The Peace Treaty of Paris

Left: The United States 2nd Army Surrenders on the INS Imperia to Imperian Forces. Right: Field Marshall Montgomery Surrenders to Imperial Generals after the fall of Paris and British Diplomatic Surrender to The Imperium.

### Agreements

* The Allied Powers Recognise That the Imperium has Dominance over Europe and Africa
* The Allied Powers withdraw from All African Lands
* The Allied Powers aren't allowed to interfere in Mainland, European Issues or in Africa.
* The Imperium is to respect the Sovereignty of The United Kingdom and The British Isles.
* The United States and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are to pay War Reparations of 10,000,000 IM to The Imperium.
* The French Republic (Including Piedmont), The Polish Republic, The Union of South Africa and The Benelux Region are to be annexed by The Imperium.

### Effective

12:00 , 3rd June, 1941

Signatories| The Imperial Forces

* The Imperium

 Signed despite not fighting* The Union of East Asian Soviets
* The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
* The Spanish State
* The Kingdom of Greece
* Various Arab Nations

* The United States of America
* The United Kingdom
	+ British Commonwealth Nations
* The French Republic
* The Second Polish Republic
* The Belgian Republic
* The Kingdom of The Netherlands

The Peace Treaty of Paris was the Treaty that brought an end to The War of Liberation. The Peace deal was nicknamed as "The Humiliation Accord" by British and American Politicians as the terms of the treaty were seen as unfair and humiliating. After an organised ceasefire in Late May, The Treaty was signed by the remaining members of The Allied Powers. The Treaty secured The Imperium as the sole European dominant Power in Europe and Africa and allowed them to have full control in Africa and Europe without any Allied intervention.

The Treaty would also see the annexation of France and The Benelux (Including The Netherlands despite not being involved in the war) which was seen as unfair because the Benelux Nations weren't allowed to be present at the signing of the treaty. It also saw the annexation of all British, French, Belgian and Dutch territories in Africa which would prompt a Portuguese and Spanish withdrawal.

## Prelude

After the French and American Counter Offensive in August 1940 failed, The Imperium dug in for The Winter and began preparing an offensive which would seize all of the Northern French Coast, The Maginot Line and The Paris area. The Grand Offensive was devised by Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian (who had just recently joined the ranks of The Imperial Army) to use 3 Sets of Tank Divisions numbering in around 15 Panzer Divisions to break the Allied Lines who were now firmly bolstered by The American Army.

During The Winter Months, The Imperial Army began to organise the areas of the offensive for a launch around 12th of February. Allied Air Power over France began to whittle down as the Imperial Air Force took control over the skies of Northern France. The Supremacy of the Imperial Air Force meant allied surveillance was limited to Ground Observations and Espionage. General Patton was deployed into Paris to organise an Allied Defence and Omar Bradley with Field Marshall Montgomery were tasked with reorganising The French Forces defending in Normandy.

The Tank Divisions were in place by January the First and the Allied forces were aware of the offensive starting on the 12th Roughly. The Imperial Forces in charge of France met and The Emperor ordered The Grand Offensive to start earlier on the 1st of February to capture or kill the High Ranking Allied Generals in the area and to catch the Allies off guard. This earlier offensive worked and The Battle of Paris had begun on the 5th of February meaning Edouard Daladier and Patton weren't able to escape Paris in time. Northern France had fallen by The 2nd of March and The Maginot Line had collapsed by the end of March.

The Allied Armies were in complete disarray as many high ranking Generals including George S Patton and Omar Bradley had been killed in the fighting. The French Public , who had been suffering under Allied and Imperium Air Raids, demanded a surrender and many French Soldiers began mutinying. The British and American Economies were in tatters and Britain was facing revolts in their Empire. The Allied Powers attempted a last ditch offensive on now Imperium-Occupied Paris but this resulted in a catastrophic allied failure and destroyed the Allied War Moral.

The Allies then had no choice but to surrender and Field Marshall Montgomery was forced to surrender to Field Marshall Erwin Rommel on the 1st of June 1941 after an order from the British Parliament to stop fighting, marking the beginning of the peace agreements. The USA and France soon followed.

## Terms of The Treaty

**The Peace Treaty of Paris (3rd June 1941)**

1. *Annexation of all European Mainland and African Territories owned by The French Republic Into The Imperium.*
2. *Annexation of all Mainland and Colonial African Territories owned by The Belgian Republic into The Imperium.*
3. *Annexation of all European Mainland Territories of The Kingdom of The Netherlands into The Imperium.*
4. *Establishment of The Imperial African Territories in Central and Southern Africa by The Imperium.*
5. *All Pre-War Treaties made between The German Reich and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are to be honoured and upheld by The Imperium*
6. *Annexation of Western Poland into The Imperium*
7. *Annexation of Eastern Poland into The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.*
8. *Annexation of The Union of South Africa into The Imperium (Later Transferred to The Imperial African Territories.*
9. *The Imperium is to recognise The Sovereignty of The United Kingdom and The British Isles and Maintain a Policy of Non Intervention in The British Isles.*
10. *The United Kingdom and The United States of America must Maintain a Policy of Non Interventionism in Europe and Africa and All Imperium owned or Sphered Territories.*
11. *The Remaining Allied Powers are to accept Imperian Dominance over Europe and Africa.*
12. *The French Territory of Piedmont is to stay under Imperian Control.*
13. *The Allied Powers are Forced to retreat from Africa.*
14. *The Italian-Allied Armistice Agreements are to stay valid.*
15. *The Imperium are to Respect the Independence of Saudi Arabia, The Kingdom of Iraq, The Kingdom of Iran, The Kingdom of Greece, The Kingdom of Oman and The Kingdom of Yemen.*
16. *The Imperium must Promise of Safe Passage of American, British and Commonwealth Troops from France including Safe Passage for French Citizens.*
17. *The United Kingdom and United States of America are to pay 10,000,00 Imperium Marks to The Imperium as War Reparations.*
18. *The Spanish State are to remain Neutral in Europe.*
19. *The Imperium is free to develop European Treaties and manage all European Nations without interreference from The Allied Powers.*
20. *All Asian Colonies Owned by The Allied Powers (Except Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii) are to be evacuated by The Allied Powers*
21. *The Dutch East Indies, British Malaya, The Philippines ,Hong Kong and Macau are to be annexed by The Union of East Asian Soviets*
22. *Remaining French, Belgian and Dutch Colonies in The Americas (Caribbean, South America etc) will be partitioned between the Allied Powers*

## Aftermath

The Treaty of Paris was the most influential treaty and event since the Napoleonic Era. It shifted the political and territorial landscape of Europe, Asia and Africa. It brought The Imperium to a Superpower Status who successfully defeated Three World Powers and Western Europe in a War that they declared independence in. The Imperium was born in fire and the Treaty replicated this. Up until the 1960s, the Treaty was upheld but ditched upon the Imperian-Atlantean Alliance during the Last Great War.

The Treaty also brought a swift end to a War where millions had died under German Occupation. Other than the Nazi Insurrections, the Imperium faced little resistance because they treated the conquered people as their own. This would change during the Later Years and Months of the Nazi Insurrection but initially it was smooth and brought order and unity to a disunited and unstable Western Europe. The Allied Powers felt the treaty was harsh on them because they were on the defending side and fought to defend nations who were attacked. The surviving allies were weakened and punished with their colonies being stripped and harsh war reparations being imposed and a lack of international trade with Africa and Asia, made the Great Depression Recovery even harder.