WI Pan America joins in ww2?

What if the Pan American Union decides to join the war on the side of the allies and contribute whatever they can to the war effort? How with this affect the outcome of the war?

Or, what if the Pan American Union split and started a war on the American continent?
 
What if the Pan American Union decides to join the war on the side of the allies and contribute whatever they can to the war effort? How with this affect the outcome of the war?

By December 1941 it basically was.

Or, what if the Pan American Union split and started a war on the American continent?

Ignoring how ASB this is, whatever nations split are beaten into submission by American and Canada within a few months tops.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II#Pan_American_Union

From this group, three countries contributed military forces to the Allied war effort:

The other 18 countries from this group contributed given support in many ways on lesser degrees or limited to war declaration.

More help might make it easier to defeat the U-boats, but the chances of these nations sending many troops to Europe are rather slim.
 
By December 1941 it basically was.



Ignoring how ASB this is, whatever nations split are beaten into submission by American and Canada within a few months tops.

Would the US and Canada have the forces to waste putting down minor South American Axis nations? Would there even be any real value in trying? None have militaries that are of concern to the US/Canada. I guess the Mexicans could make life difficult on the border for a little while but that's it.
 
Would the US and Canada have the forces to waste putting down minor South American Axis nations? Would there even be any real value in trying? None have militaries that are of concern to the US/Canada. I guess the Mexicans could make life difficult on the border for a little while but that's it.

It would help give American troops their christening by fire, even if it was only small numbers and it would reveal some of the problems with equipment and tactics earlier than torch. Quick, easy victories would also be a large propaganda boost, although that may not be a good thing if it generates victory disease.

Of course these nations wouldn't really survive economic blockade anyway, they'd surrender in a months without a fight.
 
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