Chile

Chile, is a South American nation. It borders Argentina to the west, and the Union of Chile to the north.

## **Before Caribbean War**

Chile was often forgotten about in world history up till present day. Chile wasn’t the worst nation but it was the most prosperous either. Chile was nearly involved in a war with Argentina after a naval race between both countries began, but thankfully war was avoided. Chile like basically all of America sat through the 1910s pretty tranquil, as Chile didn’t have any interest in Germany nor Britain, and it wasn’t like Britain or Germany could do anything about it. For the most part, Chile sat on the sidelines supplying both countries but not giving them everything they wanted, to ensure their trade relations wouldn’t get too attached to one side if that side collapsed. But as time went on, Chile got more involved with British loans, companies and investment as it became clear Germany was not going to win the Great War. But soon, the collapse of the British empire began with 1919. Britain quickly needed all the trade and investments they could get, as a result this put more strain on Chile to meet Britain’s demands. The reason that Chile didn’t get involved with British investments and trade in the first place was to make sure they wouldn’t go down with Britain if they went down, but that’s exactly what happened. Eventually, workers of Chile revolted in Chile. Despite this, the Chilean navy took up the opportunity of the weakness of the British and acted. Pitcairn Island was a small British colony far away from Chile, but it was basically unprotected and had almost no population. The Chilean navy, despite not matching the Royal Navy in any way, managed to land in Pitcairn with almost no resistance and quickly declared it a part of Chile. It was hard getting to and from the island, but nevertheless it became a formal part of Chile. Chile would then fund people to go and settle in the islands similar to Argentina and the Falklands. But, the revolt was still ongoing. In order to not cause a socialist revolution, Chile would implement new reforms and after the Cairo war would drift away from Britain and British trade as a whole. Chile would remain stable as time would go on, there were even a few coups throughout the decades.

## **Caribbean War And How Everything Changed**

Chile still had a strong socialist population, and the upper middle class and many Chileans saw the communists in Panama as a threat, and backed the United States in their offensive. The red scare in Chile was exasperated when Bolivia fell to its own revolution in 1924. But soon Chile and Bolivia backed the opposite sides, and soon clashes broke out in the border towns. Soon the Bolivian leader (insert name here) declared war, and as a result Chile fully mobilized, hoping to advance into Bolivia and overthrow the communist government. History would prove otherwise. The Chilean offensives were halted by communist guerillas to the north, but Bolivia couldn’t advance because they risked an invasion by Peru. In the following months thanks to the Lima Accords, peace was made between Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. This allowed Bolivia a full offensive into Chile, who was desperate to end the war on their terms. The communist guerillas leaked information to the Bolivian government, who then had the information to make their moves. Bolivia planned a mass encirclement of Chilean troops which would decimate their army. Soon enough, it worked. The Chilean army was pushed to the north, to the Peruvian border, where they surrendered. This mass decimation of the Chilean army made Chile very vulnerable and it is considered the worst military plan in Chilean history. Now, bolivia was in the clear. Bolivia quickly captured Chilean territory, with Antofagasta falling in 3 days. Eventually, after 3 weeks the Bolivians captured Santiago, and the Chilean government completely collapsed. But guerillas forces to the south prevented a full capture of Chile. During the peace treaties with America, Chile, and the Dominican Republic, Chile was forced out of Santiago but retained the north of Chile. Although it was militarily occupied for 3 months, eventually, a new radical socialist regime was created, and the Union of Chile was born. The Union was nothing more than a puppet for Bolivia, but Bolivia also annexed their claimed coastline. After the peace conference concluded, Chile fell into utter turmoil. The people were outraged. The Chilean president was caught and executed in Santiago by Bolivian forces when the capital fell. A provisional government was put in his place, however the government was in shambles, and couldn’t rule effectively. The people were protesting, rioting occurred throughout the rest of the country. It seemed that the country itself would collapse, but then, a man, who had support of the military took control of the country. The provisional government was forced to surrender or be executed. In order to prevent the country from falling into anarchy, the military cracked down on the whole country resulting in 500 civilians dead. But in the end, Chile was restored by at a terrible price. Now, Chile was a military junta and a police and military state.