Miracle at Marne (Map Game)

Welcome to the Miracle at Marne Map Game. The Point of Divergence is the Battle of Marne, considered the Miracle at Marne (OTL). From September 5th to September 12th of 1914. The Germans began a strong campaign to crush France during the first month of the war.

When the Germans had reached just beyond the river Marne they encountered large numbers of French troops as well as the supremely well-trained British expeditionary force. However, rather than the right flank of the German army being hit by the French Army, the German army did not allow for an exploitable gap between. This lack of an exploitable gap as well the 1st Army conducting a holding action in what would have been a major gap of the German battle lines managed to hold out and even make a few gains as the German left flank victoriously drove back multiple French armies.

With major breakthroughs made by the German Sixth and Seventh armies the right flank - particularly the First army - opened up an unprecedented gap in the German lines - too good not to exploit. This gap allowed for the French to make a worthwhile assault into the area, but a trap laid by the German First and Second armies allowed by a shift of French forces to re-establish a line against the German Sixth and Seventh Armies, turned this exploitable gap into a death trap trapping the French 5th army, and elements of the British expeditionary force. With the French 5th army destroyed, the French 6th army was forced to hold its ground as long as possible against the German First and Second Armies (with the French Ninth army begin pulled back along with Fourth, Second and First armies. This very disorganized line being re-established ended up with a 48 hour battle from September 11th to the 13th in which the French 6th Army was forced back into Paris with the British Expeditionary Force, and the remainder of the French armies forced to fight with their backs to the Seine River.

With this, the Germans were able to begin the Battle of Paris in which the city fell to the Germans in short order. The BEF was therefore evacuated unable to fight alone on a continent with a failing ally. The French summarily capitulated and surrendered French Equatorial Africa and Madagascar to the German Empire. Following this, the Germans and Austrians were allowed to pursue a much stronger and more powerful front to the Russians, and prevented the British from making any more meaningful contributions outside of supplies to Russia. By midway through 1915 and a costly stalemate for the Russians on the Eastern front a Peace treaty was signed between the Entente and the Central powers. Russia returned to a status quo, as did France, but the separate colonial exchanges remained between Germany and France and the Treaty of St Peterburg remained in effect effectively forcing distance between Russia and Germany. The British had lost their "Balance of Power" policy and officially began looking for new allies in a new volatile world in which the British were truly threatened.

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• Feudalplague (talk)

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Game maps

Nations

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North America

•   United States of America:  I am on the edge... The EdgeofNight ╚╩o.o╩╝ [I am doing this to get the game going, if someone else wants the US I might switch depending on who you are]
•  Mexico: 
•  British Honduras (Colony of the British Empire): Cookiedamage (talk)
•  Guatemala -
•  El Salvador -
•  Nicaragua -
•  Costa Rica -
•  Canada (Nation of the British Commonwealth)-
•  Cuba -
•  Haiti -
•  Cayman (Colony of the British Empire): Cookiedamage (talk)
• Jamaica (Colony of the British Empire): Cookiedamage (talk)

South America

• British Guiana (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
•  Suriname (Colony of the Netherlands) -
•  French Guiana (Colony of France)
• Brazil-
•  Argentina -
•  Chile -
•  Colombia -
•  Peru -
•  Ecuador -
•  Bolivia -
•  Paraguay -
•  Uruguay -
•  Falklands (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
•  South Georgia (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)

Europe

•   Great Britain - Cookiedamage (talk)
•   Russian Empire - User:M1n3L0rd
• Kingdom of Finland - (German influence)
• Kingdom of Poland - Feudalplague (talk) (German puppet)
• Latvia - (German Influence)
• Estonia - (German Influence)
• Ukraine - (German Influence)
•  Austria-Hungary - 
•  Switzerland - 
•  Luxembourg- 
•  Liechtenstein -
•  France -  
•   German Empire - Feudalplague (talk)
•  Spain - Sine dei gloriem
•  Netherlands - 
•  Belgium - 
•  Portugal - Daxus Inferno 
•  Italy - Scarlet Outlaw 
•  Greece -
•  Denmark -
• Iceland - 
• Greenland -
• Faeroe Islands -
• Sweden
• Norway - 
• Malta (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
• Serbia - spatian300
• Bulgaria -
• Romania

Africa

British Colonial Africa - Cookiedamage (talk)

• Republic of South Africa -
• Rhodesia - 
• Nigeria - 
• British East Africa - 
• British Somaliland - 
• Gambia - 

Spanish Colonial Africa -

• Spanish Morocco -
• Equatorial Guinea -
• Spanish West Sahara -

French Colonial Africa - 

• Algeria - 
• Morocco - 
• West African Territory - 
• Sahara - 
• Djibouti - 
• Madagascar -

German Colonial Africa - Feudalplague (talk)

• Cameroon -
• Gabon -
• Equatorial Africa -
• Tasmania -
• Togo - 
• Congo -
• South-West Africa (Namibia) - 

Italian Colonial Africa - 

• Italian Somaliland - 
• Eritrea - 
• Libya - 

Portuguese Colonial Africa - Daxus Inferno 

• Angola - 
• Mozambique - 
• Cape Verde -
• Guinea - 

Liberia -

Darfur -

Ethiopia -

Middle East

Ottoman Empire: 

• Arabia (Puppet of the Ottoman Empire):

British Middle East - Cookiedamage (talk)

• Oman (British Colony) - 

• Egypt (British Mandate) -

• Qatar - 
• Pakistan -

Persia -

Asia/Oceania

•  -  Republic of China - 
•  - French Indochina (Colony of France)-
• ​Vietnam - 
• Cambodia - 
• Laos - 
•  British Raj (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
•  Siam - Seiga
• Goa (Colony of Portugal) - Daxus Inferno 
• Macau (Colony of Portugal) - Daxus Inferno 
•  British Burma (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
• Nepal - 
•  Japan- Tech (talk) 06:55, November 17, 2014 (UTC)
•  Dutch East Indies (Colony of the Netherlands) - 
• - Philippines (Territory/Vassal of the United States of America) -
•  Sulu - 
•  Brunei -
•  Sarawak -
•  East Timor (Colony of Portugal)- Daxus Inferno 
•  New Caledonia (Colony of France) -
•  Australia (Dominion of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
•  New Zealand (Dominion of the British Empire) Cookiedamage (talk)
• Malacca (Colony of the British Empire) - Cookiedamage (talk)
•  German Colonial Empire - Feudalplague (talk)
•  German New Guinea Feudalplague (talk)
•  German Samoa Feudalplague (talk)
• Qingdao Feudalplague (talk)

The Game

1916

The World begins to stabilize as the post Great War politics become apparent leaving the British, and Germans as the worlds two great colonial powers.

The Republic of China suffers from various warlord issues as the Republic attempts to gain control over them.

The Russian empire begins to show signs of rebellion as the loss of so much territory launches various factions right into the forefront of Russian politics, with Monarchists, Federalists, and Communists being the three major factions.

The German empires ambassadors begins looking at previously ignored nations for more allies, to prevent such a lopsided conflict such as the Great War again.

Germany and the recently created Eastern european undergo talks to add them to the Central Powers.

Japan: Expand miltiary and economy. Begin massive mobilization of military. Request an alliance with Germany. A Korean border patrol is established, to watch the border with China carefully to make sure that a Chinese attack will be repelled. The border patrol team has 250.000 men. 300.000 other men stay in Seoul, and undergo heavy intensive training. The rest stay on our islands, with 60.000 men in Taiwan. We begin construction of 2 battleships(1 in Tokyo, 1 in Busan), 1 cruiser(in Tokyo) and 1 submarine(Busan), to fullfill our desire of having the biggest navy.

Siam: Siam builds up its military and continues industrialisation. Some Buddhist Temples are built. Siam asks Britain and France for a trade agreement.