Antarctic Campaign (World War I) (Great White South)

The Antarctic Campaign of World War I refers to all actions of World War I which took place on the continent of Antarctica. This Campaign was comparatively short - with under 5 months' fighting, making it one of the only areas of the war which was truly "over by Christmas".

Background
The campaign began when Santiago (under the questionably democratic government of ) and Austria-Hungary signed the "September Agreement", a Military Alliance which brought Santiago into the war on the Central Powers' side. This Agreement provided that Santiago would fight only against enemies in "the regions of Antarctica and South America" (it should be noted that there was no conflict in South America throughout the entire war); Sanchez' government had intended to expand the Agreement and supply troops to Europe and Africa, if they had remained in power.

and, the only other countries on the Continent in 1914, were both Allied colonies - and their combined power was undoubtedly greater than Santiago's; so the Santiagan government looked for help in other places. They found help in the n independence movement in Bellinsgauzenia, which helped create civil unrest in the Russian colony.