Atacama Desert

The Battle of Atacama Desert was one of the first offensives made by the Russian Army during their South America campaing

Prelude
With the American Army moving further and further into Russian occupied Europe, the Russian High Command sets its sights on South America as a base to mount their final offensive against the United States. Their plan was multiple attacks on strategic military bases along the coasts of South America. Atacama Desert was selected as a key landing site for a later Siege of Panama Canal, but was a risk due to heavy American mortar positions.

Russian Stradegy
For this battle the Russian Army would commite 150 soldiers in a combined land-air assualt against the still unaware American base in an attempt to wipe out all American Mortar and SAM sites in order to provide a safe landing site for the main invasion force. The stradegy was to swiftly move the force into a nearby town, supported by Russian armor and helicopter units. After this area was secured all forces were to push forward into the dry river bed and set up a command post in a long deserted tanker. If this could be achieved the remaining Russian forces would push into not only the other coastal town site but force the Americans back into their base for a final and fatal blow to wipe the American forces out or force them to retreat inland.

Outcome
Caught completely off guard by this sudden attack, the USMC forces could only fight a holding action while the bulk of the occupying forces fell back to regroup with other American forces further inland. A force of 150 Americans fought desperatly and valiently to stave off the relentless Russian push for as long as possible. In the end all Marine presences on the beach were either killed, destroyed, or forced out of the island, but not with out inflicting staggering causalties on the invaders.