Kaiserreich Story (Part 1: Different Outcome)

Kaiserreich is a fictional story made up by an anonymous player of a mobile game; "Hearts of Iron 4", the story is in-depth and has a lot about a great "what if?" question of what would happen if the Central Powers won World War 1.

This is part 1 of a 4-part wiki page series about Kaiserreich. In this page, we will cover on what exactly happens which would allow the Central Powers to win World War 1.

## Point of Divergence

The First World War in Kaiserreich began as it did in our reality; Gavrillo Princip kills Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the European nations declare war on each other, trench warfare, soldiers dying by the thousands, the whole shebang.

Except that in the Kaiserreich story, Germany doesn't resort to unrestricted submarine use and thus doesn't sink the RMS Lusitania. With this point of divergence from our reality, the United States is strongly in favor of not joining the war in Europe, and the vote goes marginally in favor of staying out.

This would be a kick in the nuts for the Western Alliance who are stuck in a stalemate with the Central Powers and can't find a way to break that stalemate.

To make matters worse, Russia (just like in our reality) are getting their butts kicked by the Central Powers which would ultimately lead to the Russian Revolution and the Bolsheviks signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and thus Russia leaves the war especially as things in Russia continue to go bad and ultimately lead to the Russian Civil War.

With Russia out of the war, and the US deciding to stay out, things would slowly (but surely) turn in favor for the Central Powers, especially that all of the Central Powers' forces can now focus on the Western Front. Because the British Blockade which prevents Germany from getting the supplies and aid they need to gain an advantage over the Western Alliance. So the Central power nations decide to play the waiting game and let low supplies and morale to overtake France and Britain. Then, sometime in 1921, the Central Powers decide that now is the time to strike, they break through the French lines and within about a few months, Germany would invade Paris (the second time in 50 years).

So, on November 11, 1921 at 11 AM, the Central Powers declare victory over the alliance as Britain decides to surrender with a lack of an ally. Thus, an Alternate Treaty of Versailles was signed, giving Germany its precious colonies.

## Same War, different outcome

Now that Germany won the war, this can begin the "Era of Germany" (which was predicted by numerous alternate history theorists). Germany's victory in the war (or how it's known in the story as "Weltkrieg") it would have significant effects on what will happen around the world. This wiki page will start with Russia.

### Russian Civil War (Kaiserreich)

Much like in our reality, the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government in late 1917, and a Civil War would ensue, against the White Army and the Red Army (you know, the usual).

But because the Central Powers won the war, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk remains in effect, so Germany keeps places such as Poland, the Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukraine, and thus was bad news for any Socialist revolutionaries in Russia. So, in the Kaiserreich story, things aren't put in the Red Army's favor. Lenin was assassinated which was a kick in the nuts for the Bolshevik cause and by 1919, the White Army began to defeat the Red Army and gain significant ground, even capturing the town of "Ufa" and established a temporary government. The White army would continue to win battles and eventually they would capture Petrograd (modern-day St. Petersburg) and Moscow, so by early 1920, the Red Army surrenders and the Provisional Government came back to Petrograd with Alexander Kerensky as now the President of a new Republic of Russia. Though they would still had to agree to the terms of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and so Poland, the Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukiraine remain with Germany (we'll get to those places in a later part of this series) as well as giving some parts of Far East Siberia to Japan.

Throughout the 1920s, Russia would be under threat by Russian minorities such as the Cossacks who were working with the Capitalists as well as former Russian soldiers (from the Republican and Communist armies) and even the former army of Czechoslovakia, and led by the former Russian General "Alexander Kolchak", but this coup fails and the co-conspirators were either arrested or executed (or both). Despite its close shaves, the new Russian Republic struggles to stay afloat as it's military, Government and economy are in shambles. It still remains unclear if this new Russian Republic will survive or not.

If socialism failed in one country, it could find success in another. With Bolshevik Communism now dead in the water, another socialist faction is now bound to rise and succeed where Communism had failed, and that is what we'll talk about in the next page (click here) where a faction called "Syndicalism" would rise up and become the dominant power in Western Europe. Until next time, this is JohnnyOTGS signing out.