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==Combatants==

 

[[Axdel]] was a constitutional presidential republic. President [[Leon Jolva]] led the war effort. It is the second largest country in [[Aurora]] in area, population and GDP. It had an area almost 3 million square kilometres. It had a developed diversified post-industrial capitalist economy of 4 trillion KRB. It had a population of over 120 million people. The [[Axdel Armed Forces]] had a total budget of 80 billion KRB and a total manpower of 500,000.

 

Unfortunately, the mutineers took control of four ICBM silos and seized half of the nuclear submarines of the navy that carried nuclear-armed ICBMs. Protests and insurgencies ensued in the streets supporting and resisting Erwina Pipenz' takeover. What remained of the government installed Roberta Jones as the President of the Republic of Ethalria. Erwina Pipenz issued a decree and public announcement proclaiming the establishment of [[Uspalria]]. Most of what remained of the government of the Republic fled to Yor and established a government-in-exile. Other than the four nuclear submarines, the Republic retained control of its navy and its forces retained control of Rorivon.

 

Kuthern forces discovered that one of the refugees who had been rescued by the Sandcrawler was in fact a member of the the Opposition Fighters of Yor. He was and was interrogated by General Budar in Nuremkastel, Kostoria-Obertonia. He explained that the sole purpose of the Opposition Fighters was to end [[Uspalria]]'s colonial rule thus the Kuthern helicopter had been shot unintentionally. According to this undisclosed individual, Kuthernburg had not originally been intended as an enemy of the Opposition Fighters. To the astonishment of the Kutherns, he stated that the Opposition Fighters do in fact receive weapons from Al Jaheed but they are not the same organisation. General Budar returned aboard the Blueacia and contacted the RKS Latnic and alerted Captain Serle Ingrams of the information he had received. This information was sent to Kuthern forces stationed in [[Redrugus]], [[Staynes]], [[Great Morstaybishlia]] and the rest of the 22nd Kuthern Royal Battle Fleet.

 

 

===Attendance===

 

Of the nations in [[Aurora]], several attended. Grand Duke Jeymian Drachenburg III of [[Dragonia]] and Lord Mayor Jeymi Vorlynovich of [[Oceansend]] represented their respective nations. The government of [[the Oan Isles]] sent then [[Rangitanga-a-te-Moana]] [[Ehe II]] to represent the country at the summit. Crown Prince [[Oahoanu]] accompanied him to the summit. Although President [[Leon Jolva]] of [[Axdel]] had intended to visit the military base at Montakaan Citadel to inspect the preparations of the [[Axdel Armed Forces]] for a potential conflict with the [[Uspalria]], he diverted his itinerary to [[Sani Bursil]] to attend the summit. Alongside the King and Prime Minister of Great Morstaybishlia, Lord Governor Frederik of [[Caltharus]] and Chief Minister Frode Humblack of then-[[Valeria|South Staynes]] attended. Jurgen Oppenheimer attended on behalf of [[Kostoria-Obertonia]]. Roberta Jones and Owen Tubolt of the government-in-exile of the Republic attended. Some nations declined the invitation. Jacopo d'Arrigo, the Magistrate of Furnifold declined the invitation.

To open the session, King Lambertus VII addressed the gathered leaders. He spoke of the fascists that had overthrown the legitimate government of the Republic and replaced it with Uspalria which his government (and several others) categorically did not recognise as a legitimate state as they continued to recognise the government-in-exile of Roberta Jones. He asked the attending leaders to form the Bursil alliance and join forces to defeat the Rivendale forces. He appealed to their shared ideologies and interests as well as the fact that the instability caused by the Rivendale powers had allowed the Al Jaheed terrorist group to take root in Aurora, potentially threatening many nations. The other leaders applauded and committed to the Bursil alliance. Viktor Drugov delivered a speech speaking to the commonality among the attended nations despite salient ideological differences. This speech was not only poorly received but preceded a coup d'etat in his home nation that occurred shortly after.

 

 

===Planning and preparation ===

Mikhail Starikov, then the Minister of Law Enforcement of Stratarin, approached Sergey Vasileyvich, the head of the Sem'ya criminal syndicate on 13 January 2017 to assist him to overthrow the Strataric government<ref>A Rising Starikov - The East Pacific</ref>. Sergey Vasileyvich was killed after refusing to comply; however Leonid Lychnikoff, another senior member of that syndicate, agreed to help Starikov with his request. Lychnikoff approached a member of the Sem'ya running an operation in the Vistari West Pacific named Vladimir Zvyagin to execute the assassination of Viktor Drugov in a meeting in Raspubirsk, Stratarin. During a parade in Coyden, Stratarin, on 18 May 2017, Zvyagin planned to shoot Drugov from a vantage point one a building towering above the parade route. Before he could succeed, he was intercepted and captured by Strataric forces under STP Major Lenya Dragomirov. Given the botched assassination attempt, Starikov significantly crippled the Sem'ya crime syndicate through the destruction of the Draelis, a sun-group in that organisation that carried out vital tasks for the syndicate as a whole.

 

Another assassination attempt took place. Officer Sasha Orlov attempted to shoot Viktor Drugov at point blank range in his office in the Velikolepnyy Building in Coyden. Drugov reacted quickly and shot Orlov dead. Yuri Kustarnik, First Deputy Prime Minister of Stratarin was arrested on suspicion of orchestrating the entire plot. Following an interrogation in which Dragomirov used torture on Kustarnik, it was discovered that Kustarnik was not the mastermind. Suspicion pointed to Procurator General Mikhail Starikov.

 

 

On 1209AM 8 June 2017, King Lambertus VII declared war on the [[Uspalria]] and the Matriarchy on behalf of Great Morstaybishlia. On 7 June 2017, the military and government of Axdel held a meeting in Montakaan Citadel to discuss the Axdelian response to the Ethalrian Civil War and the deteriorating security situation that it precipitated. President [[Leon Jolva]], Chief Overseer Jargk Reita among other senior Axdelian politicians and generals were in attendance. According the Axdelian military intelligence, Uspalria had already begun construction of frigates. Likely, they were continuing the work of existing shipyards or repurposing existing skeletons of commercial ships for military purposes. As they were holding this conference and contemplating their response, they received intelligence that Prince Thadeus, Duke of Horkalo had been assassinated. Upon Great Morstaybishlia announcing that the assassins were Ethalrian and that it was declaring war on the Rivendale Pact member states, Axdel followed suit on the same day.

 

==Conflict in the SEPC==

 

 

The Oan Isles sent a letter to the members of the SEPC on 14 June 2017 urging them to expel and declare war on Stratarin<ref>Letter from the Oan Isles to the SEPC: Strataric political and security threat.https://forum.theeastpacific.com/viewtopic.php?p=181861#p181861</ref>. Furthermore, they proposed an ultimatum on Starikov. The Oans officially severed ties with Stratarin and imposed economic sanctions and threatened military force if Stratarin did not release political prisoners captured during the coup to the Oan Isles, order all naval vessels preparing to support the Rivendale powers did not return to point and a new elective conference for the General Secretary was not called<ref>Letter from the Oan Isles to Stratarin: Suspension of Diplomatic and Economic Relations. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/the-militarized-communist-state-of-stratarin-39-s--t14593-s45.html#p181860</ref>. The newly appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fyodr Lyvov refused to comply with the ultimatum <ref>Reply to the Oan Isles: Suspension of Diplomatic and Economic Relations. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/viewtopic.php?p=181862#p181862</ref>.

 

==Lower Ethalrian Front==

The civil war precipitated a massive refugee crisis of people who feared persecution at the hands of Uspalria. There was a massive influx of refugees into [[Kostoria-Obertonia]]. Al Jaheed in Aurora had heard of the fact that a member of the Opposition Fighters had spoken to the Kutherns and assisted them. They saw this as a massive betrayal by the entire Opposition Fighters. In the chaos of the fighting, the Al Jeehad in Yor attacked a [[Uspalria]] town called Hindersinville that lay 39 miles (62.7644 km) east of Fort Wahington. They proclaimed the State of Al Jaheed and renamed it to Gdakow. They proclaimed Derata Kuk'uq as their new leader and cut off all funding and supplies to the Opposition Fighters of Yor, and thus severed their alliance. They declared the Opposition Fighters an enemy of the Al Jaheed. The Al-Jaheed also took control of the panhandled surrounding that town.

 

 

Furnifold was wary of the rapidly evolving situation in Aurora and did not want to commit to a position. Thus, Jacopo d'Arrigo replied Naomi Truden II's letter and declined to commit any Furnifoldian forces to intervene in the crisis.

 

 

Sergeant Koloman Dessauer led a team that became trapped in a building on 64 Majakowskiring Street by the Al-Jaheed. Al-Jaheed forces and Dessauer's team exchanged fire. He directed snipers to take a hire position in the building to pick off Al-Jaheed soldiers. One of these snipers was Linus Holzer who managed to kill and injure many Al-Jaheed fighters. One of the tanks's of the Kostoro-Obertonian made its way to the building, blowing Al-Jaheed forces to smithereens. With Al-Jaheed surrounded at the rear, Koloman bore down on the Al-Jaheed. However, the Al-Jaheed judged Koloman's forces as more manageable and thus doubled down on their assault, putting Koloman's team on the backfoot, causing them to seek reenforcments.

 

Reinforcements from KO arrived. The KOE artillery division moved towards Hindersville. They were faced with Al-Jaheed forces. The Al-Jaheed only had IFV and APCs. The KO forces pushed them back further and severely crippled. The Al-Jaheed had severely underestimated KO's determination to defeat them and the resources they would be willing to expend in the process. Koloman's team rejoiced at news of the coming reinforcements. Despite thwarting the tank, Aladeed and Uternek were effectively surrounded. Emboldeded by the arrival of the reinforcements, tank focused its fire on Uternek's position, making the pressure on Aladeed's team incredible. Commander Suril Zuberi of the Al-Jaheed was in charge of the forces preventing the KO forces from advancing on Hindersville. He had command of 4 old GZ-72 tanks. Commander Alaron Shedu, also of the Al-Jaheed was in charge of the artillery group ordered his team to fire on the KO forces. Commander Zuberi did the same.

 

===Battle of Yor===

On 9 June 2017, Admiral Udina Hamishaki was in the RENS Boracova air craft carrier, the flagship of the Republic of Ethalria Navy. It was struck by a torpedo from the Uspalria Navy. The [[Uspalria]] Armed Forces launched a surprise attack on the Republic fleet that had gone unnoticed until it was too late. The aerial might that Uspalria brought to bear was overwhelming and proved incredible challenging for the navy. A few destroyers and frigates were severely crippled or sunk in the process. In the thick of battle, Uspalria sent a parachute team to commandeer the RENS Boracova. Faced with the aerial bombardment and mistakenly thinking that the air craft carrier was lost, the Republic Naval forces retreated to the Dominion of Yor. The parachute team was able to board the ship. With the Boracova abandoned, Uspalria sent smaller vessels with solders to board that ship. The resistance of the soldiers on the ship was so tremendous that Uspalria lost an incredible number of soldiers in the assault, approximately several hundred. Furthermore, despite having controlled the air superiority fighters of the Republic, the fight against the fighter jets of the Republic was so intense, that Uspalria lost a fifth of their aerial capabilities. Admiral Hamishaki felt that the lives of her crew were more important than the ship, so she surrendered to Uspalria hoping to negotiate for their lives.

 

 

To the fortune of the Republic, the Axdelian Navy had caught wind of the attack and was willing and able to release its ships to defend it and thwart any potential [[Uspalria]] invasion. The Axdelians sent a air craft carrier strike group led by the ANV Axiom. They were able to intercept the RENS Boracova. Axdelian forces attacked Uspalria aerial support units. [[Uspalria]] maritime passenger transport vessels were sunk as the ANV Meson, a submarine of the Axdelian navy fired torpedoes. The Meson and Axiom coordinated closely with the Axiom and her aerial fighter jets handling the aerial assault while the Meson handled the transport vessels. The [[Uspalria]] forces onboard the Boracova tried to sail the limping ship towards Glitzernd with hopes that additional [[Uspalria]] forces could stop the Axdelians. The Boracova managed to get close enough to the mainland that the Axdelian forces were unable to get closer due to the surface to surface cruise missiles that fired on them from the shore. Unable to overcome the anti-ship fire of Uspalria, the Axdelian forces retreated.

Royal Chief Marshal Watkins of the [[Royal Kuthern Armed Forces]] sent a secret wire without the knowledge of the Kuthern government to senior officials of the Bursil alliance to end the ceasefire and resume the war. He called it a disgrace. This letter was intercepted by Uspalria National Intelligence Agency. Its director, Georgina Whill told Erwina Pipenz that the Bursil alliance was planning on not abiding by the terms of the ceasefire. Pipenz sent a secret communication to then Crown Prince [[Oahoanu]] of the Oan Isles telling him to convince the Bursil alliance not to break the ceasefire or the Rivendale pact would retaliate with force. When Pipenz was injured and Uspalria military high command ordered a break in the ceasefire. The South Yor military forces started mobilising and preparing for a resumption of hostilities against the RIvendale forces in the north of Yor.

 

In Raufstreffen on 8 June 2017, Erwina Pipenz directed General Alexandrina Larkov to mobilise 500,000 troops to the border with Great Morstaybishlia in anticipation of an invasion from the north. The next day, High Commander Erwin Pipenz received intelligence that Great Morstaybishlia was in the throws of invading Ethalria. She ordered General Larkov to add an additional 300,000 soldiers to the invasion force. With the approval of the Imperial Diet, additional rationing was put in place to set aside funds and resources to prepare for the fight with Morstaybishlia and Yor. [[Uspalria]] 5th, 7th and 18th Air Superiority Squadrons were placed on patrol with an order to shoot non-hailing aircraft on sight. In a surprise attack, Morstaybishlian forces fired on the patrol plane. Adjacent [[Uspalria]] jets alerted ground control. [[Uspalria]] Air Superiority fighters tried to chase the Morstaybishlian air forces out of Uspalrian. The Morst jets fled to safer airspace in Staynes. The [[Uspalria]] air force was too frightened to attack Staynes directly and the commanders did not want to escalate a skirmish into a full-blown war without the authorisation of the High Commander. So they retreated.

 

 

[[KAE Systems plc|KAE Systems]] and the [[Oan Defence Forces]] had been working on unmanned aerial combat vehicles for 16 years. With the collapse of the ceasefire, the original plan to invade Uspalria took shape and these weapons were to be deployed in the war effort. The attack on Uspalria was preceded by a massive propaganda campaign aiming to foment rebellion against Uspalria. 100 million pamphlets were dropped in that country by the Oan Air Force. Tipene Rahua, representing the Oan Isles proposed that the Bursil alliance countries that were shareholders of the [[Auroran Central Bank]] to use their shareholding to freeze the financial assets of the Bank of Uspalria. This was a shocking proposal because the ACB was supposed to be neutral.

 

===Battle of Kostoria-Obertonia===

Under the name of Operation Red Eagle, Ethalria and [[Uspalria]] planned to invade KO. The [[Uspalria]] used the assets recovered from the Republic to reconstitute its navy. Some Republic officers defected to Uspalria and joined their military. Coupled with the naval fire power from Ethalria, Uspalria was poised to invade KO. To the misfortune of the Kostorians, a few [[Uspalria]] military vessels were coming online. Despite being hastily made, they surpassed KO's defensive capabilities. Furthermore, with some of their forces bogged down in the battle of Hindersville, KO's defences faced incredible challenges. A two-pronged attack was preferred: an invasion by land from the east and a naval blockade from the south and invasion by sea of the city of Nuremkastel. The Oan air craft carrier strike group finally reached the Azure Sea. It established its base on Indigo Island with the permission of the government of Axdel.

 

The Military High Command of Uspalria held a meeting to overthrow Erwina Pipenz. They felt that she was no longer serving the interests of Uspalria and that she was leading Uspalria to ruin, so they conspired to have her assassinated. After contriving several ideas, they decided to have her shot by a sniper. Oahoanu managed to stop the Bursil alliance from breaking the ceasefire agreement. The Duke of Kuthernburg was set to meet with him in [[Blueacia]] to negotiate a peaceful end to the war. They granted Pipenz diplomatic immunity on arriving in that country. After communicating the arrangements with Crown Prince Oahoanu, Erwina Pipenz left Uspalria HQ. As she walked out onto the street, the sniper shot at her but missed. Undeterred, she ordered that her team to rush her to the Rauffstrefen International Airport and headed to [[Blueacia]] hoping that the diplomatic immunity agreement would remain in force. Realising she had failed to kill Pipenz, the Sniper booked a ticket to Blueacia where the generals had told her Pipenz may be going.

 

The Blueacians managed to get a communication to Woodrow Taft informing him that Pipenz was alive but that Uspalria was to stand down its plans for an invasion. Woodrow Taft informed the Blueacians that it was a coup that Uspalria government did not orchestrate the ceasefire collapse. The South Yor military forces started mobilising and preparing for a resumption of hostilities. Queen Naomi Truden II informed Woodrow Taft that if Uspalria did not drop the escalation, the fighting would continue. Taft tried to get the HIgh Command to stop. They refused, but Taft was able to delay the mobilisation using an administrative loophole.

 

Kostromastan planned an invasion of [[Great Morstaybishlia]] by taking the province of Nocturne in [[Caltharus]]. In a bunker to the northwest of Nal'Chik in Kostromastan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kostrom Military gave a speech to soldiers gathered. He encouraged the forces that were to be sent there.

 

==Pacific Front==

 

Upon the arrival of the invited guests, Oahoanu, then the Crown Prince of the Oan Isles, addressed the attendees due to his father having an illness. He appealed to the democratic heritage and ancient relationship between the Bursil forces and their respective nations. Admiral Tukama Uataka was in charge of the Oan part of the war. He informed the leaders of a plan to cut off sea and air routes to Republic, occupy its southern territory and to expel its forces from [[Yor]] with a view to getting a negotiated settlement. He gave them a breakdown of the materiel and personnel shortages which included 2500 troops and an air craft carrier.

 

==Outcome==

==Legacy==