Chapter VIII: "New World Order (1887-94)"
I granted my population a minor social reform to pacify the troublemakers. All force would be needed to repell France. By 1891 the relentless French attacks bled out the Grande Armee and I was able to occupy all of mainland France and Switzerland. Meanwhile Prussia signed a seperate peace deal, gaining Alsace-Lorraine and the Provence!
The situation got more and more dire for France. War exhaustion mounting, desperate amphibious landings let to the destruction of the last armies and will to continue the fighting.
Two more years of occupation with no resistance left, in 1893 France had to surrender to my terms: All of Switzerland and Savoie. Slowly Bavaria is crawling to the sea.
The naval access is getting more vital for me due to the construction of the Suez and Panama-canal, the latter being finished already. After the peace deal, France was swept by communist rebels.
Not all was splendid for Bavaria though. Quickly Swiss Nationalists mounted to a whooping 1.23 million (basically the entire populace) and Bavarian communists reached 600.000. The revolution followed promptly.
Despite unfavourable terrain in Switzerland, my battle-hardened forces, experienced leaders and modern army techs led to a swift and thorough annihilation of all resistance. From then on, the Swiss will was broken for good.
The Great European War saw as many victors as losers. One nation profited most - fittingly a neutral one - the USA. This is the new world order in 1894, France dropped from 1st to 4th:
Future plans:
- Lowering infamy, then isolating Sardinia Piedmont to gain access to the Mediterranian.