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@title=The Great War: A Walk in Hell
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^^A World War One Scenario by Stephan Sander
^^June 1914 - October 1918
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Basic Information:
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SITUATION DESCRIPTION
When the Great War engulfed Europe in 1914, the United States and
the Confederate States of America, bitter enemies for five decades,
entered the fray on opposite sides: the United States aligned with
the newly strong Germany, while the Confederacy joined forces with
their longtime allies, Britain and France. But it soon became clear
to both sides that this fight would be different - that war itself
would never be the same again. For this was to be a protracted, global
conflict waged with new and chillingly efficient innovations - the
machine gun, the airplane, poison gas, and trench warfare.
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DIPLOMACY
As this is intended to be a PBEM ('play by e-mail') scenario the
diplomacy options have not been disabled. The scenario kicks off
with all powers but Italy already involved in the war. Italy is
quite weak so the Italian leader shall try to get as good a bargain
for entering the war ...
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MISCELLANOUS INFORMATION
No pollution will appear, many, many events are triggered either by
events that you can control, many will appear without enabling you
to do anything about them until they are triggered!
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PLEASE REFER TO THE README FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION!
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THE MAJOR POWERS OF THE WORLD
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CENTRAL POWERS - The Emerging Giant
The emerging power in Europe, Germany and the 'Warden of Middle Europe',
the old Austrian-Hunganrian Empire found theirselves in an epic struggle
against the older powers. Can you bring Germany up to the best spot under
the Sun?
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CONFEDERATE STATES - Feudalism in the 20th Century
Having defeated the United States twice in the past 50 years, the
Confederacy ison top of the world and allied to Russia, France and
the United Kingdom, forming the Quadruple Entente. Confederate President
Woodrow Wilson struggles to hold together a Confederacy still beset by
ignorance, prejudice, and class divisions.
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UNITED STATES - Mad for Vengeance
After the assassiniation of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand President
Theodore Roosevelt rallied the diverse ethnic groups of the northern states
- Irish and Italians, Mormons and Jews - under the Stars and Stripes to
bring the United States victory against its foes at last. Forced to yield
in the War of Secession and the 2nd Mexican War the U.S. is eager to win
this time ...
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ENTENTE CORDIALE (France, United Kingdom)
The longest allies of the Confederate States, the United Kingdom and the
French Republic, are about to put their emerging enemy, the German Empire,
down again to go on ruling the world. Though well-prepared and equipped,
the Allied forces lack a decent equivalent to the Schlieffen Plan.
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE - The Weak Man at the Bosporus Straits
As the title says, the glorious days of the once famous Ottoman Empire
are long gone. Alligned with the Central Powers and the United States stands
the Turkish Sultan, eager to seek revenge on the Balkan Alliance who defeated
the Ottoman Empire in 1912. The main advantage for the Kaiser is that the
Ottomans control the main supply route of Russia, the Bosporus Strait,
cutting Russia off its Allies.
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RUSSIAN EMPIRE - The Steamroller
Allied with France for years the Russian Empire sent it about sending its
vast forces westwards. Russia has the worlds largest army but the niveau
of the recruits is not too high and the Tsarist Regime just survived a
Bolshevik Insurrection in 1905, only a few years ago ...
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ITALIA - The Sideliner
The Kingdom of Italy was bound to Germany and Austria-Hungary before the
outbreak of the war but the Italian Government gambles high and only enters
the war for substantial loans and territories though the Italian Army might
not be as well prepared as it should be ...
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