Cold War 1975 - 1979
The German Civil War was lost to the Czarists by 1976, and the aging Czar of Russia - now 62 - was growing weary of the conflict. Tired of wasting resources on a war that was going nowhere, the Czar bullied the German Emperor into formally surrendering to the Dutch and Danish resistance movements, which parted with much of their occupied territory for independence. To get WEDO's proxies out of the conflict, the Alsatian Republic was soon bribed away as well, before being absorbed into France in 1977.
Within a few months, the Czar had also cut the Rhenish Republic loose, and after a short campaign against Bavaria to acquire a bit more territory, made peace with them as well.
WEDO completely removed itself from the conflict after the Czar gave Italy South Tyrol. And with good strategy and propoganda, the Western Germans were defeated.
With the de facto end of the war - though small partisan groups kept fighting - the Czar began to rebuild his empire.
Germany was dissolved at the formal peace accords in 1977 - the Czar had always had a wet dream of weakening and subordinating his "ally." It was split into the Rhineland, Prussia(close to it's pre-unification borders), Bavaria, and Austria, whereas many areas were seized by foreign powers. Bohemia was severed from Germany and annexed into Russia as part of the Pan-Slavic initiative. Italy and France annexed their respective territories, while the Netherlands and Denmark became independent anew. German-occupied England was transferred to England proper so as to make Prussia more stable, as well as for Russia to gain favor with the English.
Prussia's Kaiser found himself limited as the Constitution was altered so many of the advisors were appointed by the Russian Czar to "ensure the prosperity of the Prussian Kingdom." Large amounts of pro-Russian immigrants arrived as part of the treaty, acquiring lands that had been left without owernship due to war deaths. Those who were pro-Russian within Prussia found themselves injected with cash and assets, while suffrage increasingly depended on economic well-being; both the Kaiser and the Reichstag were being controlled by pro-Russian elements with these reforms.
Poland, as a Slavic territory, knew the guillotine was ready to come down on the short-lived revival. All Prussia east of the Oder River was ceded to Russia as thanks for preserving the Kaiser's position. Poland was soon annexed in the aftermath.
East Prussia was put under joint Prussian-Russian administration as an independent condominium, due to being "of great economic importance to both countries." It was henceforth known as the Republic of Konigsberg.
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Prussia managed to maintain it's vast overseas empire, but increasingly Russia was taking direct administration over the new territories.
Central Europe soon became a battlefield as the Cold War combatants fought over who had what. The French seized the Netherlands, Denmark, and the Rhineland as friends, whereas Russia acquired Austria and Bavaria. The Russian Onslaught had pushed even further West, and many feared if Nicholas had the guts to risk nuclear war to push further.
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In the Americas, the USA completed it's Pan-American alliance through formal treaties with Argentina and Bolivia. It soon extended these treaties to Iceland, desiring to get a stake in Europe.
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The German Civil War greatly altered the balance of power. Russia proper had expanded, at the expense of it's ally. Even with the fall of Germany, the majority of the former German Empire was within Russia's sphere of influence, and Nicholas would preserve that constant to the day he died in 1981.
The Prussian Empire now had horrific financial issues, and it offered it's colonies as collateral. Most of Prussian India was sold off to Spain and England, who had saved money as the war raged. Much of German Australia met it's demise when Independent Australia purchased it, working with Japan. All over Africa, countries that had stayed out of the German War build up their influence, especially Portugal with it's acquisition of Togoland and Nigeria. France completed that transaction by offering it's own Nigerian territories, as it too had financial issues. Another notable region was Prussian Galicia, which fell into Spanish and Portuguese hands apart from a tiny strip of coastline.
One notable rebellion occurred in Cyrenaica. After some shrewd negotiations, the Arab Republic gained control of the area by working with the Italians. Further financial successes by the Arabs greatly expanded the Egyptian provinces. Europe's hegemony was slowly collapsing.
With the Civil War's end, most resistance movements were immediately crushed. However, the sentiments continued to grow, and several movements would enjoy success within a decade.
