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The Newest History and the Life of Kurt Weisser
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Not sure, They don't even offer German at the school I'm going to. 
I know a few words here and there, but other than that I know about nothing.
I know a few words here and there, but other than that I know about nothing.
Sorry about that. I don't know that much literary German, only vernacular. And even then, it's only what I pick up from the people in Wurzburg...
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Chapter Four - A Bloody Year - February 4th 1914-December 25th 1914.
"...blood filled the trench... amidst bullet rain and artillery fire, I realized that I was not going to make it...
It was a bloody day, a bloody year."
- "In Peace and at War", Jonathan Deft, 1919.
---
The Life of Kurt Weisser.
Perhaps a bit "ironically", the first one to die in the front as the 1914 campaign began was Otto Weisser - the father of the man to whose rise to power the war his father died on enabled. When the Weissers heard of it, they both cried, even though Kurt was too young to understand anything. But there was hardly any time to mourn for Karla Weisser. Her child was left with her parents, she herself had to join the work in the factories as the HRE conservative politicians were finally forced by the Holy Roman Emperor Wilhelm V Holander, to accept some "Hungarian" reforms such as allowing women to work. And, in fact, forcing them to work in many cases, as the initial attacks failed and Wilhelm wanted a loud victory in Autumn 1914 - and thus the preparations for the new campaign were done by the whole empire.
---
The Newest History.
After 1913 came 1914, a new year, the second year of the war, and the bloodiest one. Over three million soldiers died that year. Indeed, the war only then trully turned into a total one. Largely it was because that the technologic innovations of the Byzantine Empire and the social reforms of the Hungarian Republic were by then mimicked by other nations, and so all nations were, more or less, geared up towards a long, bitter struggle.
One must note the diplomatic games of the period, the games that had only one significant result - the Sikhs entered the war on the Byzantine side, followed by Gurkhistan and Buthan.
Front-by-front review:
North Thulea: Manche forces tried to seize Neuland; failed. HRE forces tried to seize Krugerland; failed. Further south, the fighting was more interesting. Whilst the Juan peninsula had unsuitable terrain for a major campaign, further north East Philippia became a true battleground. As April began, the Philippine forces struck north through Manche trenches in south East Philippia; the Manche forces at the same time struck south. The trench battles were immense, with huge casualties for little gain. Infantry was no longer the queen of the battlefield - instead, heavy artillery and machine guns usurped that title. The bloodiest day was April 3rd, but others were not much better. Finally, by May's beginning the offensive in that area was cancelled by both sides, with only sporadic fighting and artillery duels taking place over the strip of "no man's land". However, on July 11th the Philippine forces, after a particularily heavy artillery barrage, crossed the Mississippi in the central section of the riverine border, attacking the city of New Biscay from north and south despite the enemy forces there. Normally, that would have failed, but the Manche armies had a little secret weapon... Poison gas was unleashed, massacring the unprepared Manche forces. A major breakthrough was achieved, and it took some time for Manche forces with primitive gas masks to stabilize the front - some time up to late October. Thus, the Manche forces were forced to pull back through East Philippia, to form a vertical frontline from the Iroquois-Philippine border to the Atlantic Coast (including the city of Melsredy [roughly OTL Charlestone]).
South Thulea: Due to bad supply situation and lack of basic infrastructure in some regions, as well as due to the low level of development in the fields of medicine, most casualties came due to attrition. The only truly noteworthy event was the capitulation of the Platine forces in the Peron pocket on May 1st. Other then that, all offensives failed mostly failing to even reach the enemy.
Atlantic Ocean: As was previously mentioned, the HRE-Flemish fleet was the only fleet left to combat the Manche one, and vice versa. Though suffering from numeric superiority, the pro-Byzantine fleet had some technologic superiority due to the more recent (and thus more modern) creation of the HRE fleet. That could be largely attributed also to the actions of Admiral Benito Guiliami, the first Italian as a HRE government minister since Julianno Machiavelli, who made sure that HRE fleet is capable to fight its Manche counterpart at fair, if not equal, terms. Either way, a series of naval skirmishes taking place in Spring and Summer culminated in Autumn, on November 1st-9th, as the battle at Hesperia (OTL Bermuda) resulted in a HRE-Flemish victory. It was a hard-fought one, though, and the Manche fleet had enough time to replenish its resources when the HRE-Flemish fleet recovered as well.
West Europe: Despite adopting Hungarian-style reforms, the Manche forces still encountered major difficulties. As March began, a new Iberian offensive forced the Manche forces out of Iberia altogether, forcing them to regroup beyond the Pyrenees. That was a hidden blessing - as the Manche high command understood that attacking across the Pyrenees was mere suicide, they managed to concentrate forces against the HRE now. The HRE offensive meanwhile advanced beyond Sena, taking Tours on April 5th and Le Havre on April 7th. Some even suggested evacuating from France; naturally, as that would mean national suicide, emperor Henry VII refused to even consider such a thing and the ever-obedient parliament agreed with him. The HRE offensive then coincided with an Iberian attack over the Pyrenees, and the Manche thus lost Transronia again after the stormlegionerren assisted the Iberians with a seaborne attack - a safe crossing of the Rhone was secured for the waiting Allemane forces. The Manche situation looked close to collapse...
Baltic Sea: Nothing much happened during this year here, as all fleets were occupied elsewhere and/or were still recovering from the last year's battle at Visby.
Central Europe: The HRE forces were largely on the retreat last year, but as 1914 came, a major counteroffensive was started throughout the front. On March 1st, Allemane armies attacked the Welikoslavian and Hungarian positions. By the end of April, though the offensive by then became painfully slow, the Allemanes not only retook Linz and Vienna, but also invaded West Silesia and did quite well there: the front stabilized on the Vistula. Both sides, especially the Hungarians, tried to start a new "great offensive", but no serious breakthrough came. The Hungarian June Offensive came the closest, but was stopped short outside of Vienna due to growing guerrila activity. Interstingly, it must be noted that the Scandinavian artillery prevented the Allemanes from attacking into Jutland this year, or any other.
Mediterranean Sea: Here, by contrast, there were many major battles. On February 27th, for example, the battle of the Balearics involved the defeat of the (admittedly rather small) Manche Mediterranean fleet at Allemane hands, which assisted their West European operations. On March 13th, the remnants of the said fleet despite all odds escaped into Hungarian Tripoli-in-Libya. Hungarian and Allemane fleets in the Adriatic Sea exchanged blows throughout much of the Summer and into September, and the Byzantine fleet used depthships to help their allies in finally blockading Hungarian coast in the August 11th-18th Operation Hector.
East Europe: Hungarians followed up their January offensive with a February-March one, starting on February 13th and ending on March 19th. It was hard to dig in in the Balkans, on one hand, but, on the other hand, the mountainous terrain offered plenty of cover for the defenders. Initially, the coastal offensive went well, taking Tirane, but even it stalemated. Eventually, the city was lost to the Byzantine "phalangites" in August, after Operation Hector. And further east... Against all odds... The new hero of the Empire and the Orthodox Church, Leonidos Katekoi continued to hold his ground.
Africa: Figthing here was much less active this year, as obviously enough the war in Europe was treated, rightfully, as the more important one. Iberian-HRE forces advanced in Manche West Africa marginally, taking Arguin. Other then that and raids here and there, status quo was preserved this year in the Black Continent.
Middle East: Byzantine forces were holding out in the north against Welikoslavians, losing Krasnodar on August 20th to a huge attack but stopping all (or ALMOST all) other advance attempts. In the Middle East, the Holy Land and Cilicia were the locations of the heaviest fighting. Persians continued previous offensives, but this year was a rather unlucky one; the Greek previous and current Themal reforms, along with reinforcements brought in, prevented the Persian forces from moving out anywhere. The Persians lost the battle at Antioch, August 18th, and the battle of Nazareth, August 29th (the latter was eventually commemorated in one of the first non-documentary war movies, "The Holy Hills"), and there was not much perspective for them for the rest of the war, it seemed.
India: This year, the war in India was much more interesting. The entry of the Indian nations into the war made it such. The military efficiency of the Sikhs was coupled with the ferociousness of the Gurkhas and the organizational abilities of the Allemane advisors. The fighting was very fierce, largely down the western Indian coast and in Central India. The Manche forces, after losing the Battle at Bombay in June 19th, pulled back to more defensible positions, where they succesfully held off the enemy.
Repengia: Again, there was very little attention paid to this continent. However, the Flemings succesfully overran the northwestern extremes of the Manche colony in the Autumn.
"...blood filled the trench... amidst bullet rain and artillery fire, I realized that I was not going to make it...
It was a bloody day, a bloody year."
- "In Peace and at War", Jonathan Deft, 1919.
---
The Life of Kurt Weisser.
Perhaps a bit "ironically", the first one to die in the front as the 1914 campaign began was Otto Weisser - the father of the man to whose rise to power the war his father died on enabled. When the Weissers heard of it, they both cried, even though Kurt was too young to understand anything. But there was hardly any time to mourn for Karla Weisser. Her child was left with her parents, she herself had to join the work in the factories as the HRE conservative politicians were finally forced by the Holy Roman Emperor Wilhelm V Holander, to accept some "Hungarian" reforms such as allowing women to work. And, in fact, forcing them to work in many cases, as the initial attacks failed and Wilhelm wanted a loud victory in Autumn 1914 - and thus the preparations for the new campaign were done by the whole empire.
---
The Newest History.
After 1913 came 1914, a new year, the second year of the war, and the bloodiest one. Over three million soldiers died that year. Indeed, the war only then trully turned into a total one. Largely it was because that the technologic innovations of the Byzantine Empire and the social reforms of the Hungarian Republic were by then mimicked by other nations, and so all nations were, more or less, geared up towards a long, bitter struggle.
One must note the diplomatic games of the period, the games that had only one significant result - the Sikhs entered the war on the Byzantine side, followed by Gurkhistan and Buthan.
Front-by-front review:
North Thulea: Manche forces tried to seize Neuland; failed. HRE forces tried to seize Krugerland; failed. Further south, the fighting was more interesting. Whilst the Juan peninsula had unsuitable terrain for a major campaign, further north East Philippia became a true battleground. As April began, the Philippine forces struck north through Manche trenches in south East Philippia; the Manche forces at the same time struck south. The trench battles were immense, with huge casualties for little gain. Infantry was no longer the queen of the battlefield - instead, heavy artillery and machine guns usurped that title. The bloodiest day was April 3rd, but others were not much better. Finally, by May's beginning the offensive in that area was cancelled by both sides, with only sporadic fighting and artillery duels taking place over the strip of "no man's land". However, on July 11th the Philippine forces, after a particularily heavy artillery barrage, crossed the Mississippi in the central section of the riverine border, attacking the city of New Biscay from north and south despite the enemy forces there. Normally, that would have failed, but the Manche armies had a little secret weapon... Poison gas was unleashed, massacring the unprepared Manche forces. A major breakthrough was achieved, and it took some time for Manche forces with primitive gas masks to stabilize the front - some time up to late October. Thus, the Manche forces were forced to pull back through East Philippia, to form a vertical frontline from the Iroquois-Philippine border to the Atlantic Coast (including the city of Melsredy [roughly OTL Charlestone]).
South Thulea: Due to bad supply situation and lack of basic infrastructure in some regions, as well as due to the low level of development in the fields of medicine, most casualties came due to attrition. The only truly noteworthy event was the capitulation of the Platine forces in the Peron pocket on May 1st. Other then that, all offensives failed mostly failing to even reach the enemy.
Atlantic Ocean: As was previously mentioned, the HRE-Flemish fleet was the only fleet left to combat the Manche one, and vice versa. Though suffering from numeric superiority, the pro-Byzantine fleet had some technologic superiority due to the more recent (and thus more modern) creation of the HRE fleet. That could be largely attributed also to the actions of Admiral Benito Guiliami, the first Italian as a HRE government minister since Julianno Machiavelli, who made sure that HRE fleet is capable to fight its Manche counterpart at fair, if not equal, terms. Either way, a series of naval skirmishes taking place in Spring and Summer culminated in Autumn, on November 1st-9th, as the battle at Hesperia (OTL Bermuda) resulted in a HRE-Flemish victory. It was a hard-fought one, though, and the Manche fleet had enough time to replenish its resources when the HRE-Flemish fleet recovered as well.
West Europe: Despite adopting Hungarian-style reforms, the Manche forces still encountered major difficulties. As March began, a new Iberian offensive forced the Manche forces out of Iberia altogether, forcing them to regroup beyond the Pyrenees. That was a hidden blessing - as the Manche high command understood that attacking across the Pyrenees was mere suicide, they managed to concentrate forces against the HRE now. The HRE offensive meanwhile advanced beyond Sena, taking Tours on April 5th and Le Havre on April 7th. Some even suggested evacuating from France; naturally, as that would mean national suicide, emperor Henry VII refused to even consider such a thing and the ever-obedient parliament agreed with him. The HRE offensive then coincided with an Iberian attack over the Pyrenees, and the Manche thus lost Transronia again after the stormlegionerren assisted the Iberians with a seaborne attack - a safe crossing of the Rhone was secured for the waiting Allemane forces. The Manche situation looked close to collapse...
Baltic Sea: Nothing much happened during this year here, as all fleets were occupied elsewhere and/or were still recovering from the last year's battle at Visby.
Central Europe: The HRE forces were largely on the retreat last year, but as 1914 came, a major counteroffensive was started throughout the front. On March 1st, Allemane armies attacked the Welikoslavian and Hungarian positions. By the end of April, though the offensive by then became painfully slow, the Allemanes not only retook Linz and Vienna, but also invaded West Silesia and did quite well there: the front stabilized on the Vistula. Both sides, especially the Hungarians, tried to start a new "great offensive", but no serious breakthrough came. The Hungarian June Offensive came the closest, but was stopped short outside of Vienna due to growing guerrila activity. Interstingly, it must be noted that the Scandinavian artillery prevented the Allemanes from attacking into Jutland this year, or any other.
Mediterranean Sea: Here, by contrast, there were many major battles. On February 27th, for example, the battle of the Balearics involved the defeat of the (admittedly rather small) Manche Mediterranean fleet at Allemane hands, which assisted their West European operations. On March 13th, the remnants of the said fleet despite all odds escaped into Hungarian Tripoli-in-Libya. Hungarian and Allemane fleets in the Adriatic Sea exchanged blows throughout much of the Summer and into September, and the Byzantine fleet used depthships to help their allies in finally blockading Hungarian coast in the August 11th-18th Operation Hector.
East Europe: Hungarians followed up their January offensive with a February-March one, starting on February 13th and ending on March 19th. It was hard to dig in in the Balkans, on one hand, but, on the other hand, the mountainous terrain offered plenty of cover for the defenders. Initially, the coastal offensive went well, taking Tirane, but even it stalemated. Eventually, the city was lost to the Byzantine "phalangites" in August, after Operation Hector. And further east... Against all odds... The new hero of the Empire and the Orthodox Church, Leonidos Katekoi continued to hold his ground.
Africa: Figthing here was much less active this year, as obviously enough the war in Europe was treated, rightfully, as the more important one. Iberian-HRE forces advanced in Manche West Africa marginally, taking Arguin. Other then that and raids here and there, status quo was preserved this year in the Black Continent.
Middle East: Byzantine forces were holding out in the north against Welikoslavians, losing Krasnodar on August 20th to a huge attack but stopping all (or ALMOST all) other advance attempts. In the Middle East, the Holy Land and Cilicia were the locations of the heaviest fighting. Persians continued previous offensives, but this year was a rather unlucky one; the Greek previous and current Themal reforms, along with reinforcements brought in, prevented the Persian forces from moving out anywhere. The Persians lost the battle at Antioch, August 18th, and the battle of Nazareth, August 29th (the latter was eventually commemorated in one of the first non-documentary war movies, "The Holy Hills"), and there was not much perspective for them for the rest of the war, it seemed.
India: This year, the war in India was much more interesting. The entry of the Indian nations into the war made it such. The military efficiency of the Sikhs was coupled with the ferociousness of the Gurkhas and the organizational abilities of the Allemane advisors. The fighting was very fierce, largely down the western Indian coast and in Central India. The Manche forces, after losing the Battle at Bombay in June 19th, pulled back to more defensible positions, where they succesfully held off the enemy.
Repengia: Again, there was very little attention paid to this continent. However, the Flemings succesfully overran the northwestern extremes of the Manche colony in the Autumn.
stachnie
Theorist
I hope the story is not dead...
Best regards,
Slawomir Stachniewicz.
Best regards,
Slawomir Stachniewicz.
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eternal
If it's been out for 4 months, it's probably dead.
