Emp_Palpatine - Indeed.
lifeless - Maybe...
stnylan, anonymous4401 - Never! Mexico are my friends!
Quirinius308 - No, nothing in Africa, only what they start with
Duke of Wellington - Indeed they do.
(note, there would be smilies in the above responses, but they count as pictures and I don't want to exceed the pic limit with this post).
Honduras
Free, Soveriegn and Independent
1892 - 1902
In late 1893 Honduras begun building a navy. The ships being built were already obselete among the major world powers, but it was not major world powers that Vasquez was intending to use the ships against. By 1895 the ships were complete, and Honduras now had the second largest navy in the Americas after, of course, the United States.
Honduras's new, out of date Navy
Meanwhile, there had been an election, taking place in January 1895. It was, quite predictably, another strong victory by the Partido Conservador and President Vasquez, who after the election made clear his intention to serve as President for the rest of his life assuming that he could win the neccesary elections. The Liberal candidate, Policarpo Bonilla, never had any chance of victory, and the Conservadors and Vasquez won a fifth term.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 4,760,237
Policarpo Bonilla (Partido Liberal) - 2,457,964
Marco Aurelio Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 448,449
Having won the election, Vasquez did something that surprised the whole world: on August 24th 1895 he declared war on Portugal. The Portuguese found themselves under attack on land and at sea, and on November 26th six Honduran divisions landed and took control of Lisboa, the enemy capital.
Lisboa occupied
Elsewhere the Azores were occupied and the Portuguese landed a small force on Trinidad. On the Iberian peninsula the Honduran army was only victorious, and soon more than 2/3s of the country was under occupation. The Kap Verde Islands were taken by three Honduran divisions, and the Portuguese in early 1896 offered to surrender. Honduras refused.
In March 1896 the Portuguese fleet suffered a humiliating defeat in the Northern Sierra Leone Basin, and Honduras seemed invincible both on land and sea. However, the war on land soon began to turn sour. Portugal counter attacked with a large mobilised force, and won a hard fought victory at Abrantes. Thankfully for Honduras, Portugal accepted to cede the Kap Verdes and the Azores, and Honduras was victorious. But many had died in Iberia, and at least five divisions had been utterly obliterated. The gains were less than were hoped for, but it was better than nothing.
Honduras spent the next few years rebuilding the army and navy, and investing more in industry, with the opening of a machine parts factory in Guatemala. However, ever on the look out for opportunities for expansion, Honduras looked on with keen interest as the USA and Spain went to war in February 1898. Vasquez was always a man to take chances, and when Honduras declared colonial war on Spain a big chance was taken indeed. But Spain were losing to the US, and this was an unmissable chance for the former Spanish empire to strike back at the motherland.
Honduras sent three divisions to Cuba and two to Puerto Rico, both of which were undefended. Puerto Rico fell on February 4th 1899 and Cuba was fully occupied a few days later, and in the seas to the north Honduras was given a boost as in a crucial naval battle the USA did them a favour by obiliterating the entire Spanish fleet. God bless America!
With the Spanish Caribbean fully under control, it was time to send the Navy halfway across the world to the Philippines, the only other colony owned by Spain. As the new century dawned the Philippines were gradually occupied. The only trouble was the island of Palawan, where 10,000 Spanish troops were deeply entrenched.
Seven divisions were sent in to that hell, and for several months the Spanish held firm. Many Hondurans died, but the Spanish were eventually becoming worn down. In April 1900 Spain offered to surrender, which was promptly accepted by Honduras.
The entire Spanish colonial empire is gained.
This was a huge gain for the Hondurans, a great victory against their former colonial masters. The Caribbean was now dominated by Honduras, and had won victories against two European powers.
Honduran Caribbean
Honduran Philippines.
Worried about an attack from the Dutch, Brunei was granted limited independence as a dominion, and it should be noted that during the war Vasquez was of course swept to a sixth term, once again gaining a solid 60% of the vote against Policarpo Bonilla.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 5,000,637
Policarpo Bonilla (Partido Liberal) - 2,783,300
Marco Aurelio Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 479,003
Elsewhere, the British are finding South Africa a little bit Boering...
lifeless - Maybe...
stnylan, anonymous4401 - Never! Mexico are my friends!
Quirinius308 - No, nothing in Africa, only what they start with
Duke of Wellington - Indeed they do.
(note, there would be smilies in the above responses, but they count as pictures and I don't want to exceed the pic limit with this post).
Honduras
Free, Soveriegn and Independent
1892 - 1902
In late 1893 Honduras begun building a navy. The ships being built were already obselete among the major world powers, but it was not major world powers that Vasquez was intending to use the ships against. By 1895 the ships were complete, and Honduras now had the second largest navy in the Americas after, of course, the United States.
Honduras's new, out of date Navy
Meanwhile, there had been an election, taking place in January 1895. It was, quite predictably, another strong victory by the Partido Conservador and President Vasquez, who after the election made clear his intention to serve as President for the rest of his life assuming that he could win the neccesary elections. The Liberal candidate, Policarpo Bonilla, never had any chance of victory, and the Conservadors and Vasquez won a fifth term.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 4,760,237
Policarpo Bonilla (Partido Liberal) - 2,457,964
Marco Aurelio Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 448,449
Having won the election, Vasquez did something that surprised the whole world: on August 24th 1895 he declared war on Portugal. The Portuguese found themselves under attack on land and at sea, and on November 26th six Honduran divisions landed and took control of Lisboa, the enemy capital.
Lisboa occupied
Elsewhere the Azores were occupied and the Portuguese landed a small force on Trinidad. On the Iberian peninsula the Honduran army was only victorious, and soon more than 2/3s of the country was under occupation. The Kap Verde Islands were taken by three Honduran divisions, and the Portuguese in early 1896 offered to surrender. Honduras refused.
In March 1896 the Portuguese fleet suffered a humiliating defeat in the Northern Sierra Leone Basin, and Honduras seemed invincible both on land and sea. However, the war on land soon began to turn sour. Portugal counter attacked with a large mobilised force, and won a hard fought victory at Abrantes. Thankfully for Honduras, Portugal accepted to cede the Kap Verdes and the Azores, and Honduras was victorious. But many had died in Iberia, and at least five divisions had been utterly obliterated. The gains were less than were hoped for, but it was better than nothing.
Honduras spent the next few years rebuilding the army and navy, and investing more in industry, with the opening of a machine parts factory in Guatemala. However, ever on the look out for opportunities for expansion, Honduras looked on with keen interest as the USA and Spain went to war in February 1898. Vasquez was always a man to take chances, and when Honduras declared colonial war on Spain a big chance was taken indeed. But Spain were losing to the US, and this was an unmissable chance for the former Spanish empire to strike back at the motherland.
Honduras sent three divisions to Cuba and two to Puerto Rico, both of which were undefended. Puerto Rico fell on February 4th 1899 and Cuba was fully occupied a few days later, and in the seas to the north Honduras was given a boost as in a crucial naval battle the USA did them a favour by obiliterating the entire Spanish fleet. God bless America!
With the Spanish Caribbean fully under control, it was time to send the Navy halfway across the world to the Philippines, the only other colony owned by Spain. As the new century dawned the Philippines were gradually occupied. The only trouble was the island of Palawan, where 10,000 Spanish troops were deeply entrenched.
Seven divisions were sent in to that hell, and for several months the Spanish held firm. Many Hondurans died, but the Spanish were eventually becoming worn down. In April 1900 Spain offered to surrender, which was promptly accepted by Honduras.
The entire Spanish colonial empire is gained.
This was a huge gain for the Hondurans, a great victory against their former colonial masters. The Caribbean was now dominated by Honduras, and had won victories against two European powers.
Honduran Caribbean
Honduran Philippines.
Worried about an attack from the Dutch, Brunei was granted limited independence as a dominion, and it should be noted that during the war Vasquez was of course swept to a sixth term, once again gaining a solid 60% of the vote against Policarpo Bonilla.
Dmitri Vasquez (Partido Conservador) - 5,000,637
Policarpo Bonilla (Partido Liberal) - 2,783,300
Marco Aurelio Soto (Liberal de Honduras) - 479,003
Elsewhere, the British are finding South Africa a little bit Boering...
British territory occupied by the Boer republics in the Boer War.
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