The Union Forever: A TL
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Sorry, I misread that. My point's even more valid now though - libertarianism is a pretty right-wing ideology, and I fail to see how a party could be to its right but to the left of American "liberalism".
Put it this way: Citizens' Bond is right-wing, Liberal Federalist is left-wing. End of story.
Y'know I don't wanna be that guy, but when can we next expect another update?
This weekend, I promise.
I like it. Lets consider it cannon. I'm sure some other minor parties exist as well. How about...
Fatherland: Rightwing, Afrikaner nationalism
United Labor: Left wing, Socialist
Technocrat League: Krulikist
Asia-Pacific War: Opening Moves
The long overdue update. Thanks for being patient. (Sorry for the sloppy editing, it won't let me put spaces between the paragraphs for some reason)
Japan enters the War
As Indian forces surged south into Hyderabad and Madras, the Empire of Japan finally saw its opportunity to expand in the Pacific. During the early hours of August 8, Prime Minister Ryota Hayashi meet with senior Kobushi Party officials and announced his intention to move against the British Commonwealth. After a brief but tense discussion, a consensus was reached that war would begin the following day. Hayashi assured his compatriots that Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos would honor the Calcutta Compact as well and join the fight against Britain and her Dominions.
Known as Operation Umigame (Sea Turtle) the war plan entailed for the Japanese military to move quickly on multiple fronts. Hayashi wished to seize the “low hanging fruits” of the British Empire without sparking a wider war involving China, Russia, or the United States. As such, great emphasis was placed on speed, hoping to conquer the desired territory and gain supremacy in the Pacific before other powers could weigh in.
On August 9, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a series of attacks in the Western Pacific. The first Commonwealth casualties were on the heavy cruiser HMS Redoubtable after it was struck by a Japanese torpedo approaching Hong Kong’s Victoria harbor. Over the next two days air raids by Japanese jet fighters and bombers were launched on Singapore, Sarawak, and New Guinea. On the Malay Peninsula, the 22nd Corp of the Imperial Japanese Army under General Takuma Saito began its long advance towards Singapore.
The belligerents as of 17 August, 1976
The Opening Moves
August 7-17, 1976
August 7-17, 1976
Japan enters the War
As Indian forces surged south into Hyderabad and Madras, the Empire of Japan finally saw its opportunity to expand in the Pacific. During the early hours of August 8, Prime Minister Ryota Hayashi meet with senior Kobushi Party officials and announced his intention to move against the British Commonwealth. After a brief but tense discussion, a consensus was reached that war would begin the following day. Hayashi assured his compatriots that Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos would honor the Calcutta Compact as well and join the fight against Britain and her Dominions.
Known as Operation Umigame (Sea Turtle) the war plan entailed for the Japanese military to move quickly on multiple fronts. Hayashi wished to seize the “low hanging fruits” of the British Empire without sparking a wider war involving China, Russia, or the United States. As such, great emphasis was placed on speed, hoping to conquer the desired territory and gain supremacy in the Pacific before other powers could weigh in.
On August 9, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a series of attacks in the Western Pacific. The first Commonwealth casualties were on the heavy cruiser HMS Redoubtable after it was struck by a Japanese torpedo approaching Hong Kong’s Victoria harbor. Over the next two days air raids by Japanese jet fighters and bombers were launched on Singapore, Sarawak, and New Guinea. On the Malay Peninsula, the 22nd Corp of the Imperial Japanese Army under General Takuma Saito began its long advance towards Singapore.
The Commonwealth Answers the Call
Hours after news that the United Republic of India had invaded Hyderabad and Madras, Prime Minister A.P. Vaughan called an emergency session of the House of Commons. Vaughan announced that an ultimatum for the URI to withdraw its forces had been rejected out of hand by Indian Leader Harshad Nanda. Declaring that “the time has come for the United Kingdom to honor its promises,” Vaughan asked that parliament request a declaration of war against the URI. After two hours of fierce debate, the motion carried despite the vehement opposition of Keith Reece the leader of the Socialist Workers Party.
It now fell to the legislatures of the five independent dominions to make their own decision whether to stand by the UK and their allies on the subcontinent. Japan’s aggression in the Pacific made the choice an easy one for Australia and New Zealand, both of whom entered the war on August 9. Canada followed suit the next day. Prime Minister Mbete declared his support for the Commonwealth stating, “An attack on one of us is an attack on all us” paving the way for South Africa’s declaration of war on August 11. Ireland proved to be the most contentious with the anti-British Prime Minster Sean Madden suffering a vote of no confidence after he refused to allow the Irish parliament to vote on joining the war. Ireland finally joined its sister commonwealths on August 17 after a new government was formed under Meridith O’Nullain of the centrist Justice Party.
Retreat in India
It now fell to the legislatures of the five independent dominions to make their own decision whether to stand by the UK and their allies on the subcontinent. Japan’s aggression in the Pacific made the choice an easy one for Australia and New Zealand, both of whom entered the war on August 9. Canada followed suit the next day. Prime Minister Mbete declared his support for the Commonwealth stating, “An attack on one of us is an attack on all us” paving the way for South Africa’s declaration of war on August 11. Ireland proved to be the most contentious with the anti-British Prime Minster Sean Madden suffering a vote of no confidence after he refused to allow the Irish parliament to vote on joining the war. Ireland finally joined its sister commonwealths on August 17 after a new government was formed under Meridith O’Nullain of the centrist Justice Party.
Retreat in India
In the first ten days of the war, over 600,000 URI troops advanced south into Hyderabad and Madras. Severely outnumbered, the Madrasian and Hyderabadi armies began withdrawing in earnest, destroying bridges and blocking roads as they fled. Hyderabad city fell on August 16 after only token resistance. In the air, the Madrasian Air Force had its hands full with dogfights raging over the Deccan Plateau against their more numerous Indian opponents. At sea, the Commonwealth had some modest success with the sinking of the battleship URIS Lahore off the coast of Bombay. In a questionable move, Nanda also directed for Portugal’s Indian territories to be occupied. In the resulting battle of Gao over 1,300 Portuguese soldiers were killed or wounded before they finally surrendered. At the time, the exact reason for bringing Portugal into the war was unknown but it was believed that Nanda wished to secure Gao before launching future operations into Mysore. By midmonth, it was apparent to all that if reinforcements didn’t arrive soon the Commonwealth’s position on the subcontinent would become untenable.
The belligerents as of 17 August, 1976
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And hardly Russia and United States too sit on their back if war continues very long. And Siam might want its areas back. And Persia is wild card.
Anyway, what kind of ties Indonesia has with Japan?
We will have to wait and see. Japan and India have made it clear that if the Commonwealth uses nuclear weapons in any capacity against them they will retaliate with Chemical and Biological weapons. Some in the British military believe that nuclear weapons might be the only way to save their forces in India and Malaya.
It is a major concern for the Japanese. They are hoping to win the war quickly, in a matter of months, before the Chinese are ready to intervene.
Indonesia is a bit of a wild card. Indonesia is a major trading partner with Japan and India. Certain elements favor an alliance with Japan. Japanese expansion is making them nervous however. For the moment, Indonesian President Slamet Wahyu has declared armed neutrality.
This war has the potential to help Indonesia's economy. Both Japan and India will need to appeal to them to get ships through the Straits of Malacca; they know if they piss off Indonesia that'll be a lot harder.
Indeed, which should make for interesting times both during and (potentially) after the war. If all doesn't go well, I suspect a rotten time in the archipelago a la Vietnam in terms of being in a tug-of-war game between Japan+India and Britain+Commonwealths. Hopefully things will go more smoothly at least in terms of not getting the Indonesians directly in the conflict.
Awesome update, Mac! Just like OTL, the Japanese make some huge assumptions about the opposition and try to "sneak a victory in" against "low-hanging fruit". Time will tell how that works out for them here. Incidentally, I forget but isn't there technically six Commonwealths, inclusive of *West Africa? I may be getting this TL mixed up with Male Rising, so apologies if so.
Awesome update, Mac! Just like OTL, the Japanese make some huge assumptions about the opposition and try to "sneak a victory in" against "low-hanging fruit". Time will tell how that works out for them here. Incidentally, I forget but isn't there technically six Commonwealths, inclusive of *West Africa? I may be getting this TL mixed up with Male Rising, so apologies if so
.Incidentally, I forget but isn't there technically six Commonwealths, inclusive of *West Africa? I may be getting this TL mixed up with Male Rising, so apologies if so
I don't recall that being the case here, and it sounds like an Edelsteinism, so you're probably mixing them up. Mac will confirm or deny, of course.
Indeed, which should make for interesting times both during and (potentially) after the war. If all doesn't go well, I suspect a rotten time in the archipelago a la Vietnam in terms of being in a tug-of-war game between Japan+India and Britain+Commonwealths. Hopefully things will go more smoothly at least in terms of not getting the Indonesians directly in the conflict.
Awesome update, Mac! Just like OTL, the Japanese make some huge assumptions about the opposition and try to "sneak a victory in" against "low-hanging fruit". Time will tell how that works out for them here. Incidentally, I forget but isn't there technically six Commonwealths, inclusive of *West Africa? I may be getting this TL mixed up with Male Rising, so apologies if so
Besides the UK there are currently...
5 independent dominions; Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
13 dominions that have control over internal affairs but foreign policy is largely run by London; the Bahamas, Jamaica, Guiana, Nigeria, Cyprus, Malta, Union of Gulf Emirates, East Africa, Madagascar, Madras, Ceylon, Burma, and Malaya.