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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Auroran Imperial War
| partof =
| image = [[File:Auroran Imperial War.png|300px]]
| caption = Clockwise from top left: <br> {{flatlist|
* Norogradian [[S-1 Broadweaver]] soaring over the [[Staynes|Staynish]] west coast
* Salovian soldier wearing protective gas mask against Ethalrian chemical attacks
* Riots in [[Sani Bursil]], January 1970, as the Prime Minister unconstitutionally goes to war
* Destruction of
* Ethalrian forces in the Salovi Desert
* Sinking of the RES Ohmnervel off of the coast of Yikara
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| date = 17 January 1970 - 23 July 1975 <br> (5 years and 188 days)
| place = [[Aurora]]
| territory =
| result = * Creation of the Auroran Continental Assembly▼
▲* Creation of the Auroran Continental Assembly
* End of the [[Thorntonist Oscrelia|Oscrelian State]]
* Split of [[Ethalria (Grand Matriarchy)|Ethalria]] into the [[Ethalria (Matriarchy)|Ethalrian Matriarchy]] and the [[Ethalria (Republic)|Ethalrian Republic]]
* Independence of [[
* Decline of the [[Morstaybishlian Empire]]
* Instability in [[Quariin]], leading to the collapse of the Socialist Republic
| combatants_header = Belligerents
| combatant1 = '''Bursil Accords:''' <br /> [[File:New MBE Flag.png|20px]] [[Morstaybishlian Empire|Morstaybishlia]] <br /> [[File:Salovia flag png.png|20px]] [[Salovia]] <br /> [[File:KostoriaObertonia flag.png|20px]] [[Kostoria-Obertonia]] <br> [[File:ValericaFlag1.jpg|20px]] [[Valerica]]
| combatant2 = '''
| commander1 = [[File:New MBE Flag.png|20px]] [[Ian Crowcasa]] <br /> [[File:Salovia flag png.png|20px]] Remis Gregorisi <br> [[File:Salovia flag png.png|20px]] Victor Victrovavich <br> [[File:ValericaFlag1.jpg|20px]] Alec Crownfold
| commander2 = [[File:Imperial_Ethalria.png|20px]] Deloria XV <br /> [[File:Imperial_Ethalria.png|20px]] Roneria IV <br /> [[File:Norograd Flag.png|20px]] [[Kiet Narvga]] <br />
[[File:Norograd Flag.png|20px]] [[Darius Finch]] <br /> {{flagicon image|Socialist Quariin Flag.svg}} Jeiru Nellin <br /> {{flagicon image|Socialist Quariin Flag.svg}} Kali Reunii <br />
|casualties1 = '''Military dead:''' <br> Over 4,500,000 <br> '''Civilian dead:''' <br> Over 11,000,000 <br> '''Total dead:''' <br> Over 15,500,000▼
{{flagicon|Oscrelia|thornton}} William Thornton <br> [[File:EmberwoodCoastFlag.jpg|20px]] [[Chance Syng]]
|casualties2 = '''Military dead:''' <br> Over 8,250,000 <br> '''Civilian dead:''' <br> Over 5,500,000 <br> '''Total dead:''' <br> Over 13,750,000▼
▲| casualties1 = '''Military dead:''' <br> Over 4,500,000 <br> '''Civilian dead:''' <br> Over 11,000,000 <br> '''Total dead:''' <br> Over 15,500,000
|campaignbox=▼
▲| casualties2 = '''Military dead:''' <br> Over 8,250,000 <br> '''Civilian dead:''' <br> Over 5,500,000 <br> '''Total dead:''' <br> Over 13,750,000
▲| campaignbox =
}}
The '''Auroran Imperial War''', also known as the '''AIW''' was a continental war that lasted from 1970 to 1975. It involved the vast majority of the countries of [[Aurora]]{{emdash}}forming two opposing military alliances: the Bursil Accords and the
The war involved the majority of the continent of [[Aurora]]. The primary nations involved were the [[Great Morstaybishlia|Morstaybishlian Empire]], [[
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The first nuclear weapons research was performed by the Ethalrian Empire in the late 1940s and early 1950s and the first nuclear test was conducted on 5 June 1953 in the [[Azure Sea]]. Scientists of Morstaybishlia and Salovia were aware of the potential of nuclear weapons and had also been conducting research on the field.
[[File:EthalrianNukeTest.jpg|thumb|left|
Having been long allies with Ethalria going back to the late 19th century, Salovia requested that Ethalria share their nuclear technology projects with them. Ethalria refused twice, but when offered a lump sum of ♅125 million (equivalent to ♅3.304 billion today) they accepted. Salovia received the blueprints and information on the Roter-Himmel Projekt, which was one of Ethalria’s initial nuclear tests and began reproducing it under their own project, Operation Courier's Tide.
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Civilians from the Ethalrian towns were evacuated across the river as the soldiers dug in and reinforced their position. Another engagement between the armed forces lasted two months from December to January, where the fronts solidified gradually. Morstaybishlia held ceasefire talks in Sani Bursil on 6 March 1967 which established a new military controlled border which did not constitute a legally recognised international boundary, but served as the de facto border.
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(Below is largely noncanon. The Axdelian coup now occurred in 1966 but did not immediately precipitate continental war)
The [[Morstaybishlian Empire]] granted a significant amount of autonomy to Axdel after the great war ended in 1917, making it into an imperial dominion as part of a greater package of liberalisations that came with the dissolution of Morstopackia. Sponsored by the conservative prime minister [[Orson Klarass]], the region was granted its own devolved elected legislature which had some control over its military and economic policy. During the following years the newly independent Axdelian defence force was tested against pro-independence fighters, with returning GW veterans on either side of street fights in cities like Barque and Montza throughout the 1920's. The Axdelian legislature was dominated by a coalition of pro-independence parties known as 'Kuesla Parliamentary' which focused on attempting to gain greater autonomy and eventually independence peacefully by improving the economy and increasing military spending. All of its bids for independence were voted down by the Morstaybishlian government, as the dominion was still vastly important both strategically and economically, and argued that continued integration with the empire would produce the best outcomes for all. Significant police crackdowns on radical political elements also frustrated any attempts to take direct action, driving the left wing out of the mainstream.
In the early hours of December 26th 1969 under the orders of Winston Ulysses the KCDF mobilised, bombing and immobilising major highways and rail lines leading into Staynes and southern Staynes. As day broke, the KCDF declared that the Norogradian Peoples Liberation Party was the legal government of the principality, and began rounding up non-loyal governors from each province, imprisoning or executing them. By 11:00 they had successfully secured the Morstaybishlian colonial government buildings in a coup d’état. However several areas were still in considerable disarray, in which pockets of KCDF forces loyal to the Morstaybishlian Empire continued fighting for many days. Soon though, they had all had either surrendered or been destroyed. It was during this time that Winston Ulysses was killed by a lone wolf assassin from within the party ranks.▼
In the early-mid 20th century many left wing groups consolidated into the Noroist Peoples Liberation Party, a Noroist organisation with significant Marxist, Syndicalist and Anarchist wings, which had many members and sympathetic parties within the Kuesla party and the defence force. Over time it gained significant control over the legislature, and used it to promote military expansion with the ultimate goal of a unilateral declaration of independence from Morstaybishlia. Advice and financial support was lent to the group from several sympathetic nations including Ethalria and [[East Cerdani]], bolstering its capabilities during its early years. Despite this, police action against the organisation caused a large amount of trouble. Several key members including Kiet Narvga and Darius Finch were arrested in 1963 after being found complicit in a money laundering scheme for the party. Whilst the police knew of the NPLP, a lack of resources meant they could not possibly undo it or any other radical organisation. Thus a militant paranoia was fostered amongst the police force which lead to violent crackdowns on suspected revolutionary activity. A popular counterculture emerged from this which quickly spread across the continent, and the NPLP thrived in the resulting environment.
After a lull in the fighting was reached several days later, vice-commandant Kiet Narvga was installed as the de facto leader, quickly establishing a provisional government and reorganising the KCDF into the Norogradian Armed Forces. He led a small campaign which saw the remaining Morstaybishlian national guard driven out of the former colony, and declared that [[Norograd]] was now an independent republic. At the time Norograd encompassed all of South West Aurora, and had began the rapid establishment of concrete land defences in the [[Molvian Corridor]] and flatlands on the [[Valerica|Valerican]] and southern Staynish borders, later known as the Finch line. ▼
With public opinion becoming critical, [[Ian Crowcasa]] privately stated in 1964 that a violent uprising in Axdel would "certainly occur within the next few years", and that it would tip the balance of power on the continent dangerously towards Ethalria. As a stop-gap solution to mitigate the effect any uprising would have on the empires control of the region and trusting the, Crowcasa approved a boost to defence spending that including a sizeable subsidy for the the ADF. Crowcasa had a strong relationship with the leaders of the dominions defence force and trusted them to be loyal, thus believing that this boost would allow any local unrest to be dealt quickly and independently, as well as to provide aid in defending from potential Ethalrian naval assaults. In the following years, production of arms and war materiel ramped up, reservist numbers increased more than fourfold, and many more officers were covertly trained in preparation for the number of soldiers which were expected to form the new Noroist Army. In order to hide the stockpiles of arms, much of what was produced officially written off as lost or damaged before being hidden in warehouses, hangars and drydocks by non-military personnel. Whilst leaks inevitably occurred, they were few enough that this successfully concealed much of firepower the ADF truly had from the Morstaybishlian government.[[File:Narvga.jpg|thumb|253x253px|Kiet Narvga as commandant of Noroist Axdel in 1970|alt=|left]][[File:KCDF ready to have fun 2.jpg|thumb|NPLP-Loyal ADF forces in Cypramos during the Noroist coup|alt=|304x304px]]
On 1 January 1970, Morstaybishlia held an emergency meeting with its allies Salovia, Valerica and Kostoria-Obertonia; having already signed the Bursil Accords in 1968 which stated ''An attack on one is an attack on all'', Prime Minister Ian Crowcasa declared that Narvga’s coup d’état violated this and the nations agreed to intervene. Two days later, Kiet Narvga had flown to the Ethalrian capital and signed the Rivendale Pact alongside the host and Thorntonist Oscrelia, with intention to remove hard control of Morstaybishlia in the south and Salovia in the north.▼
▲In the early hours of December
▲After a lull in the fighting was reached several days later, vice-commandant Kiet Narvga was installed as the de facto leader, quickly establishing a provisional government and reorganising the
▲On 1 January 1970, Morstaybishlia held an emergency meeting with its allies Salovia, Valerica and Kostoria-Obertonia; having already signed the Bursil Accords in 1968 which stated ''An attack on one is an attack on all'', Prime Minister Ian Crowcasa declared that Narvga’s coup d’état violated this and the nations agreed to intervene. Two days later, Kiet Narvga
==Course of the War==
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(Driving of MBE out of the Western Seaboard of the Axdelian peninsula by Noroist Axdel)
===The Triple Campaign (1972)===
With the successful breakthrough of Norogradian forces in the Molovian Corridor and into Corstanil the previous year, Norogradian high command felt that they possessed the supplies materiel needed to begin pushing into Staynish territory and cripple their industrial capacity. Specifically, they hoped to get deep enough to launch aerial strikes on the interior oil fields which had been key to supporting their war effort so far. With their fuel supply crippled, it was then predicted that the empire would then be forced to surrender. The plan was split up into three parts. First, Morstaybishlian naval presence in the West sea had to be eliminated, and this would be achieved through the saturation bombing and mining of Morstaybishlian naval ports, as well as a comprehensive submarine operation in deeper waters where Morst carrier groups had been observed to operate. Secondly, a northward thrust into Corstanil would be used to draw forces south, and then a naval invasion of Fort Staynes would be undertaken and the city then used as the staging post for a second thrust southwards which would then meet with the Northwards one and encircle the west coast. Finally, a third, smaller thrust Eastwards would then be used to capture key airfields which could be used to stage long-range bomber missions into the interior oilfields. In late 1971 when it was first conceived, this was originally planned to occur at the same time as the Ethalrian campaign to take Sani-Bursil which would spread the Morstaybishlian forces across two fronts and was predicted to cripple the empire by the end of 1972.▼
[[File:NAF in fort staynes.png|thumb|289x289px|Axdelian infantry patrolling the countryside around Fort Staynes]]
▲With the successful breakthrough of
After a delay of several weeks due to an attempted breach of the Finch line in the Southern front, the first part of the plan began in February 1972 under the name operation Mountain, with
Operation Tornado began in mid-March when
Whilst the Western front was performing as expected, Ethalrian forces had
== Impact ==
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