1948 Anglo-Celtic War

The 1948 Anglo-Celtic War, otherwise known as the Celtic Revolution of '48, was a war fought between the British Imperial Federation and the Scottish Republic in the aftermath of World War II over Scottish independence and the status of Northern Ireland along with minor Welsh and Irish involvement.
== Road to the 1948 Anglo-Celtic War ==
=== World War II ===
Main article: World War II (WITAW)
The year is 1947, and the United Kingdom has been on the verge of collapse ever since losing D-Day at Normandy in 1944. Peaceful demonstrations had been taking place in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales for a while now. In September and October, anti-war demonstraters burned the a British flag in Cambridge. Scottish protesters began doing the same with English flags. Cornish nationalists shot at British forces stationed in Cornwall that were preparing for a second D-Day, breaking any hope of another British landing in Europe. On top of this, Gibraltar fell to the Spanish in early November which broke the British economy. In Scotlad, thing were about to get worse... much worse.
== 1948 Anglo-Celtic War ==
=== First Phase (November, 1947 - December, 1947) ===
In November, 1947, the Germans began funding the Scottish protesters with guns and money. Naturally, this turned the Scottish separatists violent. Scottish forces engaged with the Royal Army and won. Edinurgh turned into literal heck with the Scottish massacring every pro-British citizen in the city, followed by the Royal Army burning it as they retreated. On top of this, the Irish Army began engaging with the Royal Army in an attempt to take Northern Ireland, though rejected Germans requests to join the Axis. The Irish invasion was repelled by early December, with the Irish only managing to take small borderlands. By December 5, 1947, the Scottish had engaged the British at the Battle of New Castle. The British fought desparately for weeks, even tearing up the roads to dig trenches in the middle of the streets. But, near the end of the month, the British were forced to surrender as the Germans nuked London. The British surrendered World War II the next day. The day after that, the United Kingdom chose to recognize the independence of the Scottish Republic, giving up the first phase.
=== Second Phase (January, 1948 - March, 1949) ===
After the surrender of the United States in January, 1948, Axis victory had been achieved in World War II. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was dissolved under the Treaty of Edinburgh and it's place the British Imperial Federation was created with Oswald Mosely as leader. Mosely despised the new Scottish Republic, and demanded that Germany send troops to help him restore order. Germany obliged and a combined force of the remnants of the Royal Army and the German Wehrmacht invaded the Scottish Republic. The combined force quickly sweeped through Edinburgh and began the Siege of Glasgow. Meanwhile in Northern Ireland, the Irish Republican Army takes advantage of the weakened state of Britain, and, with Irish support, quickly seized control of all of Northern Ireland with the exception of Belfast. The Irish Republican Army then puts Belfast under siege and the British retreated. Back in Scotland, Edinburgh falls to the British and the Scottish forces flee to the Scottish Highlands. From there, they fight a guerrilla war against the British forces all the way until March, 1949. The closing days of 1948 come and the British just barely manage to take Aboyne from the Scottish. In Wales, the Welsh Liberation Army seizes control of a good portion of Wales before the British and Germans beat them back and surround them on the Isle of Anglesey. Strikes begin in Cornwall, but are put down by force. The Welsh forces collapse and they surrender, followed by 649 Cornish being arrested. On March 8, 1949, after a year and three months of fighting, the Scottish Republic officially surrenders to the British Imperial Federation.
== Aftermath ==
=== England ===
Having stayed fully loyal to the British Imperial Federation (with the exception of Cornwall), England is rewarded for it's cause in the war. England would become the Federated Counties of England as an autonomous state within the British Imperial Federation. It's capital would be London (the same as the imperial capital), and they are given the historical county of Monmouthshire from Wales.
==== Cornwall ====
Cornwall, being part of England, would be technically rewarded for just being English. But, for it's protests during the war, Cornish citizens are watched carefully with a de facto marshall law being declared on the island.
=== Scotland ===
The Scottish Republic is dissolved and annexed into the British Imperial Federation as the autonomous Federated Counties of Scotland. The British, seeing the Scottish war effort as brave and honourable, decide to leave the Scottish people, even the Gaelic ones, alone. The British even refused to give up Scottish Jews to the Germans after the war.
=== Wales ===
Wales, for it's rebellion, is punished. Monmouthshire is ceded to England (as previously mentioned), and Welsh culture is suppressed. The Celtic population of Wales becomes victim of a British Holocaust that sees nearly a million Welsh die.
=== Northern Ireland ===
Northern Ireland, still under the control of the Irish Republican Army, would just kind of slide away from the whole thing independent. The Republican State of Northern Ireland is founded but quickly entered the War of the Irish Republican Army with the Irish as they refused to give the land to the Republic of Ireland.
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