(Alternate History) The Second Sino-Japanese War

MILITARY DEAD: 460,000
MILITARY WOUNDED: 1,380,000
CIVILIAN DEAD: 220,000 (125,000 KOREANS & 92,000 CHINESE & 3000 JAPANESE)
Total DISPLACED: (estimate) 3,000,000

KOREAN FRONT:


OVERALL TERRITORIAL CHANGES:

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Military Dead: 1,900,000
Military Wounded: 5,300,000
Prisoners of War: 3,380,000
Civilian Dead: 2,100,000 (+1,000,000 Armenians before outbreak of war)
Total Displaced: (estimate) 10,000,000-12,500,000

Austria-Hungary gains: Congress Poland after British mediation
Germany gains: Luxembourg, Benin, French Congo & Morocco
Ottomans gain: 1878 borders with Russia, population exchange with Greece
Bulgaria gains: North Macedonia, Dobrich
Albania gains: Kosovo

Russia loses: Kars region (1878 borders) to Ottomans, Congress Poland to Austria, Bessarabia to Moldova, Tuva (to Mongolia), Independence to Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Circassia, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Tatarstan[1], Turkestan[2], Ukraine.
France loses: Morocco, Benin & French Congo.
Serbia loses: North Macedonia & Kosovo
Romania loses: Dobrich to Bulgaria, Moldova to independence

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The end of an era was, with this treaty, firmly and irrevocably realised. Russian dominance over eastern Europe looked for all the world to be forever crushed, as the country descended into rebellion and fire and secessionist movements rose up at the drop of a hat. Imperial Russia, without arms or armies to resist the oncoming Bolshevist and independence movements, had been forced back to St. Petersburg and Novgorod, with Imperial forces also holding Vladivostok.

Russia is now divided into four camps: the Bolshevist Reds, the Monarchist Whites, the reactionary anti-confiscation Greens and the Anarchist Blacks. The Bolshevists, the camp with the most currently active soldiers, are centered around Moscow and Tsaritsyn (which they call Volgograd), but their alpha strike failed to bring down the White's control of Novgorod and St. Petersburg, which is where the Whites now cling to power. The Greens field 3 armies, and are led primarily by Lavr Kornilov, and hold power in most of the countryside but are most powerful in the regions of Astrakhan and Dagestan, as they are a reactionary movement that resents the bolshevist oppression of the peasant class in their struggle to achieve the supremacy of the working class. The Blacks have the greatest concentrations centered around Kursk and Voronezh, but are found all over the country leading anarchist guerrillas to fight against the reds and whites.

Meanwhile, the minorities of Russia have seen the chains holding them down vanish, as division after division of the Imperial Russian Army is dragged into the free-for-all of the civil war. In response, they are throwing their own lot into the ring, with dozens of regions declaring independence.

In Japan, the atmosphere is relieved. Newspapers all over the world are reporting on the excellence of Japanese industry and fighting spirit, bondholders are satisfied by an increasingly steep rise in the economy and every day folks are entertained by the massive victory parade in Tokyo. On the surface, all seems well, but you are well aware of two major conflicts brewing in the general staff. The rise of mechanised brigades, as well as divisions has now led to an interesting split, where some generals favour infantry-support armour, others favour divisions composed entirely of tanks, and others still support a mixed division, with motorised infantry supporting the armour. The other major conflict is between the Navy and the Army, regarding the newly minted Air Service. Both the Army and the Navy are wholly convinced that they should have some degree of primacy when it comes to the Air Service, while the Air Service itself is attempting to hedge for full independence.

Decisions:
[X] Armoured Warfare
-[X] Back the Infantry Support Armour Doctrine. Armoured vehicles are not yet mature enough for independent operations.
-[X] Back the Middle Ground. Armoured vehicles are the future, but as of yet they are slow and cumbersome, but with great potential. A mix of infantry support and combined arms is the way to go in the near future.
-[X] Back the Armour Primacy Doctrine. Armoured vehicles are the way forward, and more is better. As of yet, they have flaws, but they will be hammered out and refined in five to ten years, tops!

[X] Air Service
-[X] Back the Air Service, they'll be more useful independent than if the Navy and Army keep squabbling over it (Air Service likes this, neither Army nor Navy likes it, but both can live with it)
-[X] Don't take a side (???)
-[X] Side with the Army, the Navy can get their own Air Service if they want it so bad! (Army likes this, ???, Navy does not like this)
-[X] Back the Navy (Unavailable)