Gotcha. I have made a decision on the map/state names retcon, and will post it as soon as Ares96 finishes the map. Then we can return to the war in South America. Cheers!
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Gotcha. I have made a decision on the map/state names retcon, and will post it as soon as Ares96 finishes the map. Then we can return to the war in South America. Cheers!
Outstanding. Can't wait. Any chance of it happening tonight, or do you still have to write it?
Hey everyone, just wanting to wish y'all a happy Washington's Birthday! And to honor the Father of our Country I will be posting an update on the South American War later today. Also I was thinking that the we should start thinking of some fitting monuments to build for the upcoming bicentennial ITTL (a statue on Bedloe's Island perhaps?) Cheers!
Couple ideas. Maybe somewhere could be gigantic statues about Founding Fathers. Or then Mountain Rushmore style mountain sculpture about notable presidents (Washington, Jefferson and Abraham and Robert Todd Lincoln).
Anyway, is in this timeline somekind Washington Monument in Washington D.C.?
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The Washington monument was already under construction in 1848, over 10 years before the divergence point
You are both correct. We choose to celebrate Washington's birthday on the third Monday of February. Despite the widespread use of the term it is not officially known as Presidents Day. By the way, ITTL Washington’s Birthday is still celebrated on February 22nd.
Good; it's confusing, the way you Americans keep having holidays on specific weekdays instead of on specific dates.
Heh heh, I was just looking up moving holidays in the UK/Canada. Apparently Canada has the same Labor Day as us (with a 'u'), the third Monday in February is Family Day, the first Monday in August is a "Civic Holiday"...
The UK has bank holidays based on Mondays in May and August.
Not at all just an American thing.
Civic Holidy, just there because August lacked Holidays. And Family day was added to February a couple years ago for the same reason. Got to love those fake holidays.
It was discussed in an American context. If we had been talking about Canada here, I would criticise it as a Canadian folly.
1949: Part 3
1949
Part 3: The Tide Turns
Peruvian/Bolivian Strategy
Beach defenses outside of Arica
October, 1949
News of the signing of the Charter for a Free Americas rocked the Peruvian and Bolivian establishments. Neither dictators Armenta or Serrano had believed that the United States would take such an active role in their ongoing struggle with Chile and Equator. By August of 1949 the two nations’ collective war effort had effectively bogged down due to over extension. Both dictators realized that the massive influx of American men and material would soon render their positions untenable. Unfortunately for the hundreds of thousands of Peruvians and Bolivians underarms neither of their governments were prepared to give up their hard won gains believing that simply withdrawing from the conflict would critically undermine domestic support for their regimes. The dictators’ strategy was simple. Documents released after the war have shown that they wished to bleed America and her allies as much as possible by defending every inch of captured territory. As such the Bolivians and Peruvians redoubled their efforts to fortifying the coastline in the occupied Atacama region and sowed the territory with landmines. If they proved unable to retain their ill gotten gains, Armenta and Serrano planned to withdraw their forces to the countries’ interior and wage a guerrilla war against the Norteamericanos and their lackeys. The dictators believed that America would not be willing to carry on the war for a long period of time and would eventually settle for a negotiated peace. Armenta and Serrano also held out hope that their allies Japan and Spain or one of the neighboring neutral countries would mediate the conflict.
Free Americas Strategy
With the majority of the nations of the Western Hemisphere now at war, the United States took the lead in coordinating the expeditionary forces of the signatories of the Charter for a Free Americas. To head this herculean task President Conner appointed army General Glen C. Henslee, a Great War veteran known for his political acumen, to be Commander in Chief of Free Americas Forces (CINCFAF). Below Henslee was the Supreme Military Commission for Free Americas Forces (SMCFAF) composed of representatives from the signatory states. With the enormous military and industrial resources at the allies disposal there was little doubt that FAF would eventually emerge victorious. However, as President Conner advised Henslee before leaving for his headquarters in Quito “it is not a question of whether we shall win but how we shall win” and that “the conduct of this fight, more so than its outcome, will determine the future of the hemisphere for the next century”.
The USS Cuba after being damaged by a Peruvian Submarine
September, 1949
Armed with this somewhat cryptic guidance from the President, General Henslee, along with considerable help from Secretary of War Bernard Kelly, swiftly created a threefold plan to prosecute the war. First, complete naval supremacy would be attained in the South Pacific and an airtight blockade imposed on the Peruvian and Bolivian coastline. This was accomplished with little difficulty during August and September as the Bolivian and Peruvian navies scattered or were driven to port by vastly superior FAF vessels. The only notable hiccup being the battleship USS Cuba which was damaged by a Peruvian submarine. Secondly, large numbers of troops and supplies would be deployed to Ecuador and Chile to shore up the frontlines. For Ecuador these reinforcements consisted almost entirely of troops from Colombia and smaller contingents from the Central American states along with a number of American and Mexican aircraft units sent to provide air support. Further south, American, Mexican, and two battalions of Uruguayan troops came to the aid of their beleaguered Chilean allies. Overall, the United States and her allies were able to deploy their forces much faster than Bolivia and Peru predicated having staged them accordingly during the run-up to war. The third phase of the plan would be to take offensive actions to liberate territory currently under Peruvian and Bolivian occupation which as the conflict neared its one year anniversary seemed imminent.
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I'd say Peru and Bolivia are pretty boned.
Also do you mean to say Ecuador instead of Equator?
Also do you mean to say Ecuador instead of Equator?
Did the admirals and generals start by peeling their belly buttons, or is this a typo?
haha, indeed a typo. Thanks for spotting it. So.... any progress on that map? Cheers!