Mexican Civil War

From Turtledove

Previous: Great War Casus: Anti-Hapsburg sentiment in the aftermath of the Great War Next: Second Great War Mexican Civil War Beginning: 1917 End: c. 1925 Place: Mexico Outcome: Continuation of the Hapsburg Monarchy in Mexico Combatants Popular Revolutionaries with the support of the United States Monarchists with the unofficial support of the Confederate States Commanders Maximilian III of Mexico

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The Mexican Civil War followed a revolt against Maximilian III, the Hapsburg Emperor of Mexico in the 1920s. The anti-Hapsburg rebels, known as the "Popular Revolutionaries" were tepidly supported by the United States. The Confederate States, fresh off their defeat in the Great War, did not officially support their traditional Hapsburg allies, but many members of the Freedom Party, including Jefferson Pinkard, travelled to Mexico as private citizens to fight for the Hapsburgs. Surprisingly, they were able to defeat the rebels despite US support, suggesting that US military hegemony in North America was beginning to wane.

The incident reinforced the already-strong association of Mexico with the Confederate States and the rest of the Entente, and especially with Freedom Party chairman Jake Featherston when he eventually became President of the Confederate States.