Alaskan-Cascadian War (T-03)

From 1977 to 1980, Alaska and Cascadia fought in a war. Following border conflicts and rebellions in Cascadia, Alaska invaded Cascadia on April 17, 1977, and the war began. Canada and Germany backed Alaska, while the League of Nations, namely Australia, backed Cascadia. On May 18, 1980, the conflict came to a conclusion with an armistice.

The United States had lost its former states of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, as well as the conquered Canadian province of British Columbia, at the end of World War III. Australia and Canada divided the territories into two occupation zones. The northern zone was managed by Canada, while the southern zone was administered by Australia. The occupation zones became two sovereign entities in 1975 as a result of Cold War tensions. The United Patriotic Republic of Alaska, a fascist state, was created in the north under Sam King's national socialist leadership, whereas the Republic of Cascadia, a socialist state, was established in the south under Simon Reeves' authoritarian, autocratic leadership.

On April 17, 1977, Alaskan military forces (Alaskan Patriots' Army, APA) breached the border and drove into Cascadia. The League of Nations Security Council declared the Alaskan manoeuvre an invasion and authorised the formation of the LoN Command and the transfer of forces to Cascadia to repel it. Because Germany boycotted the League of Nations for recognising the Republic of Quebec as separate from Canada, neither could support their partner Alaska at the Security Council meeting. The LoN force finally drew contributions from twenty-one countries, with Australia providing almost 90% of the military men.

After the first two months of the war, the Cascadian and Australian forces were on the verge of defeat, retiring to a narrow region behind the Portland Perimeter, a defensive line. In July 1977, the League of Nations began a perilous amphibious counteroffensive at Seattle, cutting off APA troops and supply lines in Cascadia. Those who managed to avoid being engulfed and captured were forced to flee north. In August 1977, LoN forces invaded Alaska and advanced quickly towards the Taku River, Canada's frontier, but on August 14, 1977, Canadian forces of the Patriotic Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Taku and entered the battle. After the First and Second Phase Offensives, the League of Nations withdrew from North Korea. Canadian forces were in Cascadia by mid October.

Vancouver was seized four times in these and succeeding fights, and fascist forces were pushed back to positions near the original border, close to where the war began. The front stabilised after then, and the ensuing two years have been a fight of attrition. The air war, on the other hand, was never a draw. Australia launched a huge bombing campaign against Alaska. Jet-powered aircraft engaged in air-to-air combat, and German pilots flew in secret to defend their fascist allies.

When the Pacific Northwest Armistice Agreement was signed on May 18, 1980, the war came to a stop. The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was established to separate Alaska and Cascadia, and detainees were allowed to return. However, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two states are still formally at war, locked in a stalemate. Alaskan and Cascadian leaders met at the DMZ in November 2006 and agreed to work towards a treaty that would formally end the War.

With over 6 million military casualties and a higher relative civilian death toll than World War III or the Turk War, the Alaskan-Cascadian War was one of the most destructive conflicts of the modern period. It resulted in the destruction of almost all of the Pacific Northwest's main cities, as well as hundreds of killings on both sides, including the mass death of tens of thousands of suspected fascists by the Cascadian government and the torture and starvation of Alaskan prisoners of war. Alaska became one of the world's most heavily bombed countries. Several million Alaskans are also thought to have fled the country throughout the conflict.