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The Andean war in the same world as my United Communes maps. This one is about the war following the success of the Peruvian Revolution.
Following the collapse of the United States into revolution, the shock waves rippled across the world, but was most felt in Latin America. The economy of Latin American crashed causing a great social upheaval. In Peru, it was characterized by the Dictatorial government of Augusto Bernardino Leguía who ruled Peru since 1919. Exiling his political opponents, he created a cult of personality and aligned Peru with the League of Nations against growing International influence. He won over the support of the military, who feared a socialist uprising would begin if they tried to overthrow him.
The Septennium of Leguía would begin to collapse following the return of Jose Carlos Martiategui from his exile in Italy in 1923. Following the Italian revolution closely, he became the leading figure of South American Marxism. Next, the proclamation of the American Popular Revolution Alliance by exile Victor Raul Haya de la Torre in Mexico with the support of Emiliano Zapata and his Liberation Army of Mexico in 1924. Leguia's government attempted to crackdown, but this only led to increasing resentment among the populace as the economy continued to decline, and his rule become more and more autocratic, culminating in the capture and arrest of Haya de la Torre as Mariategui went into hiding. Finally, in early October, 1926, the labourers of Trujillo led by Haya de la Torre and Mariategui's Peruvian Socialist Party stormed the city barracks and overwhelmed the military personnel stationed there. Mass uprising began across the country as the workers and peasants of Peru established militias and seized the farmlands and factories. In Lima, the workers stormed the House of Pizarro and forced Leguia to flee by boat from the city. The recently freed Haya de la Torre and Mariategui came to Lima and established the Popular Government of the Revolution.
Following the events in Lima, military officers fled to the edges of the nation in order to establish their own forces to fight against the newly declared Socialist Republic of Peru. Sanchez Cerro amassed his forces as commander of the Arequipa garrison, while Oscar Benavides set up his own forces in the Northeast with the help of Ecuador. The events in Peru shocked the Andean Nations, and each of Peru's neighbours began mobilizing to crush the revolution, with League support beginning to funnel in. Following these events, the People's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jack Reed made an impassioned speech before the All-Union Congress, imploring the delegates to approve an intervention to support what was "The Beginning of the South American Revolution". The bill passed by an overwhelming majority, and soon after, volunteers and aid from across the Third International began pouring into the ports of Lima.
The Andean War would end with the triumph of the Peruvian Revolutionaries, and the spread of socialism to Ecuador and Chile.

Description

The Andean war in the same world as my United Communes maps. This one is about the war following the success of the Peruvian Revolution.
Following the collapse of the United States into revolution, the shock waves rippled across the world, but was most felt in Latin America. The economy of Latin American crashed causing a great social upheaval. In Peru, it was characterized by the Dictatorial government of Augusto Bernardino Leguía who ruled Peru since 1919. Exiling his political opponents, he created a cult of personality and aligned Peru with the League of Nations against growing International influence. He won over the support of the military, who feared a socialist uprising would begin if they tried to overthrow him.
The Septennium of Leguía would begin to collapse following the return of Jose Carlos Martiategui from his exile in Italy in 1923. Following the Italian revolution closely, he became the leading figure of South American Marxism. Next, the proclamation of the American Popular Revolution Alliance by exile Victor Raul Haya de la Torre in Mexico with the support of Emiliano Zapata and his Liberation Army of Mexico in 1924. Leguia's government attempted to crackdown, but this only led to increasing resentment among the populace as the economy continued to decline, and his rule become more and more autocratic, culminating in the capture and arrest of Haya de la Torre as Mariategui went into hiding. Finally, in early October, 1926, the labourers of Trujillo led by Haya de la Torre and Mariategui's Peruvian Socialist Party stormed the city barracks and overwhelmed the military personnel stationed there. Mass uprising began across the country as the workers and peasants of Peru established militias and seized the farmlands and factories. In Lima, the workers stormed the House of Pizarro and forced Leguia to flee by boat from the city. The recently freed Haya de la Torre and Mariategui came to Lima and established the Popular Government of the Revolution.
Following the events in Lima, military officers fled to the edges of the nation in order to establish their own forces to fight against the newly declared Socialist Republic of Peru. Sanchez Cerro amassed his forces as commander of the Arequipa garrison, while Oscar Benavides set up his own forces in the Northeast with the help of Ecuador. The events in Peru shocked the Andean Nations, and each of Peru's neighbours began mobilizing to crush the revolution, with League support beginning to funnel in. Following these events, the People's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jack Reed made an impassioned speech before the All-Union Congress, imploring the delegates to approve an intervention to support what was "The Beginning of the South American Revolution". The bill passed by an overwhelming majority, and soon after, volunteers and aid from across the Third International began pouring into the ports of Lima.
The Andean War would end with the triumph of the Peruvian Revolutionaries, and the spread of socialism to Ecuador and Chile.