New England War (Operational Plan III)

The North American War was the bloodiest conflict in the History of North America, and was fought between the German Empire, in an alliance with Mexico, against the United States of America. It was the second time in US history that a overseas power invaded the U.S. mainland, and first war in which the German Empire fought an overseas power. The war lasted from July 27th, 1901, to February 8th, 1903.

The conflict has had a lasting effect upon all the nations involved in to varying degrees. For example, while most Americans do not bear a grudge against native Mexicans, Texans have a reputation for harbouring a very powerful grudge against native Mexicans, mainly due to the fact that one of the bloodiest fronts of the war was in Texas, which saw bitter fighting.

Background
The key cause of the war was Kaiser Wilheim II desire to create a German overseas empire. Germany may have had some colonies, but the Kaiser felt that they needed one that would rival even the British Empire, and thus give him an excuse to build Germany's navy to match. Some historians speculate that Kaiser Wilheim II also felt he needed to prove himself to the world, and have cited his hatred of the U.S.A as another reason.

Mexico, on the other hand, had lost over fifty percent of her land to the U.S. after the Mexican war, and desired to reclaim them, particularly Texas. This resulted in the Mexican President Porfirio Diaz secretly forming an alliance with Imperial Germany, and Germany began shipping weapons to Mexico, and helped trained the army, and recruitment began to ensure that Mexico had an army to match the US.

In the US, however, very little went on in the preparation of war, as few were aware of Germany intentions. However, British intelligence uncovered evidence that Germany was preparing to invade an overseas nation. However, rather then warn the US, the British Government was more concerned that Canada was the Germans target, and began stock piling weapons in the region for the populace. With the Boer War still raging on, Britain could directly intervene in North America, and placed Canada top priority, and paid no heed to the US.