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[b][center][color=96D2B7]UNITED STATES OF AMERICA[/color][/center][/b]
[/h1][/sup][/color][indent][sub][COLOR=6DC09B][I]June 10th, 1955[/I][/COLOR][/sub][/indent][indent][sup][right][COLOR=6DC09B][b]LOST WAGES[/b][/color][/right][/sup][/indent][hr][indent][indent][sub][COLOR=6DC09B]Coast of the Bahamas // Caribbean[/color][/sub][/indent][/indent][indent][indent][indent][color=BFE4D3]The Sinking of [i]Isherwood[/i] made headlines across the nation as a win for American dominance over the Caribbean. Even if the truth was hidden from the public. Navy officials were embarrassed and critical of Captain Stanton's decision that led to the destroyer being sunk along with the Argentinian destroyer, [i]Ironia[/i]. While diplomats were attempting to smooth things over with Argentina, the Secretary of War, Rudolph Payne, announced the increase in naval patrols in the region citing the incident. Luckily for them, something bigger was about to take place.

The dying British Empire finally lost control of its territories in the Americas. The Bahamas, for example, declared their independence after overthrowing the former British colonial administrator, Charles Dundas. While the Lesser Antilles fell into anarchy after British officials were murdered during the revolts. Rudolph, sensing America's opportunity to expand more into the Carribeans, decided to discuss with President Lindbergh of Operation Urgent Fury. It contained invasion plans for former British colonies within the Americas citing concerns of pirate activity while halting Mexico from seizing islands close to the United States and its colony, Puerto Rico.

Lindbergh approved of the plan, bypassing the Senate and House, and allowed the invasions to conduct starting with the recently independent Bahamas. Both the USS [i]Los Angeles[/i] and [i]Shenandoah[/i] (airships) were assigned to maintain air dominance as dozens of naval ships led the landings and blockades. Nassau was the first and important target for the American forces, given that it was the capital and housed seventy percent of the country's population. But, it wasn't as difficult as originally thought with the local authorities offering their services to the invading force.

The other islands proved to be more difficult, yet it took the entire day to fully secured the Bahamas.

Meanwhile, in the Lesser Antilles, American forces were surprised by the navies' sudden strength within the region. It turned out that the former British colonies banded together and declared themselves to be a united Caribbean country. The declaration was more of a reason for America to strike fast. The Battle of Bridgetown proved to the American forces that the fighting was just getting started with the USS [i]Able[/i] nearly sinking. It took two days, and three hundred American lives before the capital was captured. For the most part, the rest of the former British colonies were easy to take on except Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.

With the threat from the west dealt with, America shifted its focus towards the east--primarily Jamaica. It was determined early on that Mexico wasn't also going to miss on the opportunity to finally expand into the Caribbean. There was an accepted theory in the military that Mexico would use the island as the early staging grounds to invade Cuba and other islands within the region. Or, if the invasion failed or proven unnecessary, used it to build an airbase capable of housing planes that can do bombing campaigns against the Southern states.

That was why, shortly after dealing with the Bahamas, the [i]Los Angeles[/i] and a sizable naval force received orders to prepare for another landing invasion.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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