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The Korean-American War (also known as the Second American Revolution) is an armed conflict between the Greater Korean Republic and the remnants of the United States east of the Mississippi River.

Background

The Greater Korean Republic was once a divided country located on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea. Korean unification was achieved in 2013 when North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un negotiated with the South in ending his father's, Kim Jong-il, repressive legacy and establishing peace in the peninsula. Within a short span of time, the GKR became a technological and economic global power that comprises the military strength of the North and the economic power of the South

By 2015, a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia devastated the global oil supply, causing gas prices to skyrocket, leaving many countries in debt and causing mass hysteria. This precipitates extreme economic turmoil and massive social unrest in the United States. This forced the U.S. to dramatically reduce much of its overseas presence, particularly in the Asian-Pacific. The lack of American military presence allowed the GKR to conquer Japan in 2018. By the end of 2024, the GKR annexed the entirety of Southeast Asia and solidifying itself as a major superpower.

In 2022, the United States suffered from the collapse of the financial system and an Asian bird flu epidemic that claimed six million lives. As America lost its status as a superpower, the GKR saw this as an opportunity to annex the weakened United States and claim its natural resources to fuel their expansion.[2] In 2024, Kim Jong-un announced a new satellite program with the aim of replacing the decaying GPS system, which America cannot afford to repair. In reality, the satellite was a secret orbital weapon loaded with a high-altitude nuclear device.

Invasion of America

On January 15, 2025, the GKR launched a massive cyberattack on all U.S. military command and control centers, briefly disrupting American defense systems and communications between government and military elements (satellites, missile control facilities, and transportation network) that lasted for no longer than 45 minutes.[3] Soon afterward, the GKR satellite detonated a thermonuclear blast over Kansas which blankets the entire United States with a massive electromagnetic pulse that completely wipes out much of the country's electrical infrastructure (including roughly 75% of all military defenses and 99% of major communications systems[3]), literally and completely darkening the United States.[4] Riots and violence quickly ensued, overwhelming most local and federal government control measures and accounted for an estimated $550 billion (2015 pre-economic crisis dollars) in damage to American infrastructure.[3]

Then, on January 18, the GKR launched an amphibious invasion of Hawaii through tanker and cargo ships converted into troop carriers[3]; systematically taking over the entire state, and every single island.[4] Then on January 25, a complete surprise invasion was initiated on the West Coast. All breaches were along the coastline, in what is a campaign of rapid dominance. A massive array of Korean airborne elements and Special Forces paratroopers — using captured U.S. Air Force aircraft such as C-17 and C-130 transport planes, and KC-135 and KC-10 tanker aircraft[5] — landed in the strategic areas of the western United States, specifically key U.S. military bases, transport centers and resource hubs.[3] Some KPA forces were dropped beyond east of the Mississippi River to further disorganize American military resistance.[6] Noncritical areas were left alone as long the people did not retaliate or defend areas of Korean interests.[7]

Although some successful defensive stands and counterattacks were made by American armed forces, the response by U.S. forces were badly hampered from the effects of the EMP blast. In many cases U.S. defenses were largely overcome.[3]

In early 2026, Korean forces were dropped into the Midwest by an air assault. On January 24, 2026, the city of Las Vegas was rendered into ruins. On May 16 the KPA attacked Salt Lake City, beginning with a massive air assault using MiG fighters, bombing and obliterating the entire city. Unable to push further without horrendous casualties, in February 2026 the KPA end its expansion by irradiating the Mississippi River and creating an irradiated barrier between the GKR puppet state, the New Korean Federation of Occupied America in the west, and what is left of the United States in the east.[1] By the end of 2026, the United States was now divided, and Korea controls exactly two-thirds of America.[4]

The War Begins

With the invasion over and the occupation still continuing, individual American resistance cells and the remnants of the U.S. Armed Forces begin to fight back. In the newly formed New Korean Federation of Occupied America, some U.S. military units still operate in scattered areas along with Resistance fighters. The Resistance launched guerrilla attacks against GKR occupational authorities and the Korean People's Army.

In 2027, the U.S. military planned an counteroffensive to retake San Francisco, which was currently the supreme headquarters for the Korean People's Army. The U.S. military was unable to fully attack the city due to the lack of fuel for their air units. The Resistance from Montrose, Colorado helped in retrieving the fuel by stealing it from the Koreans in the Lake Tahoe area. Though this endeavor cost the loss of their base and many of their people, the Resistance were able to retrieve the fuel and delivering them to San Francisco.[8][9] With their air units refueled, the U.S. military launched its assault on San Francisco from Marin County that ended in victory for the Americans.

At the end of the battle, U.S. forces retook San Francisco, denying the GKR its military and propaganda capital in the continental United States. The battle was a turning point in America's war against the Koreans, as the European Union Defense Council hold an emergency session to declare war on the GKR, and formulating a plan to provide military support for the Americans.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Homefront: The Voice of Freedom
  2. Moriarty, Colin. (May 8, 2012). "Is Homefront Possible?". IGN.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 americafactsheet.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Timeline retrieved from the official Homefront website
  5. Homefront: The Voice of Freedom, p. 126
  6. Homefront: The Voice of Freedom, p. 127
  7. Homefront: The Voice of Freedom, p. 62
  8. Homefront, campaign level The Wall
  9. Homefront, campaign level Overwatch
  10. Homefront, campaign level Golden Gate
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