Balintawak Blitz
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 A Hukbalahap guerrilla fighter in Manila uses a fire hydrant as a make-shift tripod, 1963 | ||||
| Place | The Philippine Islands, The Pacific | |||
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The Balintawak Blitz, is a conflict that occurs in 1963, at the height of the Yasuda Crisis.
A conflict involving the US Forces in the Philippines (USFIP) and the Communist All-Filipino Revolutionary Socialist Republic (AFRSR) against the Japanese-backed Second Phillipine Republic, this conflict is one of the main conflicts that is part of the Cold War.
Background[edit | edit source]
As part of Japan's strike into colonial holdings in Southeast Asia, the Philippines was one of their main targets, due to it's strategic location and naval bases that could allow the Imperial Japanese Navy to strike quickly into the Pacific.
Ruled by the United States since 1898, the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese caught many members of the US garrison off guard. Despite their most valiant efforts to defend the island chain, the Battle for the Philippines was a crushing victory for the Empire of Japan, with most of the island's garrison surrendering in Bataan and Corregidor.
A failed invasion to retake the Philippines was attempted in 1944, led by General Douglas Macarthur. His failure led to his dismissal and disgrace from the service. Despite this however, US Forces left on the island managed to contact local Filipino resistance, and continued the fight with resistance fighters in Mindanao.
In the north, the Communists would organise their own resistance, culminating in a rebellion in 1959, proclaiming the AFRSR. Despite their failure and a ceasefire with the collaborationist republic in 1961, they are in the shadows, waiting for another time to strike.
The Conflict[edit | edit source]
The conflict starts in 1963 in the midst of the Yasuda Crisis, generally after the Malayan Emergency has concluded.
The Free Philippine Republic with American support and the AFRSR will attempt to destroy the Japanese-backed Second Philippine Republic, whilst Japan, unwilling to lose it's holdings in the Pacific, will send expeditionary forces and material to defend their collaborationist Republic.
If the anti-government forces are successful in defeating the collaborationist republic, they can form the United Filipino Front (UFF).
(Note: If Fertig did his coup, you are guaranteed to have the UFF, if Magaygasay launched the countercoup, you are guaranteed not to have it).
Regardless of the UFF is formed or not, Japan will end up launching a retaliatory invasion of the Philippines with the 14th Army.
In the event that the UFF is formed, they can usually beat back the Japanese invasion very easily. However, if the UFF is not formed, the invasion by the 14th Army will result in a 3-way conflict between US Remnant Forces, the Communists and the Japanese.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
Should the USFIP or the Free Republic capitulate, a tear-jerking event involving Douglas Macarthur will fire. In it, Macarthur will tearfully ask where are his soldiers and whether they have returned home, before dying in his sleep.