From Mexico to the World: A TL

Very interesting update. I'm looking forward to the war :D

Thanks, I'm itching to get to the war myself too!

Someone needs to make a map of this.

I'd love to have some maps in the TL, but I've come to accept I'm a terrible map maker.

I'm loving this!

And here's hoping Mexico kicks some US ass (at at least retakes the Nueces Strip and Southern California), ESPECIALLY when it comes to burning the South to the ground!

You keep making me give out spoilers! But, as I always say, you'll have to wait and see. That said, the wait is only 3-4 updates ;)
 
You keep making me give out spoilers! But, as I always say, you'll have to wait and see. That said, the wait is only 3-4 updates ;)
I'll wait patiently, then!

But just as an idea... Blacks here are suffering from Jim Crow oppression and Natives won't be recognized as citizens until 1924, so... Possibilities!
 
If mexico is building its army up a lot, there will be plenty of eyes raised in the U.S. (Considering the Mexicans in Cuba, the U.S. would have to take a giant idiot ball to NOT realize that this could be a threat). Even if there are not all that many extra soldiers raised before the war, by the time tensions are escalating mexico isn't going to be the only one preparing for war.

Another thing to note, The U.S. tends to not take being even threatened lightly, much less attacked (Zimmerman telegram, pearl harbor, ect). So I don't think it's plausible for the U.S. to be any more then slightly unprepared when the war starts.
 
I'll wait patiently, then!

But just as an idea... Blacks here are suffering from Jim Crow oppression and Natives won't be recognized as citizens until 1924, so... Possibilities!

Thanks for the info. I'll keep those facts in mind

If mexico is building its army up a lot, there will be plenty of eyes raised in the U.S. (Considering the Mexicans in Cuba, the U.S. would have to take a giant idiot ball to NOT realize that this could be a threat). Even if there are not all that many extra soldiers raised before the war, by the time tensions are escalating mexico isn't going to be the only one preparing for war.

Another thing to note, The U.S. tends to not take being even threatened lightly, much less attacked (Zimmerman telegram, pearl harbor, ect). So I don't think it's plausible for the U.S. to be any more then slightly unprepared when the war starts.

Don't worry, I won't be having the US drink lead while Mexico gets its stuff together. After I wrap up the Cuban War the next update will be about what the US has been up to since the Baja California filibuster. I want Mexico to humble the US, but not by dumbing the Americans down.
 
New update!

The Cuban War of Independence, Part 2

1896 would prove to be a terrible year for the Cuban revolutionaries and their Mexican allies.
After some behind-the-scenes debacle in Spain, General Campos's replacement, Gen. Valeriano Weyler, was in turn replaced by a man named Andres Rudy [1]. On February of that year the Spanish reinforcements attacked the Cuban troops surrounding Havana. Using a new type of rifle they shredded the rebels to pieces, leading to a complete rout.
Over the following months the Spanish troops, armed with their new rifles, completely cleared the island of the revolutionaries. During their final assault on the rebels several Mexican troops were captured.
Following torture, the troops were identified as Mexican. Outraged, and confident in their superior weaponry, Spain declared war on Mexico, intent to getting their old colony back.
Across the sea Mexico, financially supported by the United States, prepared to stand a revived Spanish Empire's onslaught.

[1] Andries Rhoodie. April Fools!
 
New update!

The Cuban War of Independence, Part 2

1896 would prove to be a terrible year for the Cuban revolutionaries and their Mexican allies.
After some behind-the-scenes debacle in Spain, General Campos's replacement, Gen. Valeriano Weyler, was in turn replaced by a man named Andres Rudy [1]. On February of that year the Spanish reinforcements attacked the Cuban troops surrounding Havana. Using a new type of rifle they shredded the rebels to pieces, leading to a complete rout.
Over the following months the Spanish troops, armed with their new rifles, completely cleared the island of the revolutionaries. During their final assault on the rebels several Mexican troops were captured.
Following torture, the troops were identified as Mexican. Outraged, and confident in their superior weaponry, Spain declared war on Mexico, intent to getting their old colony back.
Across the sea Mexico, financially supported by the United States, prepared to stand a revived Spanish Empire's onslaught.

[1] Andries Rhoodie. April Fools!

Go Mexico! The time for revenge against your former colonial master is at hand!
 
So... my laptop is dead. Well, more like stuck on a "unmountable boot volume" loop where it's forever trying load. Either way it's gone for now, as are all my notes and updates on the TL.

So for now I'll put this on hold while I try to fix my laptop. If that fails I might have to start all over or pick it up (Not sure tbh, there's a few things I feel I missed out on the TL).

Also, there's this TL I wanna try about a certain battle in 1915 involving a man named Doroteo Arango...
 
So... my laptop is dead. Well, more like stuck on a "unmountable boot volume" loop where it's forever trying load. Either way it's gone for now, as are all my notes and updates on the TL.

So for now I'll put this on hold while I try to fix my laptop. If that fails I might have to start all over or pick it up (Not sure tbh, there's a few things I feel I missed out on the TL).

Also, there's this TL I wanna try about a certain battle in 1915 involving a man named Doroteo Arango...
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This is why I make sure to get extra copies on my TL notes. On my laptop, on my desktop computer, and on could storage services like One Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox.
 
So... my laptop is dead. Well, more like stuck on a "unmountable boot volume" loop where it's forever trying load. Either way it's gone for now, as are all my notes and updates on the TL.

So for now I'll put this on hold while I try to fix my laptop. If that fails I might have to start all over or pick it up (Not sure tbh, there's a few things I feel I missed out on the TL).
Gee, that's a real shame... :(
Especially as it was starting to pick up steam.

I hope that next time you can backup your text at an online archive such as OneDrive or Google Docs. Especially because more recent versions allow you to save directly to your OneDrive.

Also, there's this TL I wanna try about a certain battle in 1915 involving a man named Doroteo Arango...
As long as it doesn't involve Pancho Villa attacking the US and the latter annexing the north, which for a long time it became one of the silliest clichés I've found.
 
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This is why I make sure to get extra copies on my TL notes. On my laptop, on my desktop computer, and on could storage services like One Drive, Google Drive and Dropbox.

I know. I usually keep my stuff on my laptop, external hard drive and if I can paper, but for some reason I didn't for this one. It's a tragedy

Gee, that's a real shame... :(
Especially as it was starting to pick up steam.

I hope that next time you can backup your text at an online archive such as OneDrive or Google Docs. Especially because more recent versions allow you to save directly to your OneDrive.


As long as it doesn't involve Pancho Villa attacking the US and the latter annexing the north, which for a long time it became one of the silliest clichés I've found.

Wait, that's a cliche?! I've never heard of that one, if could guide me to stories on that it would be greatly appreciated.
And don't worry, my Pancho Villa TL deals with something completely different and, in my opinion, more fun.
 
Wait, that's a cliche?! I've never heard of that one, if could guide me to stories on that it would be greatly appreciated.
And don't worry, my Pancho Villa TL deals with something completely different and, in my opinion, more fun.

I've seen it times aplenty at Map Games (along with Yucatán splitting off for the 19820349817093847901347091th time) and Kaiser_K featured this as part of his PODs on his timeline about a commie America (Pancho Villa seized power, and went to war against the USA). I did not call out on this due to the fact that I prefer that the facts do not get in the way of anyone's creative vision, but I digress.

The US going all out to annex northern Mexico during the Revolution doesn't make sense at all if you ask me. The Punitive Expedition was a manhunt, to put it in simple terms, caused by Pancho Villa's suppliers not giving him his weapons. So, Pancho Villa becoming president does not equal a surefire war against the U.S., especially as he has nothing to win out of it.

In any case, if you want to give it a try, you can use Word Online if you have a Microsoft account. This is extremely useful, as you might eventually open the file on a computer version of Word should you end up getting any Office version from 2013 and on.
 
I've seen it times aplenty at Map Games (along with Yucatán splitting off for the 19820349817093847901347091th time) and Kaiser_K featured this as part of his PODs on his timeline about a commie America (Pancho Villa seized power, and went to war against the USA). I did not call out on this due to the fact that I prefer that the facts do not get in the way of anyone's creative vision, but I digress.

The US going all out to annex northern Mexico during the Revolution doesn't make sense at all if you ask me. The Punitive Expedition was a manhunt, to put it in simple terms, caused by Pancho Villa's suppliers not giving him his weapons. So, Pancho Villa becoming president does not equal a surefire war against the U.S., especially as he has nothing to win out of it.

In any case, if you want to give it a try, you can use Word Online if you have a Microsoft account. This is extremely useful, as you might eventually open the file on a computer version of Word should you end up getting any Office version from 2013 and on.

True, true, for some reason I read that as Pancho Villa attacks the US AND annexes parts of it lol. I've read quite a few Second Mexican-American War TLs here and though awesome they do follow the same format.
And yeah, I'll probably start saving my stuff on Google Docs from now on,
 
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