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A/N: Yes this is a rewrite, mostly because I just wasn't satisfied with this particular chapter.

Londinium WTN Office

June 1st, 1965

The bustling of the crew could be heard in the background, as Andrew walked in through the double doors. He smoothed out his greying hair and suit tweed jacket. He might as well look presentable for the special broadcast celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the great war.

Though he liked to think he was impartial towards history, some part of it left a wound on his Albish pride as he thought of how dearly the war had effected Albion. Something that was all too painfully familiar as he saw some of the crew carrying around various maps that showed what the world looked like before the war, and what it looked like over the course of the war. And the final immediate post-war borders.

"Sir, we have a few minutes before the broadcast begins, do you want anything from the break room?" An intern asked him nervously. Andrew smiled just a bit at the young man's deference. It could be due to his seniority or the fact Andrew had actually been in the great war.

"That's fine lad, my wife cooked me quite the wholesome breakfast this morning." He said patting his slightly chubby stomach. It didn't quite have the same tone he used to be so proud of back in the day, though if you asked him. Andrew would say he was still in relatively good shape. The Intern nodded and then left Andrew to finish his own preparations for the broadcast, looking over the scripts and files and reports as a quick refresher. They came easily enough to him as the subject was something of a passion project to him.

The Great War still had many great mysteries due to nationalism propaganda and politics. Though the Empire ironically enough seemed to have nothing to hide and had the most to say about the war in retrospect. Soon enough the familiar national anthem of Albion began to play, and Andrew readied his bow tie as he looked to the camera with a welcoming smile.

"Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen. Today is the fortieth anniversary of the conclusion to The Great War. Since that day much has happened, but it is important to not forget what led up to the war or how it unfolded. Tonight we shall go in-depth as to how the war proceeded. But we shall first give a sneak preview and quick summation of the war and it's after-effects." Andrew got up from the comfortable ottoman, and the camera followed his movements as he walked over to the area where the maps were set up.

"A lot of blame is often laid on the Entente Legadonia Alliance for causing the war. Others choose to blame the Empire for invading, and others choose to blame us the Albish for not interceding and keeping things from spiraling out of control." Andrew pulled down the pre map borders, and from the looks of it, it was clear to see what those in power likely saw back then.

The Empire had been a relatively young powerful nation, one that threatened to upset the balance of power among the old proud nations. And in the past had managed to insult Francois by defeating it and taking some land, and had even taken land from Entente. When the Entente were struggling financially it wasn't hard to see their logic of taking back some land, to hopefully gain some profit back. As flawed as it was, and the trouble it eventually led to.

Still, as scummy as it was. Andrew could see why Albion didn't try to interfere, the Empire was a monolithic power even back then, and something needed to be done to either humble the young powerful nation or level the playing ground. And it made sense to let Francois and the Empire duke it out, and then swoop in and play mediator as it was an ancient practice.

"Or some would even blame the Francois, as allegations still insist that they were providing aid and provoking the Entente to fight the empire. But regardless the war truly did start in June of 1923. When the entente violated the border agreement of the Londinium treaty in Norden." Andrew pulled up a map that detailed the battle of Norden. Not that it could hardly be called a battle given how easily The Empire crushed the Entente forces. "After the Empire pushed back Entente forces successfully, it is theorized that it would have been easy enough for the Empire to push into Entente Territory and seize more land." He pulled up another map. "However, the empire instead initiated an innovative plan known as Plan 315. A Plan that operated on the basis of border forces holding down the fronts while a highly mobile concentrated force could travel to wherever it was needed the most." Andrew to this day knew that was without a doubt the main reason the Empire had ultimately won the war.

If they hadn't used Plan 315, and instead had gone for an all-out invasion. Then they would have been vulnerable when the Francois began their attack. "As a result when the Francois tried to attack the Empire, they were delayed and systemically crushed and pushed back. Dacia would follow next, with a new experimental mage battalion known as the 203rd which was led by the famous Tanya Von Degurechaff, a child of ten years old at the time." He paused not only because it was in the script to let dramatic effect set in. But it was often hard for him to believe that a mere child was capable of such things.

And despite his best efforts, it was hard to get in touch with such a renown hero of the Empire. Though he had studied her papers and strategies from the imperial military academy. And saying it was revolutionary hardly did any of those papers any justice. Some of it frankly terrified him with just how calculating and seemingly lacking in empathy this child had been at the time. He didn't quite know what the now-adult woman was up to, but it made him glad that the Empire wasn't at war with them. He shuddered to think of what she could do now that she was no longer a child.

"There were a few times in the war where it looked like things would fall back into Francois' favor. But Degurechaff was surprisingly there each and every time to change the outcome. Being where the Empire's Mobile Force couldn't be. Eventually, after The Osfjord Battle that took Entente out of the war, Ildoa who had been at that point a fair-weather friend to the Empire joined in after a proposal from General Zettour. Though some rumors will claim that he had some additional input from some empire soldier. These rumors remain just that rumors." Andrew pulled out another map detailing the joint operation of Ildoa and The Empire as they effectively crushed the last remnants of the Francois.

"From there they initiated a series of operations that completely wiped out the Francois' armed forces. By this point in the war, Albion's involvement was far too late, and the United States of America had no vested interest in the war. So it was only Albion left, and though they had the most powerful navy at the time. The Empire had seemingly miraculously made some advancements in naval technology and with Ildoa providing aid. It made any land war against The Empire seemingly mute. This led to a stalemate until we had no choice but to agree to terms proposed by Ildoa." Andrew sighed sadly with a wince as he brought down another map showing the effects of the agreement.

And they were not pretty in the slightest. At first one would think why did the great Albion Nation have to relinquish some colonies and the oil fields in the southern continent. Andrew had eventually found out the reasons, and it was the one thing that he couldn't condone for his nation.

"Albion gave up much due to its involvement in the war. Imperial Intelligence and Ildoan Intelligence uncovered incriminating evidence that showed that Albion had been supporting Francois and Entente. As such, the Empire was able to successfully argue for that payment." Andrew still couldn't help but feel some wounded pride at how greatly diminished Albion had become.

"Francois for its part in motivating Entente, and it's various war crimes was heavily demilitarized and forced to pay heavy reparations. The Entente and Dacia, by contrast, could be considered to have gotten off lightly in comparison, though they too had reparations to pay for, and lost some land as a result." Andrew looked at how the Empire's size had increased with the bounties of war.

"And for a few blissful months, after the year of fighting. There was peace, though some amount of tension remained for a good while. But then things heated back up on the seventeenth of January 1926, when the Russies decided to invade the Empire for reasons that are still largely unknown. But the Francois did decide to throw their lot in with the communists." Andrew only felt a slight portion of pity for the Francois, on one hand he could understand the humiliation and the utter hatred one might have for the empire. But the fact that they would actually dare to side with such monsters as the commies. Perhaps it was some kind of divine irony that they would once again be punished after the commies had been dealt with.

"The Empire managed to hold the Russies at bay, and Ildoa whose relation had vastly improved with the Empire. Managed to convince other nations to come to the Empire's aid. The first of which was the United States who had become rather influential business partners with the Empire, and had no small love for the Russies. Albion perhaps looking to regain some prestige followed shortly afterward, and perhaps to make up for their own shortcomings Entente and Dacia teamed up with The Empire as well." Andrew chuckled at the irony that most of the Empire's former enemies ended up becoming allies in the face of a seemingly greater menace.

"Despite the alliance, fighting was brutal against the Communists. Until thanks to some translators and radical plans, The Slavs of Russie began to rise against the Communist party and aided the alliance in taking down the party. Eventually, after one year of brutal war, it all ended in the 15th of August 1927. Where Chancellor General Josef met his gruesome demise and the party was thoroughly dismantled." And Andrew doubted anyone would shed tears for that monstrous political system being discarded.

"In the years that would follow, under an agreement. It was decided to help the Slavs build their own provisional government. And root out any lingering traces of Communism. Afterward, it was a rather peaceful time though the Empire had to deal with some uprisings in the southern continent for half a decade. Though the year of 1928 would see the last flight of the 203rd mage battalion which then disbanded." He brought up more maps showing how eventually the Empire did have to relinquish some control over the southern continent despite their best efforts.

And eventually, some negotiations gave small amounts of territory back to some of the defeated nations from the great war. But largely the Empire still remained stronger than it was at the start of the great war, and it only continued to prosper after the great war. And there was no doubt they were the leader in culture, science, art and was the definitive power of civilization.

"All this and more will be explored more in-depth tonight as we explore the great war. See you after the Commercials." Andrew smiled at the camera as the music signaled the coming of commercials.

A/N: I just wasn't satisfied with the original version and figured I could do better. Plus I realized I messed up the date in the original.