Florida War |
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Part of The Collapse of the United States |
![Infantes de Marina, Islas Malvinas, 1982. AR-AGN-AGAS01-rg-537-345487 (cropped).jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Infantes_de_Marina%2C_Islas_Malvinas%2C_1982._AR-AGN-AGAS01-rg-537-345487_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Infantes_de_Marina%2C_Islas_Malvinas%2C_1982._AR-AGN-AGAS01-rg-537-345487_%28cropped%29.jpg) Floridian Provisional Forces on the shores of the Florida Keys. A Sea King helicopter can be seen flying in the background. |
Date | 17 March - 24 July 1981 |
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Location | Florida |
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Result |
Armistice at Havana |
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Territorial changes |
Florida is Partitioned between the UC sister republic in the south and AF state in the north. Recognition of Reedy Creek. |
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Belligerents |
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United Commonwealth of America
• Provisional Republic of Florida
United Kingdom (Naval and Diplomatic Support) |
American Federation
• Republic of Florida |
Commanders and leaders |
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Joseph Metcalf III |
George Wallace |
Strength |
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United Commonwealth
• 1,300 Standard Infantry
• ~750 Floridian Militiamen
• ~150 Cuban Exiles
• 3 M48 Patton Tanks
• 2 M60 Tanks
• 1 M551 Sheridan Tank
• 1 LHA (USS Saipan (LHA-2))
• 1 Battleship (USS Massachusetts (BB-59))
• 1 Heavy Cruiser (USS Salem (CA-139))
United Kingdom
• 25 SAS Operatives
• 1 Aircraft Carrier (HMS Hermes (R12))
• 10 Fighters |
American Federation
• 1,400 Standard Infantry
• ~600 Militiamen
• 15 West Coast Holdout defectors
• 4 Jackson Tanks (M48 Patton)
• 15 Fighters |
Casualties and losses |
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United Commonwealth
243 Killed
467 Wounded
45 Captured
United Kingdom
3 Wounded
1 Fighter Damaged |
International Estimate:
~340-435 Killed
~500 Wounded
1 Tank Destroyed
7 Fighters shot down
Per-American Federation
200 Killed
300 Wounded
1 Tank Destroyed
5 Fighters shot down |
The First Florida War was a conflict in the aftermath of the collapse of the United States.
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