South American War (Dutch Superpower)

The South American War, sometimes also refered to as the Argentinian Civil War, South Americas World War or the 3rd Great War was a conflict between the Francoist states of, and parts of the Argentine army and the Rio-Washington axis, an alliance consisting of ,  and the  as well as what remained of the Kingdom of. Over its four year course the war also saw intervention by other powers, most notably the Chilean government in exile and its allies, and the. The fourth bloodiest conflict of the 20th century, behind only the two world wars and the the South American war caused the deaths of over ten million people and only ended when Emperor Pedro IV decided that he was not willing to match Franco's gambit over the use of Thermonuclear weapons.

The Growth of Francoism in South America
Francoism tied heavily into the existing naratives of Socialism and Marxism, tying them into naratives of national restoration and relgious exploration. This apealed greatly to a large majority of the South American Population, in particular the opressed and those diseffected with the leadership. Francoism grew particularly quickly in the Northern parts of South America where the Brasilians had had very little interest in the continued sucess of the peoples in that area, unlike Chile or Argentina where they had had a vested interest in keeping the people happy. Venezulea, Columbia, Paraquay, Ecuador and Peru fell to francoist rule in quick sucession and by the end of the 1940's every country in South America except Chile, Brasil and Argentina was ruled by Francoist leaders who were overseen by Spain.

Prior to the Argentine Civil War the last country in South America to fall to Francoism was Chile. The Chilean government under Carlos Frodden had held out until 1954 before in the 1954 election he was tied with Salvador Allende in a two way tie for the presidency. The senate decided to award the presidency to Frodden but the Chilean army staged a coup, placing Allende in a position of power. Two things however marked the Chilean transition to Francoism as different to the transitions that had effected other countries in South America. Firstly while the majority of the Chilean armed forces did back Allende a sizable percentage of the Chilean navy including its Flagship the Capitain Prat, a 60,000 ton Heavy Fleet Carrier backed Frodden and allowed him to escape to Japan, forming the Chilean exile fleet.

Brasilian Counter-Francoist Operations
In 1956 the Brasilian government decided that enough was enough and decided to launch a major series of counter offensives against the Francoists. Bolivia was the first and the easiest victory from the Brasilians, The francoist coup in Bolivia had met major resistance from the Armed Forces and although they had complied with the coup in the end they had only done so to spare the bolivian people the major death and destruction that would enevitably follow a major civil war. The backing of the Brasilian military caused the Bolivians to reconsider there positions, the backing of the Imperial Brasilian Air Force caused them to act against the Francoist government. Given that the Civilian governments control over the bolivian military had been barely secure before the francoist coup the counter coup by the Bolivian military was not suprising, the establishment of the Bolivian military dictatorship was relatively bloodless and took less than a month.

Bolivia prooved to be the only stand out sucess for the Brasilians, Brasilian military operations in Paraguay and Peru for example, while eventually sucessfull required a massive investment of men and material, particularly in Paraguay where the military had been the main instigator of the coup.