AHC: Cripple the Anglosphere (ASB free)

AsGryffynn

Banned
Your challenge, with a POD no earlier than 1806, is to devise, by all means possible, a way to stop the US from growing to strong to be effectively challenged by most major Latin American nations or the Spanish Empire.

  • The US must lose at least one major conflict to Spanish Imperial or Latin American forces
  • A Latin American country must be stronger than the US for a brief period of time, or even permanently if possible. Bonus points if said country is the Spanish Empire
  • This is not needed, but if possible, find a way for the Spanish Empire to outlive the British one
  • Weaken the Commonwealth realms and the Commonwealth itself as needed.
 

Saphroneth

Banned
Good start might be a nasty War of 1812* which becomes an all-consuming conflict. That pits the two against one another, and the longer the war goes and the more bitter, the better.
 
Good start might be a nasty War of 1812* which becomes an all-consuming conflict. That pits the two against one another, and the longer the war goes and the more bitter, the better.
good start

A legacy of this might be that Britain is willing to back the Confederates in ten ACW, splitting the US into two antagonistic states.

Though we'd need something to prevent the North becoming an industrial powerhouse even so.

Hmm

Russia retaining Alaska and moving southwards to take California?

Or simply have Mexico retain the South West and California?
 

Saphroneth

Banned
good start

A legacy of this might be that Britain is willing to back the Confederates in ten ACW, splitting the US into two antagonistic states.

Though we'd need something to prevent the North becoming an industrial powerhouse even so.

Hmm

Russia retaining Alaska and moving southwards to take California?

Or simply have Mexico retain the South West and California?

To prevent the North becoming an industrial powerhouse, Anglo-US animosity helps because that cuts down on investment capital. A much longer, more bloody ACW would also work, especially if it draws in the UK again. UK basically becomes like OTL Spain, continually trying to regain control over colonies and causing a lot of havoc by intervening in wars between *Quebec, Upper *Canada, *North and *South. (Note I also nixed Canadian Federation.)
 
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