Recaps

Ernst and Constantin strengthened East Africa’s military, industry, and infrastructure while expanding into neighboring territories and arranging diplomatic support. Constantin crowned himself king, and East Africa gained recognition from European powers, including Britain and France.

• Ernst and Constantin reorganized East Africa’s military, created a navy under Maximilian I, and planned a railway using a 2,500-millimeter gauge.
• Ernst acquired Roens Railway Company and secondhand industrial machinery, while East Africa prepared to train workers and expand its factories and rail network.
• Constantin approved Felix’s “Pocket” Plan, and East African forces captured the King of Kazembe and expanded into territory claimed by the Yeke Kingdom.
• Ernst and Constantin planned to establish East Africa as a kingdom, while Portugal negotiated with East Africa over dividing the Kingdom of Malawi.
• Ernst secured promises of recognition from Sweden, Russia, and Spain, while Felix completed the “Pocket” Plan and named the Zambezi waterfall King Constantin Falls.
• On May 13, Constantin crowned himself king and proclaimed the Kingdom of East Africa at Qiuweit Palace.
• East Africa established its own diplomatic mission and gained recognition from Austria-Hungary, Prussia, Sweden, Romania, Russia, Britain, and France.

East Africa reorganized its provinces and army while pursuing expansion and deepening ties with Austria-Hungary. As its forces began a major campaign in Africa, Ernst brought Hechingen into Prussia’s war against France, leaving both conflicts underway.

• Richard secured Qing recognition for East Africa by signing the Treaty of Liangdong, while East Africa established an embassy and consulates.
• East Africa sent 243 students to Europe for education, and Ernst prepared the Hohenzollern Conglomerate to profit from wartime shortages.
• Ernst chose Zimbabwe as East Africa’s next major expansion target, and Constantin approved a new administrative map that divided the kingdom into 24 provinces and 26 provincial-level regions.
• Ernst negotiated Austrian investment and military cooperation, then persuaded Franz and Ferdinand to prepare a covert intervention in the Papal States against Italy.
• Ernst pledged 15 million thalers to Prussia, committed Hechingen to its war against France, and secured Mayotte as a possible reward for victory.
• Leopold agreed to command the Hechingen Brigade, while East Africa expanded its army and began the Third Conquest War against the Luba and neighboring powers.
• France declared war on Prussia, and Leopold led the Hechingen Brigade to the front, where Ernst arrived and assigned Heinrich to serve under Leopold.
• Napoleon III faced mounting French mobilization and supply failures as Moltke prepared Prussia’s defense along the Rhine.

France faced Prussian advances while Austria-Hungary defeated Italy’s bid for Rome and struck across the peninsula. East Africa continued expanding its settlements and military presence, ending with its forces securing borders against Boer and Portuguese expansion.

• Napoleon III ordered the French armies to advance against Prussia, but German forces defeated the French at Wissembourg and Leopold’s Hechingen Brigade later routed a French brigade at Daveluy.
• Italy declared war on the Papal States, but Pius IX had accepted Austro-Hungarian protection, and Karl’s concealed troops trapped Italy’s army during its assault on Rome.
• Austria-Hungary drove Italian forces back toward Venice and defeated the Italian fleet, while Karl’s expeditionary force advanced through Italy and attacked Florence and Sardinia’s former territory.
• Ernst ordered the Hechingen Brigade home after it suffered heavy casualties at Sedan and arranged a burial ground near Hohenzollern Castle for its dead.
• East African officials organized Italian migration to East Africa, and Ferdinand chose Mkany as the kingdom’s second naval base.
• East African forces reached the Limpopo River, where they told Vincent’s men that the territory west of the river belonged to their kingdom.
• After Boer reports confirmed East Africa’s military presence, the Transvaal leadership assessed the kingdom as a serious threat, while East Africa deployed more than fifteen thousand troops along the Limpopo and over ten thousand on the Mozambique border.

East Africa expanded its industry, military, and influence while relocating peoples and reshaping its new territories. The arc ended with Venice under Austrian control, its machinery bound for Nairobi, and tensions rising with Britain and Mozambique.

• Rhodes advised Romrom to guide Burundi’s people northwest, while Merke arranged for Msiri to move his people west and rule in Cameroon.
• Ernst planned new textile and banana industries, negotiated the relocation of Venetian workers, and pushed Zanzibar to abolish slavery under East African military protection.
• East Africa reorganized its military and arms production, recruited workers for Nairobi, and resettled Venetian immigrants in the growing city.
• East African officials planned infrastructure and agricultural development in the Matabele Plateau, while Msiri accepted thousands of laborers and prepared to lead them into West Africa.
• Mozambique refused East Africa a port, and Cabral’s government strengthened its position after conquering the Kingdom of Malawi.
• Austro-Hungarian forces captured Venice after residents turned against the Italian Army, then began transferring factory machinery to East Africa.
• Sayyid paid a British visitor after Lemons defended Zanzibar’s slavery ban, and Constantin ordered greater coastal vigilance.
• East Africa began irrigating Somalia for banana cultivation, while Hohenzollern Conglomerate shipped machinery from Venetian textile factories to Nairobi.