Recaps

East Africa withdrew from Russia, negotiated new Indian Ocean holdings with Britain, and began campaigns in the Horn of Africa while backing a Russian government-in-exile. As the Great War’s Southern Front grew and East Africa expanded its armed forces, Third Fleet commanders considered seizing a port in the Middle East and focused on Qatar.

• The National Security Bureau smuggled the Kazan Treasury’s gold to East Africa, while Berezovka left Kazan and Chubalov took charge of the Kazan Army.
• Arterhoven sold East Africa’s Baku refinery and other assets to Billy Nobel’s family as East Africa and the Hohenzollern Conglomerate withdrew from Russian cities.
• Logens and Pripriate explained how American ties to the Entente and competition with East Africa drew the United States into the war, prompting Ernst’s officials to seek tougher negotiations with Britain.
• David and Belfort negotiated with Ernst’s government, agreeing to exchange Pondicherry and Yanan for British-held territories and to transfer Gwadar to East Africa.
• East Africa launched the War in the Horn of Africa against Hassan’s forces and took over Diego Garcia, while Ernst helped Alexei establish a Russian government-in-exile in Dar es Salaam.
• Ernst approved a major military expansion as Romania joined the Central Powers and nearly 1.2 million Central Powers troops assembled for the Balkan and Ottoman fronts.
• Lomachi and Plato assessed British strength in the Persian Gulf and, after considering Persia and rejecting Oman, focused on Qatar as a possible port to seize.

East Africa annexed Qatar as a Persian Gulf naval base while taking stock of its growing population and industrial strength. It then pushed Europe toward an armistice, leaving the great powers bargaining over borders, reparations, and naval limits.

• Lomachi and Plato proposed establishing the Third Fleet in Qatar, and Ernst approved the takeover and military-port plan.
• Seferel’s 37th Brigade captured Bida and secured Qatar’s surrender, while Jassim agreed to leave with his family and tribe.
• East Africa sent more than 13,400 Qataris to Batavia and annexed Qatar, keeping it separate from the Northern Bay Territory and planning a major naval base at Doha.
• Langfurt reported that East Africa had reached 163 million registered residents and about forty percent urbanization, while officials reviewed its transport network and industrial development.
• Reni and Rennie pursued closer cooperation with Chile to develop Punta Arenas and secure safer passage through the Strait of Magellan.
• Ernst ordered East African diplomats and intelligence officials to press for an armistice, and European leaders began considering peace negotiations amid public unrest.
• European representatives met secretly in the Netherlands, where Frier and the delegates negotiated Serbia’s settlement, territorial changes, reparations, and naval reductions.

As the European Great Flu spread, East Africa contained its effects while pursuing economic reforms and regional development. The European powers agreed to weaken Russia, and East Africa secured Persia as an ally through a mutual assistance treaty.

• Adolf blamed Jews, East Africa, and other alleged enemies for Germany’s setbacks, then declared he would enter politics once his eyes recovered.
• On Christmas Eve 1919, Britain, France, Germany, and Austria opened public peace negotiations in Paris, and their armies ended military operations.
• After plague cases arrived aboard European ships, East Africa imposed port controls while Clemenceau declared a state of emergency and ordered strict epidemic measures in France.
• The Great Flu spread across Europe and North America, while East Africa contained its cases through preparation and prevention.
• Ernst directed epidemic controls and economic reforms as Debern led plans to diversify Kitwe and coordinate Copperbelt development with Lubumbashi.
• East Africa began its Fifth Five-Year Plan with agricultural development, including water-saving measures and a major water-diversion project for the southern provinces.
• European leaders agreed to weaken Russia through military aid to Poland and Ukraine and a harsh economic blockade, while Vladimir ordered the Russian Labor Party to expand revolutionary support.
• Kabriel persuaded King Ahmad to accept East African troops, port leases, and military and economic assistance, and East Africa and Persia signed the East Persia Friendly Mutual Assistance Treaty two months later.

Malinkov’s Labor Party seized Yekaterinoslav as Russia invaded Ukraine, while the conflict spread through Eastern Europe and Belarus. East Africa pursued economic partnerships and debated joining the League of Nations, and Yosef decided Russia should seek peace with Germany.

• Malinkov organized the Yekaterinoslav uprising, and Labor Party members captured the Police Department and took control of the 37th Division.
• Labor Party forces renamed Sicheslav City Yekaterinoslav and advanced across Ukraine as the Red Army broke through the depleted Ukrainian defenses.
• Wilhelm II sent German and Austro-Hungarian troops into Eastern Europe, while East African officials discussed countering Russian influence and strengthening their economy and financial system.
• Debern recruited media workers and students to build a film and television industry in Kitwe City, while Belgium granted the Congo autonomous status and East Africa proposed economic cooperation.
• Friedrich established the Southeast African Common Market with regional partners, and Ernst warned that a global economic downturn could lead to another world war.
• Popov’s guerrillas armed themselves and formed rural Labor Party bases in Belarus, which helped Russia recover most of the region as Poland and Germany withdrew.
• Hermann urged Wilhelm II to avoid war with Russia and build an international coalition, while Ernst decided East Africa could join the League of Nations and withdraw if needed.
• After Russian forces failed to break through in Poland and Ukraine, Yosef weighed Russia’s political and economic troubles and decided to make peace with Germany.