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Chapter 1:
The American Reich
1607-1618 - Following the loss of Jamestown by Native Americans and continuous failed expeditions by the Spanish into South and North America, the New World was abandoned for colonization with only several trading ports being left in America. With the Thirty Years' War raging a few years later America was subsequently neglected and interests looked elsewhere, withthe exception of Brandenburg-Prussia
1620-1638 - Prussia finding a way to become a major power after the Thirty Years' War launched limited expeditions into Americs by Prussian Explorers and Settlers which eventually led to the founding of the first successful Colonial town in America named New-Berlin, this was followed by the landing of more Prussian settlers and other ethnicities looking to escape the Thirty Years' War raging in Europe.
1640-1648 - What will be known as "The Native War" began when Native Americans attacked several settler towns and villages sparking a major backlash that resulted in the genocide of thousands of Native-Americans in the surrounding areas of the Eastern Seaboard with also hundreds of settlers dying from Native American attacks. With the ongoing English Civil War and the end of the Thirty Years' War, Nations now seeing the successes that the Prussians are doing decide to recolonize the Americas once more.
1649-1651 - With the destruction of Natives in the Eastern coast of North America Prussian settlers began to settle more land to further expand their control of the Eastern Seaboard, wth most Settlers being of Prussian origin they began forming small cities and ports along the Great Lakes area and East Coast, the Spanish which by now suffered from failed expeditions due to tactical failures or other causes now began eyeing the South Americas once more and were able to get major gains in the Caribbean and Southern parts of America, with France and Britain also joining with Britain taking Canada and France taking the Western coasts of North America.
1661 - Prussia fearing of losing control of it's American colonies decided to hold a conference with the other powers to split up the continent equally with Prussia gaining the territory up to the Mississippi river and all of the Eastern Coast up to New Prussia with the exception of Florida and the Caribbean, Britain gaining all of Canada, France getting the American and Canadian Western Coast with also the American mid-wests, and Spain getting Mexico, the Caribbean, and Florida.
1754-1763 - With the outbreak of the Seven Years' War the Prussian-America colony went on the defensive with the main focus of the war being in the Homeland, the Prussian-American colony sends arms and men to fight over in Europe. France looking to expand into Prussian territory, begins their invasion in late 1755 with the help of their Native Allies they began the bloody drive that would take them to New Berlin, but as their Armies marched into the Great Lakes area, Legions of well-armed and well-trained Prussian soldiers answered the call to defend their homes and families. With the help from the British they began stopping incursion after incursion into Prussian lands. With the most heroic battle of the French-Indian War being the battle of Fredricks Oberteil which saw 800 Prussian Soldiers defending a Fort on a hilltop against an outnumbering force of 2,000 French troops and 5,000 Native troops. The Prussians fought off wave after wave of attacks from enemy troops for nearly 5 days and subsequently made the French and Indians withdraw from the area with the loss of 2,500 dead or wounded and on the Prussian side 500 dead and 200 wounded. The Commander of the Fort, Lieutenant Colonel Hans Ulrich died at his post shouting "Men! Do not fear these cowards who use others as cannon fodder! Take up your musket and show them the true bravery of a Prussian soldier!"
1764-1802 - With the end of the Seven Years' War and the loss of all of France's colonial territory in America, Britain and Prussia split their newly conquered territories with Prussia gaining Louisiana and Britain gaining the northern parts of the American Western Coast. With the Industrial revolution in full swing the Colony of Prussian-America experienced a wealth boom and population increase, with more and more products being exported from the Americas. France meanwhile went into a downward spin being unable to stop civil unrest among itself and the costly failure of incursions into Prussian lands during the Seven Years' War finally ended when the Palace of Versaille with many Loyalists and the Royal Family still inside burned in the flames of revolution. Nations weary of the French revolution spilling into their own lands formed a Coalition but France is the one who will declare war
1806 - With the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and the Prussian Royal Family in exile, a revolt in the American Colonies demanded self-rule and due to the Prussian army now fighting a losing battle in Europe and more protests demanded self-rule. The small Prussian forces stationed there were ordered to put down these unrests, but all along the colony civil unrest was widespread until the eventual burning of a Governor's mansion in New Berlin who'd supported the Royalists. With low morale and low supplies as a result of the defeats in Europe, an general uprising with the aim of independence against Prussia began
July 4th 1806 - With the leadership of former Prussian Soldier General Gebhard Washington they manage to win heroic and decisive victories all around the colony, after 2 years of war the Congress of New Berlin declares the independence of Prussian-America from Prussian rule, the nation they formed was of Democracy and they called themselves the United German States of America or Germanica.
1807-1808 - Germanica invades both Spain and Britain to obtain Texas, Florida, and the West coast. Napoleon seeing an opportunity alligns France with the UGSA in hopes of gaining an ally against Britain grants Texas and Florida to Germanica in return for Germanica fights with France against the Coalition
1810 - After countless battles in the Western coast Germanica finally manages to connect it's lands to both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean, Britain unable to stop Germanican expansionism decides to make peace with Germanica if they withdraw from Napoleon's alliance, the Germanicans agree backstabbing Napoleon which by now was too pre-occupied by Russia but Germanica continues to send aid but stops after a naval blockade by the british
1815 - With the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the Germanicans are pressured by Prussia to rejoin its dominion but fails. Britain however wary of Germancian expansion imposes a naval blockade on Germanica, Germanican President Von Karl asks for a peaceful solution with the British. Britain asks that Germanica must not interfere in European affairs. The Germanicans agree.
1830 - A referendum is held to finally resolve the question of slavery the result was both morally good and evil, all Blacks whom were still in slavery are freed but are all deported back to their countries of origin, the UGSA gives the Blacks a sizeable amount of money to start a new life in Africa for all the trouble
1835 - Immigration is put on crackdown due to overflowing numbers of immigrants seeking a new life in the Americas
1845-1849 - Germanica power hungry and having the belief of "lebensraum" or "manifest destiny" declares war on the Principality of Mexico which the Germanicans easily won against because of civil unrest within Mexico itself and the Germanicans being trained by experienced Instructors, after 4 years of war Germanica succeeds in taking all of the Western Coast and unifying all of middle North America
1850 - the UGSA buys the Islands of Honolulu and the Bahamas after negotiations with the British, the Japanese opened its doors to the west after Britain forcefully demanded them to do so or war will be declared on the Japanese home islands
1861-1864 - After decades of unrest and large revolts Russia plunges into a Civil war with the Loyalists on one side and the Reformists on the other, this war saw the use of modern weaponry but with outdated tactics. It will be the point where the first modern war would be waged, the war will be among the first in the next centuries to come
1871 - With the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian war and the founding of the German Empire, Otto Von Bismarck negotiates the Berlin alliance with the UGSA. Britain protested as this would mean total German domination in the Americas and Europe, Britain decides to allign itself with France and Russia as they too feared German dominance, calling themselves the Allied Coalition while the Germans and Austrians formed the Central Powers with the exclusion of the UGSA as that would mean war with the Allies.
1901 - With the arrival of a new century, Germanica now is an economic powerhouse and only the British Empire could cast it's shadow even higher than that of the Germanic Nation
1913 - After negotiations, the UGSA decides to withdraw from the Berlin Alliance but will still support Germany
1914 - With the death of Franz Ferdinand at the hands of a Serbian Nationalist, Austria-Hungary sends an ultimatum to Serbia which they reject. Thus sparking the First Weltkrieg, Germany shocked at Austrian aggression demanded that they sign a peace treaty. But Germany and the Ottoman Empire instead were dragged into the war due to established Alliances, the USG decides to send volunteers and supplies to it's older brother
1916 - After the atrocities committed by the Germans in Belgium, the UGSA stops all support and withdraw all of it's volunteers.
1917 - With Russia entering a Second-Civil War now with the Whites against the Bolsheviks, Germany focuses all of it's attention on it's Western front. But is unable to break the deadlock, the USG finally declares war on Germany
Late 1917 - USG troops arrive in Europe but only acts as a support role due to ethnic ties with Germany
1918 - The Ottoman Empire signs a peace treaty with the Coalition after continuous revolts in its controlled territories, Italy finally breaks through Austrian-Hungarian defenses which forces Austria-Hungary to send badly needed forces from the West to the south
late 1918 - With thousands even millions of dead on each side Germany signs an armistice with the Coalition, this will be known as the Paris-London treaty. (Which is basically the same as the Treaty of Versaille) Austria-Hungary dissolves into smaller nations
1919 - the USG sends economic aid to rebuild Western Europe but is accused by both Britain and France for prolonging the war by sending aid to Germany, the USG decides to attain a policy of isolationism as it is clear that Europe is no place for Germanicans.
1920 - Britain and France forms the League of Nations though very ineffective in actual foreign affairs
1927 - The Chinese Civil war begins with the Nationalists fighting against the Warlords and the Communists
1929 - the New Berlin Stock Exchange is given a holiday due to steep decrease of stock prices and inflation but recovers in a long period of time , the world was spared from a great economic downturn
1930 - Reforms enact better wages and faster production of consumer goods and materials
1931 - Japan invades Manchuria although condemned by the league of nations, nothing is done to stop the Japanese conquest
1933 - Chancellor Adolf Hitler rules Germany with an iron fist and proclaiming that the Third Reich would last a thousand years, the UGSA is weary of the highly anti-democratic Germany
1938 - Britain and France "appease" Hitler in order to stop another world war, the UGSA condemns both Britain and France for "dealing with the devil" but in the process alienates Germany who'd been their natural Ally
Early 1939 - In an infamous speech Hitler declares the UGSA as "false Germans who'd had betrayed the Fatherland"
Late 1939 - Nazi Germany and the USSR invades Poland under the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, France and Britain declares war on Germany. Polish people living in Germanica are shocked that their nation of descent was conquered by the German aggressors, the USG decides to send volunteers most of whom are Polish
Late 1939 - UGSA volunteers are sent to Finland to fight the Soviets which would accumulate to tensions between the upcoming rivals of East and West
1940 - The UGSA announces that Germany must stop its aggression or face war with Germanica
Late 1940 - Japanese expansion worries the UGSA as the Japanese Empire lurks ever closer to honolulu and Alaska, France falls to the Nazi war machine despite the efforts of the BEF, Germanican Volunteers, and French forces. Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan sign the tripartite pact
1941 - Germany commences operation Barbarossa, at the same time the enigma code is broken. The Germanicans fully use this to their advantage to hunt down and destroy U-boat wolfpacks which by now were roaming the sea unopposed
Late 1941 - Japanese air and naval forces attack Königs harbor in Honolulu and destroy the main fleet of the USG anchored at dock, President Reinmann declares war on Japan and it's allies. Starting the Second Weltkrieg
1942-1943 - With the arrival of Germanican troops in Algeria most of whom have been trained in Desert regions push back Rommel and the African Korps all the way to the sea, the North African campaign has been an allied victory and clears a path for an invasion of Italy, in the Pacific Germanican forces destroy the core of japan's air power in the pacific during the battle of Midway,
Late 1943 - Plans for liberating France have been set in motion due to the Soviets losing the battle of Stalingrad on the Eastern front, operation Night fall will be an Allied invasion under the cover of darkness, Japanese forces continue to be pushed back by Germanican forces which by now have captured the island of Taiwan due to it's strategic importance as a Naval base and a way to send bombers to attack the home isles
Early 1944 - Italy capitulates and German forces are sent South to replace the Italians who were fighting the Allies
1944 - the German army group south in the East are encircled by General Zhukov and crushes them, destroying all offensive plans into the Soviet Union by the Germans. In the west Allied paratroopers drop behind German lines destroying Gun batteries, sabotaging airfields, and capturing communication towers to send false orders, clearing the way of an amphibious landing for the liberation of mainland Europe
Late 1944 - With the crippling of German industry by carpet bombing and the liberation of France, Allied troops now pass the Rhineland into Germany. Most Germanicans have never been to their country of descent and the first time they visited it they are at the same time killing fellow Germans, President Reinmann announced that "The one who takes Berlin first will capitulate Germany" which starts the race to Berlin, Japan which by now have been crippled from intense bombing campaigns by He-29 Superfortresses now will fight to the end even if it means that Tokyo will be raised to the ground and the Germanican flag flying proudly over the burning imperial palace, Fascist Italy collapses and withdraws from the war
Early 1945 - Allied Forces are now at the gates of Berlin while the Soviets are battering their way through Poland as the Germans prioritize on the Soviet threat than the Allied threat, in April the capital of the Third Reich falls with the Germanican flag planted over the Reichstag, ending the Second Weltkrieg. Thousands of Jews are freed from the concentration camps shocking the world by this atrocity, Hitler is captured and fails to commit suicide
May 1945 - Albert Einstein and other German scientists who had escaped to Germanica successfully develop and test the first atomic bomb, in China with aid from Germanica and the British the Kuomintang successfully crushes any and all Communist resistance. In the same month Mao Zedong is captured by Nationalist Forces in his hideout and is personally executed by Chiang Kai-shek in front of a public execution
Late 1945 - With Soviet troops invading Manchuria and the capture of Okinawa by Germanican forces, Japan finally broke when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit by atomic bombs prompting them to surrender to the Germanicans than to the Soviets
1946 - With the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials, Germany loses territory but remains in Allied control and faraway from Soviet influence. The Cold War has now begun, Japan shamefully admits defeat and it's conquered territories of Manchuria and Taiwan are given back to China. Germanica also tries and execute all Japanese war criminals including the infamous Hideki Tojo, the Emperor is pardoned for his actions during the war despite the atrocities committed by the Japanese under his name. Korea is split between the Germanicans and the Soviets with the North controlled by a Soviet Government puppet state and the South controlled by a South Korean Government
1948 - The Marsèll plan is passed for the rebuildment of Western Europe and Asia, the British Empire collapses as the war had bankrupted the British economy. The French gives independence to its colonies as the same as for the British
1949 - The Soviets test RDS-1 "First Lightning", now if there is a war raged between the superpowers it will be nuclear, NATO is established within the same year
1950 - Backed by the Soviets the DPRK invades the RK in an attempt to unify the Korean peninsula under one rule, in only 3 months they have manage to capture Seoul and surround the remnant South Korean forces in the port of Busan
1951 - After negotiations China agrees to intervene in the conflict and sends a force of 500 thousand troops across the Yalu river and into North Korea, capturing Pyongyang by the end of the year, the Soviets who were betting of no Chinese intervention sends its own forces under the guise of "volunteers"
1952 - Surrounded, exhausted, and outnumbered the DPRK capitulates and Korea is unified under one banner
1953 - After the embarrassing defeat in the Korean peninsula the Soviets are pressured by the UGSA and China to stop all foreign intervention or face the possibility of war, the Soviets reluctant of fighting a war on two fronts agree
1955 - The Warsaw pact is formed, thus solidifying the divide between East and West
1957 - The first manmade satellite is launched into space by the Soviet Union, broadcasting the words "the race is on"
1960 - Atomic weapons are discovered in the island of Cuba, Germanica declares Defcon 2 while China launches bombers into the air preparing to hit Vladivostok and other cities of importance. This will be the only time that China's and Germanica's nuclear warheads have their safety cap off, escalations finally lowered as the Soviets de-escalate the situation with negotiations in the Moscow-Washington-Beijing Conference
1961 - Yuri Gargarin is the first man in space followed by the detonation of the Tsar bomba atomic bomb, the UGSA and China are now in a space race with the USSR, President Gerhard Fitzgerald Kurtz announces that Germanica will go to the moon before the end of the decade
1964 - After the French withdrawal from Indochina and the split of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The Communists in Vietnam declares the People's Republic of Vietnam, the UGSA fearing a domino affect in Southeast Asia botches elections after elections to maintain democratic nations loyal to the west
1968 - Vietnam isolated and having an embargo with Germanica finally steps down and liberalizes following the failed support by the Soviet Union
July 1969 - Karl Armstrong and Buck Aldrin successfully lands on the moon, they plan to stay there for 20 days until the Chinese astronauts arrive
August 1969 - Chinese astronauts Chai leng and shi li lands on the moon 2Kms away from the Germanicans, in a historic moment Karl Armstrong and Chai leng shake hands on the moon with both the Germanican flag and Chinese flag behind them
1970 - With an ever more larger Soviet presence on the Manchurian border the Chinese, Japanese, Germanicans, and Koreans sign the Defensive Asian Pact
1980 - Heightened tensions between NATO and the Warsaw Pact cause ever more troop development on the German-Polish and Sino-Soviet borders
1982 - The Soviets commence project neosporimaya pobeda in order to gain the upper-hand over the Germanicans and Chinese
1989 - The Soviets finishes the project and launches satellites all around the orbit of earth
1990-1991 - Due to project neosporimaya pobeda the economy of the Soviet Union is in shambles and the communist union collapses from economic strain
1992-2005 - With no threats to be dealt abroad Germanica and China enter an Golden age of economic prosperity and Global dominance
2010 - Project neoporimaya pobeda automatically activates as the codeword to activate it is broadcasted by an unknown source.
2011 - Old Soviet satellites now begin to position themselves all over the world
[Message received from the Premier]: "Comrades! Today we take Europe, tomorrow the World!"