American Annexation of Canada

The American Annexation of Canada was a major military campaign during the Sino-American War that occurred in 2072. It was an event in which the United States of America had invaded and annexed its northern neighbor of Canada in an effort to maintain control over the Alaskan Pipeline, more efficiently move troops to the Alaskan front lines, and have complete access to the country's natural resources.
==Background==
Following the outbreak of the Resource Wars and the depletion of natural resources around the world, the state of Alaska found itself among the last holders of oil. With the European Commonwealth having invading the Middle East to control the oil reserves in 2052 and China invading their neighbors in Asia, the United States increased their military presence in Alaska in fear of a Chinese invasion across the Bering Strait. In the early 2060s, China claimed the last deep-sea deposit of oil below the Pacific Ocean. This supply was sabotaged by American operatives, beginning the sharp descent of the two superpowers' relations until China invaded Alaska in 2066.
America scrambled to prepare its military to retake both their most northern state as well as one of the final supplies of oil in the world. At first Canada allowed the Americans to transport their troops up towards Alaska in the lead-up to and during the Alaskan Reclamation Operation in 2067, understanding the threat that China posed to North America. Despite this, negotiations began to break down after the U.S. became more demanding, eventually taking complete control over Canadian highways, gained dominance of Canadian airspace, and stationed American soldiers across the entire pipeline including parts of it that were in Canada. To make matters worse, vast stretches of Canadian timberland and other resources were harvested for the American war effort. Canada itself was often referred to as "Little America" as a large chunk of its west coast was now under unofficial American military occupation. Increased hostilities between American soldiers and the Canadian populace led to the formation of partisan and guerilla movements which carried out attacks on American forces, industry, and the Trans-Alaska pipeline, culminating in the annexation of the entire country.
==History==
===Early Hostilities===
In 2066, American forces were deployed to Canada in preparation for the reclamation of Alaska from the Chinese forces. As the Sino-American War began and the reclamation of dragged on after 2067, large stretches of Canadian land, resources, and infrastructure were bought up and outright taken to supply the conflict. Canadian citizens began marching in the streets and blockaded highways that American soldiers were using. Tensions only increased from here; American soldiers used excessive force to clear out protestors, Canadian guerilla movements formed, and garrisoned American troops only increased in British Columbia and the Yukon.
After a near-sabotage of the Trans-Alaska pipeline by Canadian partisans, on June 3rd of 2072, commander of U.S. forces in Canada Buzz Babcock was given the official order to annex Canada. In a three-pronged attack the American forces invaded eastward through the already controlled province of British Columbia, from the Midwest west of the Great Lakes to the prairies, and to Ontario and Quebec through New England and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
===Pushing Northward===
The United States continued to push upward to annex all of Canada and put a swift end to Canadian resistance. Ottawa quickly fell when American tanks poured through Vermont and a brief provisional government was established in Quebec City. It was here the Canadian military made a final stand until Quebec fell as well. 
Many Canadian soldiers continued to fight the Americans in the streets of their cities and in the air. Footage began to surface of Canada's cities in flames as American troops summarily executed Canadian soldiers and partisans in the streets. Back home in America the footage was used to stir up nationalistic sentiment and encourage Americans to enlist in the military. This worked for a time, but an increasing number of Americans disagreed with the annexation and took to the streets in protest.
By 2075 Canada had been fully dismantled into 5 territories within the United States of America. Canadian industry and resources had been immediately put to work after the annexation and fueled both the American economy and military-industrial complex. Pro-American Canadians were recruited and sent to the Alaskan front lines, and later to China when the Yangtze Campaign began in 2074.
===Continued Insurgency===
Despite the official surrender of Canada, partisan forces and surviving remnants of Canada's military continued to fight as the United Canadian Front. When the Front collapsed and army forces broke apart, surviving factions turned to guerilla warfare across the massive new American territories. Many Canadian resistance groups fled into the countryside and northern regions of Canada, harassing American interests until the Great War destroyed humanity in 2077. Without and America to fight, many of these partisans forces fragmented and returned to their ruined homes or forged new communities in the post-apocalypse.
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