Second Atlantic War
300,000 Icelandic seamen move in to blockade Chicago, supported by 147,000 New American seamen.
At the same time, however, 285,000 Syndicalist seamen, backed by 60,000 Aragonese, 10,000 Cascadian, and 60,000 Puerto Rican seamen, are moving in to block the American coast.
The result is a catastrophe for the Syndicalist forces, who lose most of their coastline barring some off Virginia. 70,000 Syndicalists, 15,000 Aragonese, and 15,000 Puerto Ricans are lost. 20,000 Icelandics and 10,000 New Americans are killed.
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On land, 285,000 Syndicalist troops strike New Jersey. The Leth send 620,000 soldiers, 5,000 Puerto Ricans and 5,000 Aragonese in support of this strike.
While 100,000 American troops have set up a no-fly zone around the Syndicate border, many of them are not present in the country anymore. However, the Americans have 400,000 draftees. 40,000 of the professional forces stand ready to fight with these recruits against a MASSIVE invasion.
140,000 American troops are killed. 30,000 Leth and 12,000 Syndicalists are killed.
New York, New Jersey, and Merichussets are all occupied, with 7.7 million people being occupied and 300,000 more perishing in the chaos of war.
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Anticipating nuclear warfare, the Syndicates have begun evacuations, lessening the density of their cities. In wake of the attack on Chicago, this proved to be a savvy policy, preventing Chicago from suffering much higher casualties.
America sends a massive amount of financial aid to Canada, so as to secure it against a possible Syndicalist invasion; the joke is on New America, however, as the government shortly after presents its papers of unification with the Syndicates. Former Syndicalists, the Canadians yearn for reunification, and with the start of the war, they get their opportunity. A small minority of individuals comfortable with life under the capitalist American yoke rise up, naturally, preventing full integration. The country remains classed as independent in a state of Civil War.
73,000 slaves and 5,000 freemen are captured when the Bahamas fall without a fight to Puerto Rico. The Bahamas had been poised to become an independent state, though the Puerto Ricans had other plans for the islands. The slaves are emancipated and the freemen are kept in specific districts until they can be repatriated at the end of the war. Puerto Ricans move en masse to the islands, effectively rendering them a perpetual province of Puerto Rico.
