The 1915 War: Events

Allenby · Oct 26, 2003

These events are designed to ensure that a war breaks out in 1915 should one not break out because of the July Crisis. In order for these to work, some flags will need to be added to some of the options in the July Crisis event chain, namely:

balkans1 - Austria-Hungary does nothing in response to the Archduke's assassination, or recieves no support from Germany (and does nothing)

balkans2 - Austria-Hungary goes to war with Serbia; Russia doesn't support Serbia.

balkans3 - Serbia accepts Austria-Hungary's ultimatum.

These ones are for the first eventuality - that Austria-Hungary either opts to do nothing, or gets no support from Germany.

Code:

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# Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated - Austria Hungary does nothing/no support
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# Bulgarians build forts
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event = {
country = BUL
id = 8400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgarians build forts"
desc = "The Bulgarian government has ordered that forts be 
constructed around Rustchuk, Schumla and Baltchick to 
strengthen the country's border defences in the event of a 
Romanian invasion.  The government is not concerned that by 
doing so, they breach the terms of the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest."

trigger = {
flag = balkans1
NOT = { war = { country = U11 country = RUS }
war = { country = GER country = FRA }
alliance = { country = BUL country = FRA }
}
}

date = { day = 14 month = may year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = land_fort which = 869 value = 2 }
command = { type = trigger which = 47400 }
command = { type = trigger which = 22400 }
command = { type = trigger which = 50400 }
}
}

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# Bulgarians breach Treaty of Bucharest
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event = {
country = ROM
id = 47400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgarians breach Treaty of Bucharest"
desc = "The Bulgarians have begun fortress building in territories 
that breach the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest.  We are obliged to 
mobilise against Bulgaria before it can break the Balkan alliance 
that keeps its expansionist aspirations in check."

# Triggered by 8400

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = add_division which = infantry }
command = { type = leave_alliance }
}
}

# Triggered by 8400

event = {
country = GRE
id = 22400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgarians breach Treaty of Bucharest"
desc = "The Bulgarians have begun fortress building in territories 
that breach the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest.  We are obliged to 
mobilise against Bulgaria before it can break the Balkan alliance 
that keeps its expansionist aspirations in check."

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = add_division which = infantry }
command = { type = leave_alliance }
}
}

# Triggered by 8400

event = {
country = SER
id = 50400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgarians breach Treaty of Bucharest"
desc = "The Bulgarians have begun fortress building in territories 
that breach the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest.  We are obliged to 
mobilise against Bulgaria before it can break the Balkan alliance 
that keeps its expansionist aspirations in check."

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = add_division which = infantry }
command = { type = leave_alliance }
}
}

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# Bulgaria seeks support
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event = {
country = BUL
id = 8401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgaria seeks support"
desc = "Realising that they are surrounded on three sides, the 
Bulgarian government has asked for diplomatic support from the 
Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires in the light of Serbia, 
Greece and Romania’s aggressive response to Bulgaria’s breach 
of the Treaty of Bucharest, in order to readdress the balance of 
power in the Balkans.  In so doing, Bulgaria escalates the current 
crisis by making a European war more likely, yet will have done 
so by recruiting two powerful allies."

trigger = {
event = 8400
}

date = { day = 19 month = may year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "Make enquiries in Vienna and Constantinople"
command = { type = trigger which = 3400 }
command = { type = trigger which = 41400 }
command = { type = leave_alliance }
}
}

event = {
country = U11
id = 3400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgaria seeks our support"
desc = "With Bulgaria’s breach of the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest, 
the other signatories, Serbia, Greece and Romania have begun 
moves against Sofia with the intention of crushing Bulgaria and 
further tilting the balance of power in the Balkans further in 
favour of Austria-Hungary’s potential enemies.  The Austro-
Hungarian government are keen not to see their Bulgarian 
friends reduced in status, as this would only benefit the Serbs 
who are assumed to be pursuing a pan-Slavic agenda.  Vienna 
has therefore guaranteed the Bulgarian government of its 
diplomatic support in this time of crisis."

# Triggered by 8401

action_a = {
name = "We cannot allow Bulgaria to be crushed"
command = { type = leave_alliance }
command = { type = trigger which = 48400 }
}
}

event = {
country = TUR
id = 41400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgaria seeks our support"
desc = "With Bulgaria’s breach of the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest, 
the other signatories, Serbia, Greece and Romania have begun 
moves against Sofia with the intention of crushing Bulgaria and 
further tilting the balance of power in the Balkans further in 
favour of Turkey’s potential enemies.  Bulgaria provides 
Constantinople with a useful counterweight to the presence of 
Greece, and if Athens were to acquire some Bulgarian territory, 
they would no doubt be envious for more: particularly the port of 
Smyrna.  A strengthening of Serbia would also mean a 
strengthening of Russia, Turkey’s traditional enemies.  It is 
therefore the interest of the Ottoman Empire that Bulgaria’s 
integrity be maintained."

# Triggered by 8401

action_a = {
name = "We cannot allow Bulgaria to be crushed"
command = { type = leave_alliance }
}
}

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# Austria-Hungary and Turkey move against the Balkan alliance
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event = {
country = RUS
id = 48400
random = no
style = 0
name = "We must support the Serbs"
desc = "The situation in the Balkans is spiralling out of control.  
Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire are now in league with 
Bulgaria, in opposition to Serbia, Romania and Greece and 
heading towards inevitable war.  The might of Austria-Hungary 
will now be hurled against both Serbia and Romania, and Greece 
may well be dealt a blow by the Ottoman Turks.  If the Balkans 
were to be dominated by Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, 
then all Russian influence in the region would disappear, and the 
desires of the Slavs for unity totally destroyed.  Russia must 
respond to this act of Austro-Hungarian aggression with vivacity, 
regardless of the response of the Germans."

# Triggered by 3400

action_a = {
name = "We must prepare for war"
command = { type = leave_alliance }
}
}

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# Third Balkan War (1)
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event = {
country = U11
id = 3401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Declare War"
desc = "Now that Russia has lent its support to Serbia, Romania 
and Greece, Vienna is left in no choice but to declare war on her 
enemies, who have long sought to destroy the Austro-Hungarian 
Empire: Serbia wishes to unite all Slavs under her banner by 
taking Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia, Romania desires the Banat 
and Transylvania and Russia wishes to dismember the Austro-
Hungarian Empire so as to dominate the Balkans."

trigger = {
event = 48400
}

date = { day = 20 month = may year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "War!"
command = { type = war which = RUS }
command = { type = war which = SER }
command = { type = war which = ROM }
command = { type = war which = GRE }
command = { type = trigger which = 41401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 8402 }
}
}

event = {
country = TUR
id = 41401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Declare War"
desc = "Now that Russia has lent its support to Serbia, Romania 
and Greece, the Turkish government has no option but to declare 
war on her enemies in accordance with the actions of the Austria-
Hungary this morning.  Greece wishes to establish a new Hellenic 
Empire with our Anatolian territory and the Russians have always 
looked enviously south at our capital, Constantinople.  By 
supporting Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary, we shall strike a mortal 
blow against our adversaries and ensure that the Ottoman 
Empire survives."

# Triggered by 3401

action_a = {
name = "War!"
command = { type = war which = RUS }
command = { type = war which = SER }
command = { type = war which = ROM }
command = { type = war which = GRE }
}
}

event = {
country = BUL
id = 8402
random = no
style = 0
name = "Declare War"
desc = "With enemy troops massing on Bulgaria’s borders, Sofia 
joins the Austrians and Turks in declaring war on Russia, Serbia, 
Romania and Greece in response to their antagonistic stance 
towards the Bulgarian government.  With the survival of Bulgaria 
at stake, the government has no choice but to follow this line of
action."

# Triggered by 3401

action_a = {
name = "War!"
command = { type = war which = RUS }
command = { type = war which = SER }
command = { type = war which = ROM }
command = { type = war which = GRE }
}
}

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# Join the war?
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event = {
country = GER
id = 21460
random = no
style = 0
name = "Join the war?"
desc = "Russia has mobilised and seeks to destroy our most loyal 
ally, Austria-Hungary.  Bulgaria broke the interminably unfair 
Treaty of Bucharest by constructing some border defences, to 
which Serbia, Romania and Greece reacted with fury.  Realising 
that the balance of power in the Balkans would comprehensively 
be tilted against them, and that the Serbs wished to break them 
apart, Austria-Hungary gave Bulgaria its diplomatic support
alongside the Ottoman Empire.  Russia, seeking to expand into 
the Balkans and undermine Vienna’s situation, has begun to 
move against Austria-Hungary and therefore weaken our 
diplomatic position in Europe.  By declaring war, we must also 
clash with the French, but by remaining neutral, we shall almost 
certainly anger the Austro-Hungarians, who will see us as frail 
and unreliable."

trigger = {
event = 3401
}

date = { day = 23 month = may year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "Austria-Hungary needs us"
command = { type = trigger which = 48401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 47401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 22401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 50401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 3402 }
command = { type = trigger which = 41402 }
command = { type = trigger which = 8403 }
}

action_b = {
name = "We want no part in this war"
command = { type = dissent value = 10 }
command = { setflag which = balkans4 }
}
}

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# Germany joins the Third Balkan War
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event = {
country = RUS
id = 48401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = FRA }
command = { type = war which = GER }
}
}

event = {
country = ROM
id = 47401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = FRA }
command = { type = war which = GER }
}
}

event = {
country = GRE
id = 22401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = FRA }
command = { type = war which = GER }
}
}

event = {
country = SER
id = 50401
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = FRA }
command = { type = war which = GER }
}
}

event = {
country = U11
id = 3402
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = GER }
command = { type = war which = FRA }
}
}

event = {
country = TUR
id = 41402
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = GER }
command = { type = war which = FRA }
}
}

event = {
country = BUL
id = 8403
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins the Third Balkan War"
desc = "Germany has declared war on Russia, France, Romania, 
Greece and Serbia in support of Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and 
the Ottoman Empire.  The European War begins."

# Triggered by 21460

action_a = {
name = "The war expands"
command = { type = alliance which = GER }
command = { type = war which = FRA }
}
}

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# Germany joins late
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event = {
country = GER
id = 21461
random = no
style = 0
name = "Germany joins late"
desc = "With the Third Balkan War dragging on, and Germany’s 
Austro-Hungarian allies pleading for help in the face of Slavic 
aggression, Germany has declared war on Russia, Serbia, 
Romania and Greece.  In response, the opportunistic French 
government, seeking to uphold her alliance with Russia has 
declared war on Germany."

trigger = {
flag = balkans4
}

date = { day = 4 month = november year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "Austria-Hungary needs us"
command = { type = trigger which = 48401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 47401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 22401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 50401 }
command = { type = trigger which = 3402 }
command = { type = trigger which = 41402 }
command = { type = trigger which = 8403 }
}
}

Allenby · Oct 27, 2003

These trigger in the event of Austria-Hungary going to war with Serbia, which doesn't get any support from Russia.

Code:

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# Austria-Hungary goes to war with Serbia, which isn’t supported by Russia
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# Austria-Hungary captures Belgrade
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event = {
country = U11
id = 3403
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary captures Belgrade"
desc = "With the Austro-Hungarian army’s capture of Belgrade 
and their declaration of martial law, Vienna is faced with a 
dilemma.  Licensed by the European powers to halt in Belgrade, it
 would be diplomatically responsible for Austria-Hungary to end 
its war of revenge against Serbia now that the capital has been 
captured.  However, the more hawkish elements in the Austro-
Hungarian government are pushing for a continuation of the war,
arguing that even without their capital city, the Serbs would 
eternally aspire to unite with their Slavic brothers and destroy 
the empire, and that this can only be prevented by absorbing the 
Serbian Kingdom into Austria-Hungary’s domain.  Fighting on will 
be popular at home, so any display of weakness in dealing with a 
beaten foe may cause a degree of unrest.  On the other hand, by 
fighting on, Austria-Hungary is almost certain to antagonise the 
Russians as well as alienate the other European powers."

trigger = {
flag = balkans2
control = { province = 738 data = U11 }
NOT = { war = { country = U11 country = RUS }
war = { country = GER country = FRA }
}
}

date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1914 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "Continue the war"
command = { type = trigger which = 48402 }
}

action_b = {
name = "Make peace with Serbia"
command = { type = trigger which = 50402 }
command = { type = dissent value = 15 }
}
}

event = {
country = RUS
id = 48402
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary continues the war"
desc = "Despite promising to ‘halt in Belgrade’, the Austro-
Hungarian Army High Command has ordered that their offensive 
against the retreating Serbs continue.  It is therefore clear that 
the Austrians do not seek to deal with Serbia in a fair and even 
handed manner, but desire to wipe Serbia off the map of Europe 
and crush their aspirations for unity and freedom.  It is the duty 
of the Russian Empire to come to the aid of Serbia at a time when
 it is being mercilessly bullied by a power much stronger than 
itself.  If Russia were to allow Serbia to be defeated, Austria-
Hungary would gain hegemony over the Balkans and Russian 
influence in the region would vanish."

# Triggered by 3403

action_a = {
name = "Treachery!"
command = { type = war which = U11 }
}
}

event = {
country = SER
id = 50402
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary offers peace"
desc = "Having captured Belgrade, Austria-Hungary has kept true
 to its word and has declared a cessation of hostilities.  Units of
 the Austro-Hungarian army have stayed in Belgrade in order to 
forcibly carry out their investigation into the assassination of 
Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  Although defeated for now, Serbia 
still seeks to realise its goal of a ‘Greater Serbia’, incorporating 
the Slavic parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  This cannot be 
achieved without Belgrade, and the Serbs shan’t regain Belgrade 
without Russian support…"

# Triggered by 3403

action_a = {
name = "We must accept"
command = { type = secedeprovince which = U11 value = 738 }
command = { type = peace which = U11 value = 1 }
}
}

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# Serbia resumes the war with Russian support
#####################################################################

event = {
country = RUS
id = 48403
random = no
style = 0
name = "Help the Serbs retake Belgrade"
desc = "The Austrian presence in Belgrade is unacceptable to 
Russia, who hope to maintain their influence in the Balkans by 
ensuring that the Serbian Kingdom remains strong.  With the 
Serbian capital in Austria-Hungary’s hands, it is obvious to St. 
Petersburg that Serbia’s position in the Balkans is hopelessly 
undermined, and that it must be restored to the sovereignty of 
Serbia for the sake of justice."

trigger = {
event = 50402
}

date = { day = 2 month = october year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = war which = U11 }
command = { type = trigger which = 50403 }
}
}

event = {
country = SER
id = 50403
random = no
style = 0
name = "We must retake Belgrade!"
desc = "Having gained the support of the Russian government, 
Serbia seeks to reassert control over its capital city, Belgrade, 
which has been in the hands of the Austro-Hungarian army since 
it was captured by them a few months ago.  It is almost certain 
that by moving against Austria-Hungary to right a wrong that a 
general European War involving Germany and France shall break 
out."

# Triggered by 48403

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = alliance which = RUS }
command = { type = war which = U11 }
}
}

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# Russia intervenes
#####################################################################

event = {
country = SER
id = 50404
random = no
style = 0
name = "Russia intervenes"
desc = "With Serbia bravely fighting for survival against the might
 of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and still holding onto its capital, 
Belgrade, the Russian government has at last decided to 
intervene in order to safeguard the independence of the Serbian 
Kingdom.  Now that St. Petersburg has entered the war, Austro-
Hungarian troops will be diverted from the fighting around the 
Serbian capital to the new front opening up against the 
Russians."

trigger = {
flag = balkans2
NOT = { control = { province = 738 data = U11 } }
}

date = { day = 25 month = october year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = alliance which = RUS }
}
}

Allenby · Oct 27, 2003

The final part of this deals with the possibility of Serbia accepting the Austrian ultimatum.

Code:

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# Austria-Hungary's ultimatum accepted by Serbia
####################################################################################

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# Serbia dismembered
#####################################################################

event = {
country = SER
id = 50405
random = no
style = 0
name = "Serbia dismembered"
desc = "Serbia, under the provisional rule of the Austro-
Hungarian Empire, has been dissected and its territory handed to
 its local rivals.  Vienna has claimed the largest part, including the 
Sanjak of Novi Pazar and the capital, Belgrade.  Albania has 
aligned itself with Austria-Hungary in return for the province of 
Kosovo, and Bulgaria has completed its ambition of ruling 
Macedonia, by claiming that land from the vanquished Serbs.  All 
that remains of Serbia is a slither of mountainous territory 
centred on the new capital, Nis.  In reaction to these calamitous 
happenings, the much diminished Serbian kingdom looks to 
Russia and Romania for help."

trigger = {
flag = balkans3
NOT = { war = { country = U11 country = RUS }
war = { country = GER country = FRA }
}
}

date = { day = 20 month = april year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "A dagger to the heart of pan-Slavism"
command = { type = secedeprovince which = U11 value = 738 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = U11 value = 746 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = U11 value = 751 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = ALB value = 752 }
command = { type = secedeprovince which = BUL value = 755 }
command = { type = headofstate which = 50001 }
command = { type = headofgovernment which = 50002 }
command = { type = foreignminister which = 50003 }
command = { type = armamentminister which = 50004 }
command = { type = ministerofsecurity which = 50005 }
command = { type = ministerofintelligence which = 50006 }
command = { type = chiefofstaff which = 50007 }
command = { type = chiefofarmy which = 50008 }
command = { type = chiefofnavy which = 50009 }
command = { type = chiefofair which = 50010 }
command = { type = trigger which = 3404 }
command = { type = trigger which = 1400 }
command = { type = trigger which = 8404 }
command = { type = trigger which = 47402 }
command = { type = trigger which = 50406 }
command = { type = setflag which = balkans5 }
command = { type = leave_alliance }
command = { type = end_access which = U11 }
command = { type = capital which = 735 }
}
}

event = {
country = U11
id = 3404
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary annexes parts of Serbia"
desc = "In order to bolster its position in the Balkans, the Austro-
Hungarian government has decided to dismember Serbia to 
permanently thwart its pan-Slavic aspirations.  Amongst Austria-
Hungary’s claims are the Sanjak of Novi Pazar and the Serbian 
capital, Belgrade.  Policy makers in Vienna are now confident that 
the Slavic threat to the stability of the Empire has been expunged 
indefinitely."

# Triggered by 50405

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = end_mastery which = SER }
}
}

event = {
country = ALB
id = 1400
random = no
style = 0
name = "Albania annexes Kosovo"
desc = "In order to bolster its position in the Balkans, the Austro-
Hungarian government has decided to dismember Serbia to 
permanently thwart its pan-Slavic aspirations.  Albania has 
managed to claim Kosovo in return for an alliance with Austria-
Hungary."

# Triggered by 50405

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = alliance which = U11 }
}
}

event = {
country = BUL
id = 8404
random = no
style = 0
name = "Bulgaria annexed Macedonia"
desc = "In order to bolster its position in the Balkans, the Austro-
Hungarian government has decided to dismember Serbia to 
permanently thwart its pan-Slavic aspirations.  Not only has 
Bulgaria turned its friendship with Austria-Hungary into a formal 
alliance it has also obtained dominion over Serbia’s Macedonian 
territory."

# Triggered by 50405

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = alliance which = U11 }
}
}

#####################################################################
# Romania and Serbia aligns with Russia
#####################################################################

event = {
country = ROM
id = 47402
random = no
style = 0
name = "Romania aligns with Russia"
desc = "The recent dismemberment of Serbia has tilted the 
regional balance of power in favour of Romania’s potential 
enemies, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.  Sofia still desires 
Dobruja – their recent behaviour with regards to Serbia suggests 
that they are actively looking to expand.  With Serbia weakened 
and Bulgaria seemingly bellicose, Romania realises that an 
alliance with Russia is the only method by which it can regain 
Transylvania and the Banat. "

# Triggered by 50405

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = alliance which = RUS }
command = { type = access which = RUS }
}
}

event = {
country = SER
id = 50406
random = no
style = 0
name = "Serbia aligns with Russia"
desc = "Now terribly weakened and surrounded by enemies, 
Serbia looks to Romania and Russia for an alliance with the hope 
that they will help them regain the territories they have lost to 
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.  Russia, realising that the 
regional balance of power has shifted in Austria-Hungary’s 
favour, and that they may eternally lose the friendship of their 
Slavic cousins, have no option but to accept the alliance 
proposals."

# Triggered by 50405

action_a = {
name = "OK"
command = { type = alliance which = RUS }
command = { type = access which = RUS }
}
}

#####################################################################
# Russia stations troops in Serbia and Romania
#####################################################################

event = {
country = U11
id = 3405
random = no
style = 0
name = "Russian military presence in Serbia"
desc = "Recent intelligence reports revealing the presence of a 
significant number of Russian troops on Serbian soil has alarmed 
the Austro-Hungarian government, already anxious about Serbia 
and Romania’s ad hoc alliance with St. Petersburg. As many as 
three Russian battalions are said to have been billeted in various 
Serbian towns and villages, in a move that seemingly seeks to 
destroy at birth, the new order in the Balkans.  Austria-Hungary 
sees the Russian military movements as the vanguard of a large 
expeditionary force encroaching on Vienna’s sphere of influence, 
whose presence can only undermine Austria-Hungary’s position in 
the Balkans.  Acting decisively, the Austro-Hungarian government 
demands that the Russians withdraw their troops from ‘territory 
whose suzerainty is nominally the subject of the Royal and 
Imperial government’.  In response, the Russian government 
emphatically rejects Vienna’s demands, and within hours, the 
Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires go to war."

trigger = {
flag = balkans5
}

date = { day = 15 month = may year = 1915 }
offset = 1 
deathdate = { day = 0 month = january year = 1924 }

action_a = {
name = "We have no option but to fight"
command = { type = war which = RUS }
}
}

I'm glad that this subject has so aroused the passions and opinions of team members and contributors alike

Shadow Knight · Oct 27, 2003

Looks good Allenby. Have they tested out all right?

Allenby · Oct 27, 2003

It would seem so, yes.

ptan54 · Oct 27, 2003

If this really happened, seems more likely to be a restricted war in Eastern Europe between the Deutsch and the Slavs.

If the Frenchies get involved the Brits may just think "opportunistic bastards"

Johan Elisson · Oct 28, 2003

Originally posted by ptan54
If this really happened, seems more likely to be a restricted war in Eastern Europe between the Deutsch and the Slavs.

If the Frenchies get involved the Brits may just think "opportunistic bastards"

Well, we at least get a war, and that was what we all secretly wished from the very beginning, right?

The events look great, good job Allenby.

/Johan

Allenby · Oct 28, 2003

Thank you kindly, Johan!

I ought to tip my hat in appreciation

StephenT · Oct 28, 2003

Can I make a request/suggestion that when anyone posts a long chain of events like this, they also include an "executive summary"?

Basically, a list of the event numbers, the country affected and the event name, plus a one-liner saying what the main effects or choices of each event are.

Makes it much easier for people to follow what's going on...

Allenby · Dec 11, 2003

Have these flags been included into the July Crisis events?

balkans1 - Austria-Hungary does nothing in response to the Archduke's assassination, or recieves no support from Germany (and does nothing)

balkans2 - Austria-Hungary goes to war with Serbia; Russia doesn't support Serbia.

balkans3 - Serbia accepts Austria-Hungary's ultimatum.

unmerged(10168) · Dec 11, 2003

Great!

An early peace or a late war... there definitely should be events for those!

Can't wait to see this!
Richmond

Allenby · Dec 11, 2003

Richmond516 said:
An early peace

There are events for that possibility

Richmond516 said:
or a late war... there definitely should be events for those!

....as outlined above

Richmond516 said:
Can't wait to see this!
Richmond

Neither can I!

unmerged(10168) · Dec 13, 2003

Alternate histories and early war ends

Check this out chaps...

http://www.geocities.com/davidbofinger/top.htm

Just some more food for thought. You can tell that I'm quite intrigued by the Dardanelles...

Richmond

unmerged(10168) · Dec 19, 2003

War with other countries

This is probably for patch 99.12b but will we also have the possibility of war between 'unlikely countries' like a Britain vs USA war (Warplan Red) or stuff of a similar nature. I ask this because I played HoI as Italy vs Russia and was desperately trying to get the Western Allies to help out but they didn't.

Richmond

ptan54 · Dec 19, 2003

Can we keep all the outlandish requests for a later date until we have sorted out the essentials please.

Focus, gentlemen.

Allenby · Dec 19, 2003

The game engine allows for that anyway....Britain starts off neutral - so they can declare war on the US if they wish.

Allenby · Feb 15, 2004

I've replaced the flagging system to link the July Crisis with the 1915 with four events, which should prove more reliable. From brief testing, they seem to work.

Code:

###KEY##############################################
################################
#Balkans Code #1 - Austria-Hungary does nothing in response to the
 Archduke's assassination or recieves no support from Germany and does
 nothing.
#Balkans Code #2 - Austria-Hungary goes to war with Serbia; Russia doesn't
 support Serbia.
#Balkans Code #3 - Serbia accepts Austria-Hungary's ultimatum.
#Balkans Code #5 - Austria-Hungary goes to war with Russia and Serbia
 without Germany.
####################################################
################################

#####################################################################
# Balkans Code #1
#####################################################################

event = {
id = 62150
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary has done nothing"
desc = "In the aftermath of Franz Ferdinand's assassination, the government
 of Austria-Hungary has chosen not to act, in what is being acclaimed in
 diplomatic circles as a remarkable act of restraint on the behalf of Vienna.
  However, it is believed that the government’s decision to show moderation
 with regard to the Sarajevo incident has caused consternation in the army
 high command, which believes that weak politicians are ensuring that the
 Austro-Hungarian Empire declines into ignominy."

action_a = {
name = "Hurrah for the peacemakers of Vienna!"
command = { }
}
}

#####################################################################
# Balkans Code #2
#####################################################################

event = {
id = 62151
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary goes to war - Serbia alone"
desc = "Looking for support from the Russians and receiving none, the Serbs
 must now brace themselves for war against the might of Austria-Hungary
 alone.  With the odds weighed so heavily against the Serbs, it is difficult to
 see how they shall survive the Austro-Hungarian onslaught.  The outcome of
 diplomacy in the past few weeks has had profound consequences for the
 Franco-Russian alliance.  Unable to act in support of their Serbian cousins,
 the French suspect that the great Russian bear that they have as their ally
 may be at best a paper tiger, at worse, looking to better relations with
 Berlin."

action_a = {
name = "Serbia is going to be annihilated"
command = { }
}
}

#####################################################################
# Balkans Code #3
#####################################################################

event = {
id = 62152
random = no
style = 0
name = "Serbia has accepted the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum"
desc = "Serbia has accepted what Sir Edward Grey called ‘the most
 formidable document that was ever addressed from one State to another’ –
 the ominous ultimatum sent to the Serbian government by Vienna in the
 wake of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  With Serbia
 accepting every demand, they are now nothing more than a vassal of the
 Austro-Hungarian Empire, in what is a massive blow to Russian power in the
 Balkans."

action_a = {
name = "War is averted; Serbia is shamed"
command = { }
}
}

#####################################################################
# Balkans Code #5
#####################################################################

event = {
id = 62153
random = no
style = 0
name = "Austria-Hungary has gone to war without German support"
desc = "Against the odds, Austria-Hungary has decided to act unilaterally in
 delivering punishment to the Serbians after the assassination of Archduke
 Franz Ferdinand.  Gambling that the Russians would fail to act like in 1908,
 the Austro-Hungarian government declared war on the Serbs, only be faced
 with a revitalised Russia, anxious that Vienna should not extend its influence
 throughout the Balkans."

action_a = {
name = "Austria acts alone"
command = { }
}
}

ptan54 · Feb 27, 2004

What about Balkans4? This triggers "Germany joins the war late" in my 1915war.txt

Allenby · Feb 27, 2004

ptan54 said:
What about Balkans4? This triggers "Germany joins the war late" in my 1915war.txt

Balkans4 no longer exists. It has been formally dissolved. balkans1, balkans2, balkans3 and balkans5 have been replaced respectively with Balkans Code #1, Balkans Code #2, Balkans Code #3 and Balkans Code #5. Notice that there is no Balkans Code #4 - I'm not sure why either. People probably haven't got a clue what I'm talking about. Oh well. Long live the new regime.

Shadow Knight · Feb 27, 2004

Viva La Allenby!!!

(Hey if Allenby can spam, I should be able to do it now again too.)

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