1912
-First Balkan War starts: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
-Italo-Turkish war ends: Ottomans have been beaten by Italy and are being beaten by the Balkan countries.
-In November Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire.
-In late November, Serbia turns its army towards Albania. Italy and Austria-Hungary, both which desire hegemony over the Balkans, put pressure on Serbia to withdraw.
-Serbia, confident with Russia backing them, ignores pressure from the Central Powers.
-In mid-December, Austria-Hungary and Italy declare war on Serbia.
-Russia defends Serbia and is at war with Austria-Hungary and Italy.
-Germany honours the Triple Alliance and joins the war on the side of Italy and Austria-Hungary.
-Serbia puts pressure on Montenegro, who joins the war on the Serbian side.
-France honours their alliance with Russia and is now at war with the Central Powers.
-Greece, who had its own ambitions in Southern Albania, sides with Serbia.
-Britain doesn't intervene, as it has no reason to do so.
-Bulgaria, unwilling to back Serbian claims on Albania, doesn't align itself to any major alliance, to focus on the ongoing war with the Ottomans.
Lining up the alliances:
Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Entente: Russia, Serbia, Greece, France, Montenegro
Unaligned: Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
1913
-Greek troops attack southern Albania.
-Germany attacks the Lodz area and pushes back the Russians.
-In the spring, Bulgaria and Ottoman Empire sign a peace treaty; Bulgaria receives land all the way to the Enos-Midia line.
-Bulgarian-Ottoman peace is quickly followed by peace negotiations with Serbia and Greece. Greece gains land up to Thessaloniki. Serbia gains Skopje, Kumanovo, Pristina and Prijepolje. They also receive the Tetovo area, but it is under Italian occupation.
-Italian troops land in Albania and start fighting both the Serbs and the Greek. Minor land gains from former Ottoman territory are gained.
-Russian troops attack Galicia.
1914
-Germany promises Bulgaria parts of Greece and Serbia in exchange of their participation in the war. Bulgaria accepts the offer and joins the war.
-United German and Austrian troops push back the Russians from Galicia and pushes the frontline to the east.
-Plans to attack through Switzerland from Italy to cut the French defensive line are abandoned due to hard terrain. Germany decides to stick to its original plan.
-An offer is made to the Ottomans to request their participation in the war, who refuse as the army is still weak after two wars during the past years. They also announce their disregards of Bulgaria joining the Central Powers.
-German military equipment is finished: everything is ready for an attack.
-With the eastern offensive going well, German military command turns its eyes on France. The Schlieffen plan is put to effect in July.
-Within a few months, German forces storm through the Belgian country and push into French land; but due to French buildup, German troops only reach Ypres in the north and Longwy in the south.
-Great Britain, who had guaranteed Belgiums independence, declares war on Germany. British dominions also join the war.
-The German offensive is halted near Ypres in September; Germany is stuck in a static two-front war. Italian troops constantly fail to attack French areas, mainly due to the rough terrain.
-Austria-Hungarian and Italian troops overwhelm the Serbian forces, who lose much territory in a short time.
-In November, the Entente and the Central Powers race to the English channel, in an effort to outflank the other. By Christmas 1914, the frontline becomes static, and a solid line stretches from the English Channel to the Mediterranean.
1915
-All Serbian resistance is overcome: Serbia is occupied by Italian, Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian forces. The Greek front remains quiet.
-Italy launches its military campaign, the so-called Cadorna Offensive. It achieves little: the Nice area and Corsica are captured by Italy before France repulses the rest of the attacks.
-The Entente attacks Italian Libya from both directions. They advance a little, but major breakthroughs are unsuccessful.
-In the spring, Germany renews its eastern offensives. Joint Austrian-German attack achieves a major breakthrough on the Russian lines, and the frontline is pushed even further.
-In July, Great Britain promises Ottoman Empire land areas from the Balkans for their support in the ongoing war. Ottoman Empire, who had during the ongoing war regained its military strength, agrees.
-The Entente contacts Romania, who also joins the war a few weeks after the Ottomans. They are promised Transylvania and northern Bulgaria.
-Romania and Ottomans both start their attacks. Romania attacks Transylvania, and Austria has to withdraw its troops from the Russian border to counterattack the Romanians.
-France pushes Italy back from Nice, but fails to regain control of Corsica.
-Germany and Austria send troops to help in the Balkans, but the initiative in Russia is lost.
-Germany starts the use of poison gas. This has a severe impact on Entente soldiers fighting in France.
-By November 1915, Romania loses Transylvania and Italy loses more of its African territories, as well as Rhodes.
1916
-Germany starts unrestricted submarine warfare. This results in the armament of U.S merchant vessels, and the relations between Germany and the USA worsen.
-Italy loses its grip on Libya, only controlling a small part in the central areas. Italian war effort is crumbling.
-German foreign minister Zimmermann sends a telegram to Mexico, asking for their support in a possible war against the United States. Mexico refuses and claims that the Central Powers cannot support Mexico financially and a war between Mexico and the United States would be unavoidabe if they agreed.
-Romania is occupied by various Central Powers. Russian troops hold their positions in northern parts of Romania.
-The Entente gains areas from southern Albania but loses ground in Greece.
-In the last weeks of March, the British intelligence finds out about the Zimmermann Telegram.
-The United States declare war on Germany in early May. Troops will be sent to France by the autumn, says the government.
-Italy loses Libya, Corsica and northern areas of Sardinia. Greece and the Ottomans, former enemies, meet each other near the city of Kavala.
-The Entente decides to split up their forces: some of the troops will go to the Balkan front, while others will land in Sicily to knock Italy out of the war.
-Russian reinforcements arrive and the German eastern front is being smashed by enemy attempts to break through.
-Afraid of losing the war when the United States arrive, Germany begins the one, final grand offensive in France in August. The offensive is nowhere as successful as the Germans had hoped.
-In September, French and British troops land in Sicily. At the same time, the Entente troops in the Balkans achieve a breakthrough and storm Albania and Bulgaria. US troops arrive in France.
-By the Christmas, Entente offensives remain successful. A foothold in Sicily is held, Italy has lost territory from the French front thanks to late successful attacks, Bulgaria and Albania would surrender any day now.
1917
-Bulgaria, who lost their capital to Ottomans, surrenders in the first days of the year.
-U.S troops arrive to the western frontline at a rate of 300,000 a month. German frontline is being pushed back.
-Italy surrenders in February.
-In mid-March, Austria desperately tries to strengthen the now exposed Italian front and to counterattack the Balkan offensives, but at the same time leaves the eastern flank vulnerable. Russian troops reach Tarnopol.
-French and British troops from Italy capture Trieste and other Austrian areas around the Italo-Austrian border.
-By early June, the Austrian military command is in chaos. They are simply unable to defend every front. Same goes for Germany: desperate defending in Russia is somewhat successful, but the western front is collapsing.
-Having lost almost half a million men in a month, the German army is in full retreat. In the early days of July, Germany asks for an armistice.
-On the 7th of July 1917, the guns fell silent.
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Peace Treaty
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The Paris Peace Conference of 1917 redrew the borders of Europe. Woodrow Wilson presented the idea of an international community, which was well received and the idea was adopted. Due to the fact that Russia was strong, Poland couldn't be created. The peace treaty was signed on October 10th with the following terms:
For Germany:
-German colonies are divided between the victors.
-Extensive parts of the eastern border are ceded to Russia.
-Elsass-Lothringen is ceded to France.
-Rhineland becomes a region administered by the League of Nations for the next 20 years.
-Abenra is given to Denmark; there is heavy debate about this point, as Denmark never fought in the war.
-Conscription will be abolished.
-German military is restricted to 250,000 men.
-Naval force will be limited to 15,000 men (6 battleships, 6 cruisers, 12 destroyers and 12 torpedo boats).
-Chinese colonies will be ceded to China.
-The Weimar Republic is created.
For Italy:
-Rhodes is ceded to the Ottomans.
-Heavy limitations are put on the Reggia Marina.
-Sardinia is ceded to France.
-Libya is split between France and Great Britain.
-A demilitarized zone will be created in the Liguria-Piedmont area.
-Italy renounces its claims on Trieste, Libya and Albania.
For Austria:
-Trieste and its hinterland become a free nation, free from the influence of Austria and Italy.
-Galicia is annexed by Russia.
-Austria-Hungary is dissolved and Hungary is freed.
-Romania receives areas from the eastern parts of the country.
-Serbia receives areas from the Balkans.
-Slovakia is created.
-Czech Republic is created.
-Croatia is created.
-Slovenia is created.
-Militarization of Trento is forbidden.
For Bulgaria:
-Bulgaria cedes back the territories it took in the Balkan Wars; in addition, Plovdiv and Burgas are ceded to the Ottomans.
-Ruse and Varna are given to Romania: Bulgaria no longer has sea access.
For Albania:
-Northern part of the country is ceded to Serbia.
-Southern part of the country is ceded to Greece.
-Central parts of the country are ceded to the Ottoman empire.
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Interwar
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1917
-December: Unhappy workers try to attack several members of the new Weimar Republic government. This quickly results in a nationwide rebellion, which was supposed to topple the government within weeks. Anarchists and followers of the socialist theories rose up, and so the Bavarian Socialist Republic and German Anarchists started to fight the government.
1918
-The first year of peace passed by. Armed forces started to demobilize, and internal problems were focused on. Overall, there is no real victor in this war, as every nation suffered damage to their economy. Debts and deficits cause recession Europe-wide.
-Weimar army captures Munich in the autumn. The German revolution is coming to a close.
-Anarchists of the United States send several mail bombs and carry out other bombing strikes in April-June 1919.
-The Palmer raids begin: the U.S department of justice carry out attempts to arrest and deport several radical leftists, especially anarchists. The raids aren't as successful and the Dep. of Justice had hoped, and only increased the anarchists' will to fight.
-The revolution finally comes to an end in November. Anarchists and socialists escape to Russia, where they will later play a role in the political movements there.
1919
-The Tragic Week: A small strike at a metal work quickly escalated into a nation-wide rebellion. During this, the Argentine Patriotic League emerged, and started to attack on the Jews and Catalans of Argentina. They claimed that the Catalans were anarchists and the Jews were bolsheviks. The President of Argentina declared a state of emergency, but the Patriotic League quickly, together with disloyal members of the current government party (Radical Civic Union), turned their heads and targeted the government. The Tragic Week, which eventually lasted for two weeks (the strike to rebellions phase lasting one week, and the coup to militarist government another week), and the Patriotic League and the disloyal Civic Unionists seized the power in Argentina.
-The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 results in Great Britain granting independence to Egypt. Great Britain refused to give up control of Suez canal or to recognize the new nation.
-In March, a general strike begins in Ruhr. German economy cannot sustain the war reparations. Fortunately the strike didn't escalate, and things were brought back under control.
-Strikes also occur in the United States. Some americans had expected the worst, an anarchist overtaking of the government. Things were brought back under control, although the fact that prohibition law will come to effect in a matter of months keeps the society on its toes.
1920
-The League of Nations is doing its work: Spitsbergen is officially given to Norway.
-The Government of Ireland Act is presented in the British parliament. The idea of releasing Ireland as a political entity didn't gain much popularity, especially when the current internal situation was uncertain. Some members of the parliament continued to resist the act even years later.
-The Irish guerrillas fight for their independence.
-A referendum is held in Switzerland. Switzerland becomes a member of the League of Nations.
-The Mexican Revolutions ends, the revolutionaries are victorious.
-Italian anarchists cause the Wall Street Bombing in September.
-In October, thousands of unemployed people demonstrate in London, over a hundred are injured.
-The Irish Republican Army attacks British agents and British troops retaliate elsewhere in what became later known as the Bloody Sunday.
1921
-The Integralist Party of Italy is formed. The integralists feel that Italy utterly failed in the Great War and want to install a more powerful government.
-Rising tensions in Russia can be seen: anarchists rise up to revolt in Kronstadt, but the rebellion is put down. Anarchists hide in other parts of the country, such as Ukraine and Belarus.
-Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the President of the United States. His government aims to bring stability back and crack down anarchist movements.
-An anarchist strike occurs in Norway.
1922
-The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt.
-The Washington Naval Treaty is signed; many great powers agree to disarm some of their warships.
-Minor border incidents occur in the Turkish-Greek border.
-Hungary joins the League of Nations
-Mussolini and his blackshirts march to Rome. However, the leftist parties had managed to organize an anti-fascist strike in Rome, and the march culminated in an all-out battle in the streets of Rome. The battle finally ended when the Italian army was summoned: several divisions from the nearby cities were brough to restore control. Mussolini and several other strong members of the party were arrested.
-With a huge defeat in their attempts to seize power and the loss of their leader, the Italian Fascist Party slowly starts to diminish.
1923
-British colonial expansion: Britain attacks and annexes Libya.
-Lithuania attempts to revolt, but they are quickly defeated by the Russian armies. Internal problems are rising in Russia.
-Munich Beer Hall Putsch: Hitler and other members of the NSDAP storm a beer hall in Munich, attempting to seize power and eventually depose the government of Germany. The next day, the police and army rush to the place to stop the unrest. The Nazis, the police and the army started to exchange shots, and in the battle, Hitler as well as Hermann Göring were both hit and died later.
-Inflation is Germany reaches its heigh, and one U.S dollar is equivalent of 4.2 trillion Papiermark.
-Police strike in Australia.
1924
-Socialists win the general elections of Italy, as the fascists lost a lot of support in their march.
-Remaining fascists and their supporters kidnap Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti and kill him.
-Fascists, who are in dire need for allies, ally with their former rivals, the Unione Sindacale Italiana, an anarcho-syndicalist party.
-In July, the fascist-anarchist alliance start to seize the power in major cities all around Italy: the Italian Civil War has begun.
-Naples, Milan and Sicily are in the Anarcho-Fascist hands.
-Anarcho-Fascists and Socialists are almost equal in numbers; however, most of the population seems to be aligned towards the fascists.
1925
-The first decisive battle of the Italian civil war is fought near Parma: Socialists defend the city successfully and the anarcho-fascists suffer moderate casualties.
-Strikes in Austria.
-Arab revolts start in the Levant area. Syrian nationalists fight against the weak Ottoman garrison there.
-The arab revolt of Syria quickly escalated into a larger revolt: Iraq, Hejaz and Nejd also start fighting for their independence.
-Greek government can sense a good moment to intervene, and they declare war on the Ottomans in late October, claiming that many Greek-populated areas still remain in Ottoman hands.
-Anarcho-Fascists in Italy capture Genoa but loses Naples.
-Within a month of the Greek declaration of war, Bulgaria also declares war on the surprisingly incompetent Ottomans.
-Progress of the war is slow: Greece is constantly engaged in naval battles and the Ottomans' retaliatory capabilities are low due to Middle Eastern revolts.
-French people demand that France does something to make the Germans pay their reparations. French government tries to calm them down, but the protests quickly escalate to strikes around the country.
1926
-All hell breaks loose in Russia. Nestor Makhno has gained support, and his followers are now over 300,000 in numbers. Makhno and his "Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army" as he calls it, marches to Kiev and proclaims the birth of Anarchist Ukraine.
-Russian army is sent to deal with Makhno and his army. However, some of the army's soldiers are also Ukrainian, and the army is demoralized. Thus they fail to depose Makhno, and suffer heavy casualties.
-Anarcho-Fascist troops in Italy reach Florence, but are losing ground in the south.
-Syria defeats the Ottoman troops in the decisive battle of Deir es Zor.
-Greece reaches Aleksandroupoli. Bulgarian troops also reach the sea, after almost a decade without sea access.
-Ottomans successfully land in Cyprus, which they had given to Greece in the peace treaty of 1917.
-Inspired by the success of Makhno, Bolsheviks and radical socialists pull off a coup in St. Petersburg. The Russian Civil War begins.
-The Anarchist and Bolshevik revolts spread: The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic and the Mountainous Republic of Northern Caucasus are formed and sign an alliance to fight the common enemy.
-France and Great Britain send support to Russia.
-Ottomans, who have realized their hopeless situation, asks for peace with Bulgaria and Greece. Both of these countries accept, with territorial concessions from Ottoman europe.
-Later in that year, several other nations, such as Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania declare independence.
-The final nation to declare independence is Finland, who declares herself free on the 6th of December. During the long period, Finnish nationalism had spread further to Karelia, and the Finnish population there joined the newly established state.
-In the middle of all this chaos, the League of Nations seems unable to do anything. Some member nations recognize some of the newly created states, such as the Baltic states, Poland and Finland.
1927
-Ukraine and Romania strike a deal: Bessarabia is given to Romania in exchange of financial support. Both parties agree.
-Finland and Estonia sign a treaty to help each other out in case the independence of either nation is endangered (ie. when the enemy is nearing the capital)
-The League of Nations warns Germany not to violate the eastern border.
-Léon Daudet, the co-founder of Action Française, is arrested in France and sentenced to five months of prison. Thanks to a successful campaign by his friend, Charles Maurras, the public opinion of Action Française increased significantly.
-Italian Anarchofascists recaptured Naples and its surroundings.
-A democratic group in Turkey protests against the Ottoman government.
-Irish Free State becomes independent.
-Vice President of Ireland assassinated in July.
-Polish government realizes that they need sea access to receive extensive aid from other countries. They send a deal to Lithuania, but they turned it down.
-Polish government makes a daring move and openly invades Lithuania. They claim that the Polish-Lithuanian union which lasted for hundreds of years should be recreated. This act is condemned by the League of Nations.
-Ottomans are unable to stop the rebellious wind in the Middle East. They lose control of Israel and Jordan to Syria, and are forced to recognize the independence of the revolted countries.
-Britain and France suffer a hit in relations when they make their turn in the Middle East. Britain supports the Ottomans and doesn't recognize the independence of the Arab countries, while France recognizes their independence and says that the Ottoman empire is crumbling.
-Later in the year, Italian socialists push the anarchofascists back in the north and manages to seize Parma.
1928
-A bomb attack against the Italian fascists kills 20.
-Japan and China demand the British colonies, but Britain refuses to hand them over. Japan and China are planning a unified front in case a war is necessary to drive Britain out of Asia.
-Italian anarchofascists lose their grip on the north, but secures area from the south. A stalemate seems inevitable.
-League of Nations gives out aid to Germany to help them solve their financial issues.
-Soviet troops are nearly in Moscow. However, a Russian counterattack in the north cuts off cities near St. Petersburg.
-Russia signs a peace treaty and recognizes the independence of Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. They refuse to acknowledge the independence of Ukraine, MRNC and Transcaucasian DFR.
-Poland annexes Lithuania. Latvia and Estonia sign a defensive alliance in case of a Polish attack. Weimar Republic condemns the actions of Poland.
-Internal unrest in Anatolia end in a the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the birth of Turkey.
-Hindenburg is slightly wounded in an assassination attempts by the German anarchists.
1929
-Afraid of being attacked by the League of Nations over their attack on Lithuania, Poland offers to return Tilsit to Germany. Germany together with LoN representatives accepts the offer.
-Rivals of Al Capone are murdered in Chicago in what became known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The anarchists and other anti-government groups uses the incident as a weapon to prove the rising crime in America.
-Russia captures St. Petersburg. The Soviet troops take Moscow. Both party demands the surrender of the other party, but neither agrees.
-In August, several clashes between the Jews and the Arabs result in over 100 dead Jews.
-The Italian Civil War ends in a preliminary truce. Both sides are unable to break through, so they have to sign peace.
-The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises and rises.
-The All India congress in Lahore demands Indian independence. British economy is still weak and the fact that Germany is unable to pay reparations is not helping it, and so they face another colonial issue.
-The Russian army has received extremely high amounts of support from the western countries, and is pushing back the Soviets. The Makhnovists in Ukraine hold their land, though.
-The Italian borders are ratified: The Democratic Socialist Republic of Italy receives the northern and central parts of the country, while the Anarchofascist Italy keeps the southern parts of the country, as well as Sicily.
1930
-A bolshevik uprising begins in Western Central Asia and is successful.
-Soviets in Russia are in troubles. Without sea access, their support from foreign countries is limited to land borders. The only Soviet-friendly government nearby is the Ukrainian government, so the Soviets slowly start to withdraw to better positions.
-Anarchists begins a massive decentralization campaign in South Italy. This opens an opportunity for the biggest Mafia families in Sicily to gain more power.
-The fascists originally planned to puppet control the government administered by anarchists (in other words, the power is extremely decentralized).
-The Action Française gains more popularity as their leadership is out of the prison and campaigns for a change.
-The Syrian Social Nationalist Party is founded.
-A military junta takes over in Peru.
1931
-The war capacity of Russia and the Soviets is wearing out. Equipment shortages, manpower losses and indecisive battles are taking their toll, and the course of the war is slowing.
-Gandi is release in India, and the Indian independence movement gains more support.
-Japan stages the Mukden Incident to invade Manchuria. This action is condemned by the British and China.
-Japan also declares war on the vulnerable Russia, who has most of their troops in Europe.
-Al Capone avoids being caught in October.
-The Soviet leadership is preparing to flee to Central Asia.
-American Mafia leader is assassinated, and the Five Families are established.
1932
-6 million unemployed in Germany.
-Japan and China confront in the Battle of Shanghai.
-Japan conquers Manchuria. Large parts of eastern Russia are also in Japanese hands.
-Hindenburg is elected president of Germany.
-Chaco War begins: Bolivia and Paraguay go to war.
-Soviet leadership flees to Central Asia, where Bolshevik strongholds will hold their ground.
-Militarist government in Chile intervenes and joins the war against Bolivia.
-Wall Street stock market crashes. The Great Depression begins. The financial problems and unrest can be seen all over the world.
-Russia pleads for peace with Japan. Japan gains significant territories in Asia.
-Argentina supports Paraguay in the Chaco War.
1933
-Realizing that neither party is able to defeat the other, Russia and Soviet Union sign a truce to rearm, retrain and improve their armies. Both countries start a massive armament process, for a rematch later.
-German elections: Biggest parties are the Social Democrats, Autocrats and Anarchists.
-Bolivia is defeated by Chile, Argentina and Paraguay. The partition of Bolivia occurs, and the nation is cut down in size.
-Federación Anarquista Ibérica gains popularity in Spain, and receives over 8% percent of all votes in the Spanish elections.
-Iron Guard captures power in Romania after assassinating the prime minister.
-The Syrian Social Nationalist Party coups Syria and introduce their visions of a Greater Syria.
-The Holodomor severely weakens Ukraine.
-Ukraine creates the nation of West Ukrainian National Republic in their eastern border areas to "deregulate power".
1934
-February 6th: French far-right leagues gather in front of the Palais Bourbon. The league of consisted of several large parties, most notably the Action Française. The far-right leagues overthrow the French government and Action Française takes power.
-February 24th: Start of game.
