First World War (World in Conflict)

The First World War was an armed conflict lasting from 1850 to 1867 between the Allied Powers (United States, Canada, and France) and the Axis Powers (Great Britain, Russia, and Germany) over the control of Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic.

The Central War, the border conflict that directly preceded WWI, began in 1850 in John Russel's attempt to unify Europe under the rule of the British Empire. In response, an Allied force led by the United States and France arrived in the port of Cannes.

In August 1850, Russel realized his previously victorious British Army was severely undersupplied. He then decided to request German and Russian help for the Battle of Cannes. Both Nicholas I and Francis Joseph I offered support after persuasion; Nicholas was afraid of possible Allied military supremacy. But after Russel showed him the desperation of the situation, Nicholas agreed.

In September, British, Russian and German forces surrounded the city of Cannes. In a massive surprise attack, the combined armies of the Axis Powers thrust through the perimeter and took the city after a week of fighting.

Immediately after the attack on Cannes, the United States under President Millard Fillmore called for a "unilateral declaration of war on the Russian Empire". In response, Tsar Nicholas I called for the Russians to declare war on the powers supporting the peacekeeping force in Europe.

In late September, forces from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Russian Empire itself invaded Western France, and overwhelmed Paris. French President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte pleaded to the Allies to assist against the invaders. The Allies agreed, and the U.S, Canada, and other countries sent forces to aid France.
Simultaneously, Russian naval forces began bombardment of Japan. In the naval battles between the Russian and the Japanese navy, the Russian Navy only lost one ship. All lives on the *Andrei* were lost, an event which would become a rallying cry for the Russian war effort.

Under admiral Karl Brommy, the Reichsflotte began the invasion of Massachusetts, putting Boston under siege. German ships also bombed New York.

From Japan, the United States launched an invasion of the Kamchatka Peninsula, taking control of the port city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The Russian Army garrisons in the area then entered positions to defend the remainder of the peninsula. Other garrisons moved towards the Chutkotka Peninsula to board naval transports for one of the most notorious campaigns in the war: the Invasion/Battle of Alaska.

In March 1862, Russian forces began to advance eastward, rampaging several towns and smaller settlements on the way. The American Army had few garrisons in Alaska, which had been deployed to Japan and the Philippines, and so could not prevent the Russian Army from marching eastward towards Anchorage and looting the towns nearby. British naval forces also raided Hawaii and the American territories in the Caribbean.

In August 1867, the Allies surrendered to the Axis. However, the voice of the pro-peace faction won out, and the Allies were subject to the Sao Paulo Peace Accords with the Axis powers.

The United States and Canada were formed into the Commonwealth of British America, Alaska is divided (West controlled by Russia, East controlled by British America, and South remains independent as the Republic of Alaska). Western Europe, India, the Mediterranean, and north-west/southern Africa, are in control of the British Empire, all of Eurasia and the Middle East is controlled by Russia, and Germany controls Central Europe and the rest of Africa. Indochina is given to China, Sakhalin, South-east Asia (Indonesian area) and all foreign Pacific territories to Japan, and Australia and New Zealand form the Commonwealth of Oceania.