1915

Trench warfare, 1915

The sound of gunfire was everywhere. In the past year, the Central Powers had only won five battles, and that was only along the Eastern Front in in the Masurian Lakes, Tannenburg, Lodz, Limanown, and Galicia which were all in East Prussia. The Allies had won the battle in Ypres which was at the border of Belgium and France and the First Battle of the Marne in France. There were still fighting at Gallipoli, near the Ottoman Empire's border of Bulgaria.

The nations found themselves in trenches, dug into the earth for protection and fought from the trenches.

There was mud and that was all. A soldier's life during that time period was muddy except for the moments when an officer ordered an attack, and then a soldier had to go out into no man's land where they met gunfire and bombs.

From North Sea to the Swiss border, 500 miles stretched into a terrain of death.

February 1915, Dardanelles

"Britain's rallying the Arabs into fighting against me," Turkey muttered to Germany.

"That's in Southeast Asia," Germany said. "Our worries are here."

Turkey sighed. "Of course," he said, peering over his shoulder. At the front lines, he saw British, Australian, French, and troops from New Zealand fighting the Turkish who were being commanded by the Germans. It'd be another month until the battle turned into another stalemate fought in trenches. But then, it'd be another eight months until the Allies gave up altogether in that area.

"Let's just keep fighting," Turkey said at last.

Germany nodded and picked up a rifle.

May 7 1915, United States

"This is an outrage!" cried the voice of America's boss, President Woodrow Wilson. He just got off the phone and America glanced inside his boss's office to see Wilson pacing the floor.

"What's up, boss?" America asked curiously.

"Germany sunk a passenger ship with his U-boats!" Wilson shouted.

"The Lusitania?" America asked. "Isn't that a British ship?"

"Yes, but out of 1, 198 passengers, 128 people were American."

America winced. "That ship had ammunition, too."

"I know." The president finally sat down at his desk and took out a sheet of paper. "That's it," Wilson said. "I'm sending a strong protest to Germany's boss. This…is…an outrage!"

America stared at his boss and then looked outside a window. "Does this mean we're joining in the fight, too, boss?" he asked.

Wilson's reply was, "If they ignore our warnings, then you're damn right."

A Note from your Author:

A year has passed and blah, blah, blah. I was honestly rethinking about writing this thing because it's soo long and boring and I'm learning about it in history class and ugh. But since I already posted the first chapter up, I guess I'll have to finish what I started.

Anyway, I kinda, sorta, maybe made a mistake in the first chapter. I was re-reading my history textbook and found out that Italy actually joined the Allies in April, 1915 and I accidently wrote that they joined the Allies in September 1914 so if you would please excuse that mistake, I'd be thankful.

So back to the story…

It's short. I'm sorry. There are barely any important dates in 1915 and 1916 and 1917… I'm honestly starting to rethink about writing this…