Chapter 3 - The Eagle Is Rising
June 13th, 1940.
Christmas, 1939.
Dakota Commonwealth, Bismarck, House 2101.
Inside a house built in a small suburb right outside the city of Bismarck, Dakota Commonwealth, a family of three, Mother, Father, and Son were all in the Kitchen. The Mother, Heather Hopkins, was fixing the evening dish, the Father, John Hopkins was showing his son, Jimmy Hopkins the evening newspaper, the Dakota Journal. It's front headline was the following: Pacific Leadership Sentenced to Death by Kuhn! :
"Dad, what happened?" Little Jimmy asked
"Son, Fritz Kuhn, a nasty fellow that you should never talk to has killed the leaders of the PSA." John responded codly
"But why!? It's Christmas! Santa won't give him presents! And it's bad to kill people. Very bad." Little Jimmy said
"I know son, I know. It seems Kuhn and his goons will forever plague our new country until Long does something about it, but do not get down son. All will be well." John said
"Honey, did that fanatic Kuhn do something again?" Heather called
"Yes my love, let's just say a whole government won't be celebrating Christ's name this year." John responded, making the whole house silent.
After war had broken out in all continents of the World, things were beginning to develop in the American Front and the European Front. As the AUS Armies liberated the former areas of the United States of America, the Pacific States of America, desperate for salvation against President Huey Long and his superior military, started a mass conscription of the Pacific State's Population, most of whom were Asian-Americans who immigrated to the PSA during the short year of peace between the Pacific States of America and the American Union State. In Europe, T.E. Lawrence (or Lawrence of Arabia) left the dirty Syndicalist Nation called the Union of Britain for Germany for one purpose. To reek havoc across the Kaiserreich. This was not the first time T.E. Lawrence (or Lawrence of Germania now) acted against Kaiser Wilhelm II, during the First Weltkrieg, T.E. Lawrence was fought for the United Kingdom-British Empire in the Arabian Front against the Ottoman Empire, which now has been destroyed by Persia, Arabia, Kurdistan, Egypt, and Libya. T.E. Lawrence first arrived in the Bavarian Region of Germany, destroying factories with local Syndicalist Partisans in Munich and Regensburg, then he moved north into Kiel and Hamburg, destroyed factories there as well, however, he did not dare to enter the capital of the German Empire, Berlin. In Alsace-Lorraine, another bloody stalemate was forming along the Siegfried Line, and once again British, French, and German Troops were painting the ground of the earth red.
Piece of PSA War Propaganda during the first phases of conscription during the American-Pacific War. The PSA desperately needed a population to that would accept the conscription, but all it did was make people move to Canada or leave for Australasia in search for a true better life.
T.E. Lawrence during the First Weltkrieg somewhere in the Iraqi Parts of the Ottoman Empire. He would eventually be defeated in the Battle of Baghdad when German Soldiers of the Kaiserreich rapidly pushed the British out of the Middle East and threatened to invade British India.
October 15, 1939, as Winter was ever closing in, A quick AUS Invasion of Washington State was in full swing, Idaho was on it's last legs, and the Nevada Front for the PSA was beginning to collapse. The PSA was now preparing to defend California itself, a clear sign that the rebel governments in the west cannot defend themselves. The reason why the AUS Military Generals wanted to capture Washington State was because not only would the American Union State have access to the Pacific Ocean (access that is connected to the capital, Washington D.C.) and Venezuelan Troops could now be transported to the front line in the far west rather than in Gulf Commonwealth. The PSA were clearly fighting a defensive war now, they didn't even send a couple of men to capture the undefended territory of the American Union State, Alaska. In the south, the American Union State was having success after success. First the Pacific State of New Mexico surrendered to AUS Minute Men after they captured the capital, barely after war started, now, the Arizonian State Government surrendered to the American Union State, the gates of California were now open to Long. The war was beginning to be a repeat of the First Mexican-American War, a swift invasion and decimation of the West Coast. The news of the war was more or less pleasing to every American living in the American Union State, not only was Long earning the public opinion he lost after the Civil Rights Movement swept the country, he was becoming idealized by Americans, it was like he was George Washington reincarnated. Of course he denied this to not be embarrassed but he did state that he was not only going to gain the West Coast back for America, but also New England, and new territories as well. The world was now witnessing the transformation of the American Union State from a local power to a global one, and most would not be ready for it. Just a day after Long's comments, Canada recalled it's ambassador to the American Union State and cut off all trade with the AUS in protest of the invasion of the PSA, nation that Canada was now regretting letting go. King Edward VIII along with the leadership of New England denounced Long's just invasion of the PSA due to the Dearborn River Bridge Incident, calling it an unprovoked act of aggression. It was clear to the world that Canada and the Entente were poking the American Eagle repeatedly with a stick, and it was now clear that the American Eagle will one day snap.
Filipino Immigrants to the Pacific States of America greet American Union State Soldiers in Washington State and reluctantly turn over to PSA Marines who were hiding in their farmhouse. This Filipino Family would end up staying in America, creating a new life in the more competent and stable American Union State.
Not even a week later, troubling reports from Europe and the Middle East came to Washington D.C. The Commune of France, a nation that would most definitely be an enemy of the American Union State one day, created the Internationale's Muslim Socialist Committee in an effort in spreading the 'Worker's Revolution' to the Middle East. Arabia, a fairly weak country that only got the land it did because of Egypt and Persia helping them, was now under immediate threat of Socalist Muslim Revolutionaries who were now armed with French and Italian Weaponry, waiting to go to war against the legitimate government. In other news, the Washington State Front ended as the Washington State Government surrendered after the fall of Seattle, marking the day America stretched from sea to shining sea once again. Immediately after the state was pacified the AUS Soldiers stationed there immediately began moving toward the last Pacific State besides California, Oregon, a now fairly undefended region. As most of the PSA Forces retreated to California, a group 100,000 men dug trenches in Oregon and prepared for the advance of the American Union State. It was now clear that war had been lost for the PSA, and so many military men began to defect and flee. The young nation in the west was now on it's last legs and it did not look good for anyone involved.
AUS Soldiers begin their advance toward Idaho State after securing a PSA Trench, however they would have to deal with local Pacific Partisans and Pacific Nationalists before the the true Invasion of Oregon could begin.
October 29th, 1939, the agitator T.E. Lawrence of Germania and Arabia moved into the eastern parts of the Kaiserreich, specifically the Baltic Port Cities of Danzig and Köningsberg. T.E. Lawrence started destroying factories that supported the war effort and even set off a bomb in the SMS Allenstein, a battleship that had suffered damage during the Battle of the North Sea against the Union of Britain's Republican Navy. The ship was docked in Danzig Harbor, it exploded and was destroyed, causing major panic in Danzig but it was swiftly calmed after the Danzig German Garrison quickly secured the area and alerted German Special Forces of T.E. Lawrence's location. German Special Forces found T.E. Lawrence boarding a French Submarine, presumably on it's way back to Britannia. While T.E. Lawrence would get away, it would be at the cost of his leg as a German Soldier shot T.E. Lawrence of Germania in the leg, almost causing him to fall into the Baltic Sea rather than the French Submarine but he managed to get away...barely. In America, the Nevada Front completely collapsed and the State Government surrendered, the American Union State were coming ever closer to California, despite this General Patton ordered no invasion of California, for now. With the fall of Nevada, the PSA grabbed Reno before Nevada State could hand it over to the American Union State. In the city of Saint George, a group of Japanese Pacific Volunteers refused to surrender to the II and III Union Army Corps surrounding the area due to some honor or pride thing in Japan, it was nothing more than an annoyance now. They were now a stronghold that refused to fall, the AUS Soldiers would be forced to kill every single PSA Marine in the area.
Pacific-Japanese Volunteers begin to raise the flag of the Pacific States of America over Saint George and set up defensive positions all over the city and the major surrounding areas. These men would all be killed because they refused to surrender, most committed suicide to stop the AUS Army from putting them in POW Camps.
November 20th, 1939. Everything was quiet across the world, the Saint George Japanese Fort was destroyed by the AUS Army, Oregon was now under siege by the AUS Forces in the north, and the war in Europe was still in stalemate phase, neither side was gaining anything but dead bodies. However, on November 19th, the German War against the Internationale reached new feats. The Ottoman Empire, or what remained of it, declared a Jihad (Muslim Holy War) against the Commune of France, South Italy, and the Union of Britain in response to them creating the Muslim Socialist Committee, a slap to the face to any Muslim living in the Middle East. Surprisingly, Egypt, Persia, Arabia, and Libya, all former enemies of the Ottomans and caused the collapse of the empire joined in. Islam in the Middle East was now at war with the Internationale, but the actual countries weren't. The results were already beginning to show, in British Occupied Malta, Native Muslims living in the area were armed by Egypt and Libya and rose up against Mosley. But, despite this stunning escalation of the conflict in Europe, things were mostly the same. Just a few hours later after Jihad was declared against the European Syndicalist Powers, due to the rising concerns about Marxist-Leninist-Syndicalist-Totalist movements spreading across Germany and MittelEuropa, the Kaiser banned all Leftist Organizations in the Kaiserreich to ensure that they would not cause problems in the war against the Internationale. This was stunning, even the American Union State was surprised. I mean, sure the AUS only had one political party, but for Germany to ban every Leftist Party in Germany...it was unheard of. This was the kind of security Germany was reduced to, it was viewed by Long as a necessary evil in the end though. One day after, as the European Theater escalated to unseen proportions, the war in Asia calmed down after Thailand surrendered to the Kaiser in Berlin after Bangkok was taken and their armies were destroyed. Thailand lost her territories she gained after the First Weltkrieg, minus the Burmese Provinces she still held, but it was clear that Thailand was now a broken nation, unfit for war. This was Japan's first major loss, not only was her only ally in South East Asia defeated against a few German Colonial Garrisons, but Japan failed to seize Deutsche Indochina, a major war goal that completely failed. Japan was only having success in the Pacific Ocean, German Islands were quickly being overran at an unsustainable feat, things were darkening in the Pacific. Finally, in the American Theater, the Pacific States of America were now completely driven out of all of their territory besides the state of California. General Patton immediately ordered an invasion of California, and so began Operation Bear Hide. This was the end of the Pacific States of America.
German Colonial Panzer Tanks secure the outskirts of Bangkok by using a tactic created by German General Heinz Guderian called Blitzkrieg, a form of warfare in which Tanks and Planes quickly move through areas while ground troops secured those areas fast.
Imperial Japanese Marines retreat from Thailand to the First Imperial Japanese Marine Transport Fleet after the humiliating defeat during the Battle of Bangkok, a battle in which many people perished during the harsh close quarters combat. This was one of the bloodiest battles in the Second Weltkrieg, ultimately ending in a Japanese defeat, ending her ambitions in Deutsche Indochina for now.
December 11th, 1939, the war in America was now basically over for the PSA. Both Las Angeles and Sacramento were captured by the American Union State, causing Pacific Morale to plummet to an all time low, San Francisco and Fresno were the only two major PSA Cities still standing, but they too would fall due to the American Eagle's Wrath. However, not all was well and good for the American Union State. When the American Union State got into power all across of the Mid-West to East Coast parts of America, President Huey Long introduced a tax to help build a greater reliance on America Industry, but it was a unsustainable goal in the long run and so the American Union State entered a deadly recession. The AUS Congress immediately started passing bills to help ease the pressure, which did help in the long term, but for the time being America would enter an slight economic downfall. A week after the Californian Front was destroyed by the American Union State, the Japanese Naval Base in the Philippines (a nation that still was not recognized by the American Union State) was fully complete and war ready. The Empire of the Rising Sun now had a base in the middle of German Asia, threatening all colonies in the surrounding area.
An Imperial Japanese Aircraft Carrier on it's way to the Philippines. There this Aircraft Carrier will be launched across German Asia, from Deutsche Indochina to New Guinea this carrier will fight the Imperial German Pacific Navy until it is destroyed, no surrender.
PSA Citizens watch as the Battle of Sacramento ends in a PSA defeat, which would result in the instant occupation of Sacramento and all former PSA States until they would become their own Commonwealths in the American Union State.
December 18th, 1939, the Pacific States of America, a short lived nation that was formed by rebel governments in the former Western United States, surrendered to the American Union State, the Stronger and Better America. It was a day of joy all across the American Union State, people of all ages and backgrounds were celebrating in the streets of every AUS Commonwealth, from Atlanta Commonwealth to Dakota Commonwealth the American Union State's Populace were all just happy that the war had been won and that America was united with the West Coast once again. However, in the former PSA Territories, (Minus Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado) many former PSA Citizens were now experiencing the same harsh and unforgiving occupation that the former CSA (Combined Syndicates of America) had experienced. During this occupation, the PSA Government was put on trial by Long and Kuhn, Long wanted to exile the government to Canada while Kuhn wanted to hang them all, and let's just say Kuhn got his demonic wish. Fritz Kuhn, a known White Supremacist and secret major sympathizer for the Terrorist Group known as the KKK, wanted to completely militarize America, and form some sort of White Only America. It was sickening and scary, Long knew this but he was powerless to stop Kuhn. Kuhn had the PSA Government hanged for highest form of treason against the American Union State and the PSA Military wastto be put under special administration by the American Union State Defense Force until further notice. The Pacific States Fleet was captured by AUS Minute Men, it included a Aircraft Carrier, two Battleships, and the rest were smaller ships. This was very good, free ships for the inevitable war against he Japanese, and destroyers for the new Pacific Transport Fleet. But while America had gotten these ships for free, the American Union State Navy was still constructing new ships for the new American Pacific and Atlantic Fleets. Finally, after being battered by the war against Japan, joined the Entente Powers. President Huey Long wished to gain Hawaii back diplomatically, but now that was surely not going to happen now that they were under the protection of Canada, a nation that never listens to reason. Japan also was now at war with the British Empire, she now was fighting almost every nation in the Pacific Ocean (or that bordered it), however, Canada also declared war on Thailand for sheltering Japanese Soldiers, and so Thailand was lumped into a brutal war once again.
AUS Soldier guards PSA Marine Prisoners of War in the occupied PSA State of California (Eureka) while waiting for a AUS Garrison to take command of the surrounding area. These PSA Marines would thankfully be spared from the Christmas Death Trials, however the PSA Government, from the lowest of the low senator to the highest of high president were massacred by order of Fritz Kuhn.
PSA Navy Ships begin to move to the port city of Portland to surrender to the AUS Navy just as the AUS Pacific Navy was now setting up in Los Angeles, California, the new navy base for the American Union State.
The war had ended, America now had regained most of her former lands besides Hawaii, Puerto Rico, New England, and Guam but all in all the former United States Territories were united under the banner of the American Union State, the Stripes and Eagle. However, in Washington D.C. the AUS Congress and Huey Long were about to answer a tough question. President Huey Long announced his Long Doctrine, a doctrine that stated that all forms of Communism, from Syndicalism to Totalism were to be beat out of existence in the Americas and across the world, the Red Menace had to be stopped. With the Continental AUS essentially united, was it time to start enforcing the Long Doctrine? America said yes, and so the Mexican Question had to be answered first. Before America could even hope to start fighting the syndicalists in Europe and across the globe, it needed to wipe Syndicalism in the Americas. Central and South America were both harboring Syndicalist and Totalist States, even Venezuela almost fell to a Syndicalist Revolution during the Second American Revolution. President Huey Long himself knew the dangers and horrors of Syndicalism, with Long what is today the American Union State would be the Combined Syndicates of America, and the world would have become red. Mexico needed to be liberated and freed from the shackles of Syndicalism, and so on the 26th of January 1940, the American Union State declared war on Mexico, initiating the Second Mexican-American War. On the same day, the Workers State of Iceland, a brutal Totalist regime, fell to the Royal Marines and whatever troops remained were now in the Republican Army, on their way to Ireland or Alsace Lorraine. But surprisingly Canada did not give the Icelandic Peoples their former government, instead King Edward VIII announced that Iceland would be militarily occupied until further notice. The Canadians were most definitely going to annex Iceland into Canada, and that right there is what America hates, the destruction of a people. The British Empire was becoming to greedy and power hungry for it's own good, it needed to be stopped and it's people needed to be liberated from their regime. First the British occupied New England, a purely American (some Irish) region that needed to be returned, next you had the British Occupation of Puerto Rico and refusing to give it up to it's legitimate masters, the American Union State, then there was the sudden declaration of war on Thailand, a nation that already experienced invasion just months earlier, finally you now had the Canadian Occupation of Iceland. Was it ever going to stop? When would the Entente shut their traps and stop enslaving country after country, people after people? Only time will tell.
Canadian and New English Soldiers in formation for Canadian Generals arriving to Occupied Iceland. These Canadian and New English Soldiers however wouldn't be staying for a long time due to certain...complications at home.
With war in Mexico becoming a stunning success, especially around the regions the PSA Claimed as theirs (Long will never know why), however along the Rio Grande the Mexicans fortified their positions fiercely, but even they would fall back due to the American Eagle's Firepower. Meanwhile, in the American South (Atlanta and Gulf Commonwealths) the Poll Tax was finally abolished by President Huey Long, giving minorities in the region, especially Blacks, the power to actually vote in the south. The Poll Tax severely limited minorities in the South in terms of voting options, with this now tossed away along with the rest of the Jim Crow Laws, America was well...free. Every man could vote for the leader they wanted, the faction they wanted, the life they wanted. This brought upon a roar of happiness in the South, however in Washington D.C. Fritz Kuhn strongly denounced the abolishing of the Poll Tax and the whole of the Jim Crow Laws, however he didn't say anything suggesting he would take aggressive action against Huey Long and his cabinet in public. After the doors of the White House closed that day, Fritz Kuhn met with other AUS Congressmen and friends William Bell Riley, Robert Earl Sherman, and Edsel Ford to discuss one very important thing. The assassination of President Huey Long and the overthrowing of the current America First Party and the American Union State. This was huge, they were literally planning to kill the 'Bismarck of America', someone who has done more for America than anyone during the 20th Century. Kuhn wanted to replace the American Union State Government with a White Only Government and not heavily suppress other races, but exterminate them in his 'Final Solution'. It was sickening, his plan was to secretly release the KKK Terrorists being held in Guantanamo Bay, arm them, arm any supporters he can find, and lead an attack on President Huey Long during his visit to New Orleans, Gulf Commonwealth. He did this, and on February 21st Kuhn and his supporters attempted to assassinated President Huey Long and take over the American Union State, but by the grace of God, a squad of Minute Men who were with Long fended off Kuhn along with Long himself and they apprehended Kuhn and his goons. The whole nation was shocked but at the same time it wasn't. Everyone knew that Kuhn would try something to restore the racist order in the South, but to go as far as to kill President Huey Long himself? It was unreal. President Huey Long arrested Fritz Kuhn and sent him to rot in Guantanamo Bay, where he would rot until his death in 1951. President Huey Long ordered that everyone who was with Kuhn were to be shot and killed for the highest form of treason against the American Union State, calming down the civilian populace. America was saved, but America was still at war with Syndicalist Mexico, and it needed to get it's head back in the game if it were to annihilate Syndicalism from it's southern neighbor.
President Huey Long of the American Union State walking out of the White House to go on a visit to New Orleans, Gulf Commonwealth, where he would have to defend himself against Fritz Kuhn in a battle that would change the face of the American Union State forever. Thankfully, Huey Long knows how to shoot a gun.
March came quickly it seemed since the shocking events that occurred in New Orleans happened. The failed coup gave a massive morale boost to the AUS Soldiers fighting on the front against the Syndicalist Menace in Mexico, and the American Union State remained a democratic society, united under the Stripes and Eagle. On March 7, 1940, the first ever American Union State General Elections took place, and there were three main factions. Now, President Huey Long was going to remain in power, but his congress was subject to change if his faction lost. The factions that made up the general election were Long and Smith's Faction, Lindbergh's Faction, and Coughlin's faction. Kuhn himself had a militaristic faction but since the little incident in New Orleans his faction was disband and forgotten about. The Grand Council of the America First Union Party now was taking place, the AUS Congress was about change. The first issue that rose was the way the American Union State would develop for the time being. Long and Smith wanted more economic develop, especially after the recession, Lindbergh wanted the nation to become even more democratic, and Coughlin wanted a more isolationist American Union State, something that worked so well last time for the former United States of America, oh wait...anyhow, Long and Smith's faction won the first election, and so economic development across the American Union State was beginning. The second debate was centered around the rebuilding of America, Long and Smith wanted even more industrialization, Lindbergh advocated for infrastructure for the nation (schools, hospitals, houses, general civilian places), and Coughlin just wanted to the country to rebuild itself. Lindbergh won this battle, and so a new campaign to build schools and other civilian structures was now in full effect, and his faction secured the new American Union State Congress for themselves. The last election was about the new American Union State Supreme Court, Long and Smith thought that no change was needed, Lindbergh wanted a more fair AUS Supreme Court, and Coughlin wanted the Supreme Court to discriminate against anyone who weren't of faith or of Christianity, I can tell you right now that Coughlin didn't win anything. Lindbergh's faction ultimately won in the American Union State General Elections and the new cabinet and congress for the American Union State was formed. America was truly a democratic nation indeed.
And so we arrive in the Summer of 1940, a new American Union State, a new war, a new nation, and a new problem. The American Union State destroyed the Mexican Syndicalists in Mexico, those who survived fled to Centro-America (another Syndicalist Nation) who then vowed to restore Syndicalism to Mexico, what a joke. A new Mexican Provisional Government was released after a month of AUS Military Occupation. This was new government was a Militaristic Provisional Government for the time being, but Huey Long heard that Mexico loved it's emperor's and that restoring him to the throne as a constitutional monarch could strengthen the ties between the AUS and it's new southern neighbor. How this would happen however remained unknown. In South America, there was a border skirmish between the People's Republic of Brazil and La Plata, causing La Plata to mobilize their army which would result in a declaration of war by Brazil. War had now erupted in South America and the virus of war had now officially spread to every continent of the Earth, there was no end in sight. In fact, another was obviously brewing between the Eagle of America and the Beaver of Canada-Lion of Britannia. Canada and the British Empire occupied New England and Puerto Rico, places which are American and will always remain American no matter what happens. On the 13th of June, 1940, the American Ambassador to Canada delivered President Huey Long's final ultimatum - New England or War! Which one Canada would choose remains unknown, but if they chose war, America was in for a tough war. Things hinge on New England, a traitorous country that is ultimately American.
John Gilbert Winant, AUS Ambassador to Canada and the British Empire before leaving on a plane to Ottawa to deliver President Huey Long's final ultimatum to the British Canadians and their puppets in New England. It was New England or War with the Entente Powers, America would have to fight from Ottawa to Sydney, and Georgetown to Algiers.
Argentinian Infantry Divisions walking throughout a ruined village along the border with the People's Republic of Brazil. These Argentinian Troops were outfitted with German Equipment due to the Kaiser's investments in the nation, they also were using Canadian Weaponry because Canada also invested in La Plata. This was only the beginning of a long and brutal war between Totalist and Democratic Forces in South America, and there was no end in sight.
King Edward VIII of Canada and Emperor of India getting ready to hear disturbing news from the American Union State Ambassador arriving in Ottawa. King Edward VIII's response to the news the ambassador brought would change the world forever.
End of Chapter Three
I hope you all liked this chapter, and I hope you can forgive me for not getting this out on time, buying a addictive game can do that to you (darn you Skyrim). If anyone knows how to turn Mexico back into an Empire I would love to know because I don't want a military government in Mexico for the rest of the scenario, it'd be well...bad. I will go to war with Canada and the Entente by the way, if it already wasn't apparent. Heck, the next chapter is called 'War with the Entente!'. My strategy is to quickly take out both the Caribbean Federation and Canada. After that I will attack Hawaii and then the Australasian Confederation. After they are gone France will be alone and I will take them out hopefully before Germany probably loses in Europe. I still plan on going to war with Japan, although I wish they could actually whip Germany's butt, but that doesn't seem to be the AI's plan now since the Entente entered into the war de facto on the German's side. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter, I won't make any promises but the next chapter will probably be out next week like how it was for the last two and this one. Thanks for reading and get ready for America to save the day. It's actually quite funny, I'll probably be fighting non communist nations more than I do communist ones, funny how things work out?