World War II in South America

World War II in South America (Zweiter Weltkrieg in Südamerika, Segunda Guerra Mundial en Sudamérica, 南アメリカの第二次世界大戦) was a major military operation launched in 1941 by Axis Powers against the Allies. It was concluded in 1946 when all of South America was under Axis Control.

In 1946, at the Treaty of Joinville, the conquered territories of South America were divided between the victorious Axis Powers.

1942
In 1941, when the United States was brought into the war, Pro Germanism and Anti-Americanism grew in Argentina. This was helped by the large German Argentinean population. The Argentinean leader Juan Peron became closely allied with Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan.

Peron raised the Army Manpower to 2 Million during the war

Thirsty for territory, Argentina invaded Uruguay in Summer 1942. Benjamin Rattenbach was in charge of most military operations.

In Late 1942, Argentina invaded Chile which lasted into February 1943. With the help of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Chile fell rather quickly

1943
After the invasion of Uruguay, Peron looked to Paraguay and Bolivia for territory. Rattenbach rapidly invaded the territories.

After those invasions, the Empire of Japan arrived in South America. They planned to take Peru and Ecuador. These plans were done quickly and effectively by Yamamoto Isoroku and Koga Mineichi of the Navy and Hideki Tojo and Terauchi Hisaichi of the Imperial Japanese Army. Admiral Tomioka Sadatoshi was the most infamous of the Naval Admirals.

At the same time, Spanish forces landed in Venezuela and quickly conquered the territory with Luis Carrero Blanco and Juan Yagüe.

In September 1943, with victory secured in Europe, German troops of  Hans-Jürgen von Arnim and Georg Stumme landed in United Kingdom's, France's and Netherlands' colonies and slowly made their way into Northern Brazil. The tropical heat and the jungle made it difficult for the German troops to advance. But with the Blitzkrieg, they managed to beat the Armies of Getulio Vargas.

1945
With Argentinean support from the South and Japanese support from the west, Brazil fell in May 1945 and the Treaty of Buenos Aires was signed.

In January 1945, Juan Peron invaded the Falkland Islands easily with little to no resistance.

In July 1945, the Wermacht pushed into Colombia. President Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo surrendered to the Nazis quickly to avoid an all out war.

In December 1945, the United States attempted to liberate Chile by landing Marine Units led by William H. Rupertus in Pisagua. They teamed up with a Chilean rebel group known as Ejercito de Liberacion de Chile from Iquique led by David Fernandez. They advanced South hoping to reach Santiago and possibly overthrow the Argentinean puppet.

1946
The Rebellion failed in March 1946, when a large Argentinean Army division surrounded the Marines and Rebels in a town called Sierra Gorda. They then massacred all of them. Fernandez and Rupertus were taken to Buenos Aires and executed.

In June 1946, when it was clear that the war in South America was done, the Treaty of Joinville was signed in Joinville. Adolf Hitler even attended the treaty.