"War is man at his worst. Peace is man at his most docile."
Lord Protector Winston Churchill speaking before the declaration of war against the United States in 1936. The war began after increasing tensions resulting from Britain's new Government National Restoration's refusal to abide by the terms of the Treaty of Bristol. The Empire of Britain and the Empire of Japan both attempted to revise the naval restrictions that dogged them after the end of the Great War and their defeat at the hands of the Central Powers.
After the end of the Great War and the turbulence that followed the defeated Entente powers, France and Italy moving towards radical new revanchist governments enticed by harsh anti-German sentiments, Britain and Japan worked towards staving off Communist revolution. Neither succumbed to the same troubles that Russia did. In fact they aggressively reformed their societies along rigid traditionalistic and militaristic lines. However, until the great depression they were both afraid to fully abandon their post war treaty restrictions. However, once Wall St crashed and the American economy was thrown into disarray the Dual Alliance sprung to remilitarize. Troubles in occupied Canada only escalated into all out guerilla warfare partially supported by Britain. By 1936 the United States and President Roosevelt were in significant trouble. For 4 years both Britain and Japan had been rearming while the U.S military had only shrunken despite the conflict in Canada.
The War, launched by Churchill would involve two covert naval surprise attacks on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii and Norfolk, Virginia by aircraft launched from carriers. The entire U.S Navy suffered deep damages and the American economy once again suffered a crash. Canada broke out into all out rebellion and Synarchist Mexico called their Emperor out of exile and launched an invasion of Baja California and Texas supported by British and Japanese advisors and aviators. The Great American War would last 3 years. FDR would sign a humiliating peace treaty in Ontario giving up Canada and Baja California as well as American Pacific Possessions, including Hawaii as independent Japanese puppet. The final defeat was caused by a general strike since the Americans had stabilized the front and began to fight back for the seas. The military believed had the nation entirely committed itself to war then victory would have been possible, however it wasn't to be.
FDR was assassinated by a radical communist agitator on his way back from Ontario and Congress was in disarray. When army units began an unauthorized crackdown on communists a general strike was resumed. Congress demanded the army, and General MacArthur in particular to stand down. Upon their refusal Congress demanded their arrest, however, before a new VP could be sworn in or MacArthur arrested the USS Massachusetts, one of the few battleships to survive the war, opened fire on capitol hill launching a coup d'etat that would bring about a Military Junta.
MacArthur's plane would be shot down over Denver Colorado andGa temporary Junta established in Washington. While the rebels were able to gain the support of some congressmen and governors they failed to secure the entire country and even the army was divided in its loyalties. However, it seemed like it would only be amatter of time before the whole country was under military control. This illusion was shattered when Floyd Olson, governor of Minnesota, urged other U.S states to join him in an American People's Republic.
Eventually Olson's socialist forces would be defeated after 2 years of brutal fighting in the streets of Chicago, Detroit, New York and other American cities. In the end, after a daring armored thrust through Indiana, cutting the APR in half Field Marshal George Patton became de facto head of the Military junta. By 1941 the new 'American National Union' was a shell of what it once was after years on war and civil conflict. Patton's forces were merciless in their destruction of Communist forces and supporters. Patton didn't want to run any normal autocracy, he reestablished the House (excluding the senate and the state governments replacing them with military districts) and began the process of building a revanchist Statocracy along the lines of Napoleon V French Empire and Gabriele D'Annunzio and later Italo Balbo's Italian Social Republic.
Eventually in 1957 when another Great Global War began it was, ironically enough George Patton who repeated Churhill's famous phrase when American ships and warplanes attacked London and the German Empire went at it with France. This next war would kill upwards of 100 million people and be more devastating than any war ever before.
"Vive L'Empereur quand même!"
