world war 1

I've been wanting to do a Chariots of Steel quest for a while now, and a recent one that just started finally gave me the inspiration to try one of these. The only quest I've been able to stick to is my other Himmelgard one, so I hope I'll be able to with this one too. Time for another trauma...

"5th Lenzmonat, 1622 I write to you today, sir, to bring you the most excellent news. I have succeeded in forging an alliance that will finally put an end to all our troubles and cement your unquestionable rule of these lands. The Hetman has agreed to support your forces in the march on the...

What is this? A quest set in the world of The Widening Gyre, an alternate history timeline which explores a different Great War in which an America led by William Jennings Bryan stays neutral, causing the conflict to last a year longer. In the timeline, this ultimately leads to successful...

Letter to Munich November 5 1918 Hugo Zimmerman 05 Deichstraße Hamburg Salutations Felix I hope this letter finds you quickly. As I hope you heard, Hamburg has risen up against the Kaiser. There has been mass mutiny among the soldiers and the high seas fleet. The workers have joined them...

Following two utter devastation of over two decades of conflict, first in the French Revolutionary and then the Napoleonic Wars, the Great Powers of Europe came together at the Congress of Vienna with the intentions of creating a permanent peace that would prevent the occurrence of a similar...

The Widening Gyre: The Great War and the Remaking of Europe Excerpt from Hannah Arendt's speech on "Solidarity Day", 1949, Strasbourg, European Socialist Federation "Thirty years ago, the young men of this continent were instructed after a full half-decade of fratricidal warfare to march once...

Ever since the proclamation of the German Empire in January 1871, the fragile balance of power of post-Napoleonic Europe had been permanently upended. Under chancellor Otto von Bismark, Germany pursued a policy of diplomatic triangulation between its neighbouring powers, playing their rivalries...

This story is written to be accessible to people unfamiliar with Violet Evergarden, though if you're completely unfamiliar, it may help to skim the TV Tropes summary. This story draws from the Netflix anime and the original light novels. A fanmade English translation of the light novels can be...

It is 1904 and You, yes you have been put in charge of this colony Your home country Germany expects you to fix the mistakes of your predecessor who nearly ran the colony to the ground economically and militarily, the only force which survived relatively unscathed was the navy which maintains 1...

Emile Chaillon: "War makes men mad." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6zZmtE870k Freddie, Anna, and Walt return in the sequel to Valiant Hearts: The Great War. 1917: As the war rages on, new faces take center stage - Freddie's brother James joins the Harlem Hellfighters, German diver Ernst...

Challenge: Create a point or series of divergence points that culminate in the United States joining the Great War in 1914. You are allowed to go as far back as 1865 (the American Civil War's end will not be affected). Having Theodore Roosevelt become president in 1912 is not enough and is not...

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July 28th, 1914, Europe stands on the verge of a centennial spanning war once more as what had become known as the "July Crisis" spiraled out of control. On June 28th, a month previous, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian heir had been assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo by a...

July 28th, 1914, Europe stands on the verge of a centennial spanning war once more as what had become known as the “July Crisis” spiraled out of control. On June 28th, a month previous, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Austro-Hungarian heir had been assassinated in the streets of Sarajevo by a...

In 1903, Man achieved flight. It was a truly monumentous achievement in the history of mankind, now no longer bound by the Earthly Tethers of gravity. They could now, for the first time in history… Reach for the Heavens. In those first years, it was the story of firsts. First to cross an...

The Last War For the first time in five years, the guns fell silent. No more dull roaring artillery fire churning the dirt in the distance. No staccato of machine guns forcing men to hunker down in their trenches and cutting down all those poor sods caught outside of them. You had not been here...

Despite his march across the continent ultimately ending in defeat, Napoleon Bonaparte left behind a legacy as one of Modernity's great conquerors and statesmen, with the wars that became his namesake having profound consequences of their own. Increasingly centralized states and the spirit of...

What if early during World War 1 a team of German scientists had unlocked the methods to reanimating the recently deceased? Using a combination of a chemical compound similar to Herbert West Reanimator and electricity ala Frankenstein, creating undead revenant styled being. With them being able...

What's the big idea? I'm designing a home-brew map for the old Milton Bradley (now Hasbro) board game Axis & Allies. It incorporates both an alternate history and an eighth continent of my own design. Here's the map. The southern-most continent (yes, it's all supposed to be connected) is still...

M: So at this point it should be common knowledge that Adolf Hitler served as a courier for the German army in WW1. This was a very dangerous job in a very dangerous war. At one point a British rifleman even had Hitler at his mercy and would have killed him if not for feeling sorry for him. All...

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Optimal ROMANIA Post World War One Borders Survey The purpose of this thread is to find the best possible borders for Romania after World War One. You can use whatever measure to determine the best possible borders, be it national borders, cultural or historical claims, or strategic...

Author's note: This is my first TL here on this site, so hi! I may know some of you from AH.com, and here's my profile there if you want - here. *** Abdul Hamid II’s Ottoman Empire – A TL *** Chapter 1 *** 1902 *** A History of the Modern Ottoman Empire Jason MacDonald, London...

So I've been thinking about this on and off for a long time and I've always thought that a world without WW1 would be fascinating. The first world war was really the most dramatic upheaval since the Napoleonic Wars, and while WW2 accelerated the trends inaugurated by World War 1, the first world...

Galaktischer Krieg German troops advance under fire during the First Battle of Bellerophon The year is 2130, and the Orion Arm burns. Two years ago, the deaths of a shuttleful of German diplomats - ostensibly at the hands of British-aligned rebels - led to a diplomatic crisis, which itself...