The Great War

## History (1937-1948)

* The Great War started on March 18th 1937, at the result of the Hungarian War against Cazinian Rebels, the French were aiding these rebels and the Hungarians declared war, this triggered a domino effect, the Prussians were allied with France so they declared war on Hungary, the Bavarians wanted to retain influence in Southern Germany so they declared war on Prussia, and then the Bavarians attacked Hanover in July, triggering the Saxians to enter the war on the side of the allies, also bringing in the Netherlands since Wilhelma was married to Tyler VIII. The Dutch entering the war also triggered the Discordians to enter the Allied Powers as the Dutch and Discordians have had a pact lasting from 1821. The Russians remained neutral, both sides were trying to get the Russians on their side, but none prevailed.

* On August, the first fighting erupted in Prussia, the Hungarians had tactics no other had ever seen and they were eyeing up Berlin, in which they did in 1938, Saxian Prime Minister Nikolas Bjorklund resigned and Emmanuel Kyrkull became the PM, he had fought in the Civil War before so he was no newbie to conflict, after Berlin fell and Germany was capitulated, Kyrkull wanted all troops on standby in Denmark to hold off the enemy, Meanwhile in France and the lowlands, they were also losing, so Saxian troops landed in France to aid the French, but it was a failure, the Hungarians prevailed in France and had basically all of mainland Europe excluding the Saxons and the Discordians, they both aided governments in exile, they both tried to blockade the Hungarians since they were a mostly Mediterranean nation, but the Battle of Spain failed. They both know if they wanted to win, they would have to blockade the entire European Atlantic Coast simply to prevent Hungarians from coming through, in which Kyrkull called the Fredonian President for Naval Ships for the price of $3.75M (Worth $81,300,797 today). Which also motivated the opposing side to get their ships off Asula, another North American Power just on the border of Durthswith, which made the Saxians and Durthans anxious respectively. In 1939, underground resistance was everywhere in Europe, France, Netherlands, Prussia, and even in Hungary internally with the Italians and Cazinians wanting independence. The Cazinian Independence War from 1921-1925 was also a leading cause for this conflict, the people at the time never knew this was a Great War, they thought it of a European Scramble that will end soon, but they were wrong, the North and Southern sides both never surrendered or gave in to their enemy. In May of 1939, the Russian Empire declared neutrality, behind the scenes, they were industrialising fast, knowing that they would get invaded some day, Hungary was bulking up it’s navy at this point and was ready to take on the naval might of the Saxians and Discordians, in the Battle of the North Sea in July, every power used their full might to battle the enemy, and after about a month of fighting in the sea, the Hungarians lost and were forced to go back to Rotterdam.
* In Austria, Hungary was opening up concentration camps for prisoners of war and Cazinians which led to the Cazinian Genocide (1939-1948), over 10 million Cazinians died in the Genocide, both sides were already used to the war at this point and never cared about it anymore, but there was stuff happening, like in North America, where Asula has just joined the Allied forces and was sending troops via Durthswith to help the Discordians and Saxians in their African campaign. In Africa the French created Free France with Charles De Gaulle as its new Leader, all of French Colonial Africa joined except for Tunisia which was invaded, the French invaded all Spanish overseas territories and secured the African continent for the Allied powers, the southern Mediterranean was secured. In 1940, something happened in March, the Hungarians bombed London, which started the Battle of Discordia, the war was now in the air, the SAF and RAF were both holding off the Hungarian Villágép, there were air battles over the channel, and the Hungarians were bombing London, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Manchester and all other industrial cities, after the two air forced beat off the Hungarians, the RAF was diminished, and was rebuilding itself. So the Hungarians eyed up Edchester, and bombed it, which made the SAF Reservations bomb Budapest, which made the Hungarian Prime Minister and Military General, Albert Siko, furious, so he ordered mass bombings all over the Saxon Empire, which started the Villam. The SAF was holding off the Hungarian Air Force, the Hungarians saw the Discordians and Saxians as a “no-pointer” to fight and turned their eyes to Russia, a seemingly weak nation that would be totally unprepared for conflict, so on July 4th 1940 at exactly 3am, the Hungarians attacked.
* The Invasion of Russia was in fact the biggest surprise attack known by the world, over 5 million troops entering Russia, Kiyev was bombed and taken, so was Minsk, and the Saxians had to get some more troops to protect an even larger border. The Russian summer was nice to them that year, but as soon as Winter hit, they knew that they were done. Siko made the decision to hold off the advancement until Spring arrived which gave Michael II of Russia the chance to build up factories in the East. In this same period, the Ottomans joined the war after a shelling in Crimea, which made the Saxians focus on them instead, as Kyrkull described them as a soft underbelly to the Middle East, the Saxians did a campaign in Gallipoli which failed, they were forced back to the Suez, and were faced with an Ottoman attack there, the Suez attack was quick and funded by Siko himself. Along with the Russian entry in the war, the allies had massive manpower, and managed to get some Russian troops in the Middle East and a hidden plan to attack Sicily, which was planned for 1944 for pure preparation. In July of 1941, the Hungarians were eyeing up Moskau, and the Tsar withdrew all foreign troops to protect the most delicate city ever, Michael II stayed in Moskau for his solidarity with all Russians, and even joined the army with his comrades, but was ultimately forced out due to safety reasons. Siko’s Russian Invasion wasn’t going well since he only had up to 5 months worth of invasion, and the Russians had all 12 months, which pushed them back all the way to the Ukraine in December, a month later, Siko decided that his new strategy was to enter the Caucasus for oil, the Hungarians needed oil. Meanwhile in Edchester, they were making a new device named a Landship, when the Saxians deployed it, the Hungarians copied the mechanic and so did all the other powers, now everyone had Landships, and they were renamed to tanks by the Discordians and that was the now universal name in 1942. In April of 1942, the Hungarians were on their way to Tsaritsyn, Michael II wanted the city to be defended fiercely for the safety of the Caucasus, and the Saxians aided the Russians by giving them tanks, the Russian State Council sacrificed 10 million people for Tsaritsyn, Siko was astonished with the Russian’s stubbornness, and respected the Russian soldiers for this decision.
* On May 8th 1942, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, a Fredonian territory, President at the time, Joseph P. Kennedy declared war on Japan, the Japanese were doing their own thing in Asia and signed a pact with the Hungarians in 1935, and the Japanese were attacking Saxian and Discordian Colonies, they became the Master of Asia. The Saxian Raj was holding them off, already losing Burma, and the Japanese invaded Indochina at the start of the war. After the Fredonians declared war, the Hungarians declared war on Fredonia, which triggered the UCCS and Aurum-Chrysos to declare war on Fredonia as well. The Asulans were already part of the allied forces so that balanced out the war in America. Durthswith had already been part of the war following the Saxian declaration of war on Hungary. Fredonia fought Aurum-Chrysos and took over most of its ports in the following years of the war, Fredonia was also island hopping with the Japanese, invading the Philippines in 1943.
* Meanwhile in Russia, Tsaritsyn was a Russian Victory in November 1942, which proved a turning point in the war, Siko was not impressed by the competence of his Generals in the Caucasus campaign and they all got sacked. The Hungarians were getting pushed up to Belarus and the Ukraine, the Baltics were taken back into allied hands. The war in the eastern front was a stalemate, Siko formed new puppet states, Belarus, Ukraine and Crimea, areas outside of them were considered Nomansland, not a single Russian nor Hungarian would step foot in this area, there were troops everywhere guarding the border, shooting anyone on sight, mostly the Hungarians shooting Russians trying to enter Russia.
* In the Middle East, the Ottomans saw an opportunity to attack Russia from the underbelly, which failed due to it being planned out and executed in the Winter, this gave the Russians the opportunity to raid the Ottomans in the Winter, which also lead Israel to joining the war, a huge advantage to the Saxians, able to place their troops there and attack again, they also convinced the Shia Arab Minority to rebel against their Sunni Majority, leading to a short rebellion. Fredonia also went in on this, placing 100,000 troops in the Middle East to attack the Ottomans. Later, the Ottoman Empire surrendered after an invasion, which led Siko to invade the Ottoman and attack the Allies there, the Siko-ran Ottoman Empire had Turkey and Syria, whilst the rest had fallen.
* This also split the Ottoman Court, between Fevzi Çakmak (Tengely Powers) and Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (Allies), they were both senile, but knew how to fight, thus the Ottoman Civil War started, both powers left out in 1946, both saying the Ottomans are a lost cause.
* On the North American front, the Durthans were holding off the Aurums, so were the Asulans and the Fredonian. On December 1st 1942, the Fredonians assaulted Toronto, whilst the Asulans were assaulting Ontario. The Saxians and Discordians were on their way to North America to aid them by invading Aurum-Chrysos themselves; they landed 7 months later in Newfoundland and Labrador respectively. The Allied forces were attacking Aurum-Chrysos from all sides and it capitulated in December 1943. Siko realised that this would trigger a domino effect on all Tengely Powers, and Hungary would be the last, Siko was the only one who knew this, and he kept it to himself, Siko was confident that this would backfire on the Allies.
* In January 1943, Free France led a bombing campaign on Hungary, which was ultimately successful, crippling the Hungarian war machine, but the Hungarians managed to build it back up, Hungary had to deal with many resistance movements in France, Portugal, Prussia, and even in Bavaria, where they were allied. The Bavarians felt that they were a puppet of Hungary and rebelled. The Confederation of the Rhine was also rebelling.