Bloodletting of Kansas

For the 1854-61 Conflict, see Bleeding Kansas

Bloodletting of Kansas
Part of the Collapse of the United States
Clockwise from top left: Federal Loyalists operate radio • Midwestern volunteers off of Tuttle Creek Lake • Midwestern volunteer in Minneapolis, Kansas • Canadian Volunteers in Idaho • Green Mountain Militia and Iron Front paramilitaries near Osawatomie • Texas Rangers in Liberal, Kansas
Date June 1980-Present Location Kansas, Idaho and parts of Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana Status Ongoing (minor clashes)
Belligerents
Midwestern supporters	United States (West Coast)
Commonwealth supporters • American Underground • Pottawatomie Rifles • American Volunteer Force • Iron Front • Canadian Volunteer Committee • Green Mountain Militia • United Commonwealth Special Forces (Alleged) Supported by: United Commonwealth Canada
Republic of Texas • Texas Rangers • Texan Volunteer Force

The Bloodletting of Kansas, also known as 2nd Bleeding Kansas, the Border War, the Second Border War, Burning Kansas or the Kansan Campaign is an ongoing (albeit now smaller scale) conflict and series of border disputes in several former American states. The conflict has been characterized by constantly fluctuating truces, temporary alliances and unofficial warfare. The conflict has repeatedly skirted the boundaries of international law while their belligerents have maintained generally standard relations (unless damaged by other factors unrelated to the conflict).

Background and origins

In the days after the Three Mile Island disaster, many newly independent nations' claims overlapped, with small scale skirmishes and scouting patrols engaging on nearly every border. While most would be settled with treaties, mediation, international ultimatums, and occasionally military might, control over several parts of the Rockies and northwestern Great Plains never truly came to one nation. While a treaty regarding the demilitarization of the region was signed by the UC, US(WC), MSU, and Texas, along with mediation from Washington, China, Britain and the Soviet Union (the latter three of which mainly just supported their own factions), the four nations claiming control over the region began backing militia and paramilitary groups, some of which being from the disputed regions, but many hailing from their own nations.

Belligerents

International Involvement

Not to be confused with the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War

Weaponry and warfare

Live and let live policy

A majority of fighters loyal to the United Commonwealth, Midwest Separation Union and Republic of Texas have adopted a general policy of non-combatance and 'looking the other way' regarding each other, with some instances of limited cooperation against forces loyal to the Western Government. While most combatants are officially not aligned to their respective nations, many have recognized their shared ideals of halting the Western States and maintaining order in the region. While there have been instances of these groups engaging each other, this general attitude has prevailed to the present day.