WWI Alt Hist Turn Thread

Die Osterreichische-Ungarische Monarchie, 1909

Following the high point of 1908, Austria-Hungary returns to a fairly normal public state.


Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, a move intended for 1908, but postponed to deal with the new governance of Venetia, Lombardy, and Eastern Serbia. Occupied in 1878, the Bosnians will be granted their own regional government in 1909, Croatia will be removed from their joint governance with the Serbs, and the Serbs a single region.

Industrialization programs established several years ago are completed.
Rolling for the results (the higher the better, lower the worse).
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The programs leave more to be desired, but more factories are introduced to the agricultural east. 

Aircraft testing resumes after postponement due to crises. Last tests took place in 1905, and as the quality of the plane was mediocre, at best, engineers are ordered to create a better design using previous knowledge. Rolling for results (higher the better, lower the worse).


Franz Joseph is extremely happy with the results of the plane. Rolling for flight tests.


The plane, while a marvel in design, fails the first test. A second test is launched.


The same results? Franz Joseph begins to lose his patience once again. A third, and final test for the year.


The pilots are imprisoned for a month, their incompetence being the only reasonable explanation for the failures. Testing is scheduled to resume in 1910.·········

Military

The United States shall be building a grand navy the likes of which this world has not seen before. Mass productions of Dreadnoughts are starting at the drydocks. The Wright Brothers are set in charge of investigating the possibility of using airplanes militarily. Considerable parts of the militias are being prepared for combat (exercise). Other militias are used for government-paid infrastructure projects. 

Economy

The production of the T-Ford begins. Government-subsidized automatic vehicles, to be known as 'cars' will soon be available to even the middle class.  The first T Ford was produced on August 12, 1908, and 15.000 orders were placed after the release. The car factories settle in Michigan and are expected to bring growth to the Midwest States. 

Politically

Democrats pick up seats in the House. The effective government stays in Republican (Progressive) hands. Democratic Party starts shifting to the left and the socially liberal side whilst Republican shift slightly to the right and authoritarian side.  
US Marshals and Internal Affairs is looking into reported suspicious acts within the Naval Engineering Branch of the Military. Pg1t0vFt·

The subs were a great sucssess! The ships which were tested were destroyed quickly with ease. It saws through waters like a dolphin. When atacked it sustained very little damage. It was bombarded with coastal guns and ship artilary and was still fully operational. The fire rate is good. Though the accuracy is moderate we would like to improve it in the future. Just a few submarines cam take on the world's best ships. I would describe it as like in wc3 a submarine with someone like halsey or readar against a plain battle ship. We did not plan for such a success and will start producing them immediately. Currently there are few places, mainly in the north capable of making such subs. Factories will be built more evenly across the country. We wish to make jobs in secondary industry rather than primary. New skills will be taught.

Foreign: we invite the sultan and his family to the palace of caserta for dinner and a stay to improve relations. Here the queen shall personaly apologize for the war. (Der Kaiserreich)

Planes are still failing.

Industrial development didn't really work out.

The increase in rights only served to make people want more. There are now rallies against the government.

The Agriculture plans aren't working out. We might have to look at other ways to improve the economy.

British Empire 1910-1911:

Having obtained Japanese plane designs from Greece, 300 planes are produced, and airfields are built all across Britain and the Empire to accommodate the future air traffic. Research is made to try and improve the design to make it fly further. (6 needed for successful improvements)

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When trying to fly the new design, the plane crashed, but the pilot was not hurt. Another shot is tried (5 needed now)



The plane flies very well now, and slight tweaks in the plane's performance and steering are also successful. With that task successfully completed, the scientists try to make an improved machine gun based off the Maxim gun (6 needed for the gun to work)



The machine gun, named the Vickers E-7, is successfully produced, and is to become the standard British Army machine gun when enough are produced.

South Africa and Ireland are made into Dominions in 1910, in an effort to appease the Irish and many of the people in South Africa. The Orange Free State and Natal are consolidated into the new Dominion of South Africa. Across the Empire, the infrastructure is upgraded in the rural areas of each colony, with efforts mainly going to the British Raj, the Outback, parts of Africa, and the remote Pacific islands. The long job of sending troops to each colony begins, and the governments in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, Ireland, and South Africa are cajoled into raising their own troops.

Military

In response to the growing naval power of America and others, and to keep to the two-power standard, the British Navy embarks on a great dreadnought-building campaign. 12 dreadnoughts are to be built in the next 5 years, and production of battlecruisers and pre-dreadnoughts is stepped up as well.

4 dreadnoughts 
20 battlecruisers 
9 pre-dreadnoughts

The army training in India has continued, with 300,000 regular Indian troops and 400,000 militia-level troops now serving in the British Raj. Troops are stationed as follows by the end of 1911:
300,000 troops in India (+400,000 militiamen)
250,000 troops in Britain
100,000 troops each in Ireland, Canada, Australia, and South Africa 
50,000 troops in New Zealand 
50,000 troops in British North Africa (Egypt, Sudan, British Somalialand, Kenya, Uganda)
40,000 troops in the Middle East (Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait)
30,000 troops in the rest of British Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Botswana, Zambia, Rhodesia, Malawi)
20,000 troops in British Malaya
20,000 troops throughout Belize, Bermuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, and other Caribbean islands
20,000 troops throughout British Pacific islands
5,000 troops in Cyprus
5,000 troops in the Falkand Islands (las Malvinas no son Argentinas)
5,000 troops in Hong Kong

Economy

No major trade deals are made during this time. Geologists are sent to look for oil (will roll for their success next year). Efforts are made in many rural colonies to improve industry and diversify what output they do make.

Conquest (yay)

The British government has decided to take advantage of the brain-dead government of Denmark. War is declared on Denmark, with the British government wanting land on the British continent once again and more land in the Atlantic. A small force of 20,000 troops is sent to Reykjavik, escorted by several battleships, with orders to conquer the rest of the island afterwards. Given that Iceland has had no standing army since 1869, and its population is less than 100,000, a 4 will be necessary to overcome any defenses and take Reykjavik. 



The Icelandic resistance is crushed, and the British troops are able to take the rest of the islands without much difficulty afterwards. From Canada, 5,000 troops are sent to occupy Nuuk, the only settlement in Greenland worth occupying. Given that Greenland has a population of ~20,000, a 3 will be necessary for Nuuk to fall:



The Danes put up more resistance than expected, but the city falls. More Canadian troops are sent to occupy the little settlements around the southern part of Greenland before the worst of the winter weather hits. In the Caribbean, troops are sent to occupy the Danish Virgin Islands. There are only ~30,000 people there, so a 5 will be needed for all 3 islands to fall:



All 3 islands are fallen, and are incorporated into the British Virgin Islands. And in the largest campaign of the conflict, the British Army sets out to occupy Jutland and the surrounding islands. Several squadrons of ships are sent out to engage the Danish Navy. It is fairly modern, but size favors us, so a 6 will destroy enough of the navy to ensure a safe landing of British troops:



The Danish navy is successfully engaged and weakened, so the green light is given to begin the occupation. Two divisions of 30,000 troops are sent to Denmark, one to occupy Aalborg and the other to take Copenhagen. Denmark has a weak army in this time, and barely 2,500,000 people, so a 7 will be needed to take each city:

Aalborg:
Copenhagen:

The operations go well, with resistance crushed in both places. Next, the troops move to occupy Hjorring County and the rest of Zealand with Lolland to the south. A 7 for occupation of Hjorring County and a 6 for Zeeland:

Hjorring:
Zeeland:

Zeeland has fallen, but the Danes manage to hold on to Hjorring County, keeping the British at Aalborg. But regardless, the British government is willing to work with what they have now, so they contact the Danish government offering a peace. Zeeland and Lolland, along with Copenhagen, will be ceded to Britain, and Aalborg will be a British port, but the Danish may keep the rest of their land. (They've already lost their major colonies and their capital city, so I'll say a 7 will be enough for the Danish government to access to my demands)




The Danes refuse, so an attack on Funen is launched to try and persuade the Danes to change their mind. A 6-8 will take the island, and higher will result in an automatic Danish surrender. 



Funen falls, so another peace is offered to Denmark, with the same terms. A 6 will make the Danes change their minds.



And peace is finally reached. The islands of Zeeland and Lolland are arranged into the new British territory of Zeeland. The existing government is left alone for the most part, but is made reportable to London now. The scale of British involvement in Aalborg is rolled back, with the Danes only being made to give British troops special trading privileges in the city. Another clause in the peace treaty states that Britain will not engage in war with Denmark again for 50 years.···························

Germany 1911
We made a deal with the Great Qing ( Laurent de Gouvion St. Cyr ). The Gewehr 98 rifle has been sent to the Qing and the Krupp Company has made investment in Qing armaments and naval yards. This will help Qing develop its military industry. In return Qing will send a portion (5%) of their arms produced to Germany and the german oil interests in China will be given several privileges.

We test the final version of our recon plane.
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The final version is just adequate enough to pass testing.

We want to develop a plane with weapons now. Engineers are ordered to build a prototype 

It holds it self together.

We do a flight test now

The aircraft can fly well.

We do some target practice with the plane

The plane performs poorly in hitting its targets

We focus on developing airbases in Germany to get ready for the deployment of our recon plane next year.

The advisors hope Leonid Govorov will get better and can come back to lead the country soon.·······

The Florence Republic 1911

Statics

Capital: Florence

Population: 3,578,902

Government: Democratic

President: Roberto Perez

Area: North Italy

Seats:125 D/R/L/I

Seats(types/count): 45-D 33-L 27-R 20-I

P.O.G: Peoples Vote, Politicians Vote, Leaders Vote

GDP: 17.9M euros

Money: Euros

GDP per capita: 4,688 euros

Likes(country's)

1.USA
2.Italy
3.France

Dislikes(country's)

1.Russia
2.Qing
3.Brazil

Religion: Cristian

Army: 3,000 troops

Science: 1909 tech

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1.Spain Gaius Julius Caesar
2.Italy liamcog
3.USA António Salazar