User blog comment:Jeremiah Garland/World War III?/@comment-2040576-20121211230720/@comment-2040576-20121212083121

I was in fact referring to the latter, but your explanation seems to justify it. They could very well begin with revolutions and reforms in the time before WWIII and when war breaks out loosely emerge, waiting for the end of the war to fully establish themselves.

To be quite honest, my knowledge is also poor on the subject, so I will probably be looking into it some more. The Ugandan-Congese Empires will without a doubt employ guerilla warfare and most likely make use of many child soldiers, captives and former terrorist groups from within the region which would definitely give them an edge. I know for a fact that South Africa at a stage was world-renowned for their "bush-warfare" and could have easily matched the UCE (typing that out has become tedious :P), however, I am not sure if we still possess that trait. I know for a fact that our military is not up to standard, but we are definitely better equipped and allied. I did not consider the navy factor, and that is a brilliant point! With the establishment of the UCE they would surely gain some coastal territory and thus be very vulnerable to an onslaught from the combinaed navies of South Africa and her allies. I predict that the closest the UCE will have to a navy is perhaps the employment of Somalian pirates and the small navies of the nations they have conquered.

The next thing I thing I realised was that the UCE may very easily conquer much of South-Central Africa, but those countries will not stand alone against them. I am positive that South Africa will aid our former territory, Namibia and will most probably aid our other bordering countries: Botswana, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho. I am not sure if we will aid Zimbabwe, as that will depend on our political relations with them at the time, as well as their allegiances, because they may even join the UCE. I am not sure to what extent South Africa will help the countries that do not border us, but I doubt we will ignore them. As far as I know Southern Africa (I am not sure exactly which countries) has their own union, and there are several more across Africa (I am not very sure on this, I saw it once but did not look into it), so aiding each other would make sense unless political relations have deteriorated. Many farmers from South Africa live in these countries, and many refugees from these countries live in South Africa (not really a major factor, but it is more incentive to help). Only a fool would start defending when the enemy is on their doorstep, so this is why I do suspect that the Southern African countries, especially South Africa since it is furthest from the UCE, will not stand alone. I am sure that Kenya and Tanzania will also aid in the defense of their neighbours, if they are capable, which I suspect they are.

Another thing that came to mind was the factor of geography. The UCE military will be used to jungle warfare as the best means to fighting and employing their guerilla tactics, but the landscape changes drastically as they head South. Namibia and large portions of South Africa are desert. Botswana, I believe, hosts swampy areas and then Zimbabwe, Mozambique and most of South Africa is basically bushveld, which happens to be a lot more open than a jungle. In fact, I have a lot of confidence in Namibia making a stand and not being overrun, provided they receive some form of military support from their neighbours.

Finally, and I realise I am dragging on on this subject, even with my limited knowledge, I question what South Africa's allegiances will be in the war. Russia and China are huge supporters of our ruling party and communism may be the route they take, but of course I cannot be sure. This will not suit all of the country though, and I suspect that the population that are unhappy with this will move overseas, or more likely Namibia. I think it is more likely that they will move to Namibia because it is wartime and a move overseas would be useless, a lot of our countrymen live there and there is a similar sort of lifestyle and I think a lot of the population will be too attached to their land to just give it up, and will chose to make their stand from Namibia.

I am going to stop. I am droning on and I am not even fully informed on the subject.