1912-1919: The First French Imperial War

First French Imperial War

                The First French Imperial War marked one of the most important chapters of French History. It would be the bloodiest and scariest of all the conflicts France would be involved in.

                Winston Georges (1912-1919)

                As his first move as Prime Minister, Winston Georges’ Administration immediately declared war on Germany and her allies. Britain and the United States soon followed. In 1913, 200,000 German and Italian Troops poured over the Rhine, and within 4 weeks, 100,000 Russians poured over the Rhine. The 100,000 French Troops on the line were overwhelmed, and fell back within six months (November 1913) to the city of Nancy, where a defense line stretched all the way down to the France Switzerland/German/Italian border lay. The French Troops could only hold this line for so long, and soon (March 1914), another defense line, held by Australian, Indian, British, French, Japanese, and American troops stretched from Calais to Monanco.

                In June 1914, this defense line fell, and the Troops on the defense line pulled back to Grasse, and then a slightly curved line led north. In July 1914, with the Defense Line stronger than ever at its position 45 miles outside of Paris, Georges and his Administration and Government were flown to London, where Georges immediately activated the Colonial Corps, numbering 1,500,000 Strong. He ordered this to be done without Racial Segregation. The Legionnaires gathering the units took this to heart, recruiting over 750,000 Blacks, Asians, and other minorities for the cause. All of these units’ Aircraft were also flown to France.

                In April 1915, the task at hand had been completed, and Operation Groundhogs was initiated, and the 1,500,000 man unit was gradually taken to France in the dead of night, escorted by several ships. Fighting continued along the defense line, however, and the French were certainly worried about losing Paris. Most of the people were moving out, and 45 deaths within the city had been reported.

                By March 1918, all 6,000,000 troops had been taken into France. In April, two years after the first divisions of French Reinforcements landed, Operation Jumpy Tornado was launched, with the first phase initiated in an area called the “French Corridor”.

                In the wee hours of April 17, 1918, 1,000,000 French Troops under the Command of a Legionnaire Brigadier General (A massive “lolwat” moment for the French Military, it would result in the court marshaling of several high ranking generals), a largely Black Man’s unit, the 1^st through 5^th African Corps, attacked and effectively destroyed a pocket of Germans. The 1^st Corps, on the far left flank, did a left face and continued down the trench, reinforced by the newly minted 1^st French Tank Brigade and 55 French Aircraft, destroyed the German lines for a good 10 miles. The 2^nd Corps moved around to the 1^st Corps, reinforcing the flanks. The same movement was executed on the right flank. The break in the German Lines was now 35 miles long.

                Just a mere hour later, 50 miles south, 1,000,000 Troops under a Legionnaire General crush Italian lines, supported by two tank brigades (one on each flank), breaking a hole that is 50 miles wide, 20 from the original attack, then expanded twenty on the left flank (going north), and fifteen in the south. The gap between the two attacks is closing quickly, going from 35 miles to 30 miles within 6 hours.

                In the North, 5,000,000 Troops under a joint command between a Legionnaire General and direct commander of American Soldiers in theater, John “Blackjack” Pershing, attack along a 100mi Front. The Russian/German Defense Line there falters but holds at first, following the first 500,000 man wave.

                Then wave 2, a 2,000,000 Man wave, crushes the Germans and Russians, killing them and quickly overrunning the trenches. Despite direct orders, an American Commander, Lt. Col. Marcus Dankon rallies 10,000 Soldiers along his front and continues forward, crushing German Railguns just behind their lines. The Railguns are then turned on retreating Russians and Germans, and the following three hours is a blood bath.

                By 0600, all of the objectives in the assault, along the entire front, have been attained. On April 19, 10,000 French Alpines attack into Italian Switzerland, taking the area within the next three months. German Switzerland soon follows.

                On May 1^st, the entire German Air Force is finally fully grounded, resulting in fully Ally Air Superiority in the North. On May 3^rd, Operation Early Garden is executed, and 9 million Ottoman Troops pour across the Russian-Ottoman border.

                On May 7^th, the Ottomans have seized Russian Oil Fields and continue forwards, the first American and British Brigades arriving. On May 12^th, the Ottoman forces have pushed into Russian Territory by 23 Miles.

                By Late-September, the Ottomans are knocking on the Kremlin’s door with their artillery, and the Allies have pushed to Rome in the south and are nearing Berlin in the North. In early-November, Russia surrenders to the Ottomans and her Allies, the Ottomans attaining more land.

                By late-December, Rome has fallen, and her people are screaming for Surrender in the streets. In the chaos, a group of 80 ragtag Italian Militiamen attacked 10 American Soldiers. They are all killed. On December 31, Italy surrenders.

                On February 5^th, 1919, the German Empire falls. Their surrender is quick following the destruction of Berlin, and Denmark is inherited by Britain, the Netherlands, and German Belgium is quickly annexed by France, and Finland and Sweden are made independent by the United States of America. Peace has been attained, but at a scary cost.

                During the war, 1 million French Troops are killed, another 4 million wounded, and 25,000 are missing. She has the largest allied casualty list. Germany has lost 4 million, 9 million wounded, and over 90,000 missing in action (mostly in the Ottoman Front, where the Ottomans swiftly took the German Middle Eastern Territory).

A/N: I moved through that quickly! Now for peacetime France, probably their first total peace in 36 years xD. The Ottoman Empire will "fall" sort of kind of in 1924, so that should be interesting.