Great American Civil War

The Second American Civil War began on 14 April 1934, when Nationalist rebel military forces conducted

simultaneous raids throughout the continental United States against President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's Constitutionalist Armies. The skirmishes and raids of April 1934 quickly degenerated into all out Civil War between the combined forces of the Nationalist army and right wing Conservative-Fascist party militia, and the Constitutionalist bureaucracy of President Roosevelt and the various "left wing,socialist- communist" militia armies supporting his coalition regime, later to become the new United American Army. The Second American Civil War lasted until the 22nd of October 1937 with the signing of the Chicago Peace Accords which ended most large scale armed conflict on North America until the Second World War (1939-1949). The US Civil War, which caused much destruction and death in the isolated regions of America which it was fought in, is most notable for splitting America into three seperate nations until after 1937 and beyond.

Background & Causes of the Second American Civil War
Timeline of the Conflict

 The prelude to Second American Civil War was born out of the almost five year old economic and political crisis of the Great Depression 1929-1934. Unable to stop the decay of rural America, the propagation of dissonant groups, and with growing violence on the streets of every major American city by Spring 1934, support faltered in many parts of America for Presidents Roosevelt’s government, and the United States collapses under a wave of populist and reactionary movements.

On the 22nd of January 1934, war between Nationalist army rebels and the Constitutionalist Regular Army was made even more likely when reactionary Army commanders met and drafted a joint resolution to rise in revolt against the policies of President Roosevelt. A number of grievances were listed and numerous high ranking generals with experience in pre-WWI conflicts and with command experience in the AEF agreed to attempt an overthrow of the Roosevelt regime. The Nationalists sought to gain power and defeat Roosevelt through a strictly military based coup, they considerered themselves merely a great political awakening behind the legitimate military force of America (the Nationalist Army) just as their de facto head of state Henry Ford might have argued. Their populations are in the West and the Southwest based mainly in Texas, California, Colorado, Montana, etc. and also from the Pacific Northwest. Besides commandeered US equipment their is strong financial and political support for the Nationalist cause through American industrialists and businessmen scattered throughout North America and Europe, enabling the export of goods from European markets until the end of the war in 1937. This includes early armaments from Vickers of England and Mauser of Germany.

Fascism emerges in America before the start of the Second Civil War in response to the perceived threat of Bolshevism and the political rise of Roosevelt and his Cabinet. William Dudley Pelley emerges with a strong will and even stronger resolve creating the Silver Legion on the 31st of January 1933. Within two years his Christian Party and corresponding Silver Shirts are close to three million strong and have so much power in the Pacific Northwest that those unsympathetic to the party have all but abandoned the state of Washington, where Fuhrer Pelley held court from 1930-1940. In October of 1935, with the Nationalists crushing weak opposition to their offensives East, Pelley gains power over the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and creates his version of a Christian Fascist utopia known as the CFR (Christian Fascist Republic). Shortly after their independence they gain recognition from Imperial Japan. In 1937 Germany and Italy recognize the CFR and an unlikely country emerges on the North American continent from the chaos of the Second American Civil War.

 The actual beginning of the Civil War is murky as both sides claim to have acted in self defense when the pitched battles of 1934 begin. The Nationalists point to Roosevelt’s recognition of the Soviet Union in 1933 as part of the causation while the military and political figureheads maintain their right to rebel against tyrannical foreign rule as many Nationalist leaders insist on Roosevelt’s subservience to the leadership in Moscow.

 The Constitutionalist leadership with Roosevelt, Vice President John N. Garner, and Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau at its head quickly moves to consolidate power in the remaining nations under United States military control and they call on those loyal Americans under Nationalist rebel occupied territory to flee or rise in rebellion. This proclamation, issued by radio on 4 April 1934 and entitled "A Call to the Free peoples of America" was instrumental in the two sides clashing in the large battles during the campaigns of 1934-December 1935. Later under the Presidents command he strengthens his power and the power of his councils, the Cabinet, Senate, and Congress, and forming the American Military Commisars. Immediately this new coalition formulates social welfare and economic reform in preparation for total war with the Nationalist rebels. Since their recognition of the Soviet Union, Roosevelt and his cabinet had become diplomatically and economically much closer to the Soviet Republics in the East. In 1935 sufficient War Aid and a small Soviet task force are sent to Bolster the fastly growing new United American Army.

 At the outset of the conflict, the American government under President Roosevelt drafts and creates a new United American Army, consisting of mostly regular military personnel from the Eastern seaboard and the newest recruits of the Citizens Army. The mobilization and transfer of troops to the front line by both sides, stretching from the Great Lakes to Tennessee begins the armed struggle of the Second American Civil War, alternatively titled the US Civil War by some historians

Opposing Armies
Constitutionalist, USA (Consti's) Army-All forces under the command of President Roosevelt and the Senate/Congress of Fortress Washington D.C. Comprised of mostly Eastern United States Army and Marine personnel, Roosevelt has control over the Naval and Merchant Marines. Their air force has grown throughout the conflict and in 36', and 37' their Soviet made fighters outperform the mostly antiquated World War I planes of the rebels. Retention of all the nations military academies has made the USSA army a very efficient fighting from which begins in 1936 and ends in 1938.

USSA Command is structured on Roosevelt's policy, subserviant to Senate Decree, which is subserviant to the Military Commisars directive.
 * A regular army that stands at about 500,000. Equipped with American and Russian weapons.
 * A sophisticated Air Wing, Air Defense, and Reconnasaince wing established by the Military Commisars directive. By 1937 it uses the best of American and Soviet design.
 * Advanced and modern Naval Fleet stationed throughout the Atlantic and in the Pacific at Hawaii.
 * By 1936 a sophisticated intellgience network dedicated to internal security and Spy networks under the FBI's directive.

Nationalist (Nats') Army- All regular army Nationalist forces in the field and who occupy former United States territory. Led by Generals from the World War but also by younger commanders of the inter-war period they use armored technology to increasing effectiveness during the Civil War. This army fights for the Nationalist Elite financial/industrial and military leadership of the West Coast.

The Joint Command of the Nationalist military is structured by seniority and financial backing.


 * The Nationalist forces infantry numbers in excess of 300,000 men. They are trained well but suffer from a lack of supplies, munitions, and modern weaponry. What good weapons they have wind in the hands of the more skilled battalions of the older pre World War I generals in command of the contested Mid-West region.

Red Army Expeditionary Force- 15,000 strong the RAEF is in America to support Roosevelts goverment and aid in the training and buildup of the new USSA armed forces. Their arrival in 1935 upset the balance of power between the two sides. They field small armor cores and an air wing in suport of USSA comrades who were stationed on the Ford Salient.
 * The armored divisions of the Nationalists are some of the best in the world at this time, led by Lt. General George Patton they have around 25,000 men and use armored cars and tanks of American, British, and French design, and increasingly high numbers of German made tanks by 1936 and 1937.
 * They utilize a small efficient Nationalist Air Corps lead by General Billy Mitchell until his death in 1936. After the Vice Marshalls death the Luftwaffe allows one hundred or so Germans to fly for the Nationalists in preparation for their assaults on Pittsburgh, Memphis, Chicago, and Indianopolis in the spring/summer of 1937.
 * A small seemingly phantom trade and escort service comprise the Nationalist Naval Forces. On loan they piloted several German U-Boats of unknown vintage that were active in the Pacific and off the Coast of the Carolinas.

Citizens Army- Volunteer and conscripted forces comprised of civilians with only basic military training. Some bring their own weapons while others are given surplus World War I weapons as pay. They guard and bolster the defences of the Southern USSA. This force is predominatly infantry but fields smaller numbers of horse and mechanized cavalry.

Factions

Several other Factions who's forces often operate independently include:

Silver Legion: The Silver Legions are the military forces of the independent Christian Fascist Republic, a territory within the Nationalist territory which has been recognized by Germany and the Empire of Japan. They fight all over America in organized cadres. They are strongest in the West, Indiana, in various parts of the South, and have been rumored to have organized dissonance in the Northeast as well. Individual elite units of Silver Legionnaires have served attached to varying Nationalist divisions in regions with USSA and RAEF presence

Armies of the CFR include:
 * A force of just under 1 million, "peasant, soldier-citizens" who stand vigilant on their farms/factories of the CFR according to Pelley. They are equipped with surplus Imperial German weapons.
 * The Silver Shirts, by 1937 they number 355,000. They operate as a paramilitary force within the CFR and the USSA. They are the cream of CFR leadership. They are equipped with surplus American and German equipment from the Great War.

Post Master's Legions : Military brigades of postal and civil servants who are forced into military service for the USSA. They have extremely high casualty rates.

Southern Brigades: Associated military commands of Confederate revivalists, they have waged an unsuccesful campaign in the South of Washington DC. Red militia units have been employed to supress this guerilla campaign.

Red Brigades: Loosley formed militias and companies of communist inspired guerillas. They are outifitted with spare Soviet supplies from the stocks of Roosevelts fortress Washington DC.

Texas Rangers: Columns of former soldiers and police officers, only loyal to Texas who fight the USSA Army but who are also continually at odds with the Draconian policies of the Nationalist Army.

Army of Vigilance: Reactionary civilian army who supports the Nationalist cause. They are dressed in civilian attire and use whatever weapons available. Most active in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.