

This allows the player to attack countries France has guaranteed - especially helpful for Yugoslavia. By 1936 his son George II has been Emperor for a decade. Version 01.08.20 for Hearts of Iron 4 (v1.9.3) Added a new focus - Alliance with France to give/receive a guarantee from France in the Byzantium tree. The label "Hellenes," used by Greek nationalists seeking western support in the 19th century, regained the pagan associations it had before and "Romaioi" returned as the way many Greeks prefered to call themselves.Ĭonstantine I was proclaimed Emperor Constantine XII in 1923, the rebirth of the Basileia Romaion declared, and Istanbul rechristened Constantinople. It led to a backlash not only against the French and Italians, but the "west" in general. This outraged the Greek citizenry and was considered a betrayal of promises made in exchange for them joining the Allies during World War I. Here the Greek government discovered it and went public. Securing more of the eastern Aegean coastline and Thrace instead.Ī weaker Turkey is unable to force the Greeks out and the Treaty of Lausanne re-ends the war between the Ottoman Empire and western powers as well as defining the new borders of a reborn Byzantium and newborn Turkey.īyzantium instead of Greece because during the war Turkey reached secret agreements with the Italians and the French.


The Greeks win an even more decisive victory at the Battle of Dorylaion in July 1921 and here choose not to advance on Ankara. This mod's "what if" occurs during the 1919-1922 war between Greece and Turkey.
