Invasion II

In a show of force, the invasion is larger than any invasion in the history of the world. The U.S. swarms Cuba with firepower 5 times the amount seen on D-Day. Planes carry bombs that are dropped strategically on military and political targets. Troops swarm beaches and overwhelm the makeshift defenses that were erected by the Cuban troops. Naval ships bombard ports with a reign of fire never before imagined.

Cuba is left flattened. Thousands are left homeless as fires rage through bombed out villages, burning homes. Children sit in the streets and cry, unable to find their parents. Parents wander aimlessly around the wreckage of schools, looking for any sign that their child may have survived the relentless pummeling. Fields of corn and sugar cane lay flat, steamrolled by the parade of half-tracks and tanks that rumbled over them on their way to Havana.

With their leader, Fidel Castro, killed in the onslaught, the remaining, leaderless, Cuban troops surrender and beg for mercy.

The country so bold as to defy the United States has been reduced to a pile of rubble.

Just like under Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, the conquest of Cuba has been an overwhelming success. There were few U.S. casualties, as the American troops simply were far better equipped. You, as President, have shown that you are not just willing to rattle your sword. You are willing to swing it and spill blood. No one is calling you weak anymore. The United States has flexed its muscle and let the world know that we are to be feared.

Yet everyone holds their breath as they waited for the reaction of the Soviet Union...