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The Federation attempts to close the Atlantic

EC2000 Battle for the Atlantic

Having been kicked out of Gilbraltar and Spain, the Federation does regain a foothold on the Eastern Atlantic by storming the Canaries. This was made possible due to the withdrawal of the major Allied forces stationed in Lajes, who were needed in the ensuing brawl brewing in the Mediterrranean with the rise of the Near East Federation. The rest were recalled to Norfolk, Brooklyn and New London. Apparently, Langley had received good information about a possible coordinated attack on Bermuda and the Eastern seaboard of the United States, the object being to contain the U.S., while isolating American assets in the Mediterranean. With the fear of being spread too thin, the Pentagon supported this strategy, and the Allies pulled out of the Canaries. It was this mistake made by the Pentagon of which the Federation took advantage. By seizing the Canary Islands, they acquired a base from which to launch the coordinated attack previously warned by intelligence. Isolationists' voices clamoring in Congress no longer fall on deaf ears, as an anti-war sentiment grows in the U.S. with these further setbacks. But cooler heads argue that by losing any further ground places the U.S. in an untenable position, subservient to the whims of the Federation. The will to fight prevails, with a newer vigor. It is clear that to lose Bermuda and be contained not only loses American assets already stationed in the Med and in the Indian Ocean, but also opens a freeway to invasion into South America, the soft underbelly of the Americas.