Recaps

German forces defeated the British armies, captured London, and took control of the British Isles. Oscar divided Britain into three dependent states, while Churchill and George V continued the struggle from Canada and Oscar turned his attention to Germany’s future rivals.

• Falkenhayn approved Ludendorff’s plan to land the 8th Army Corps at Eastbourne, where German forces captured the port and advanced toward Maidstone.
• German forces defeated the British armies at Canterbury, and Falkenhayn paused to rest and resupply before advancing toward London.
• Churchill convinced George V to evacuate to Canada, and the British government secretly shipped royal and national wealth across the Atlantic despite German attempts to intercept it.
• German forces broke through the British southern defenses and encircled London, while Churchill and George V left for Canada and Haldane stayed to command the city’s defense.
• German troops captured London after British units surrendered, and Haldane died by suicide when the War Ministry fell.
• Oscar ordered the British Isles divided into Ireland, Scotland, and the United Kingdom of England and Wales, which joined the Allied Powers under German influence.
• Churchill urged George V to support the effort to rebuild Britain’s forces, while Oscar welcomed the returning German commanders and considered future threats to Germany’s dominance.

Oscar reorganized Germany’s armed forces and displayed its strength at a military parade and naval review, while Bryan sought to build an alliance against Germany. Crown Prince Karl pursued American loans and German warships for the Austro-Hungarian Empire as the alliance talks and ship auction unfolded.

• Oscar declared Germany the world hegemon and ordered plans to seize British colonies, while also launching broad reforms of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
• Oscar approved major changes to the armed forces, including reducing the Navy’s older ships, acquiring unfinished British warships, and planning new carriers and long-range bombers.
• Bryan warned Oscar against attacking Canada, and Oscar said Germany would occupy British colonies elsewhere while avoiding conflict there unless Britain attacked German merchant ships.
• Hirohito and Kato Takaaki arrived in Germany, where Oscar delayed their audience and rebuked Hirohito over his accusations about the bombardment of Island Nation cities.
• Oscar’s military parade and naval review stunned foreign representatives, and Tirpitz announced that Germany would sell surplus warships.
• Bryan proposed an Anti-German Alliance to Hirohito, Kato Takaaki, and Crown Prince Karl, offering loans and support to draw the Island Nation and Austro-Hungarian Empire into it.
• Karl secured a two-hundred-million-dollar American loan and urged Admiral Anton Haus to buy German warships, while Oscar learned of the secret alliance talks and discussed Germany’s plans.
• Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and the Ottoman Empire won several ships in the auction, while Karl directed Haus to focus on the more powerful battleships and the bidding continued.

Germany sold its surplus warships to foreign powers, then made industrial and military agreements with Buru while preparing for a future conflict. The arc ended with Spain taking Gibraltar before Germany could seize it, and Oscar demanding a long-term lease while preparing military action.

• Brazil bought the Oldenburg, while Crown Prince Karl and other bidders competed for the remaining German capital ships, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire secured eight of them.
• Germany’s warship auction raised more than 1.62 billion Marks, and Oscar ordered naval upgrades while warning that Chile’s expansion could destabilize South America.
• Oscar promoted senior officers, appointed Reinhard Scheer as Imperial Navy Minister, and began army reforms as German forces prepared for colonial expeditions.
• Joseph sought German help for Buru, and Oscar agreed to support industrial reconstruction and transportation projects in exchange for agricultural products and minerals.
• Joseph secured Ulyanov’s approval in principle for the German agreements and for four battleships, then became Commissar for the Navy while Chicherin replaced him as Commissar for Foreign Affairs.
• Oscar ordered German engineers to build flaws into Buru’s battleships and backed the Ottoman Turkish Empire’s request for two Mackensen-class Battleships.
• Oscar approved a plan to seize Gibraltar, but Churchill arranged for Britain to return it to Spain before German forces could attack.
• Spain took control of Gibraltar, and Oscar rejected leaving it in Spanish hands, demanding a ninety-nine-year lease for one Mark while ordering preparations for military action.

Germany forced Spain to surrender Gibraltar, the Balearic Islands, and a billion marks, then secured Egypt and expanded its control across the Middle East. As Britain withdrew, Hardinge and Nicholson prepared to use India to delay the German advance.

• Preto accepted the British Ambassador’s money to encourage Spain to resist Germany, and Alfonso XIII rejected Germany’s demand for a lease of Gibraltar.
• Germany bombarded Gibraltar and defeated Spain’s attempts to retake it, prompting Alfonso XIII to seek American mediation.
• Wachth demanded Gibraltar, the Balearic Islands, and one billion marks, and Spain accepted the terms after German troops approached the Pyrenees.
• Oscar backed Hussein Kamel’s offer to make Egypt a German Protectorate, and German forces secured Egypt and the Suez Canal.
• Oscar set out plans to bring Nejd and Kuwait under German influence and to use the region’s oil and military bases for Germany’s expansion.
• Hamid made Kuwait a German Protectorate, and Ghazi agreed to the same status for Nejd after Bülow threatened to support Nejd’s rival.
• German forces defeated Wajid, allowing Nejd to annex it and rename itself the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under German control.
• Hardinge and Nicholson concluded that war in India was unavoidable and planned to use India to bog Germany down while Britain moved personnel and supplies to Canada.