Second American Civil War

The Second American Civil War was a war fought in the year 1933 that marked the fall of the old United States. It was fought between the fascist Government of National Salvation (known as the "Whites") who had taken power on 1 February by overthrowing the incoming socialist government-elect of Norman Thomas in a military coup d'etat, and Communist forces representing the parties of the Popular Front and those who opposed the coup (known as the "Reds"), and from May onwards, the nascent Union of American Socialist Republics (UASR). In spite of early victories, the Whites soon found themselves facing insurrection on the West Coast, while Red forces pushed eastwards from their midwestern strongholds. Much of the Red leadership was made up of radicalized World War I veterans, most notably George Patton, who had been secretly working as an agent for the Workers' Communist Party within the upper echelons of the US military before leading a mutiny among members of the Bonus Army upon being dispatched to win them over as recruits to the White cause. By the end of the year, Douglas MacArthur's military government has been forced to flee to Cuba, along with aligned members of the bourgeoisie, where they set up a government-in-exile with the initially reluctant collaboration of Cuban elites.

With the victory of the United Republics, the war marked a major realignment in global politics, with the UASR becoming one of the two superpowers of the Third Communist International, breaking their alliance with the United Kingdom and becoming one of Nazi Germany's main enemies. The Revolution would sow the seeds for America's conflict against international fascist governments during World War II. Along with the rise of Communism in North America, the war also marked the beginning of the First Cultural Revolution, a period of upheaval and challenge to established social norms.

Terminology
The "Second American Civil War" is the most common name for the conflict, differentiating it from the First American Civil War, more commonly known today as the Slavers' War. It is also widely known as the Second American Revolution, with the first American revolution in turn being the war of independence from Great Britain fought between 1775 and 1783. The phrase "Second American Revolution" however, can also specifically refer to the Red May Revolution, which is the point at which Red forces officially abandoned the struggle to restore the democratic constitutional government, and instead proclaimed the formation of the United American Republics.