Second American Civil War

United States of America

* Combined Syndicates of America
* American Union State
* Pacific States of America
* Entente
	+ Dominion of Canada
	+ New England

Combined Syndicates:

* Benjemin O. Davis Sr.

United States of America:

* Douglas McArthur
* Dwight D. Eisenhower (Up Until December 1937),
* George S. Patton (Up until 1938)
* Dwight D Eisenhower (After December 1937)
* George Marshall

New England:

* Mark W. Clark

Entente Command:

* Bernard Montgomery
* Georges Vanier

### Place

Ohio River Valley, Appalachia, Mid Atlantic States, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains

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The Second American Civil War was a devastating Conflict that racked the old United States of america to its core, causing it to split into 4 pieces and its final destruction. This conflict resulted in nearly 10 million casualties and involved 5 major factions with the Combined Syndicates of America, American Union State, United States of America, the Pacific States, and The Entente. This conflict causes a large scale refugee crisis into Canada, New England, and Mexico where around 6 million refugees would flee. The war lasted an astonishingly long 6 years from 1937 to 1943. It now constitutes the 4th deadliest war in Human History behind the First Weltkrieg, the Taiping Rebellion, and the Second Weltkrieg.

## Prelude:

The United States of America in 1936 was in a struggling state with an already nearly collapsed economy due to economic strain caused by its loans not being repaid by France and Britain and the economic dominance of the German Reich. The Administration of Herbert Hoover had been a disaster and the people would look for someone new. But it would only get worse with the outbreak of the Black Monday Crisis witch would cause the already struggling economy to enter into free fall as the industry itself began to collapse and millions of workers were laid off in a desperate attempt to save the companies. But this was all in vain and only increased the support of the radical socialist and America First Parties. Conflict would only continue to go with a breakdown of order within major cities as the administrations controlled by these radical parties would end up acting as independent states as every fabric of society began to implode in upon itself. However the United States was barley able to sustain itself for a few more months despite collapsing relations with Canada. In 1936 the election would take place, but scarily a repeat of the 1824 election would occur. While technically Huey Long had won the popular vote and the electoral college vote. Nobody had enough to be crowned the winner and so it fell to the house of representatives to decide. And by a considerable margin the congress picked the Democratic candidate, John Garner. He would attempt to try and fix the situation with his Austerity Measures and to negotiate with Huey Long and Reed. However this would all fall through as neither wished to compromise as both considered themselves the true winners of the election. In an angry speech in Baton Rouge Louisiana, Huey Long would declare that the United States' democracy had failed and that he would declare the government in Washington D.C to be a false government. He would found his own government in New Orleans called the American Union State in a similar but more radical fashion to the formation of the Democratic Party underneath Andrew Jackson. Jack Reed was listening to the radio that day and decided that he was in-fact the true winner of the election and in another speech in Chicago he declared that it was time for the workers of America to rise up and overthrow the Wall Street money makers and others within the government. This prompted the government in Washington to make a rash and all together stupid decision to put in Douglas McArthur in charge of the affairs of state in this time of crisis. Hoping to root out more traitors within the government McArthur would begin a purge reminiscent of the rise of Mosley and Valois within Europe as he drove out dissenters against his government. However he wouldn't catch all of them and a collection of journalists and others fled to the other end of the country where they reached a consensus to liberate America from the dictatorships thus forming the Pacific States of America, With this the stage was set, but a few more things would occur in the lead up to the Civil War.

## The Loss of the Overseas Territories

With the collapse of the United States came the collapse of authority across its numerous overseas territories and quickly they were gobbled up by opportunistic nations across the globe. One of the first areas to be taken was the Island of Guam witch Japanese forces would launch their special operation onto the Island seizing its large naval base and forcing the relocation of the large Pacific Fleet to Hawaii. The Philippines would break out into revolution and declare independence from America forming its own independent state that would later join with Japan. A similar story would take place in Hawaii when the former royal family of the island was able to use some of their wealth to bribe the sailors into helping them restore their kingdom later convincing them to switch sides causing much of the Pacific fleet to fall into Hawaiian hands. American Samoa would be sold to the Australasian Government in a hope to gain some money witch while it was successful, did not alleviate the economic woes like it was hoped. Alaska would be next as it was occupied by Canada and the people would gladly accept them. A similar story would take place in New England with the people not wishing to have to fight in a war that barley involved them. They decided to call upon the Canadians to seize the territory witch they happily did. However this would also deal a killing blow to the Federalist cause in the east before the war even started. The last territory to flake away was Puerto Rico who would break away just after the war had started and it was agreed by all sides that not having to garrison the island was a bonus and so it was allowed to flake away. Almost overnight America had lost its foreign influence as its bases across the seas had fallen to other powers. Only Liberia remained loyal to the Federalist government, but even it began to move away from it hoping to break free totally.

## The 30 Days to Stand Down.

McArthur wished to avoid war at all costs hoping to not have to use his emergency powers and for the United States to come back together peacefully. In this vain he would attempt to end the war by giving an ultimatum, witch surprised the other factions who thought that McArthur would immediately come and attack them before they had a chance to organize their armies. However it became clear quickly that none of the other factions were going to respond and rather this 30 days had only caused further weakening of the hopes for peace as all sides began to mobilize militias and use the truce time to get their things sorted out before hand. All sides would also use this oppurunity to restart the American industry and switch to a war time economy. Also during this time several paramilitary organizations were created and partisans began to be trained as all sides sent them to each other hoping to sow chaos in each others lines. During these 30 days many Americans took the oppurunity to leave the country for surrounding nations with Canada being the main target as millions began to pour across the border. Some would even make the perilous journey from New York to Honolulu witch was barley possible with the technology of the time. At 25 days in McArthur would talk to his commanders about what the plan of action was to be. While Patton Suggested that they should hold onto the capital and wait for the rest of the nation to tear itself apart. Eisenhower would suggest that they should evacuate to Denver and try and knock out the Pacific States of America and establish a power base there. However McArthur would end up fallowing War Plan White witch had the idea of trying to retain as much territory as possible to grant a barrier to the other factions being able to take them out. However this would put the Federalists in a very precarious situation witch would ultimately lead to their demise. At 13:00 on March 4th 1937 along the Virginia-North Carolina border, the first shot would be fired. A small artillery shell would land on a small supply depot for the local units in the area, and soon a cacophony of shells would ring out from both sides. And at that moment, the hope for a peaceful resolution to the crisis died and with it the idea of a United America.

## 1937 (Early Days of the War):

### March-June

The war would begin with massive offensive by all sides with the Pacific States making a rapid advance through the Rocky Mountains and after a short battle at Salt Lake City, securing the entire region with Denver falling only days afterwards. The American Union State would launch an offensive into Kansas and Missouri hoping to establish defensive lines along the Missouri River. However here fighting would be more fierce with Federalist pockets holding out in Wichita, Topeka, and eventually Kansas City. This allowed the Combined Syndicates to cross the Mississippi and later the Missouri due to the delaying of Union State forces. This was part of a much larger Western push to the Rocky Mountains hoping to take out the Federalist pocket to the west that provided some difficulty for the Syndicalists. This would sap up most of their resources preventing an offensive into Kentucky witch was taken by American Union State forces. However further advances would halt be by the end of May as June began to set in. June would see the first signs of what was to come with the Battle of Cincinnati. Cincinnati is called the "American Liége" for the fact that it was the first significant battle to occur along the front. The city was completely annihilated as part of fierce trench warfare as both sides evenly matched armies would throw men at each other making little gains. Eventually the American Union State would withdrawal given the operations whole point was to quickly advance to Chicago, but that had failed. Soon similar battles would take place all across the frontlines and the people of America would get their first taste of what this war was to be like. The situation was best described by a Russian officer analyzing the first year of the war. "The Evenly matched armies of the Combined Syndicates and the American Union state are reminiscent of the situation on the Western Front of the First Weltkrieg, in a sense this war will take on a form similar to it, long, bloody, and tiring for the civilian population". The revolutionary fervor was gone and the people woke up from this mood, only to find that there was no going back.

### July-December

July would see one of the worst crop failures in American history with so many farmers away to go fight on the frontlines it left few to tend to the crops. This would end up causing a massive nation wide famine witch would be particularly pronounced in the large cities. This would cause in the American Union State a redistribution of the population as people began to move out into the country side and especially into Texas where they began their own farms to get themselves food. Meanwhile the Combined Syndicates of America would end up going for a different approach by trying to import its food via the port of NYC. This would alleviate the situation in Chicago eastward, but the west would continue to starve. Speaking of witch, the Federalists there had in fact dispersed into the wilderness and had not been destroyed like the Syndicalists thought that they had. They would begin a massive partisan operation that would later on become the last forces loyal to congress long after its destruction, being finally destroyed in 1943 after a short lived Pacific States campaign in Montana. Along the front line the oppressive heat of July-August-And September and also the fact that they were so close to large river systems would see a plethora of deaths of Heatstroke and diseases common in the area. The biggest one was Malaria witch would end up ravaging both sides so much that it caused the Battle of Omaha to end prematurely. However this was not true in all parts of the Front as the Federalists finally made their long anticipated counter-offensive. This counteroffensive was launched into New Jersey and North Carolina and would see a rapid advance by well trained soldiers. However this would end up being a bad move and by the 29th of October they were forced to withdrawal out of fears that they had overextended enough to be encircled repeatedly. Soon November would come and cooler temperatures would occur. However this would come with another sudden temperature change as the climate out in the plains had failed to stabilize from the Dust Bowl. This would lead to a massive amount of snow witch would freeze operations along the entire front line and would also see Pacific States soldiers face some of their hardest times during the war, as their positions in the mountains were particularity susceptible to deep freezes. A heartwarming story would occur on December 24th of 1936 as part of a 5 day long event called the "Christmas truce of 1936" soldiers would leave their trenches and would end up partying with each other despite completely opposing world views. This would reach the ears of the commanders who after short negotiations would have this enshrined into the rules of warfare in the Second American Civil War, and similar truces would occur in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942.

## 1938 (Federalist Collapse):

### January-June

The cold winter of 1936-1937 would continue the disruption of operations along the front line up until the month of February when temperatures reached their coldest. This cold would become deadly in several cities and towns across the front line who did not receive enough supplies to last the war as civilian casualties began to far outweigh those of military casualties. March of 1937 would see large scale operations return to the war as the Federalists would make the first move by launching the First Battle of Philadelphia. This battle would level much of the city and the surrounding industry but Syndicalist forces would hold. This battle would continue well into June as it became a battle reminiscent of the Battles around Ypres and in Poland during the First Weltkrieg. However the American Union State would take advantage of this and reclaim North Carolina through a massive offensive witch would see the encircling of some of the Three necks. This would lead to the Siege of Yorktown when some of the most elite divisions in the Federalist army would stand for a few months in constant siege within Yorktown. However this would delay the planned offensive by the American Union state to the Potomac leading to nether side capturing the city at this point in the war. The Pacific States meanwhile would begin a massive series of fortifications along their front line launching limited offensives into Montana and New Mexico hoping to drive the frontline further to the east and to establish a buffer between the defensive line and the front line. These Offensives would see limited success due to the lack of offensive capabilities by the Pacific State's Militia. This offensive would also see the first mass use of aerial forces in the war as the Combined Syndicated would bomb much of Idaho in order to disrupt the offensive, However this led to the Pacific states responding with their own large air force in attacking the Dakotas. Meanwhile both the Combined Syndicates and the Union State would fight in sporadic skirmishes, but the main focus was on the Federalists and the Potomac River, witch if seized could present a good flanking opportunity to the other. It was also in these skirmishes that tanks were first used in a small operation near Louisville witch would fall to Syndicalists in June.

### July-December

The middle of the year of 1938 would see a massive turning point in the war as the Battle of Yorktown would end up concluding with their surrender and eventual incorporation into Union State forces, but also the driving back of Federalist forces from Pennsylvania. This would culminate with the Federalists with drawling from New Jersey in a fighting retreat into Delaware in the middle of the oppressive rain of August, witch signaled a worse rainy season later in September. However the Syndicalists were not the only ones making large gains as Richmond would fall totally by the end of the month to the American Union State. This would soon cause the tightening of the lines around the Federalist stronghold as Syndicalist forces would take the Delmarva peninsula and would begin to threaten Baltimore. However Baltimore would stand firm under siege until long into November witch would stall the Syndicalist advance. A similar thing would happen at Alexandria Virginia as the Forces of the American Union State would inch ever closer to the Capital at Washington D.C. McArthur in his bunker in Washington realized that he could not win the war after Alexandria fell and Baltimore would give away in only a few days. He decided that he needed to give his preferred candidate the opportunity to take the capital and thus he decided to leave the bridges across the Potomac unblown to allow the American Union State to cross the river. After their forces entered into the city McArthur would end up disappearing likely having fled or having died via the Potomac. George S. Patton would take control over the operations of State as he hoped to continue the final stand of Federalist troops within the city witch would hold out for about another week. As Syndicalist forces took Annapolis and only a small pocket of Federalist forces existed within Calvert, Charles, and Saint Mary's Counties. Patton would negotiate with the American Union State and would offer his services in return for his life. Not wishing to give up such a good infantry commander Huey Long would accept Patton in and thus ended any formalized Federalist cause. However only a few hours after this event snow would begin to fall all across the front line as the frontline would be frozen once again. This Christmas Truce was far less cheery and only a few instances of soldiers coming out to meet each other would occur, mostly in the Appalachian Mountains where it became so cold that trading for blankets became essential. America was now to transition into 1939 witch many say eerily emulated the situation on the Western Front in 1916...

## 1939 (The Long Stalemate):

### January-June

Despite the cold coming later on during the 1938 winter the snow going into 1939 was just as brutal, especially for the troops stationed in the Appalachian Mountains who would end up freezing being forced to move into cites making the Appalachian Front very porous at the time. This gave opportunity for raids by American Union State forces into West Virginia witch contained large coal reserves and was key in warming the homes back in Chicago. While these disruptions were minor in the grand scheme of things it would still cause difficulty for those states further from the front like in Minnesota and North Dakota. What would make this worse was the massive amount of cold weather that would slam into the Great Plains as areas as far south as Oklahoma would see significant snowfall. However the Pacific States had insulated their bunkers and had no need to withdrawal back to the cities. When the thaw began in march the longest and second bloodiest battle of the war would begin, The Battle of Winchester Virginia. Like in the First Civil War the northern faction would attack the city and the south would defend it. Syndicalist forces and American Union State forces would continue taking the city back and forth as throughout the battle the flagpole would be taken at least 18 times with possibly way more unaccounted for. The city would like so many others be nearly completely destroyed as the charred husks served as good hiding spots for partisans witch would keep the fighting going. The battle would end in December with a Syndicalist victory but not after 700,000 casualties in total. However a scene like this would play out along the entire Syndicalist-Union State front line as both sides were unable to dislodge the other. This would lead to a large scale offensive through Kentucky beginning in late June witch would eventually take the state but details will be filled out in the next section. Meanwhile Union State forces would attempt an offensive into New Mexico, and while it didn't last particularly long it would see begging of the usage of one of the Pacific States greatest skills. The Pacific States began using Apache, Navajo, and other Native American forces to use their languages to encode their movements. The Union State would catch onto this and would begin using Cherokee and Muskogee in response. The Combined Syndicates however wouldn't end up using this as their native tribes were uncooperative.

### July-December

July would see the offensive in Kentucky reach its full power as the offensive was expanded into neighboring Missouri. This offensive would see battle at town after town as the trenches of the Union State forces were overrun at blinding speeds. However this would come with a massive cost to the Syndicalist forces who would end up savaging their partisan units in the process. This offensive would also see the usage of some of the first Heavy Tanks in human history witch the French would copy and later so would Danubia and Russia. However the Offensive would stall at a new defensive line at the Cumberland river as the Union State would begin leaving behind minefields and other traps as the cities within the state were reduced to rubble. Kentucky would see some of the worst fighting in the war as the state would see 33% civilian casualties across the board and would see Frankfort almost completely leveled. With the efficient usage of artillery by the Union State the offensive in the east had to be stopped. Meanwhile the offensive in Missouri had gained some support but it wasn't enough to sustain the offensive with Jefferson City still in Union State hands as they began to dig into another defensive line. However the Syndicalists would soon be handed a great advantage that they would use to great effect in the next year, as the Combined Syndicates would receive fighter blueprints from the Commune of France and the Union of Britain. Soon the gears of the industrial might of the Combined syndicates would begin to show it's might as the Detroit factories began producing Tanks, Air Craft, Small Arms, Artillery and so many more. The Steel belt had become an arsenal of Socialism and its full might was to be thrown onto the other two factions in the coming years. However this would come too late for any sort of large scale offensive in 1939 as winter would set in once again. The Christmas truce of this year would simply see a lull in the fighting as soldiers were happy to simply not hear the deafening fire of the artillery. However there would still be some instances of soldiers meeting along the Rocky Mountain front. However while the Union State and Pacific States would rest for the winter, the factories up north were still churning. As 1940 would see one of the largest offensives in the history of the war, and would give the others a taste of what was to come in 1942...

## 1940 (Virginia Offensive):

### January-June

The Beginning of 1940 was similar to that of the other years with the frontline frozen due to the winter and both sides preparing for what was to come. But in the Syndicalist war room back up there in Chicago they began to plan the ultimate attack for the year. The Syndicates planned a massive offensive that would take Virginia and push all the way into South Carolina in an attempt to cause a breakdown of order within the Union State lines and win the war by the next year. However the other sides were planning their own offensives. The Pacific States wished to conduct an operation into the Dakota's to try and advance into Minnesota dealing a blow to the Syndicalists. Meanwhile the American Union State planned to attack and retake the states of Kentucky, and then advance into West Virginia. When March came the Syndicalists were able to prepare their forces first and a massive assault was launched all across the Eastern frontline. Soon a Second Battle at Washington D.C would occur forcing the Union State off of the left bank of the Potomac and soon the Syndicalists would cross the river due to the bridges not being blown in time. The Union State would panic and would bring its forces along the Cumberland to the Virginia front and this would stabilize the line at the cost of the sacrifice of the Kentucky Counter-Offensive. However the Virginia offensive would stall from its roaring progress by late May as the offensive would begin to get bogged down in the Second Battle of Richmond. However the Offensive had weakened the Combined Syndicate forces protecting the Dakota's and the P.S.A would launch its own offensive into Montana witch would result in the loss of the State to Syndicalist forces. The Dakota's however would have enough militia to prevent the P.S.A from taking the entire state but this came at the cost of leaving Bismarck as the James and Niobrara Rivers became the new defensive line. However back to the east the Combined Syndicates would take the City of Richmond as the Second Phase of the offensive would begin.

### July-December

The Second Phase of the Virginia Offensive is the most famous for its speed and usage of weapons that hadn't seen common usage during the first few years. Also the start of the Second Weltkrieg would occur on June 28th and it's effects on global trade would end up forcing many volunteers to Return home and would also see a disruption in food supplies to the Combined Syndicates, who was forced to lay off soldiers to go to the fields in Iowa and Nebraska. The offensive would restart with the Battle of Portsmouth in the East and the Battle of Roanoke in the West. There aircraft, Paratroopers, Medium Tanks, and other weapons of war not seen in America but seen in Europe during the First Weltkrieg would all be used with brutal efficiency. The American Union State would immediately begin purchasing the rights to make German aircraft witch it would use to slowly gain air superiority. The American Union State would then be forced to the city of Chesapeake witch was the last area within Virginia as a long battle would take place here and chemical weapons were used. The city would fall in September and the offensive would continue into North Carolina. The Combined Syndicates would make a wide sweeping offensive and would reach Charlotte North Carolina as part of the plan. However instead of the Offensive continuing to the east the offensive would get stalled in Charlotte as the Battle of Charlotte would commence. This would become the site of what is considered the most Inhumane battle of the entire war as the city was leveled and large areas of it rendered uninhabitable for several months. Some areas near the city have been so contaminated with chemicals as to be unfit for human habitation until 1955. However the desperate defense here would work and with such a battered force the Combined Syndicates could not continue the offensive. But the American Union State would make its own Counter-Offensive and would drive the Syndicalists out of North Carolina and Chesapeake City would be retaken. The Snow would fall in November of 1940 and the frontlines were quiet once again. This Christmas truce would not be seen with any of the cheering of the last few years as nether side wished to celebrate with the people who had subjected them to such inhumane attacks. However in several journals there are some tales of humorous events like one unit in the American Union State forces replacing their generals Whiskey with Eggnog. Also during this time elections would take place in the Pacific States of America, and Jack Reed would die in office leaving Earl Browder to take charge.

## 1941 (Battles of the Great Plains):

### January-June

1941 would begin like all the others with plans being drawn and the front being frozen. The lessons and failures of the operation of the Virginia Offensive were noted by all sides as each side began making plans for their offensive. The Combined Syndicates wished to launch and offensive into Tennessee to see if they could try and cut to New Orleans and knock out their main opponent. Meanwhile the American Union State was planning to launch an offensive into Missouri to try and cross the Mississippi and into Illinois. Meanwhile the PSA wished to take all of Nebraska and push into Iowa as part of its slow move towards the East. This meant that two out of the 3 major factions were planning to launch an offensive in the great plains and they began to stockpile massive amounts of tanks and armored cars for these operations, When March and April rolled around the sides of the civil war began their operations. With the P.S.A acting first its tanks would roll across the front line and soon so would those of the American Union State. The Combined Syndicates would rapidly see the situation on its western flank and would immediately take its forces dedicated to the Tennessee offensive and redirect them. This would see all sides begin offensives and counteroffensives as the Great Plains became lit up with the sounds of tanks and their engines roaring across them. several large sweeping offensives would lead to very messy front lines over here as each side kept encircling and breaking out. This would see the states of Nebraska and Kansas to become war zones as the industrial capacity of the Combined Syndicates would lead them to having the upper hand here and give them the ability to beat their opponents with overwhelming numbers. This would lead to the Twin Battles of Joplin and Coffeyville witch would see the largest tank battles of the entire war (with Coffeyville having slightly more tanks). It would be here that the Cherokee code talkers would end up giving the American Union State the advantage it needed and it was able to drive the Syndicalists back from the border with Oklahoma and to roughly midway in Kansas and Missouri. As June descended across the great plains.

### July-December

The First part of the second half of 1940 would be spent like its first half with the main focus being within the Great Plains. This all would culminate in the Battle of Broken Bow Nebraska when all three sides tried to take the city resulting in the only 3 way battle of the war. This battle would end up going to the Syndicalists who would launch a massive offensive across the entire front line. The P.S.A would be driven back after several battles in South Dakota would go to the Syndicalists who won with simple numbers. This would lead the P.S.A to withdrawal back to defensive positions and to let the other two to destroy each other as originally intended. The Syndicalists would end up taking large swaths of Missouri once again but the real fighting would take place in the Ohio River Valley where several draws would take place as the Syndicalists attempted to drive into Tennessee once again. The Cumberland River Basin would become the most damaged part of America but it hold for now. But within the Syndicalists there was something going on within. In October of 1941 as the offensives were winding down a wave of desertions would occur within Syndicalist forces as the mission had changed. The Glorious revolution that was promised by Jack Reed had fallen to the same plagues as those in Britain, France, Italy, and Russia before it. It had become a totalist hell and Earl Browder began passing legislation turning it into a one man dictatorship. This meant that many of the soldiers had felt as if they had been betrayed by the thing that they were fighting for witch would come to plague the Syndicalists later on in the war in 1943. But this also told Browder that he only had a short amount of time to cement the power of the Combined Syndicates so he planned for 1942. He would stockpile as many weapons as possible and would launch a massive offensive to knock out the American Union State via a line from Arkansas to North Carolina with the ultimate goal being to take New Orleans and to use Texas as a Buffer against the P.S.A. The Christmas Truce of this year would be a lot more desolate than that of last year as many journals state that soldiers were happy to receive the extra rations for the day and few received presents given the difficulty of buying one as the war had driven up prices. 1941 would pass as a new year would begin, 1942 would be the most decisive year of the war and the soldiers could feel the change coming in the air...

## 1942 (General Syndicalist Offensive):

### January-June

1942's January and February would be different from the rest of the war, with the Combined Syndicates launching the First Stage of their offensive as a series of probing attacks all along the front hoping to find weak points. When these points were found the Syndicate forces would attack there taking a few miles of territory almost every time. However this would lead to mass desertions once again amongst Syndicate ranks as the soldiers had to fight in rough conditions in the snow. Eventually this got bad enough the Combined Syndicates would stop operations but Earl Browder would in response to this have an unprecedented move during war time. He began to send forces all throughout his country to hunt down those who were against the revolution or had deserted it. This "Great Purge" would shock the world once the truth came out but several soldiers who witnessed this would equate it to the purges of Savinkov in Russia. With this the revolution had died a death to autocracy and the cries for freedom switched their pleas. March would see relatively little fighting as both sides recovered from the Winter Offensive but the Combined Syndicates would be fully prepared in April after a round of mass conscription. And on April 3rd 1942 the Syndicalists would begin the General Offensive. All across the front line massive attacks were made as the American Union State was forced back in several locations. Kansas would fall into Syndicalist hands and the Battle of Tulsa would begin. Missouri would also be completely seized as fighting began in Arkansas. The American Union State would respond with a localized offensive in Kentucky as more of the state was laid to waste. The Syndicates would also attempt to take Chesapeake City witch would be put under siege until August. However issues with the offensive were already rearing their heads as the Industrial capabilities of the Combined Syndicates weren't powerful enough to sustain the advance. Meanwhile the P.S.A hadn't been pushed back at all and it truly seemed as if the Syndicates would never advance into the Rockies. However the American Union State leadership was beginning to panic that they would not be able to sustain their defenses as they lost more men than they could replace. However Huey Long would end up contacting the P.S.A and in the city of Albuquerque negotiations were made. The P.S.A and the American Union State signed a truce that would last until the defeat of the Combined Syndicates. This would allow the American Union State to divert large amounts of troops to other fronts allowing for their victories at Tulsa and for the recapturing of land in Kansas and Missouri. However the Combined Syndicates would have a trick up their sleeve. They would take troops off of the frontlines in other areas as the plan had changed. A massive offensive using half of the red army would be launched to try and take Mississippi and Alabama and then the capital at New Orleans. Beginning in June, Operation "Roosevelt" was launched, named after Theodore Roosevelt due to his trust busting during his administration. The American Union State was overwhelmed by the offensive and as the war reaches into the second half of 1942, we are about to see the turning point of the war...

### July-December

The Offensive would quickly overrun Union State positions along the Cumberland River as Tennessee would almost completely fall to the offensive despite fierce resistance. However a large contingent of troops comprised of mostly volunteers would be trapped in Nashville as the Siege of Nashville would begin. The volunteers would end up getting cut off from the rest of the American Forces where they would become besieged. However this would take up a large amount of the Combined Syndicate forces witch would end up causing the offensive to stall. However this didn't stop them from making a lot of progress and they would push all the way to the Tennessee River and to the city of Huntsville Alabama. The city of Huntsville would end up becoming a site of another battle witch would take on a form similar to the Battle of Kiev on the Eastern Front of the Second Weltkrieg. However the American Union State would make a desperate gamble to try and save itself from destruction, and it would work. The Union State would launch a large pincer maneuver to try and breakout the forces at Nashville but also encircle the units in Southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama. On September 2nd 1942 The offensive would reach the Foreign volunteers after 55 days of siege. This would also lead to a curious deviation from the song "55 Days at Peking" into "55 days in Nashville" witch while interesting isn't really relevant to the Civil War. A few hours later the city would be captured and the eastern salient would link up with the west. disaster had struck for the Combined Syndicate as 40% of their army was now stuck in the pocket. And the pocket would collapse with no practical way to supply the pocket and with the American Union State quickly reinforcing the borders of the pocket. This would lead to the "Huntsville Pocket" to surrender in early October. This would lead to such a devastating blow to the Combined Syndicates that it was unable to reliably cover the gaps in the frontline. Thus the American Union State would launch its own offensive with Virginia and Kentucky falling. Only defensive positions at the Ohio River would save the Syndicates from falling by the end of the year. The Christmas of that year was like the one of 1941 witch just a simple truce. None of the soldiers could predict that the war would only be 3 more months as next year on January 5th the fate of the Combined Syndicates would be sealed as the Entente would declare war on the Combined Syndicates and on the Third International.

## Entente Entry into the War

The Entente entry into the Second American Civil War was one of the most important events in the last 10 years as it would not only change the history of America, but also the tides of war in the Second Weltkrieg. The Entente entry was motivated by the recent crushing defeat that the Combined Syndicates had been dealt and also by the motivation of returning home and the need for a justification. Thus after around a week of negotiations by all Entente members a plan was made for the offensive in America. Canadian forces would cross into Minnesota, Superior, and would begin the siege of Detroit, while New England would lead a Siege of New York and then head for Philadelphia. When war was declared on the morning of January 5th the Soldiers of the American Union State and the Pacific States would rejoice as the fate of the Syndicates was sealed. The first few battles would see Entente victories all across the frontline and the City of Detroit was taken in the matter of only 6 hours. This caused panic amongst the American Leaders of the Combined Syndicates who would send half of their forces to the Entente lines. However this made the Syndicates far over-extended than what they should have been. Thus 1943 would roll around and this time the Syndicates were on the back foot after nearly 4 years of holding the advantage,

## 1943 (Syndicalist Collapse):

The Entente Entry into the war would spur on a response by the American Union State who decided to continue on their winter offensive despite the cold weather conditions. However this was not shared by the P.S.A who decided to only support A.U.S forces via areal bombardment witch would level the cities of Springfield and Columbus. Meanwhile the city of New York would fall after only 2 weeks of siege by New England Forces. The Union State would soon attack into the Great Plains prompting the Combined Syndicates to withdrawal from the area in order to shorten the frontline and to allow for better ability to defend their front line. This would end up allowing the American Union State to advance into Montana and seize all of the former Syndicalist controlled territory. But their advance did not stop there. After brutal battles in the Ohio River valley witch would make the fighting in Kentucky seem like child's play. The entire river valley was scorched and the Shawnee Forest would end up being halved in size from the artillery, flamethrowers, chemical attacks, ect. Union State forces would also cross into West Virginia across the Appalachians despite heavy resistance. The Entente meanwhile seized all of New Jersey and would take the city of Philadelphia on the New England Front, while the Canadians world force a withdrawal from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Under threat of Encirclement the Combined Syndicates were forced to withdrawal from the Mitten of Michigan and later would withdrawal from Pennsylvania and Ohio. This left only Illinois and Indiana witch were quickly being gobbled up by Union State offensives. Thus in late February of 1943 Chicago would be placed under siege. While many syndicalists would tell you this was a glorious last stand of the revolution the truth was far from it. The Combined Syndicates did not have the resources to supply such a large garrison and most of its units refused to fight. So large swaths of the city were taken by the Union state while the Entente provided artillery and air support. On March 4th of 1943 there was a meeting between Benjamin O. Davis and Earl Browder. Earl Browder refused to surrender the movement hoping to go down guns blazing. But Benjamin who had the support of the troops new that the better corse of action was to surrender and hope that their lives would be spared. Thus when Browder refused to surrender, Benjamin along with Browder's guard would assassinate him and Benjamin would take power over the Combined Syndicates. Only 45 minutes later the Flag flying over town hall would be lowered and the white flag raised. While they didn't realize it at the time the Second American Civil war was over. But thats not what the troops on the ground or the governments thought. The Truce between the P.S.A and the A.U.S was only until the surrender of the Combined Syndicates and both governments believed that the civil war would continue between the two. But the Reichspakt and the Entente had different plans. Because both of them were supporting different sides in the 2ACW the continuation of hostilities would lead to the two factions directly fighting each other despite being on the same side of the Second Weltkrieg. And thus the two factions demanded a permanent treaty be signed to end the Civil War despite there being more than one American Government. But not wishing to anger his allies the P.S.A would surrender. And under threats of war from the Entente the A.U.S would eventually cave in. And thus a treaty location was picked, the City of Atlanta.

### The Treaty of Atlanta

The Treaty of Atlanta was essentially just a treaty on how to divide the former united states as neither side would admit loss and thus no money would be circulated around aside from the Federalist and Syndicalist gold reserves, Both of witch having fallen to the American Union State. The Pacific States-Union state border would be drawn along the Rocky Mountains with the entire mountain range going to the Pacific States. Meanwhile in the North East the border between the Union State and New England was decided. The Former border of Pennsylvania and New York would be respected up until the Susquehanna River on witch the border would be made. This would also permanently split the city of Harrisburg into two leaving it like so many other cities around the globe. Then the border would go along the Pennsylvania-Maryland border with the line continuing to the Delaware River .Despite American Union State pleas for the territory the Canadian Government would in the peace deal create another American State, the Great Lakes Government. The Former North Dakota-Minnesota border would be kept but the border would then be drawn along the Minnesota River with the Frontlines being used as the borders between them. Then the former Borders of Wisconsin would be used At the Michigan border the Toledo Strip and with it all of the Great Lakes drainage basin would be used to draw the borders in that area. This would leave all of the Nations who signed it Salty, especially the americans who had to endure so much only for their nation to not even be united by the end of it. And this would have dire consequences for the Former governments of the P.S.A and the A.U.S as the Aftermath of the War would set in.

## Aftermath:

The Aftermath of the Second American Civil War is considered to have radically altered American Politics as the once popular wartime administrations were radically unpopular within these countries witch would cause massive changes. The American Union State was the hardest hit by this with Huey Long becoming unpopular from nationalists and those who advocated for the government to reject the treaty of Atlanta. Thus on May 7th of 1943 Huey Long was giving a speech in Vicksburg Mississippi when a group of disgruntled nationalists would assassinate the Union State's president. With the government still provisional Huey Long had put in his will that should he die before elections were ready his Brother Earl Long should take power for the time being. Also large swaths of the American Union state contain land that was fought over and thus it has to essentially bear the cost of the war alone with over 80% of the economic and infrastructure damage during the war being within its territory. The P.S.A was not spared from the post war controversies either with the remnants of the Bull Moose party suddenly gaining wide spread support as the Democratic administrations popularity collapsed due to the signing of the treaty, Thus in the 1944 election the Democratic party within the P.S.A was reduced to a minor party as the Progressive party and the Republican Parties becoming the two parties of the Pacific States of America. Luckily the P.S.A was not in the same situation of the American Union State with it just borrowing the constitution that had formed the United States of America. The Situation in New England was far rosier with it having gained some of the largest cities within the United States like New York and Philadelphia witch both contained significant portions of the Steel belt. The Democratic Party within New England due to its wartime administration and its rising popularity by gaining land would end up grabbing up a supermajority that would essentially turn New England into a one-party state. The Great Lakes Government would end up getting the worst of all of this with much of its territory damaged by the war, with syndicalist agitation, and having to deal with having a provisional government. In summary the aftermath of the war was hard for all of the Former united states, but as reconstruction continues America may begin to outpace the world even though it will be split in 4.