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Unification Day
Dec. 1st, 2008 10:29 pmThe course charted by Roosevelt, and codified by John Henry Eden, led the United States under Charles Lindbergh to unite the numerous other countries in the Western Hemisphere into one combined nation. Over the course of 1942 and the first half of 1943 South America fell under the power of the United States, culminating in the August 23rd surrender of Brazil, a day which is celebrated as Unification Day. The South American territories were organized as a series of Commonwealths, responsible for maintaining their own self-defense forces as Cuba, Haiti, and Guyana had successfully done earlier.
The first invasion occured against Venezuala, and it was here that the Americans ran into the strongest resistance, with failed amphibious assaults initially before Venezuala was forced to defend its border with the Commonwealth of Guyana. This created a gap through which the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd US Cavalry Corps poured. Once the Venezualan army was trapped between two massive American army groups it was only a matter of time before they fell.
Columbia and Peru, which had been warring for several months in the aftermath of Peru's annexation of Ecuador, fell to America next. Bolivia was occupied by the US Cavalry in March of 1943, and Chile was broken by massive amphibious assaults on its long coastline. The Chilean navy, it should be noted, acquited itself well in the conflict, sinking the USS Mobile during a desperate naval clash that attempted to disrupt the landings near Santiago.
Resistance in Argentina collapsed as the Americans showed the world it was possible to mount an armored assault through mountainous territory. Uruguay's army surrendered after being crushed with overwhelming might. Brazil fought on, but landings by the US Marine Corps forced the Brazilian government to capitulate.
In the Pacific Theatre, the Americans based their large submarine fleet out of Guam, as well as massive bomber forces. The Japanese lost enough shipping and warships to the predations of the American forces in the sector (including the IJN Kaga, Soryu, and Akagi) that they attempted to seize Guam. The 23rd 'Americal' Division of the American Reserve Army, with local militia organized together into the Guam Corps, under Holcomb repulsed the Japanese landings, inflicting heavy casualties as the bombers stationed in the island state savaged the Japanese landing force.
The rest of the world was not without conflict during this time. The Japanese Empire had subjugated China; Germany had forced the USSR into surrendering everything west of the Urals. With Italy pushed out of North Africa, the hotbed of conflict between Germany and the Allies had shifted into Persia, where German forces were pouring through the formerly Soviet-held territories. Japan had also seized the moment to try and take Indo-China and the oil-rich islands of the East Indies from the unprepared British and Australian defenders.
The first invasion occured against Venezuala, and it was here that the Americans ran into the strongest resistance, with failed amphibious assaults initially before Venezuala was forced to defend its border with the Commonwealth of Guyana. This created a gap through which the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd US Cavalry Corps poured. Once the Venezualan army was trapped between two massive American army groups it was only a matter of time before they fell.
Columbia and Peru, which had been warring for several months in the aftermath of Peru's annexation of Ecuador, fell to America next. Bolivia was occupied by the US Cavalry in March of 1943, and Chile was broken by massive amphibious assaults on its long coastline. The Chilean navy, it should be noted, acquited itself well in the conflict, sinking the USS Mobile during a desperate naval clash that attempted to disrupt the landings near Santiago.
Resistance in Argentina collapsed as the Americans showed the world it was possible to mount an armored assault through mountainous territory. Uruguay's army surrendered after being crushed with overwhelming might. Brazil fought on, but landings by the US Marine Corps forced the Brazilian government to capitulate.
In the Pacific Theatre, the Americans based their large submarine fleet out of Guam, as well as massive bomber forces. The Japanese lost enough shipping and warships to the predations of the American forces in the sector (including the IJN Kaga, Soryu, and Akagi) that they attempted to seize Guam. The 23rd 'Americal' Division of the American Reserve Army, with local militia organized together into the Guam Corps, under Holcomb repulsed the Japanese landings, inflicting heavy casualties as the bombers stationed in the island state savaged the Japanese landing force.
The rest of the world was not without conflict during this time. The Japanese Empire had subjugated China; Germany had forced the USSR into surrendering everything west of the Urals. With Italy pushed out of North Africa, the hotbed of conflict between Germany and the Allies had shifted into Persia, where German forces were pouring through the formerly Soviet-held territories. Japan had also seized the moment to try and take Indo-China and the oil-rich islands of the East Indies from the unprepared British and Australian defenders.
