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Again I play as the American civilization - I swear this will be the last time. :)

With 'The World At Arms' story over, I've decided to turn my other game into a story - about a crisis in Europe (eventually spreads to most of the world). A very long crisis.

All my threads/posts to do about stories will have pictures like 'The World At Arms' did.

Table of Contents. TBW = To Be Written​


EUROPE IS EVERY COUNTRY EXCEPT THE AFRICAN COUNTRIES, AMERICA (SOUTH AMERICAN OVERSEAS TERRITORIES FROM OTHER NATIONS ARE EXCLUDED FROM EUROPE), RUSSIA AND PERSIA. OTTOMAN IS INCLUDED IN EUROPE. :)
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Civilization World in 1915​

Part One: Origins and Background

Scandinavia has Europe's biggest oil reserves - reserves which most of Europe has relied on for decades. The Anglo-Scandinavian Refined Oil Trade Agreement has the rest of Europe watching carefully - they don't want England taking most of the oil and being in control of the prices. This put the Ottoman Empire on the fence. On one hand, England was a major military ally, but Scandinavia had the oil - which the Ottomans so desperately needed, and they had to chose which one they were to 'get close to'. Korea needed oil to run it's military, and Greece, Spain and the Aztecs wanted the oil for their military among other reasons. Most of Europe was in competition for oil.

Korea and Portugal were in a building state of tension after a small scale war in the early 1900's. Portugal had invaded Korea in roughly 1904 because of suspicion of a major military attack. Ever since the two nations have been weary of each other, even though a Peace Treaty had been signed.

China wanted Mongolia for the food resources and irrigated land. Mongolia was aware of this and had been building up it's military and in 1915 it was massive.

Babylon had been weary of the Aztecs since roughly 1902 when the Aztecs made demands for 145 GPT, of which the Babylonians refused and their political standing with each other has never been good.

The United States needed oil from Scandinavia also, but desperately relied on England for several resources and England had cited it was soon going to cut production because of rising production costs.

Does it look good so far guys? Please tell me what you think :)
 
In 1915 Scandinavia had control of the worlds oil. Spain - desperate for oil, and territory, invades Scandinavia.



Simple invasion - Spain sent troops right into Scandinavia.

However, Spain had underestimated the Scandinavian army and were repelled within days of the invasion. Scandinavia knew they were a big target because of their oil reserves.

The invasion sent alarm bells across Europe and was met with preparations for war with England, who had promised Scandinavia if an attack was brought upon them, they would help. Meanwhile, the Ottomans allied themselves with Spain and the two immediately began preparations for a second invasion; the Ottomans had not chosen Britain as the ally.



In 1916 Spain and the Ottomans invaded Scandinavia for a second time. This time they were successful, they managed to capture Scandinavia and secure the oil reserves.

It was not until 1917 that Britain sent help to Scandinavia. Some 3,000 troops were sent to invade Occupied Scandinavia.



Meanwhile, Korea, desperate to find oil for it's military strength, asked the Ottomans and the Spanish for an alliance, and Spain and the Ottomans gladly accepted. Korea immediately invaded Scandinavia in 1918.



Britain, facing three nations, was losing. They asked Portugal for an alliance - and Portugal accepted. But I am not convinced this was an alliance for help in Scandinavia. Portugal had, like I said, a small-scale war with Korea in the early 1900's. I'm sure Britain wanted to get rid of Korea - if Korea found the oil it needed, it could become the governing force in Europe. I'm sure Britain asked this alliance so Portugal would invade Korea.

Portugal immediately invaded Spain. I think because they just wanted dominance over Spain, which would in turn threaten Korea, without actually having to fight the Koreans which would no doubt threaten large parts of the Portuguese army.



It was a complex invasion - and a successful one. Half the Spanish military in Scandinavia was sent back to Spain to fight the Portuguese.

If your confused already (I was for a moment) the current conflicts are:

Britain
Portugal
Scandinavia
VS
Korea
Spain
Ottoman Empire

Don't worry - more conflicts are to begin shortly, and the entry of America (soon) will shake things up a bit.

Note: Yes there is a spelling mistake on 'Aztecs' but I'll fix this soon so future maps don't have this problem.

To Be Continued in the next part. :)
 
Ah, I see you finally got Conquests. :)
 
China for many decades had seen Mongolia as a source of energy and economic strength. China had collapsed politically, economically and almost militarily. Launching a full scale war would be an international crime because they had no casus beli, and thus they could not launch war, plus they could barely afford a war. They were vulnerable.

Mongolia was well aware of this pressure posed by the Chinese, and, in 1920, launched a full preemptive invasion of China.


The Mongolian invasion of China.

The Mongolian invasion was met with extremely little resistance, only two battles. Mongolia annexed China and this began the war in Central Europe.

Babylon had had relations with China that were steadily improving for over three decades. They had began trading in silk and salt among other things. But upon the Chinese political collapse and insurgent wars, Babylonian trade of Silk and Salt was not longer relevant. China demanded the trading of rubber, to which Babylon accepted. The escalating insurgent wars (barbarians) forced Babylon to send soldiers to help China fight, so the trading could resume. Upon the Chinese political collapse, trading was still implemented, and, with the Mongolian invasion of China in 1920, Babylon was forced to declare war on Mongolia.

This then spreads the war to Eastern Europe.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 
Plans to involve the US government in the European affairs began when Spain invaded Scandinavia. The US Government was at this time strongly isolationist, however Oil was vital to running the country and the military. The US sent peacekeeping troops to be stationed in Portugal in 1921. However, this did not please the Central Powers (Ottoman, Spain, Korea) and nor did it please the Allied Powers (Britain, Portugal, Scandinavia). They had planned to involve the US government heavily.

The American Government at this time did not care whether this hadn't pleased the countries; America's ally in Europe was Greece, a nation that was not yet involved in the Europe affair. And so began efforts to involve Greece.

The Allied Powers began by reducing the flow of Central Powers' oil to Greece, which didn't bother Greece too much; they had received Oil from the Mayan's when the Spanish invasion of Scandinavia began.

The Allied Powers then began by asking for an alliance.



The Greek Empire, wishing to further increase it's standing in European and international affairs, as well as asserting Economic dominance, accepts the alliance, which now brings the United States into the war.

The United States, even though strongly isolationist, is the first to react.



America sends navy and several transports filled with troops to immediately invade Korea. US troops stationed in Portugal commence the invasion in 1923.



US Troops surround Korea and commence the invasion in 1923. It is an overall decisive, strategical and tactical win for the overwhelming American troops. This invasion also ends the period of Isolationism in the US government.

Korea can't fight the masses of troops invading their territory and instead they unilaterally pull out of Scandinavia. This prompts the Ottomans and the Spanish to begin searching for new allies, as Korea can no longer be an effective military power. This also completely eases Portugal's tensions toward Korea, and they can again begin to assert dominance in Europe.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 
In 1924, the Greek Military mobilized with the aim of taking down the Ottoman Empire.

This was to be a long, hard fought and costly war.

At the time of the Greek announcement of war, there was great controversy over the decision to invade the Ottomans, and there are three main points:

1. The Ottoman nationalization of the Ottoman Steel industry, the largest, wealthiest company in the Ottoman empire. This industry heavily exported to the Greeks and the Greeks had invested heavily in it.

2. The Greeks were looking to assert new dominance and make their presence felt more in Europe, and the Ottoman Empire was a large empire who's dominance in Europe affairs and to an extent world affairs was largely felt.

3. Ottoman-Spanish co-operation. In 1916 the Ottomans and the Spanish invaded Scandinavia, who had the world's largest oil reserves. This effectively ended Ottoman-Greek co-operation.



Greek preparations lasted two years before any actual open conflict began. The Ottomans were well aware of the imminent invasion.
The Greeks had received a right of passage with the English. In 1926, Greek launched their full scale invasion of the Ottoman Empire.



As you can see, it had been planned for a long time by the Greeks, and Ottoman counterattacks are few but strong. The results of the initial invasion aren't highly successful to the Greeks, they hadn't manage to take control of a lot of the Ottoman steel industry, cities, or overthrow the Ottoman government. This began the Ottoman-Greek War.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
What do you guys think so far?
 
Mongolia thought they didn't need to worry about the impending Babylonian invasion.

Babylon, since the early 1890s, had been focusing nearly all the economic efforts towards war. Although then there was no threat of a war on a scale like this one, Babylon felt the need to severely kick-start it's armed forces. The Babylonian empire was one of the few countries that was actually prepared for a war on this scale, and when the Chinese ask for help came, Babylon was ready.



Babylon didn't only invade Northern Mongolia, but also full-out invaded Southern Mongolia. Babylonian defenses were strong and well planned; this took the Mongolian forces by surprise and they were easily taken out. On the same day China announced it's new radical Military stimulus policy:

"With the current situation in Mongolia and the current situation around Europe, China can not stand vulnerable. While we are in an economic and political crisis, we do not want to divulge ourselves in a military and armament crisis, we do not want to become the prey of evil nations that want nothing but territory, and we certainly do not want to be defeated and reduced. So with this the Government of China is announcing a new 10,000 Gold Military stimulus package which is effective immediately." - Government of China
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Obviously the Government of China couldn't afford 10,000 Gold in order to pay for the Stimulus package, but in order to pay for it and up the economy, several new centers and cities were drafted into the economic/military plan to become strongholds.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 
The Mayans are a large empire on the continent of Africa, who also have larger colonial holdings in South America.



African Mayan Civilization.

After the Mayan-Japanese War from 1890 - 1901 that was sparked by power imbalance in Africa, of which the Mayans won, The Mayans had been keeping a very big eye on all political movements of the Japanese government. The Japanese were sick and tired of this watchfulness and decided to stop it. They refused all border trades with the Mayans, diplomatic ties were severed. The Mayans were at crisis point with the Japanese, and this sparked another power imbalance.

This began tensions in Africa, and in 1928, the Mayan's initiated a low-level war against Japan.



The invasion only used about 6,000 troops (one health bar = 1,000 troops), but the Japanese threw out the Mayans in the opening stages of the invasion.

This began war in Africa.
There is now a war in:

West Europe,
East Europe,
Central Europe,
Africa.

The Mayan' President's justification for the invasion:

The times are calling for action against the Japanese civilization. The Mayan Civilization has for too long put up with uneasy and un-kept promises from the Japanese government and with this trade embargo initiated against us, there was no choice. The Japanese military is much greater than ours, but we have the will to fight on. We may have lost round 1, but lets just see who's has the last laugh when Round 2 comes around." - Mayan President's official justification of the invasion and the failure of the 1928 invasion of Japan.
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The United States is now deeply concerned about the situation in Africa, as a large percentage of Trade is utilized through the Mayan's.

CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 
By 1929 the situation in Europe was causing havoc for economies. The English GNP fell by 3 million, the Greek's by 2 million, Scandinavia's by 18 million, and so on as economies put their effort towards war. America's GNP practically fell by none, as more military might was essential.

America was the nation occupying Korea and was the only offensive they had taken after they were brought into the war. Korea was effectively under American control. America did not set her sights for the Ottoman Empire to help out it's ally, Greece, but to Spain, to help the Portuguese. The reason for this was that if Portugal assumed control of Spain, they could rule without worry. They weren't a democracy but a Monarchy, which didn't bother America. But America ruling Spain would cause havoc, as people were already beginning to protest against American involvement in the European war.

America would not 'invade' Spain, but would send thousands of troops to the Portuguese government, which would in turn help the war in Spain, which the Portuguese were losing.

America would then invade Occupied Scandinavia.



American aid to the Portuguese.

As we can see, the numbers of troops sent are overwhelming, and the Portuguese government again affirmed this deal with America by further signing the American-Portuguese Dual Military Alliance, which helped greatly in the Spanish-Portuguese war. This alliance also affirmed American involvement.



The American invasion, which begins: America's Widening War.

The invasion was a success at first, but it did not throw out the Occupying Central Powers, and this began American involvement with Scandinavia.

CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 


Location of Persia and the Persepolis Gulf.

Written like Wikipedia, for fun. :)

The Gulf of Persepolis incident occurred between a Russian warship and a Persian merchant vessel on February 2, 1930, when the Russian ship attacked an sunk the Persian vessel. This was met with immediate consequences for the Russians, as Persia soon sent a massive naval fleet to attack Russian ships in the area and four days later Persia declared war on Russia.

Prelude to the incident
Russia and Persia had had normalized relations for decades, but in 1862 Persia requested Russia pay 76 Gold tribute. The Russians refused but trading was still occurring. In 1878 the Persians denied access of Russian trade to Persia because of tensions between England and Russia over disputed colonial areas and reports of English troops movements to Russian borders, and England at the time was allied to Persia. At the 1864 Athens Conference, which aimed to ease the tensions between the two nations, Russia and Persia signed the Russo-Persian Normalized Relations Act, which put tensions at detente level.

The 1864 Athens Conference, with color restored.​

Russian naval patrols near Persia
On 7 September 1866, Russia announced a new colonization plan in the South East Asian islands. They eventually landed on Borneo and on the same day Persia announced it was going to colonize the Borneo islands. This put tensions between the nations at near breaking point but the two states signed the Russo-Persian Closer Diplomatic Relations Act in 1866. However, on 9 November 1866, Russia announced it had legitimate reasoning for the conclusion that Russian naval patrols near Persian land was necessary to keep the region safe from Pirates.
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The involvement was highly controversial in Russia, and Persia had said to Russia it's navy was competent enough to deal with any threat.

Persian Civil War and possible Russian land troop involvement
In 1869, the Persian Civil War began when landings of anti-government insurgents began clashes with Federal troops. The Russian government said it was concerned about the situation in Persia and announced also it might commit land troops. Persia announced it was handling the crisis fine, but on 2 June 1869, Russian transports left the Omsk port. Persia announced it would not let Russia land the troops, and this was true when the troops reached Persia.
They were turned back and instead they landed the troops on Borneo. The Civil War ended on 18 August, 1903.

Gulf of Persepolis Incident
The Incident happened when a Russian naval patrol ship was patrolling near Persepolis waters on February 2, 1930, and announced it had seen a 'pirate like ship'. Russian navy attempted to make radio contact, but the Persian ship lacked any radio equipment. Even when the ship was close enough to be seen that it was not a pirate ship, the Russian naval ship attacked and sunk the ship.
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Persian naval attack
On 3 February, 1930, with no official apology from the Russian government, the Persians sent approximately 35 naval vessels to attack Russian areas and land. They arrived and attacked successfully of 5 February, 1930. Four days later, still with no word from the Russian government and sure they were planning a counter attack, on 9 February, 1930, the Persian government declared war on Russia.

International reactions
The US Government announced it was very deeply concerned about the widening world situation and that the Russo-Persian war was very concerning to the American government.

Greece said that both sides should halt hostilities.

Babylon has not yet commented.

China said it was concerned about the scale that the war could turn in to.

Other countries have not yet commented.

WILL BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 
By now every country, except the Aztecs, is embroiled in a war.

The war in Scandinavia (Spain, Ottomans, Korea vs Britain, America, Portugal) has gone on longer than anyone expected,

The Mongolians have been overthrown by the Babylonians, and the Chinese military are now on the offensive in Mongolia.

Persia and Russia are at war, fighting over the Pacific islands.

The Mayan's and the Japanese are at a low level war.

Now the Aztecs. The Aztecs have interest in China. They see it as an important buffer zone to the rest of Europe, and the Aztecs have not had luck with most of the European affairs, as their military is weak. China has no idea of the feelings the Aztecs have toward them.

Which is why they are caught off guard and destroyed in 1931, when,

The Aztecs invade China.



The invasion commences as a full out thrust against Chinese troops in Southern Mongolia, before they cross the border into China and destroy and pillage towns before making one last thrust against a mass of Chinese troops further into China, and they win. China is overthrown within hours of the invasion.

The Babylonians response was expected to be a declaration of war against the Aztecs, but they did nothing. A recent report showed the once 'fragile' army of the Aztecs was now overwhelmingly huge and could destroy the Babylonian empire within months if an invasion or a declaration of war was ever announced. So they stood back and repealed their treaty with China, and signed a peace deal with the Aztecs and Mongolians.

TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT PART :)
 
By 1935 many of the worlds great powers had had enough of this major -- world war. They had expected it to last no more than 10 years, but it has lasted 20. Greece, although heavily involved in a war with Ottomans, was the first to come up with the idea of peace in this terrible war (excluding the Babylonians). They met with the Ottomans in 1936 and a peace deal was signed.



No victor in the Greeco-Ottoman wars.

The second such peace deal was signed in 1939 between Korea and America, and America withdrew by 1942.



The Korean - American Peace Deal.

The next such deal was between the Ottomans and the English, Scandinavians and Americans.



The peace deal.

The next peace deal is between the Portuguese, Spanish, and the Russians and the Persians.



Results of the negotiations of the Spanish - Portuguese deal.



Persian - Russian deal.

So many peace treaties are formed in 1939 - 41.
But there are still some wars going on.
 
So everyone was signing peace. In 1944, the Aztecs approached the Chinese with a peace deal.



The Aztec Chinese Peace deal. Southern Chinese lands are ceeded to the Aztecs without worry.

In 1945, signaling the end of the war in Europe, Spain signs a deal with the Allied Powers.



But there remains one more war to be resolved:

The Mayans and the Japanese.

They both had in fact been negotiating for some time and when the Mayan president asked who would be having the last laugh when 'Round 2' came along, neither of them had the last laugh. It became clear that the Mayans would never win the war against the Japanese, even if the Japanese were under tight political control of by the Mayans.



With the peace deal signed in 1947,

The world returns to a state of peace, and awaits the next war....... :mischief:
 
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