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Whoa! That's one serious world war! Who would have thought... England and the US embattled against each other in an epic war to the finish.
Pax Americana - the Culmination of Manifest Destiny
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Whoa! That's one serious world war! Who would have thought... England and the US embattled against each other in an epic war to the finish.
Tani Coyote
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Whoa! That's one serious world war! Who would have thought... England and the US embattled against each other in an epic war to the finish.
Well actually... the USA has planned to take over Canada since day one... diplomacy has just made that unable to occur. For instance, before the outbreak of the real World War I, the USA actually had plans to invade the main parts of the British Empire in case a hypothetical war broke out.
In a sense... I've chosen to actually use those battle plans, instead of scrap them, as occurred in history. ^__^
...Let's hope Germany signs a military alliance somewhere. I'm really afraid of the rest of South America dogpiling on us. If the French/British gain military alliances with Spain, the Ottomans, Austria-Hungary, and the Balkans, the war in Europe will be lost, especially with Austria. That said, I'm hoping for a war to break out with Spain... the Spanish-American war actually isn't too far off in real history from the point of the game I'm in...
DJ Bonebraker
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That's some serious war you've got going on there.... At least you managed to secure Canada before the additional conflicts opened up. 
BTW, how do you always manage to create those ultra-realistic maps?
BTW, how do you always manage to create those ultra-realistic maps?
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That's some serious war you've got going on there.... At least you managed to secure Canada before the additional conflicts opened up.
BTW, how do you always manage to create those ultra-realistic maps?
I take a picture of a map of the world from Wikipedia.
Then I add the colors as I please to indicate countries, and voila! I also adjust borders to show provinces, as you may have noticed. (In this one, the USA has annexed Northern Mexico) Also. The war gets worse. Trust me...The WHOLE MAP will be red within 2 turns.
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Week 37:
IBT, our mutual protection pact with Brazil ends. It is too expensive to renew it, when we could use stronger allies. We do send them an aid package of 20 gold per turn to aid their efforts.
Scandinavia joins France in an alliance against us. This triggers a war with Russia and Germany, which they are likely to lose. Persia joins the dogpile next. Abyssinia joins an alliance against Brazil... okay. We also reach the era 1905 - 1914. A bit early for it, but okay. Finally, France, Scandinavia and Italy are caught trying to plant spies in the American realm to destabilise it. We execute the spies, of course.
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The French made a wise move dragging in so many allies, for the time has come to end their empire in South America. The French have been holding onto French Guiana for hundreds of years, and we shall now take the decaying outpost of Cayenne from them. Our navy has already redlined most of their troops.
At only a few thousand deaths, we capture the city. McKinley declares the formation of the "Guyana" territory, comprised of British and French Guyana. Dutch Guyana will be added to it shortly afterwards. With the fall of French Guyana, the Dutch are entirely surrounded in South America. We send our troops to besiege the city, and prepare for the assault to finally banish Europe from South American soil.
We capture Bermuda, as well. The British have lost the strategic waypoint between Britain and it's American colonies.
IBT, our mutual protection pact with Brazil ends. It is too expensive to renew it, when we could use stronger allies. We do send them an aid package of 20 gold per turn to aid their efforts.
Scandinavia joins France in an alliance against us. This triggers a war with Russia and Germany, which they are likely to lose. Persia joins the dogpile next. Abyssinia joins an alliance against Brazil... okay. We also reach the era 1905 - 1914. A bit early for it, but okay. Finally, France, Scandinavia and Italy are caught trying to plant spies in the American realm to destabilise it. We execute the spies, of course.
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The French made a wise move dragging in so many allies, for the time has come to end their empire in South America. The French have been holding onto French Guiana for hundreds of years, and we shall now take the decaying outpost of Cayenne from them. Our navy has already redlined most of their troops.
At only a few thousand deaths, we capture the city. McKinley declares the formation of the "Guyana" territory, comprised of British and French Guyana. Dutch Guyana will be added to it shortly afterwards. With the fall of French Guyana, the Dutch are entirely surrounded in South America. We send our troops to besiege the city, and prepare for the assault to finally banish Europe from South American soil.
We capture Bermuda, as well. The British have lost the strategic waypoint between Britain and it's American colonies.
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Week 41:
IBT, the Argentines and Chinese invade US soil, in Chile and Midway respectively. Argentina is repelled, with more troops crossing the border. Our troops in midway dig in to defeat the Chinese light cavalry.
In terms of alliances, WW1 grows more in favor of the Allies. France continues it's role as the diplomatic ally, securing Austria-Hungary's war on Brazil and Uruguay. Luckily, this will not drag in the American nation yet, as we do not have a treaty with Brazil anymore. More worrying, is Portugal's decision to declare war on Persia. This war will trigger war with the Ottoman Empire by mutual protection treaty, giving the Allies more benefits in manpower and geography.
McKinley says that despite regional victories by the Allies, the Coalition is still supreme, having toppled the Canadian government and being well on it's way to evicting the British from America - north and south. He sends a warning to Britain: Once the Americas are conquered, the rest of the world is next. In the meantime, small divisions of the American fleet are already off the coast of China and Africa, providing assistance to our German allies, or destroying British shipping/troops.
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We notice Portugal has lost the Azores to France. McKinley makes a note to take the strategic islands for the USA once we have defeated our foes in America.
We capture Paramaribo from the Dutch during Week 41. With the fall of Paramaribo, all of Guyana is ours. We also have sealed off a front in North America. The United States and Brazil can now plow through Argentine territory together.
The month has passed with a small but decisive victory. The fall of the French Antilles is expected to occur within the next month.
IBT, the Argentines and Chinese invade US soil, in Chile and Midway respectively. Argentina is repelled, with more troops crossing the border. Our troops in midway dig in to defeat the Chinese light cavalry.
In terms of alliances, WW1 grows more in favor of the Allies. France continues it's role as the diplomatic ally, securing Austria-Hungary's war on Brazil and Uruguay. Luckily, this will not drag in the American nation yet, as we do not have a treaty with Brazil anymore. More worrying, is Portugal's decision to declare war on Persia. This war will trigger war with the Ottoman Empire by mutual protection treaty, giving the Allies more benefits in manpower and geography.
McKinley says that despite regional victories by the Allies, the Coalition is still supreme, having toppled the Canadian government and being well on it's way to evicting the British from America - north and south. He sends a warning to Britain: Once the Americas are conquered, the rest of the world is next. In the meantime, small divisions of the American fleet are already off the coast of China and Africa, providing assistance to our German allies, or destroying British shipping/troops.
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We notice Portugal has lost the Azores to France. McKinley makes a note to take the strategic islands for the USA once we have defeated our foes in America.
We capture Paramaribo from the Dutch during Week 41. With the fall of Paramaribo, all of Guyana is ours. We also have sealed off a front in North America. The United States and Brazil can now plow through Argentine territory together.
The month has passed with a small but decisive victory. The fall of the French Antilles is expected to occur within the next month.
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Week 45:
IBT... the worst happens:
Austria-Hungary has gone against the Coalition, fearing a stronger Germany to it's north. Still sore after having lost it's south German lands half a century ago, Austria-Hungary joins the Allies. Tibet follows.
Italy invades Bermuda, while we destroy the Chinese invaders on Midway. The French also send a small force to try and retake French Guyana.
More interesting is the fact the... "Khazaks" invade from Northern Canada...
Portugese West Africa finally falls, with it's last city being occupied by Britain. The extreme north of German East Africa has fallen to the French. Our allies colonial empires are falling apart...
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Intelligence tells President McKinley the Khazaks are a people from Kazakhstan in the Russian Empire. Whether they are militant refugees or insurgents sent by our "allies", we do not know. Nonethless, relations with Russia worsen a little. We make a note to desert our alliance with them after the war.
Basse Terre, the last French possession in the Americas, is bombarded heavily by American naval vessels. The French garrison is redlined, while the city's barracks and 3 units of it's population are killed - making the population 11 points and thus very vulnerable to assault.
Basse Terre - and the French Caribbean islands with it - falls. France has been evicted from the Americas at last, a struggle having lasted for more then a century. Soon, it's British and French brethren will join it. The Allies will suffer the same losses the Coalition forces have in terms of colonial outposts.
As plans are finalised to conquer both the Dutch and British Caribbean holdings within a month, we assess the situation overseas. The United States views it as imperative that the Allies be evicted from home territory first and foremost. Once that's done, we will establish superiority overseas. That said, a large portion of our navy has already gone across the Oceans, with little competition at home( a sizeable defense force is still operating off the East Coast, with more being constructed.) For instance, there are 9 ships off the Chinese coasts. They are blockading ports, bombarding roads, and preventing the use of fishing supplies. The point of this is not to cripple the British, but reduce their local capabilities by killing their people.
To point out the effects of the war on Britain's forces, the British only have 106 vessels. We have 87 by comparison - 69 of them being the fine Virginia Class Battleships which are marauding the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. We have definitely achieved local superiority, as the Allies' island possessions are falling like dominoes to the American state. The German Navy has 20 vessels, meaning together we outnumber the British in both quality and quantity. The Royal Navy is not the hegemon it once was...
As this turn goes by, we sink many British vessels, including a transport. The British navy is large, but likely very spread out. It would collapse if not for it's many allies.
IBT... the worst happens:
Austria-Hungary has gone against the Coalition, fearing a stronger Germany to it's north. Still sore after having lost it's south German lands half a century ago, Austria-Hungary joins the Allies. Tibet follows.
Italy invades Bermuda, while we destroy the Chinese invaders on Midway. The French also send a small force to try and retake French Guyana.
More interesting is the fact the... "Khazaks" invade from Northern Canada...
Portugese West Africa finally falls, with it's last city being occupied by Britain. The extreme north of German East Africa has fallen to the French. Our allies colonial empires are falling apart...
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Intelligence tells President McKinley the Khazaks are a people from Kazakhstan in the Russian Empire. Whether they are militant refugees or insurgents sent by our "allies", we do not know. Nonethless, relations with Russia worsen a little. We make a note to desert our alliance with them after the war.
Basse Terre, the last French possession in the Americas, is bombarded heavily by American naval vessels. The French garrison is redlined, while the city's barracks and 3 units of it's population are killed - making the population 11 points and thus very vulnerable to assault.
Basse Terre - and the French Caribbean islands with it - falls. France has been evicted from the Americas at last, a struggle having lasted for more then a century. Soon, it's British and French brethren will join it. The Allies will suffer the same losses the Coalition forces have in terms of colonial outposts.
As plans are finalised to conquer both the Dutch and British Caribbean holdings within a month, we assess the situation overseas. The United States views it as imperative that the Allies be evicted from home territory first and foremost. Once that's done, we will establish superiority overseas. That said, a large portion of our navy has already gone across the Oceans, with little competition at home( a sizeable defense force is still operating off the East Coast, with more being constructed.) For instance, there are 9 ships off the Chinese coasts. They are blockading ports, bombarding roads, and preventing the use of fishing supplies. The point of this is not to cripple the British, but reduce their local capabilities by killing their people.
To point out the effects of the war on Britain's forces, the British only have 106 vessels. We have 87 by comparison - 69 of them being the fine Virginia Class Battleships which are marauding the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. We have definitely achieved local superiority, as the Allies' island possessions are falling like dominoes to the American state. The German Navy has 20 vessels, meaning together we outnumber the British in both quality and quantity. The Royal Navy is not the hegemon it once was...
As this turn goes by, we sink many British vessels, including a transport. The British navy is large, but likely very spread out. It would collapse if not for it's many allies.
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Week 49:
IBT, any hopes of keeping Austria-Hungary out of the worldwide war are dashed. They declare war on both Portugal and Russia. This will drag in Germany. Brazil also declares war on Argentina, which will help secure our position.
Portugal signs a peace treaty with the British. But this will be short-lived, once mutual protection pacts do their work and drag them back into war...
Japan declares war on Russia, working as an agent of France. The world war expands yet again... we expect La Plata to join the crusade against the Coalition. Brazil makes peace with the French, but the alliance with France will likely drag Brazil in again...
Sure enough, before the IBT is over, Japan signs an alliance against us as well. The only remaining neutral states are La Plata, the Balkans, Spain, Siam, and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans will eventually join the allies thanks to their mutual defense obligations.
..Scratch that. The Balkan nations aligned with France shortly after, declaring war on Germany. The Ottoman Empire then allies against Russia with France.
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President McKinley called Congress into an emergency session following the newest declarations of war against the USA and it's allies. He said that Coalition Victory was slipping away with each passing day as the Allies recruited new members to replace their lost holdings. Almost the entire world was against the USA now. It was decided to align with 2 powers: Spain and La Plata. If we could recruit these 2 nations, we could secure the Caribbean and South America, as well as give ourselves an extra hand in East Asia and Europe. We went to Spain first.
...Both refuse to negotiate. La Plata offers it's services, but for most of our treasury and almost all our monthly income. McKinley says no. He instead proposes we set said 25,000 gold to give to our German and Russian allies. The United States has a fat treasury - 83,000 gold. We thus choose to give it all away to our most-potent allies. We attempt to secure Brazil and La Plata's loyalty by giving them 100 gold per turn - they'd be crazy to cancel such a generous economic stimulus.
In good news, we evict the Dutch from the Americas by capturing their last outpost of Willemstad off Venezuela. The President applauds the troops in a speech, and encourages the other half of the Caribbean task force to take Bridgetown and get the British out of the Caribbean as well.
At heavy casualties, the last British haven in the Caribbean falls. We have successfully evicted the Europeans from the Americas - with the exception of the Falkland Islands in the far South. But that will come as we destroy Argentina.
=== The Allies Fall Apart ===
Then, President McKinley finds an excellent way to manipulate diplomacy. He negotiates peace with France... then requests an alliance against the British.
France accepts under duress, not even wanting to consider the idea of Americans invading Europe. This sends shockwaves through the political system - we have turned our 2 greatest enemies in this war against eachother! We have also eliminated France's position as a diplomatic machine, by toasting their reputation with most of the world's countries.
They also have betrayed their allies by MPP - meaning they will never be able to get another without extreme costs. We also negotiate for a war against Austria-Hungary shortly after. This will make Europe a chaotic battlefield, which will let us slip in unnoticed. As well, all our agreements with France will be terminated once they attack Germany anew, making this diplomatic coup an excellent decision. Besides, McKinley realises our allies are only temporary... once the World War has ended in Coalition victory, we will seek newer, stronger allies.
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IBT, any hopes of keeping Austria-Hungary out of the worldwide war are dashed. They declare war on both Portugal and Russia. This will drag in Germany. Brazil also declares war on Argentina, which will help secure our position.
Portugal signs a peace treaty with the British. But this will be short-lived, once mutual protection pacts do their work and drag them back into war...
Japan declares war on Russia, working as an agent of France. The world war expands yet again... we expect La Plata to join the crusade against the Coalition. Brazil makes peace with the French, but the alliance with France will likely drag Brazil in again...
Sure enough, before the IBT is over, Japan signs an alliance against us as well. The only remaining neutral states are La Plata, the Balkans, Spain, Siam, and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans will eventually join the allies thanks to their mutual defense obligations.
..Scratch that. The Balkan nations aligned with France shortly after, declaring war on Germany. The Ottoman Empire then allies against Russia with France.
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President McKinley called Congress into an emergency session following the newest declarations of war against the USA and it's allies. He said that Coalition Victory was slipping away with each passing day as the Allies recruited new members to replace their lost holdings. Almost the entire world was against the USA now. It was decided to align with 2 powers: Spain and La Plata. If we could recruit these 2 nations, we could secure the Caribbean and South America, as well as give ourselves an extra hand in East Asia and Europe. We went to Spain first.
...Both refuse to negotiate. La Plata offers it's services, but for most of our treasury and almost all our monthly income. McKinley says no. He instead proposes we set said 25,000 gold to give to our German and Russian allies. The United States has a fat treasury - 83,000 gold. We thus choose to give it all away to our most-potent allies. We attempt to secure Brazil and La Plata's loyalty by giving them 100 gold per turn - they'd be crazy to cancel such a generous economic stimulus.
In good news, we evict the Dutch from the Americas by capturing their last outpost of Willemstad off Venezuela. The President applauds the troops in a speech, and encourages the other half of the Caribbean task force to take Bridgetown and get the British out of the Caribbean as well.
At heavy casualties, the last British haven in the Caribbean falls. We have successfully evicted the Europeans from the Americas - with the exception of the Falkland Islands in the far South. But that will come as we destroy Argentina.
=== The Allies Fall Apart ===
Then, President McKinley finds an excellent way to manipulate diplomacy. He negotiates peace with France... then requests an alliance against the British.
France accepts under duress, not even wanting to consider the idea of Americans invading Europe. This sends shockwaves through the political system - we have turned our 2 greatest enemies in this war against eachother! We have also eliminated France's position as a diplomatic machine, by toasting their reputation with most of the world's countries.
They also have betrayed their allies by MPP - meaning they will never be able to get another without extreme costs. We also negotiate for a war against Austria-Hungary shortly after. This will make Europe a chaotic battlefield, which will let us slip in unnoticed. As well, all our agreements with France will be terminated once they attack Germany anew, making this diplomatic coup an excellent decision. Besides, McKinley realises our allies are only temporary... once the World War has ended in Coalition victory, we will seek newer, stronger allies.
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Daniel Khan
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Good job on France, but the AI doesn't have reputation rules in their dealings with each other. They can do anything at all and won't be penalized.
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Well darn... at least those fools are now in a war against Britain. This should save my allies' holdings in Africa while I conquer the Americas and launch my invasion of Europe.
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12 weeks after the last 2 maps, the world has changed. The Allies have been crushed in the Caribbean, while borders continue to shift in the European and African wars.
The World Map:
Notice the American conquests of Guyana and the Antilles. Argentina will come next.
The War Map:
Observe the fact neutrality has become near nonexistent. Austria-Hungary is directly at war with us, while the Balkans and Ottomans will likely get dragged in via a MPP with those who are at war with us. Overall, the situation looks dire for the Coalition. However, our stroke of diplomatic genius has allowed us to temporarily splinter the Franco-British forces. Even if their conflict only lasts 10 turns, it will still aid us by weakening them both and taking weight off our allies.
The World Map:
Notice the American conquests of Guyana and the Antilles. Argentina will come next.
The War Map:
Observe the fact neutrality has become near nonexistent. Austria-Hungary is directly at war with us, while the Balkans and Ottomans will likely get dragged in via a MPP with those who are at war with us. Overall, the situation looks dire for the Coalition. However, our stroke of diplomatic genius has allowed us to temporarily splinter the Franco-British forces. Even if their conflict only lasts 10 turns, it will still aid us by weakening them both and taking weight off our allies.
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Spain is currently a member of the Coalition, as Germany united them against France. At the same time, they went against a member OF the Coalition, so depending on circumstances, we may or may not destroy them. Same goes for La Plata in South America. A pre-emptive strike would be beneficial to security.
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1899
Week 1:
IBT, Portugal loses the Madeira Islands to France. France also makes a stupid move and signs a new mutual protection pact with Tibet, instead of a competent major power. The Japanese also bomb us in multiple locations with their primitive fleet of gunboats.
We also get fantastic news: Italy has declared war on Britain! The Allies continue to fracture...
The Brits have the nerve to invade the US proper.
But even better news arrives:
SPAIN has joined the Coalition! Now aligned against France, the war is tilting in our favor ever more! Germany has finally flexed it's diplomatic muscles. While Spain is likely to lose it's African Empire, this will increase our security in Asia and Europe, while also preventing a war with them in the Caribbean. We decide to send them 1,000 gold afterwards to celebrate their alliance with us.
Germany continues the diplomatic offensive - gaining Spain's allegiance against Japan, China, and the Boer Republics. Less useful, Germany gains Uruguay's alliance against the Lowlands and Boers. Kaiser Wilhelm II then uses Anti-French sentiment in Southeast Asia to rally Siam against the French. This pours into anti-Dutch sentiment as well, fueling a war with the Netherlands by Siam. Then Persia. Next, Germany gets Tibet against the Boer Republics.
Germany continues to use natives as a proxy force - rallying Abyssinia against the Italians.
China joins France against Siam. The Ottomans join France against Britain. The Ottomans also go against Portugal - but the war with Britain will aid us greatly. Abyssinia and France sign a pact against the British. Once alliances take effect, Abyssinia will be at war with every one of it's borders. Italy declares war on Spain, as well. Persia declares war on Britain. The World War has escalated into a 3-way conflict.
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McKinley's first move of 1899 was to eliminate the British invasion. They had deployed 18,000 troops, some British, some Canadian, in our territory. We could not let the transgression go unnoticed. Unfortunately for the British troops, we had plenty of artillery left over from the war in Canada...
In a few days, shelling had left only 7,000 of those men capable of fighting. 4,000 of them had been killed by a raid of US infantry.
McKinley's raid is successful with minimal casualties. The British are defeated, and the fleet that sent the troops there destroyed. With their hands full with the French-led alliance, chances are this war will work in our favor.
Next, we launch the Greenland offensive. The time had come to drive Scandinavia from North America. Luckily, the ill-defended outpost of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland was all they had in the region. Up against US troops and a sizeable US naval force, the city was doomed.
At no casualties, the city falls. Our road to Europe is secured. The order was given shortly after to land troops in Iceland.
We complete a road to Quagtag, Quebec. This means every city in North America is now connected by road. Railroads are built as well, as Quagtag is built near the strategic waters of Northern Canada, which vessels have been using to get to Europe from Asia.
We also manage to capture the city of San Miguel de Tucuman from Argentina, representing American penetration into the country. Chile is finally linked to Brazil and Uruguay with the conquest, enabling easy flow of troops. McKinley decides to initiate the process of Americanisation, and starts to give all names more English-sounding spelling and appearance. For instance, San Miguel became St. Michael.
We make raids on Rosario further southeast from St. Michael, but it doesn't yield fruits. We do kill one of the units in the city. Due to a massive recruitment program initiated by McKinley, we will have thousands of fresh troops next month with which we can take Argentina. If not for the fact IBT, The Brazilians will block the railways through their country...
Week 1:
IBT, Portugal loses the Madeira Islands to France. France also makes a stupid move and signs a new mutual protection pact with Tibet, instead of a competent major power. The Japanese also bomb us in multiple locations with their primitive fleet of gunboats.
We also get fantastic news: Italy has declared war on Britain! The Allies continue to fracture...
The Brits have the nerve to invade the US proper.
But even better news arrives:
SPAIN has joined the Coalition! Now aligned against France, the war is tilting in our favor ever more! Germany has finally flexed it's diplomatic muscles. While Spain is likely to lose it's African Empire, this will increase our security in Asia and Europe, while also preventing a war with them in the Caribbean. We decide to send them 1,000 gold afterwards to celebrate their alliance with us.
Germany continues the diplomatic offensive - gaining Spain's allegiance against Japan, China, and the Boer Republics. Less useful, Germany gains Uruguay's alliance against the Lowlands and Boers. Kaiser Wilhelm II then uses Anti-French sentiment in Southeast Asia to rally Siam against the French. This pours into anti-Dutch sentiment as well, fueling a war with the Netherlands by Siam. Then Persia. Next, Germany gets Tibet against the Boer Republics.
Germany continues to use natives as a proxy force - rallying Abyssinia against the Italians.
China joins France against Siam. The Ottomans join France against Britain. The Ottomans also go against Portugal - but the war with Britain will aid us greatly. Abyssinia and France sign a pact against the British. Once alliances take effect, Abyssinia will be at war with every one of it's borders. Italy declares war on Spain, as well. Persia declares war on Britain. The World War has escalated into a 3-way conflict.
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McKinley's first move of 1899 was to eliminate the British invasion. They had deployed 18,000 troops, some British, some Canadian, in our territory. We could not let the transgression go unnoticed. Unfortunately for the British troops, we had plenty of artillery left over from the war in Canada...
In a few days, shelling had left only 7,000 of those men capable of fighting. 4,000 of them had been killed by a raid of US infantry.
McKinley's raid is successful with minimal casualties. The British are defeated, and the fleet that sent the troops there destroyed. With their hands full with the French-led alliance, chances are this war will work in our favor.
Next, we launch the Greenland offensive. The time had come to drive Scandinavia from North America. Luckily, the ill-defended outpost of Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland was all they had in the region. Up against US troops and a sizeable US naval force, the city was doomed.
At no casualties, the city falls. Our road to Europe is secured. The order was given shortly after to land troops in Iceland.
We complete a road to Quagtag, Quebec. This means every city in North America is now connected by road. Railroads are built as well, as Quagtag is built near the strategic waters of Northern Canada, which vessels have been using to get to Europe from Asia.
We also manage to capture the city of San Miguel de Tucuman from Argentina, representing American penetration into the country. Chile is finally linked to Brazil and Uruguay with the conquest, enabling easy flow of troops. McKinley decides to initiate the process of Americanisation, and starts to give all names more English-sounding spelling and appearance. For instance, San Miguel became St. Michael.
We make raids on Rosario further southeast from St. Michael, but it doesn't yield fruits. We do kill one of the units in the city. Due to a massive recruitment program initiated by McKinley, we will have thousands of fresh troops next month with which we can take Argentina. If not for the fact IBT, The Brazilians will block the railways through their country...
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Week 5:
IBT, Japan joins Austria-Hungary in an alliance against France, seeking to take rich Indochina. China wants it's ancestral territory as well, so it also declares war on the French. The Boers declare war on the Russians. It would seem that all dogpiles have disentigrated in the face of conflicting diplomacy initiated by McKinley's diplomatic coup. However, Spain declares war on Russia. This makes them a rogue state, against both France and ourselves.
In addition to many declarations of war worldwide with Germany and France operating as the nexi of diplomacy, we get the long-awaited message:
France and the USA have resumed hostilities as a result of our alliance. This was McKinley's plan - he never intended to truly settle for peace with France - he desired the French Empire.
Half of German Southwest Africa - around the coastal city of Luderitz - has fallen to Britain.
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Week 5 also opens with the conquest of Rosario by American troops. Casualties are a bit high due to the machine guns wielded by the Argentines, but our sheer force of numbers overwhelms them. Rosario gives us more flexibility with our campaign, and the Secretary of War even speaks of possibly invading Buenos Aires, the largest city and capital of Argentina.
We opt to capture Mendoza for tin supplies and due to it's much smaller defenses and garrison. The city falls after a few thousand casualties, and the Argentine Puppet State is officially propped up.
We also sink many ships, be they Italian or Japanese. American vessels have reached the Azores, where they observe the war there between France and Britain for control of the islands and the seas around them.
IBT, Japan joins Austria-Hungary in an alliance against France, seeking to take rich Indochina. China wants it's ancestral territory as well, so it also declares war on the French. The Boers declare war on the Russians. It would seem that all dogpiles have disentigrated in the face of conflicting diplomacy initiated by McKinley's diplomatic coup. However, Spain declares war on Russia. This makes them a rogue state, against both France and ourselves.
In addition to many declarations of war worldwide with Germany and France operating as the nexi of diplomacy, we get the long-awaited message:
France and the USA have resumed hostilities as a result of our alliance. This was McKinley's plan - he never intended to truly settle for peace with France - he desired the French Empire.
Half of German Southwest Africa - around the coastal city of Luderitz - has fallen to Britain.
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Week 5 also opens with the conquest of Rosario by American troops. Casualties are a bit high due to the machine guns wielded by the Argentines, but our sheer force of numbers overwhelms them. Rosario gives us more flexibility with our campaign, and the Secretary of War even speaks of possibly invading Buenos Aires, the largest city and capital of Argentina.
We opt to capture Mendoza for tin supplies and due to it's much smaller defenses and garrison. The city falls after a few thousand casualties, and the Argentine Puppet State is officially propped up.
We also sink many ships, be they Italian or Japanese. American vessels have reached the Azores, where they observe the war there between France and Britain for control of the islands and the seas around them.
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Week 5 of 1899. Observe the French Empire growing in the Atlantic, with Britain expanding in Southwest Africa. Half of Argentina now belongs to the USA.
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Week 9
IBT, the Ottomans declare war on Germany. They also attack Russia, triggering a war with the USA.
Britain captures the Azores in a massive battle with the French. IBT, Kaiser Wilhelm comes to us and asks for an embargo against the French and British. As the Germans have proven loyal allies, we agree to both.
President Simon Castro of La Plata fails to plant a spy in our capital. We make a note to make a pre-emptive strike out of fear of La Platan war plans...
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Good news reaches us regarding transportation issues: The Brazilians have left the railway. Our own troops are positioned along it to keep it open to the American war machine. We also link all of occupied Argentina with Chile by railway. This will enable rapid deployment of troops.
Destruction of most of our small force and a lack of naval support causes us to abandon the campaign for Iceland. We sign a peace with Scandinavia so we can prevent their recapture of Narsarsuaq.
We launch a surprise attack on the city of San Julian in the far south of Chile. This will give us a two-front war on Chile and stretch their defenses. Meanwhile, we continue to hammer Buenos Aires.
The Battle of Buenos Aires is costly. Most of the Argentine Army - as well as the excellent City Defense Forces - is amassed there. Tens of thousands of US troops die trying to take the city, and likewise for the Argentines. This is due to a lack of naval support. However, we gradually break through, and manage to reduce the city to common militiamen, who die like flies.
The city falls. We capture Argentina's capital, destroy more of it's workforce, eliminate much of the Argentine Army, and finally sieze their coal resources. The industrial north of Argentina is now under the control of the American-installed Argentine puppet regime. President Jose Uriburu flees to the south. There are only 2 major cities left in Argentina. Once those fall, our puppet state will be secure, and we can focus on the world picture.
The month ends with us amassing troops outside Bahia Blanca. Once it falls, the rest of Argentina's a short distance away.
IBT, the Ottomans declare war on Germany. They also attack Russia, triggering a war with the USA.
Britain captures the Azores in a massive battle with the French. IBT, Kaiser Wilhelm comes to us and asks for an embargo against the French and British. As the Germans have proven loyal allies, we agree to both.
President Simon Castro of La Plata fails to plant a spy in our capital. We make a note to make a pre-emptive strike out of fear of La Platan war plans...
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Good news reaches us regarding transportation issues: The Brazilians have left the railway. Our own troops are positioned along it to keep it open to the American war machine. We also link all of occupied Argentina with Chile by railway. This will enable rapid deployment of troops.
Destruction of most of our small force and a lack of naval support causes us to abandon the campaign for Iceland. We sign a peace with Scandinavia so we can prevent their recapture of Narsarsuaq.
We launch a surprise attack on the city of San Julian in the far south of Chile. This will give us a two-front war on Chile and stretch their defenses. Meanwhile, we continue to hammer Buenos Aires.
The Battle of Buenos Aires is costly. Most of the Argentine Army - as well as the excellent City Defense Forces - is amassed there. Tens of thousands of US troops die trying to take the city, and likewise for the Argentines. This is due to a lack of naval support. However, we gradually break through, and manage to reduce the city to common militiamen, who die like flies.
The city falls. We capture Argentina's capital, destroy more of it's workforce, eliminate much of the Argentine Army, and finally sieze their coal resources. The industrial north of Argentina is now under the control of the American-installed Argentine puppet regime. President Jose Uriburu flees to the south. There are only 2 major cities left in Argentina. Once those fall, our puppet state will be secure, and we can focus on the world picture.
The month ends with us amassing troops outside Bahia Blanca. Once it falls, the rest of Argentina's a short distance away.
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Week 13
IBT, the Uruguayans kill 3 units of Argentine Cavalry. We also repel an Argentine attempt to retake Buenos Aires.
Britain and Russia sign another peace treaty. The British sink 2 of our Virginia Battleships. They were getting too close to the Home Isles.
The IBT ends with unusual quiet.
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We capture Bahia Blanca 3 months into the year. By doing so, we reduce Argentina to one city, eliminate some of their artillery, and destroy their workforce. Jose Uriburu says that Argentina will fight to the end.
The last city of Argentina has an estimated 13,000 units inside - 3,000 machine gunners included. President McKinley says that we must advance the attack, and defeat the Argentines once and for all.
Comodora Rivadavia falls with minimal casualties. Jose Uriburu is located, arrested, tried, and executed by the Argentine puppet government for treason.
IBT, the Uruguayans kill 3 units of Argentine Cavalry. We also repel an Argentine attempt to retake Buenos Aires.
Britain and Russia sign another peace treaty. The British sink 2 of our Virginia Battleships. They were getting too close to the Home Isles.
The IBT ends with unusual quiet.
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We capture Bahia Blanca 3 months into the year. By doing so, we reduce Argentina to one city, eliminate some of their artillery, and destroy their workforce. Jose Uriburu says that Argentina will fight to the end.
The last city of Argentina has an estimated 13,000 units inside - 3,000 machine gunners included. President McKinley says that we must advance the attack, and defeat the Argentines once and for all.
Comodora Rivadavia falls with minimal casualties. Jose Uriburu is located, arrested, tried, and executed by the Argentine puppet government for treason.
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=== The Union Expands ===
McKinley held a victory speech in Washington, D.C., merely a day after Comodora Rivadavia fell. He said that the United States would go on to defeat Britain and France now that the war in the Americas was over. But first, the British Empire would be dismantled by taking the Falklands. Once those were gone, the US could then decide it's next move.
McKinley also was told by his advisors that it would be wise to spread the American model of democracy to some of the conquered lands, in order to maintain their loyalty. The Canadian and Central American provisional states had remained largely under American rule, essentially territories but without any benefit. The puppet states of South America had more independence, even if they were still subject to American rule in special cases. Guyana had been turned into an official territory of the Union.
The decision was made to annex more of Mexico and Canada. At the time of this decision, the USA had 50 states - the previous 5 added Mexican ones included.
In the end, all of Mexico was carved into 16 states. The 11 that weren't admitted were immediately annexed to the Union. The Republicans were very against this action - the Senators from Mexican states numbered 32, to America's 90. This was why they limited actions regarding Canadian admissions.
In the end, we take 6 Canadian provinces as states - British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. This turns the amount of non-American Senators into 44. The US Congress has greatly enlarged, as have our borders. The remainder of Canada is left alone, and organised into the independent nation of Canada - an American puppet regime, of course.
However, when riots began to erupt when the rest of Central America was denied citizenship, it was decided to annex those regions as well. Panama came first, then Costa Rica, then Nicaragua. Guatamala was annexed further north. These 4 new states guaranteed the relative pacification of Central America. Of course, Republicans weren't too happy about the idea of handing more votes to foreigners, but it was decided that by assimilating these sections, the power of the USA would continue to grow.
A survey found that almost nobody in Mexico or Central America considered themselves those ethnicities anymore - the majority considered themselves American. It was thus decided to annex the rest of Central America, apart from Belize, where most considered themselves British.
The 4/5 rule was established by Congress after the multitude of annexations that caused the states in the Union to jump from 45 to 73 states - all in the course of less then 5 years - carved out of Mexico, Central America and Canada. The 4/5 rule stated that when at least 4/5 of a region's population considered itself culturally American, it would be annexed to the Union. This kept several cities close to the 80% point - like those in Venezuela - from joining the Union. But this kept Republicans happy. Canada was an exception to this rule because of cultural, ethnic and linguistic similarities to the USA.
And so, the Union had grown. American prosperity would continue.
McKinley held a victory speech in Washington, D.C., merely a day after Comodora Rivadavia fell. He said that the United States would go on to defeat Britain and France now that the war in the Americas was over. But first, the British Empire would be dismantled by taking the Falklands. Once those were gone, the US could then decide it's next move.
McKinley also was told by his advisors that it would be wise to spread the American model of democracy to some of the conquered lands, in order to maintain their loyalty. The Canadian and Central American provisional states had remained largely under American rule, essentially territories but without any benefit. The puppet states of South America had more independence, even if they were still subject to American rule in special cases. Guyana had been turned into an official territory of the Union.
The decision was made to annex more of Mexico and Canada. At the time of this decision, the USA had 50 states - the previous 5 added Mexican ones included.
In the end, all of Mexico was carved into 16 states. The 11 that weren't admitted were immediately annexed to the Union. The Republicans were very against this action - the Senators from Mexican states numbered 32, to America's 90. This was why they limited actions regarding Canadian admissions.
In the end, we take 6 Canadian provinces as states - British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. This turns the amount of non-American Senators into 44. The US Congress has greatly enlarged, as have our borders. The remainder of Canada is left alone, and organised into the independent nation of Canada - an American puppet regime, of course.
However, when riots began to erupt when the rest of Central America was denied citizenship, it was decided to annex those regions as well. Panama came first, then Costa Rica, then Nicaragua. Guatamala was annexed further north. These 4 new states guaranteed the relative pacification of Central America. Of course, Republicans weren't too happy about the idea of handing more votes to foreigners, but it was decided that by assimilating these sections, the power of the USA would continue to grow.
A survey found that almost nobody in Mexico or Central America considered themselves those ethnicities anymore - the majority considered themselves American. It was thus decided to annex the rest of Central America, apart from Belize, where most considered themselves British.
The 4/5 rule was established by Congress after the multitude of annexations that caused the states in the Union to jump from 45 to 73 states - all in the course of less then 5 years - carved out of Mexico, Central America and Canada. The 4/5 rule stated that when at least 4/5 of a region's population considered itself culturally American, it would be annexed to the Union. This kept several cities close to the 80% point - like those in Venezuela - from joining the Union. But this kept Republicans happy. Canada was an exception to this rule because of cultural, ethnic and linguistic similarities to the USA.
And so, the Union had grown. American prosperity would continue.
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A world map following the massive expansion...
Notice how Argentina is now an American puppet-regime, and how Germany has lost more turf to the Allies.
Notice how Argentina is now an American puppet-regime, and how Germany has lost more turf to the Allies.
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