The Great War: Difference between revisions

=== Second Phase (1936-1937) ===

=== Third Phase (1937-1938) ===

After July 1937, the Tripartite Coalition struggled to keep their new territorial gains. In August 1937, Norway formally enters the war on the Tripartiteside Coalition'sof sidethe Cordial League. A joint Anglo-Norwegian invasion of Tripartite-occupied Pomerania is launched on the 3rd week of August, and liberatedliberating a significant portion of westernWestern and centralCentral Pomerania. Subsequently, the British launched a naval invasion into French-controlled Niger.

After several significant losses in Africa and North Germany, Camille Laframboise of France and Stefanov Emmerich Stefanov of Austria engineerengineered a military operation aimed to shock Great Britain and Russia and distract them from the other active fronts of the war. It also aimed to close what Camille Lafamboise saw as a gap between the Tripartite's Coalition's zone of control: the Rhine and the lowLow countriesCountries. The plan was dubbed ''Operation Vendémiaire'' (lit. "Operation Grape Harvester" in Occitan). Operation ''Vendémiaire'' was launched on September 7, 1937, and began with attacks on the neutral Netherlands and Rhineland.

Things did not go according to plan, and the French made a rapid push into the Netherlands capturing Antwerp by the end of September. Forward-placed Dutch units bledinflicted heavy damage on the French attackers dry, providing significant resistance, and preventing the French army from moving north. Instrumental to the defence was Dutch Louw Verduijn, who was a vehemently anti-French, and a veteran of multiple wars, including the Corean expedition and many other wars. As December came closer and closer, the war came to a stalemate, with British reinforcements, Dutch firepower and heavy resistance the Dutchdefenders were able to forcehalt the French to halt their advance. In the Rhineland, the AustraliansAustrians were able to capture Ertfurt and Goettingen, but were forced to retreat, after a series of battles in the south and heavy fighting in the mountains. Key to this was the Battle of Alsfield where a combined Rhenish, Dutch, Angloand British force (8th armyArmy) was able to push the Austrians back.

During the Great War, the [[Illyria|Kingdom of Illyria]] (then known as the ''Tsardom of Illyria'') was initially neutral. The Austria and Ottoman Empires recognized Illyria's usefulness as a buffer state between them, and as such, tried to prevent Illyria from sliding towards the influence of the Cordial League. Britain, on the other hand, tried to coerce Illyria into joining, promising a vast territory should they win. However, the tsarTsar remained steadfastly neutral.

==== Russo-Ottoman Compromise of 19371938 ====

[[File:Russo-Ottoman Compromise.png|thumb|238x238px|Russo-Rumelian Compromise of 19371938]]

Initially unknown to the rest of the Cordial League, the Russians had already made deals with the Ottoman Sultan after the capture of Constantinople back in June 19371938. This was the the Russo-Turkish Compromise of 19371938, which created a new Rumelian National Republic and Constantinople made a Russo-Rumelian condominium. Demilitarized zones (DMZs) were also created on the Rumelian and Ottoman side bordering Constantinople.

The Congress of Amsterdam was a larger conference held by the members of the Cordial League, to discuss the post-war fate of the Tripartite Coalition. The conference lasted from September 1938 to April 1939. The congress was slowed down due to conflicting interests between Russia and Britain. The pre-arranged secret Russo-Ottoman Compromise of 19371938 came under fire during the conference, with Britain lambasting Russia's diplomatic approach. As a compromise, Britain let Russia keep Constantinople, on the condition that Cyprus is ceded to Britain, and Russia is to go without an occupation zone in France.

France would not be reunited until 1944 (five years later after the war), with a liberal democracy installed and heavily audited by Britain.

** [[Hungary|Magyaria]]: A nationalNational republicRepublic for the Magyars (Hungarians). It was originally established as the National Republic of Hungary, but later renamed themselves ''Magyaria'' (land of the Magyars) in 1941.

* Poland: The monarchy of Poland, although at war with the Tripartite Coalition at first, willfully surrendered and collaborated with the Tripartite Coalition. After the war, Poland was divided by Russia as a punitive measure. The Ruthenian parts of Poland were ceded to Russia, and were incorporated in the Russian National Republic, while some of their easternwestern territory was ceded to the German states. Initially, the new Polish state was supposed to be landlocked, but Polish National Republicans protested this and were able to negotiate a Baltic coast. Post-war Poland was run by a National Republican government.