Epic IOT I- The War to End them All

[Tambien]

Where you gonna go be an autocratic dictator now, christos?

 

[christos200]

No, now i will be a democracy. And whats your problem? In RL there was a democratic revolution so why not and here?

 

[Sonereal]

No, now i will be a democracy. And whats your problem? In RL there was a democratic revolution so why not and here?

That's a gross oversimplification of what really happened.

 

[MoreEpicThanYou]

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1918

Peace Made in Germany​

The Treaty of Frankfurt was signed between the Alliance of Free States and Germany, with people throughout Europe celebrating. The treaty states that there is complete peace in Germany, but not in Austria. Britain made the largest gains, getting Germany's remaining colonies, and the Russo-German border to ensure peace in that region. Germany has also became a British vassal, and gotten its coastal territories back. Russia got to keep its German territory, and France was given Alsace-Lorraine.

Italians and Austrians Make Peace​

Italy and Austria have made peace. Italy will keep ethnically Italian lands, as well as all of Austria's former Adriatic holdings. To keep Austria out of the Balkans, Italy has created the vassal state of Bosnia. However, the Russian advance is continuing, so Austria isn't off the hook yet.

America and Guatemala side with Austria and invade Mexico​

The US and Guatemala have decided to help out Austria by invading Mexico. The Mexicans were prepared for an American assault, but not a Guatemalan attack.

Map:

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Stats:

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Austria: 0CP, 0T, 0A, 0I
Russia: 0CP, 438I, 41T
Ottomans: 0CP, 41T, 31I
Italy: 0CP, 13T, 4A, 41I, 10B, 10D, 5Cu,
Britian: 0CP, 75T, 20A, 150I, 50Cu, 20D, 160B
Denmark: 0CP, 4T, 23A, 20I
Germany: 3CP, 0I, 0A, 15T
Greece: 1CP, 22I, 8A
Mexico: 0CP, 45I, 4Ca, 1A, 1T, 19Cu, 2D
US: 0CP, 50I, 43A, 81T, 13B, 16Cu, 2inf
France: 0CP, 127I, 20A, 28T, 1Cu
Bolivia: 2I, 1Ca

 

[Mosher]

Russia
Everything into cruisers
Dregs go into infantry
Continue to attack entirety of Austrian border
Condemn attack on Mexico

 

[Tyo]

Mexico has been instigating war of the United States for years. it's a completely justified action in Britain's eyes.

 

[Gem Hound]

Austria - 26 CP
24 CP - 6 Tanks
2 CP - 2 Infantry
((Placements later))

 

[Tambien]

Question for METY- my captured Mexican land is colonies, right?

 

[Tambien]

Oh, and METY, would I have 418 CP this turn???

 

[Tambien]

Sorry for the triple post, but...

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The USA offers this treaty to the Empire of Mexico for its surrender.

Treaty of Surrender of the Empire of Mexico​

The Empire of Mexico hereby agrees:

1
That they shall no longer have a navy of over 5 Vessels, or an Army of over 10 Divisions.

2
That at any time American inspectors shall be allowed entry to Mexico to make sure this agreement is being kept.

3
That the Empire of Mexico shall surrender lands to the United States, to be determined by the United States and the United States only, without complaint.

4
That any violation of this treaty on the Empire's part is tantamount to a declaration of war.

5
That the Empire of Mexico shall reform to become a democratic government, under the oversight of the United States.

 

[Red_Spy]

Its called an edit button.

 

[mechaerik]

Why is there an Empire of Mexico anyways?

 

[Tyo]

The same reason there was a Holy Roman Empire perhaps.

 

[mechaerik]

But the Second Mexican Empire fell in 1867.

 

[Tambien]

I wasn't sure what it's official name was exactly, I can change it later.

 

[mechaerik]

The confusion appears to have stemmed from bestdpi; he called it the Empire of Mexico.

tl;dr historystuff on the Mexican Revolution:

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I'm serious, its long.

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Quite long, really.

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Background: The Mexican Revolution began in 1910, in response to Porfirio Diaz's regime, which was essentially a dictatorship. Right before the Revolution, he allowed "free" elections and then jailed his major rival. After the Revolution gained momentum, Diaz abdicated and fled to Europe.

The immediate effect of this was to sweep Francisco Madero into office, who had earlier challenged Diaz and tried to run a fair presidential campaign, leading to him being harassed and self-exile, where he proclaimed the Revolution.

The revolutionaries, on the other hand, were unsure of what they had fought for. The first schism occurred during the first phase of the Revolution, when Madero was winning against Diaz. His cabinet included many family members, and later Diaz supporters. Madero's generals, and later the population, grew frustrated as his extremely slow pace of reform.

Eventually, several new movements against Madero began, including a counterrevolutionary one lead by Diaz's son and a loyalist general, who met up and stormed the capital. Huerta, who was in charge of the defense of the capital, defected and overthrew Madero, setting up his own dictatorship.

After even more revolution, and intervention by the United States (in the form of them occupying Veracruz), which had threatened to unite the various revolutionary factions against the external threat, Huerta fled the country in mid-July 1914, leaving the presidency to Carranza.

Carranza was more of a moderate than Zapata, Villa, or their supporters. They felt he didn't live up to the ideals of the Revolution (which to them was chiefly agrarian reform, as an immense percentage of the poor population worked on vast plantations owned by the wealthy), and it showed when the Constitution of 1917 was drafted; the constitution was heavily inspired by the Villista and Zapatista factions. Carranza more or less ignored a large portion of it, leading to yet another stage in the Revolution. The U.S. more or less sided with Carranza, and Villa, who had worked hard to get into the U.S.'s good graces, was outraged. In response, he crossed the border, robbed a train, and captured a small town, pretty much burning it to the ground.

In response, the U.S. sent John J. Pershing on a punitive expedition, sending around 5000 men to capture or kill Villa. Over the course of a year, they couldn't track him down and were forced to head back to the U.S. when it came close to war.

However, Villa was eventually defeated by machine guns, which over the course of two battles decimated his cavalry heavy army. In the south, Zapata was lured into a trap and assassinated.

Carranza was overthrown in 1920, by several officers including Álvaro Obregón (who was the next in office), who didn't want the nation to revert to civilian control. Under Obregón, Mexico was peaceful for a while. A few years later, another revolt sprang up, over Obregón's nomination of his successor and a move away from older policies.

In 1926/1927, after the Mexican Revolution proper, but near enough to warrant mention, another civil war erupted; this time over matters of religion. The post-Revolution government was highly secular, and reversed decades of favoring the Roman Catholic church in exchange for heavy regulation and anticlerical policies. Many heavily disagreed with the policies, and before long there were shootouts between federal troops and the Cristeros, as they called themselves. The rebellion was eventually put down, but at heavy cost. Afterwards, the anticlerical laws remained, but they were rarely enforced.

I have a final on this tomorrow morning.

 

[Gem Hound]

I've seen longer.

 

[ZeletDude]

1/2 Income into Infantry
1/2 into Tanks

 

[mechaerik]

I've seen longer.

I was going to write more, but that would overwhelm, so I simplified it. The MexRev was a clusterlove.

 

[Red_Spy]

So, there should be a revolution going in Mexico anyway. Which would mean its the US intervention that is happening, if we are going by history?