This is the introduction to the events that will take place, one defining the political reasons and motivations for Turkey to go to war. Now this is my first AAR - go easy, guys.
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A Resurgence in the Ottoman East
Prologue - Motivations and Politics
In the Treaty of Versailles, the former Ottoman Empire was deconstructed and dismantled, forming the modern Middle East, including Persia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, among others. Territories were claimed by the Entente, including Syria by the French. There were other territorial disputes aside from those created in the aftermath of WWI. The Dodecanese islands were a source of dispute between Italy, Greece and Turkey, and Turk minorities existed in the Balkans and the Caucasus. All this is territory that must be reclaimed.
In the late 20's and the 30's, an extreme nationalist movement was born from the resentment forged from the deconstruction of the Ottoman Empire. That Imperialist movement demanded territory of the former Ottoman Empire and sympathized with the National Socialists in Germany under Adolf Hitler.
In secret, the Axis countries of Europe divided up the Middle East, the Balkans and the Caucasus, with Turkey aggressively negotiating for it's territorial claims. It demanded the annexation of the countries borne of Versailles and restoration of it's former territories, and in addition to that, lands in the Caucasus in the circumstance of the eventual war of ideology against the USSR, and lands in the Balkans. However, this conflicted with the lands claimed by Hungary which also wanted restoration of it's former lands. Tensions mounted within the Axis.
Historically, Romania was part of the anti-Comintern pact. Originally it was actually an Allied sympathizer and an ally to the Poles, but sadly it found itself increasingly isolated as WWII progressed. Only when the USSR pressed claims to Besserabia and the fascist movement grew strength did Romania become an Axis member. But what presents a dilemma is that if Romania is annexed there will be a war on two fronts with Russia, one Turkey can simply not win. It can barely hope for a victory in the Caucasus, relying on shockingly poor infrastructure and terrain to help it. So, in regards to Romania, things must simply go it's historical course in regards to Besserabia (and the Romanian land claimed by Hungary).
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A Resurgence in the Ottoman East
Prologue - Motivations and Politics
In the Treaty of Versailles, the former Ottoman Empire was deconstructed and dismantled, forming the modern Middle East, including Persia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, among others. Territories were claimed by the Entente, including Syria by the French. There were other territorial disputes aside from those created in the aftermath of WWI. The Dodecanese islands were a source of dispute between Italy, Greece and Turkey, and Turk minorities existed in the Balkans and the Caucasus. All this is territory that must be reclaimed.
In the late 20's and the 30's, an extreme nationalist movement was born from the resentment forged from the deconstruction of the Ottoman Empire. That Imperialist movement demanded territory of the former Ottoman Empire and sympathized with the National Socialists in Germany under Adolf Hitler.
In secret, the Axis countries of Europe divided up the Middle East, the Balkans and the Caucasus, with Turkey aggressively negotiating for it's territorial claims. It demanded the annexation of the countries borne of Versailles and restoration of it's former territories, and in addition to that, lands in the Caucasus in the circumstance of the eventual war of ideology against the USSR, and lands in the Balkans. However, this conflicted with the lands claimed by Hungary which also wanted restoration of it's former lands. Tensions mounted within the Axis.
Historically, Romania was part of the anti-Comintern pact. Originally it was actually an Allied sympathizer and an ally to the Poles, but sadly it found itself increasingly isolated as WWII progressed. Only when the USSR pressed claims to Besserabia and the fascist movement grew strength did Romania become an Axis member. But what presents a dilemma is that if Romania is annexed there will be a war on two fronts with Russia, one Turkey can simply not win. It can barely hope for a victory in the Caucasus, relying on shockingly poor infrastructure and terrain to help it. So, in regards to Romania, things must simply go it's historical course in regards to Besserabia (and the Romanian land claimed by Hungary).
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