If any countries should annex Belgium it should be the Netherlands! 
Batman, DO A BARREL ROLL! (Press Z or R twice!)
Batman, DO A BARREL ROLL! (Press Z or R twice!)
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Now that Batman, the caped and monstrous crusader from the very pits of hell, has fallen (or will soon, anyway), the mono-ethnic, non-capitalist-but-neither-bolshevik forces of evil will inevitably fall to the might an righteousness of glorious Austria-Hungary!
Hopefully the Turks will exploit this for propaganda purposes.
Thank you for the last picture. It's rather odd to see propaganda pictures/postcards being printed with the lyrics of the old anthem, written for Francis I., instead of the new, official lyrics written for Francis Joseph himself. I guess the spin doctors spun a bit too far here.
Hopefully the Turks will exploit this for propaganda purposes.
Thank you for the last picture. It's rather odd to see propaganda pictures/postcards being printed with the lyrics of the old anthem, written for Francis I., instead of the new, official lyrics written for Francis Joseph himself. I guess the spin doctors spun a bit too far here.
That's right, kill the batmans! :rofl:
poor russians. A long way fighting till vladivostok.
What do the ruskies sing?
poor russians. A long way fighting till vladivostok.
What do the ruskies sing?
"Holy custome party, Batman! They got us surrounded!"
In this regard, you might want to check out the phrases Robin has used over the seasons!
That definitely was one of my more informative posts here.
In this regard, you might want to check out the phrases Robin has used over the seasons!
That definitely was one of my more informative posts here.
Ah-Ha!~ We've cought the Batman! All Bolshewik hope that was not already shattered has been now!
I did try singing the tune of "It's a Long Way to Vladivostock" to myself a few times, it actually works.
Great success in meeting up with the mighty Ottomans! And you are researching new cars! The people will be overjoyed!
I did try singing the tune of "It's a Long Way to Vladivostock" to myself a few times, it actually works.
Great success in meeting up with the mighty Ottomans! And you are researching new cars! The people will be overjoyed!
ColossusCrusher said:Let's just ignore that it's in Turkey proper, shall we?
Shh. You are contradicting the Emporer.
I can't help it if I'm the voice of reason in our glorious polyethnic dualist paradise.
Reason is Commonwealth propaganda. Usage of this term clearly marks you as traitor to the dualistic cause.
Pretty much everyone: Sadly I shall have to inform everyone that Batman was indeed captured by the Ottomans. But it's okay, because he fought for them in the first place, so he's merely been freed from English captivity. Henceforth he will once more be able to help dualism.
Griffin.Gen: I suppose so, although Britain has historically had interests in Flanders. But I must say that the Low Countries should return to their rightful rulers - the Habsburgs!
Sokraates: Yeah, odd, that...
Enewald: Rationally speaking, the Russians ought to be singing 'God save the Tsar'. But of course they're actually singing the Internationale
Maj. von Mauser: Yeah, 'It's a Long Way to Vladivostok' works because it's a parody of 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary', an eminently singable WWI British marching song
ColossusCrusher: Shhh. It's somewhere in the Near East (by contemporary definitions).
Griffin.Gen: I suppose so, although Britain has historically had interests in Flanders. But I must say that the Low Countries should return to their rightful rulers - the Habsburgs!
Sokraates: Yeah, odd, that...
Enewald: Rationally speaking, the Russians ought to be singing 'God save the Tsar'. But of course they're actually singing the Internationale
Maj. von Mauser: Yeah, 'It's a Long Way to Vladivostok' works because it's a parody of 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary', an eminently singable WWI British marching song
ColossusCrusher: Shhh. It's somewhere in the Near East (by contemporary definitions).
Chapter LIV: The Triumph and the Tragedy
September 1-10, 1916
War memorial in the Rhineland
As September begins, the enemy can no longer muster large forces at all - or so we thought. Massed in Karelia is the hugest Russian army we have seen in this war so far. Is this a desperate attempt by Grand Duke Nicholai to retake the lost capital of St Petersburg (the Germans gently refused to let the MRUP do its work)? We look on with apprehension as this gigantic Russian rabble sort of just sits around doing nothing.
Grand Duke Nicholai's gargantuan host
Apparently the Germans can hold of the dark Bolshevik masses for now. It is time, surely, to behold the awesomeness of the current strategic situation. All those who mourned the Batman's capture (and this includes me - happily I was mistaken) will rejoice in the knowledge that the Dark Knight has eluded the armies of the Ottoman Empire. How does he do it, you ask? Having a British butler might help.
The situation in early September
The situation looks somewhat threatening to the Ottomans in the Near East. Will the Central Powers be saved from being engulfed by Bolshevism at the eleventh hour? The emperor ponders sadly how the foul Socialist International may abuse the glorious red in our Imperial flags when earth-shattering news arrive from Berlin. The nature of this news causes us to even forgive the messenger's arrival in an in-the-air ship. (The ship, of course, is burnt.)
Russia surrenders
Huzzah! We at once order one hundred masses to be offered for each day the war against Russia has lasted. Our glorious troops have marched from Ruthenia to the Volga, from Montenegro to the Caucasus to defeat the Bolshevik menace. They have hewn down the rabid slaves of communism like the mad dogs they are. They have endured hardship and cold, all for the sake of polyethnic dualism, mysticism and tyranny. Huzzah! Long live the emperor! Whilst we still plan a grand victory parade, we hear slightly odd news, once more from Imperial Germany.
Germany won't annex Poland
What? They want no non-Germans? From enlightened Vienna, we find that slightly silly. Have they not struggled alongside us for multinationalism? Then why do they refuse to include the Poles in the German Empire? Won't the Poles feel snubbed by this? How racist! We send a note of protest to Berlin at this unfortunate decision. 'The very notion of nation-states', we claim, 'is today the grossest anachronism. In the nineteenth century, mankind languished in ignorance, for it failed to see the glory of polyethnic dualism; today we are wiser. It seems, then, the most stubborn obscurantism to refuse other nationalities.' We also find the German attitude slightly hypocritical since they already have lots of Poles, Frenchmen, Belgians, and so on.
In the meantime, it is obvious that since Russia tearfully abjured the horrid doctrines of Marxism and cast the foul heretical treatises into the cleansing fires the remainder of the international Bolshevik-Plutocrat alliance is despairing. Albion, once proud and conceited, has also at last seen that there is no hope in the world for backward conspiracies. Placing themselves at the two emperors' knees and begging kind forgiveness for their many transgressions, the British have sent plenipotentiaries to Berlin.
England surrenders
Huzzah! While the foul English pig-dogs have capitulated, a revolting thing has happened in the Caucasus. The Baku Commune has formed and has revolted against Azerbaijan! What's more, no-one's doing anything about it! Whilst the emperor threatens to hyperventilate, cartographers throughout the empire celebrate this day, for the peace treaties breathe new life into their craft ailing from international stability. Huzzah! they cry and draw us a new map of Europe.
The new world order
Eastern Europe now looks like this. German puppets' names are marked in black.
Mitteleuropa
Notice please that Britain still owns western Belgium. Their rule is now secured by international treaties. Despite the cartographers' jubilations, policy-makers are a little underwhelmed. Ukraine, which was conquered with the blood of Austrian soldiers, is now a puppet of Imperial Germany. We do not approve. It seems as if Germany got everything out of this war, whilst we got, well, pretty much nothing. There now is a seed of resentment against the German Empire in Austria-Hungary. Will it blossom?
Anyway, this is finally the end of the Great War. It is not, however, by any means the end of this AAR. There are greater conflicts to be fought.
Victory!
originaly posted by Helmold:There are greater conflicts to be fought.
Albanian war?
originaly posted by Helmold:There are greater conflicts to be fought.
Albanian war?
Helmold said:
Germany won't annex Poland
Don't you see? The Germans have strayed from the true path of Poly-ethnic dualism!
Peace! At last, after two years of struggle... for Germany? And THEN they dare to refuse to incorporate the Poles into their semiglorious empire? Austria shall have them, then!
And what's that German-grey Krim? Is it independent? Is it German? Is it dualistic?
And what's that German-grey Krim? Is it independent? Is it German? Is it dualistic?
They have failed the spirit of polyethnic dualism! They must suffer the consequences!
Bah... You shoud have released Ukraine when you had the chance... But then, that would hardly be keeping with the polyethnic spirit, would it?
Perhaps Germany are showing the first signs of polyethnicism with their occupation of Crimea?
Perhaps Germany are showing the first signs of polyethnicism with their occupation of Crimea?
I like how Britain surrendered so much land to the Ottomans despite being about to defeat them
Still, the Austrians really didn't get a good deal out of that
invade Germany
Still, the Austrians really didn't get a good deal out of that
invade Germany