquests in the Americas. I made a separate peace with Mexico to gain gold and to undermine the British cause. In yet another battle, the British navy was again crushed.
Aberdeen was taken by 2079, thus kicking Britain out of Britain. To celebrate this victory, an engineer in Paris built a massively ugly bunch of iron strapped together. Frenchies; you’ll never understand them.
Quebec, long the center of British (and French) influence was taken in 2080. Cork, in Ireland, was taken the same year. Albany, in America was given to the Lakota as a gift. The Gibraltar Strait was taken in 2081, thus kicking Britain out of Europe.
In 2082, I made peace with the Ethiopians. Too many wars! The battleship Bismarck, after me, was commissioned and fought its first battle in that same year. Galway, in Ireland, was also taken, thus kicking the Irish out of Ireland.
By 2084, with the WWI going on and a period of peace in continental Europe, the German Empire was once again named the most cultured Empire. I also concluded a separate peace with the Zulu, to protect my vassal Durrani’s colonies in Afrika. Nova Scotia was taken in America and given to the Americans. The Americans were also given Quebec as a gift for their war efforts. Edmonton was taken the next year, along with Bombay, the former capital of English government in exile. As their remaining cities dwindled, the British had only one choice….
The British capitulated in March 4, 2086. On the English Isles, people wore black in sadness and many wept publicly. On the main continent, however, it was another story. “WAR OVER! GERMANY RULES EUROPE!” screamed the newspapers. People had celebrations all over the Empire to commemorate this day.
