Early summer 1916.
The fighting continues to rage all across the world, with the German offensive in full swing in the East and the Entente one in France. The war in the air is heating up, spies and diplomatic games are being deployed in Switzerland, while both the Central Powers and the Entente struggle for supremacy on the waves.
The German forces in the north and the Austro-Hungarian ones in the south continue to penetrate deep into the Russian Empire, with Hindenburg’s forces having reached Minsk in Belarus and Estonia in the Baltic States, and Svetozar Boroevic’s troops approaching Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. In France, the German forces continue to retreat in disarray, buckling under the combined pressure of the French, British, and now numerous American forces. The Kaiser might win the war in the East all he wants, but he will lose it all on the Western Front if his generals can’t turn things around.
In the Middle East, Ottoman forces continue to successfully defend Mesopotamia and Palestine. At the same time, the Entente has landed in force in the Gallipoli Peninsula, where it has also been bottled up by the superb generalship of Mustapha Kemal and his brave Turkish soldiers, and the Turkish-German-Austrian forces are advancing in the Caucasus beyond Batum and toward the heart of the region.
Naval war has seen a lot of fighting in 1916, and more is to come, with the German Admiral von Spee trying to extricate himself from the clutches of the Japanese fleet in the Pacific, and Admiral Souchon bravely defending the Bosphorus Strait from the encroaching Anglo-French-American forces attempting to reach the Ottoman capital.
The war is now almost three years old, and the fighting nations are starting to show cracks in their armor. The Russian Empire, in particular, is in a state of uproar, with the Central Powers advancing far and wide and crushing its armies. The Ottoman Empire is also reeling under the combined weight of its enemies in the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Dardanelles. At the same time, Austria-Hungary only holds on because of German support and the victorious impetus created by its armies in the East, like a corpse still moving with its eyes closed, bungling into oblivion.
The Reich is also starting to buckle under pressure, while France, the United States, and Great Britain keep steady, their economies and war machines unmolested by its almost unchallenged control of the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific Ocean.
One thing is certain, however. No one can predict when this war will end or what its outcome will be, as everything is up in the air and will depend on the victories and defeats on both sides. For the fighting powers and their poor grunts across the scarred, trench-riddled landscape, it truly seems like this war has no end in sight.
This is the story of the Great War as it might have been.
Genre: Science Fiction
The fighting continues to rage all across the world, with the German offensive in full swing in the East and the Entente one in France. The war in the air is heating up, spies and diplomatic games are being deployed in Switzerland, while both the Central Powers and the Entente struggle for supremacy on the waves.
The German forces in the north and the Austro-Hungarian ones in the south continue to penetrate deep into the Russian Empire, with Hindenburg’s forces having reached Minsk in Belarus and Estonia in the Baltic States, and Svetozar Boroevic’s troops approaching Kiev, the Ukrainian capital. In France, the German forces continue to retreat in disarray, buckling under the combined pressure of the French, British, and now numerous American forces. The Kaiser might win the war in the East all he wants, but he will lose it all on the Western Front if his generals can’t turn things around.
In the Middle East, Ottoman forces continue to successfully defend Mesopotamia and Palestine. At the same time, the Entente has landed in force in the Gallipoli Peninsula, where it has also been bottled up by the superb generalship of Mustapha Kemal and his brave Turkish soldiers, and the Turkish-German-Austrian forces are advancing in the Caucasus beyond Batum and toward the heart of the region.
Naval war has seen a lot of fighting in 1916, and more is to come, with the German Admiral von Spee trying to extricate himself from the clutches of the Japanese fleet in the Pacific, and Admiral Souchon bravely defending the Bosphorus Strait from the encroaching Anglo-French-American forces attempting to reach the Ottoman capital.
The war is now almost three years old, and the fighting nations are starting to show cracks in their armor. The Russian Empire, in particular, is in a state of uproar, with the Central Powers advancing far and wide and crushing its armies. The Ottoman Empire is also reeling under the combined weight of its enemies in the Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Dardanelles. At the same time, Austria-Hungary only holds on because of German support and the victorious impetus created by its armies in the East, like a corpse still moving with its eyes closed, bungling into oblivion.
The Reich is also starting to buckle under pressure, while France, the United States, and Great Britain keep steady, their economies and war machines unmolested by its almost unchallenged control of the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Pacific Ocean.
One thing is certain, however. No one can predict when this war will end or what its outcome will be, as everything is up in the air and will depend on the victories and defeats on both sides. For the fighting powers and their poor grunts across the scarred, trench-riddled landscape, it truly seems like this war has no end in sight.
This is the story of the Great War as it might have been.
Genre: Science Fiction