@Razgriz 2K9: This is nothing compared with when the arab revolts start
@Milites: That's the plan, the caliphate shall rise again.
@Nikolai: Hopefully it will.
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Despite the pretty pretences of discussing and protecting the arab heritage and culture, the true purpose of the Congress was obvious, to plan the fall of the Ottoman Empire and decide how it’s lands will be split. Ottoman divisions were sent to reinforce the border with Egypt and major military exercises were held, the message was simple, the Ottoman Empire may be crippled but is by no means defenceless.
During these turbulent times the Olympic games were held, they were highly publicized by the Ottoman media. Any kind of distraction from the chaos of the crash and the Arab threat was welcome and the Ottoman propaganda machine ably used this opportunity ease the minds of its citizens.
The results of the Arab Congress didn’t surprise anyone, as expected Egypt laid vast claims on the Ottoman lands while the more moderate Hashmite Arabia demanded only access to the Red Sea, war was inevitable it was only a matter of when.
By July 13 ,1936 the worst part of the Berlin Crash had passed, thanks to the monumental governmental efforts some sectors were experiencing small recoveries.
On the 4th September 1936 tragedy once again struck the Ottoman Empire, the wife of the crown prince died after prolonged illness despite the best efforts of the Court Doctors.
A day of mourning was declared thought the country and a magnificent funeral paid by the Imperial Treasury was organized, it was said that it had such opulence that one would think that it was the Sultan’s own funeral. There was the notable absence in the funeral of the crown prince himself. He had been very close to his wife, and after the tragic even he sulked into a deep depression, for weeks he refused to interact with anyone but his father.
In Russia the situation finally escalated into full civil war, Buhkarins’s Bolsheviks took arms against Denekin’s oppressive military regime. Clashes between Bolsheviks and loyalists occurred through all the country particularly in the industrialized Northwest were the Bolshevik managed to completely drive out the governmental forces from large swathes of territory. In the old capital of Petrograd, Buhkarin proclaimed the birth of a new Soviet Russia, the 2nd Russian Civil War had started.
Siberian Nationalists took this chance to break away from the Russian Federation, Denekin’s Regime already with its hands full attempting to keep the Bolshevik insurgencies under control - specially after large parts of the military having defected - was forced to agree with the Siberia’s demands for independence, though under very favourable terms which included Siberian support in the civil war.
Back at home, the creation of the Imperial Camel Desert Corps was announced. Though some military leaders complained that using mounted riders was a thing of the past, most of the military command agreed that they were ideal to fight in the harsh environments where the arabs lived. Modern vehicles were too prone to malfunction and fuel shortages in those arid and isolated environments.
In Armenia, the discoveries of archaeological artifices that suggested that the heritage of the Armenians was more “glorious” and “rich” than what was previously suspected caused a wave of nationalistic sentiment to spread thought the nation. The Ottoman Empire of course knew better, those findings were clearly fakes created to destabilize the region , so the Empire pointed the Armenian government in the “right direction” by “suggesting” they removed from the academic works any reference to this obvious fakes and arrest the so called “archaeologists”.
Not only Ottoman Empire and the Russians were facing internal problems, the world was quickly descending into a spiral of madness and flames of war were spreading thought the globe.
In the February of 1947, the USA disintegrated in several fighting factions after the Republican President, Charles Curtis, acceded to Reed’s demands of shorter working hours, better minimum wage and more power to the Trade Unions. Huey Long, the popular and influential leader of the America First party, declared that those demands were anti-American and urged all his followers to secede from the United States, forming the American Union State. The rich West Coast too followed Long’s example - claiming that Curtis administration had entered an unholy alliance with syndicalism - seceded forming the Pacific States of America. In the North-East, Socialist Trade Unions seeing the USA weakened came to the conclusion that it was the ideal time to break away and form a workers state in North America, the Combined Syndicates of America were born.
Other smaller states, not wanting to get involved in a fight they considered not their own, also broke away, chief amongst these were New England which was put under Canadian protection, Alaska which was formally annexed by Canada and Hawai were the natives sick of the white American rule revolted.
The 2nd Civil War had started, fought by not two but by four opposing factions and promising much more bloodshed than the first.
The Kingdom of Spain had been plagued by internal strife for years and the death of King Alfonso III finally made the situation explode. The Carlist movement which supported Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma as the rightful claimant to the throne took this chance to attempt to seize power. The CNT-FAI too saw this as a great opportunity to turn Spain into the newest member of the International and rose up against both the Carlists and the government.
The Far East was too engulfed in bloody conflicts. The Qing Empire faced the combined armies of the Shangqing Tianguo religious fanatics and of the mad Baron’s Mongols. Southern China was embroiled in a civil war between the German corporate forces of the Algostasien GmbH and the Chinese revolutionaries of the Republic of China. While Japan faced several nationalistic rebellions in it’s oversea provinces of Korea and Formosa.
In this tense climate the last thing the Ottomans were expecting was good news.
None knows exactly what made Hashemite Arabia change its mind. It was pretty much set since the Arab Conference that an official military alliance would be made between both arab nations, so this decision came as a complete surprise for both Constantinople and Cairo.
The foreign ministry boasted this was a brilliant victory for Ottoman diplomacy, though how much this change of hearts was due to Ottoman diplomatic pressure is unknown, as far as the government knew this could even be somekind of trap.*
Still the Ottoman Empire couldn’t use this time to relax a bit, for more trouble was brewing in Armenia.
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*Honestly this is the first time this happens to me, I don't know how far reaching the consequences will be, as far as I know there may not be an arab war anymore. I have a strict not-change ai decisions policy so I won't load a save to make them join Egypt
A question to my readers, is my narrative ok? Since I am not an native English speaker I am having my doubts about the quality of writing, I tend to constantly rewrite my paragraphs but even so there are several I am not happy with
@Milites: That's the plan, the caliphate shall rise again.
@Nikolai: Hopefully it will.
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Chapter III: Omens of War
Despite the pretty pretences of discussing and protecting the arab heritage and culture, the true purpose of the Congress was obvious, to plan the fall of the Ottoman Empire and decide how it’s lands will be split. Ottoman divisions were sent to reinforce the border with Egypt and major military exercises were held, the message was simple, the Ottoman Empire may be crippled but is by no means defenceless.
During these turbulent times the Olympic games were held, they were highly publicized by the Ottoman media. Any kind of distraction from the chaos of the crash and the Arab threat was welcome and the Ottoman propaganda machine ably used this opportunity ease the minds of its citizens.
The results of the Arab Congress didn’t surprise anyone, as expected Egypt laid vast claims on the Ottoman lands while the more moderate Hashmite Arabia demanded only access to the Red Sea, war was inevitable it was only a matter of when.
By July 13 ,1936 the worst part of the Berlin Crash had passed, thanks to the monumental governmental efforts some sectors were experiencing small recoveries.
On the 4th September 1936 tragedy once again struck the Ottoman Empire, the wife of the crown prince died after prolonged illness despite the best efforts of the Court Doctors.
A day of mourning was declared thought the country and a magnificent funeral paid by the Imperial Treasury was organized, it was said that it had such opulence that one would think that it was the Sultan’s own funeral. There was the notable absence in the funeral of the crown prince himself. He had been very close to his wife, and after the tragic even he sulked into a deep depression, for weeks he refused to interact with anyone but his father.
In Russia the situation finally escalated into full civil war, Buhkarins’s Bolsheviks took arms against Denekin’s oppressive military regime. Clashes between Bolsheviks and loyalists occurred through all the country particularly in the industrialized Northwest were the Bolshevik managed to completely drive out the governmental forces from large swathes of territory. In the old capital of Petrograd, Buhkarin proclaimed the birth of a new Soviet Russia, the 2nd Russian Civil War had started.
Siberian Nationalists took this chance to break away from the Russian Federation, Denekin’s Regime already with its hands full attempting to keep the Bolshevik insurgencies under control - specially after large parts of the military having defected - was forced to agree with the Siberia’s demands for independence, though under very favourable terms which included Siberian support in the civil war.
Back at home, the creation of the Imperial Camel Desert Corps was announced. Though some military leaders complained that using mounted riders was a thing of the past, most of the military command agreed that they were ideal to fight in the harsh environments where the arabs lived. Modern vehicles were too prone to malfunction and fuel shortages in those arid and isolated environments.
In Armenia, the discoveries of archaeological artifices that suggested that the heritage of the Armenians was more “glorious” and “rich” than what was previously suspected caused a wave of nationalistic sentiment to spread thought the nation. The Ottoman Empire of course knew better, those findings were clearly fakes created to destabilize the region , so the Empire pointed the Armenian government in the “right direction” by “suggesting” they removed from the academic works any reference to this obvious fakes and arrest the so called “archaeologists”.
Not only Ottoman Empire and the Russians were facing internal problems, the world was quickly descending into a spiral of madness and flames of war were spreading thought the globe.
In the February of 1947, the USA disintegrated in several fighting factions after the Republican President, Charles Curtis, acceded to Reed’s demands of shorter working hours, better minimum wage and more power to the Trade Unions. Huey Long, the popular and influential leader of the America First party, declared that those demands were anti-American and urged all his followers to secede from the United States, forming the American Union State. The rich West Coast too followed Long’s example - claiming that Curtis administration had entered an unholy alliance with syndicalism - seceded forming the Pacific States of America. In the North-East, Socialist Trade Unions seeing the USA weakened came to the conclusion that it was the ideal time to break away and form a workers state in North America, the Combined Syndicates of America were born.
Other smaller states, not wanting to get involved in a fight they considered not their own, also broke away, chief amongst these were New England which was put under Canadian protection, Alaska which was formally annexed by Canada and Hawai were the natives sick of the white American rule revolted.
The 2nd Civil War had started, fought by not two but by four opposing factions and promising much more bloodshed than the first.
The Kingdom of Spain had been plagued by internal strife for years and the death of King Alfonso III finally made the situation explode. The Carlist movement which supported Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma as the rightful claimant to the throne took this chance to attempt to seize power. The CNT-FAI too saw this as a great opportunity to turn Spain into the newest member of the International and rose up against both the Carlists and the government.
The Far East was too engulfed in bloody conflicts. The Qing Empire faced the combined armies of the Shangqing Tianguo religious fanatics and of the mad Baron’s Mongols. Southern China was embroiled in a civil war between the German corporate forces of the Algostasien GmbH and the Chinese revolutionaries of the Republic of China. While Japan faced several nationalistic rebellions in it’s oversea provinces of Korea and Formosa.
In this tense climate the last thing the Ottomans were expecting was good news.
None knows exactly what made Hashemite Arabia change its mind. It was pretty much set since the Arab Conference that an official military alliance would be made between both arab nations, so this decision came as a complete surprise for both Constantinople and Cairo.
The foreign ministry boasted this was a brilliant victory for Ottoman diplomacy, though how much this change of hearts was due to Ottoman diplomatic pressure is unknown, as far as the government knew this could even be somekind of trap.*
Still the Ottoman Empire couldn’t use this time to relax a bit, for more trouble was brewing in Armenia.
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*Honestly this is the first time this happens to me, I don't know how far reaching the consequences will be, as far as I know there may not be an arab war anymore. I have a strict not-change ai decisions policy so I won't load a save to make them join Egypt
A question to my readers, is my narrative ok? Since I am not an native English speaker I am having my doubts about the quality of writing, I tend to constantly rewrite my paragraphs but even so there are several I am not happy with
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