Endsieg

The Endsieg, also by many variant names such as German-Qarthage War, or the Germanic War was an armed conflict in the MCEarth 3 server fought between Germany, Austria, and various volunteer groups against Qarthage, São Paulo and its vassals, Aq Qoyunlu, East Africa and the mercenary groups of Maribor and New France, making it one of the largest conflicts in MCEarth 3 history. The war began due to colonial tensions boiling over following the attempted establishment of German Grenada and Benghazi and the Qarthaginian colonization of Denmark and Kaliningrad. The war escalated to involve all Germanic peoples upon the delcaration of the Austrian war of aggression against Qarthage for the territory of Dalmatia.
== Prelude ==
=== Colonial Tensions ===
Germany possessed next to no colonial empire, with the only over seas holding being a small port in West Africa. In the prelude to conflict, Germany had attempted to establish a treaty port in the territory of Grenada, at the time held by Colonial power Qarthage. The presence of the Qarthaginian central govornment in the region prevented the treaty port from being established, but quickly Germany turned its eyes to a new target. Shortly after, German Benghazi was established within Qarthage claimed but unadministered territory.
Following this direct challenge to Qarthage's sovreignty, the Qarthaginian colony of Denmark was created and minor development began within the region. During this time, fierce diplomacy took place, with insults and threats being thrown both ways. During this diologue, Germany attempted to back down from the growing crisis by renouncing its claim to Benghazi and dissolving the colony, ending its existence in under a year since its founding. 
This move by the Germans failed to ease tensions, as Qarthage responded by further expanding its presence in northern Europe by settling the Baltic coast of Kaliningrad and attempting to move into Czechia. The Czech gambit was stopped short due to Austrian claims in the region and Qarthaginian attempts to avoid antagonizing the southern germans. Eventually Qarthaginian pressure in the north became too much to ignore, and thus, Germany declared war on Qarthage in an attempt to force them out of Europe and sieze their colonies.
=== Post-Declaration ===
Following the war declaration, a date for the conflict was agreed upon and the two sides settled on a 4 year build up before fighting. This information, intentionally or not, wasn't recieved by the leadership of Reichskommissariat Rumanya, who proceded to nuke Denmark without repercussion. This quickly resulted in the Qarthaginian allies of São Paulo, Aq Qoyunlu and East Africa joining the conflict to come to Qarthages defense. A year later, under pressure from Germany, Austria issued a delcaration of war against Qarthage, citing the conquest of Dalmatia as their goal. During the remaining three year leadup to the war, Qarthage continually attempted to open discussion with the Austrians, offering to withdraw from Dalmatia entirely to avoid conflict. These negotiations, presumably due to German influence, fell through and Austria prepared to attack Qarthage in tandem with the German offensive. 
Due to Austria not performing any attrocities as the German declaration had experienced with Denmark, Aq Qoyunlu and East Africa refrained from joining the Austrian conflict, with only São Paulo coming to Qarthages defense. During the remaining time left in the buildup, mercenaries from Maribor and New France were hired by Qarthage and São Paulo to aid in the war against the Germans. Much like the allies of Aq Qoyunlu and East Africa, Maribor and New France refrained from joining the Austrian conflict.
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