Auroran-Cerenerian War

Auroran-Pacific War
Colonarius Mk2's in action during the war
Date 31 May 2017 - 24 October 2017 Location Aurora, Pacific Ocean Result Allied Victory Collapse of the Matriarchy Ethalria Collapse of the Greater Ethalrian Empire Formation of the League of Novaris Decline of the South-East Pacific Coalition Formation of the Realm of the Yor Isles
Belligerents
The Allies: Great Morstaybishlia The Oan Isles Axdel Tretrid Kuthernburg Atiland Nacata Lokania Furnifold Yor Asendavia	The Axis: Matriarchy of Ethalria Greater Ethalrian Empire Kostromastan Stratarin
Commanders and leaders
The Allies: Walter Johannes Leon Jolva Oaloanu James Stevenson Rico Lúaz Mister Leader II Jon Harstad VII Owen Tubolt  †	The Axis: Amalda Harimann (MIA) Boris Olegovich Erwina Pipua (MIA) Mikhail Starikov
Strength
2,000,000 200,000 540,000 89,000 32,000	1,236,000 700,000
Casualties and losses
106,724 4,101 22,000 6,900 7,605	~230,500 10,513

The Auroran-Pacific War (often abbreviated to APW), and sometimes associated with being the Second Auroran Imperial War, although without vindication, was an armed conflict in Aurora and the Pacific Ocean. It involves the vast majority of Auroran countries as well as the former members of the now-defunct South East Pacific Coalition Forces, eventually forming two opposing military alliances; the Allies and the Axis.

Beginning stages

During the end of May 2017, Monarchists illegitimately seized the government of the Republic of Ethalria. However, the war is generally said to have begun on the 31st of May when Great Morstaybishlia held an emergency meeting which officially declared an allegiance between Great Morstaybishlia, the Oan Isles, Axdel, Tretrid, Kuthernburg and Stratarin (under the Premier of Viktor Drugov) against the axis. During the emergency meeting and after the pledged allegiance of Stratarin to the allies, Rurik Lukin, the First Deputy Premier of Stratarin and acting First Premier and General Secretary was murdered, leading the next-in-line minister, Mikhail Starikov to assume office until the return of Drugov. Starikov announced he would not surrender his position and revoked his allegiance with the allies.

Meanwhile, Matriarchal Ethalrian operatives shot and killed Prince Thadeus, the crown prince of Great Morstaybishlia. Later investigation suggested that the bullet that killed Thadeus was intended for Lambertus VII, the king of Great Morstaybishlia. The assassination rocked the Morstaybishlian political landscape and lead to military action on the border between Staynes-Caltharus and Ethalria.

The War

Kostromastan invasion of Great Morstaybishlia

Stratarin played a vital role in military armament and funding of the axis; in particular Kostromastan, who had used this aide to push an invasion deep into Nocturne. Kostromastan and Stratarin would aim to push deep into Barbarus and Laulia Provinces to ambush the vastly spread and deeply entrenched allied forces in their battle over north Ethalrian cities, and a planned Strataric naval invasion on the beaches of Aurus and Laulia Provinces was narrowly prevented when their naval routes were cut off by the Oan Isles, which began the Pacific Theater of War.

Pacific Theater

The Oan Isles defended Aurora from a huge Strataric invasion, and the two forces clashed heavily with large loss of life.

War in the Greater Ethalrian Empire

After the remaining government of the Grand Republic of Ethalria fled into hiding, The new Greater Ethalrian Empire invaded the islands of Yor and took full control over it. With nowhere to go, the already exiled Prime Minister of the Republics' government, Ositha Boracova, went into hiding. Later, after the reestablishment of democratic rule as Sarentria, the exiled Prime Minister returned to the new formed government.

A little while later, the Oan Isles, Furnifold, and Kuthernburg conquered the southernmost island of Yor, establishing the Southern Yor Republic, with Votslef as head-of-state. With the Southern Yor Republic on the southern half of the island, the remnants of the Republican Xagrurgian government was given control of the northern half. After using the island as a foothold, they, joined by the Tretridians, invaded the island to their northeast, but were met by Greater Ethalrian Empire forces. Kostromastan was convinced into joining the war by the Greater Ethalrian Empire. Shortly after, Asendavia joined the Allies. After some fighting, a ceasefire was established, and the Allies retreated from the island. After a couple of days, the fighting resumed when the Oan Isles flew drones over GEE airspace and attacked civilian and military targets, resulting in GEE forces taking over the MBE DMZ and invasion and overrunning South Yor. PKFU forces from the MBE DMZ however attacked Kostörsdel but led to many GEE forces from nearby military bases attacking the Allied forces. In a skirmish outside of Kostörsdel, over half of the GEE's navy was destroyed although the aircraft carriers escaped mostly intact and the GEE nuclear submarines all over Aurora remain untouched. Kostromastan surrendered and made peace with the allies shortly after the three northern cities of Volgoda, Nal'Chik, and Novgorod having been victims of a series of airstrikes by allied forces.

The siege of Glitzernd was a concerted effort by allied forces in mid October, and the Monarchist rule ended with the partitioning of the Greater Ethalrian Empire to two nations; Durentrus and Sarentria.

Invasion of the Matriarchy of Ethalria

Promptly after the assassination of Prince Thadeus, Great Morstaybishlia began the invasion of the Matriarchy of Ethalria, with help from allies Lokania and later Kuthernburg forces. The first five weeks saw the takeover of Avenai and Arkenvel, resulting in 24,000 allied casualties and 31,200 axis. On the 15th of August, The Zenzdak was taken over on occupied Matriarchal Ethalrian land, which saw intense retaliation in the Seven Day Skirmish.

On the 16th of August, Kuthernburg, as well as Nacata but under Kuthernburg jurisdiction, began invasions using Kostrom military bases. After getting past a small border blockade, the Battle of Rorikton began. As of September, the allies have gained 5,600 casualties, whilst the axis 6,140. It was a city-based conflict.

On the 26th of August, Great Morstaybishlia began the Battle of Karinthus. It ended on the 7th of October, with an estimated fifty thousand casualties on both sides. Lokanian troops were deployed on the western front with an estimated four thousand casualties.

In mid October, the Allies held a week and a half invasion into the Matriarchal Ethalrian capital city of Rivendale. On the 24th of October, the Matriarchal Ethalrian government surrendered. Amalda Harimann was never found and was expected to have retreated into Yasteria. The Matriarchal Ethalrian War Cabinet held trials in the Morstaybishlian Justice System, landing life for multiple charges of war crimes without parole. The Empire came to decision to rewrite the Ethalrian constitution to reestablish democracy in the region. Matriarchal Ethalria was split into six countries; Vothetria, Faethalria, Thalria and Kothalria.