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=== Auroran-Pacific War ===
'''''Main Article:''''' ''[[Auroran-Pacific War]]''
This war was perhaps the most comprehensive display of Oan strategic strengths and weaknesses. The biggest characteristic of this war was how the Oan Isles was fighting significantly larger enemies than itself in far larger areas than it has ever had to. Another major element is that the Oan Isles was able to gain large quick victories but struggled to translate them into significant strategic gains for greater penetration into enemy territory.
The first major part of Oan foreign deployment in this war was when it invaded the Yor Isles. The Yor Isles were easier and more familiar for he armed forces to fight in. It is a small insular state with a major city and forested countryside. These are generally considered the optimal conditions for the Oan military to fight in. Forests allowed them to fall back and regroup and conceal reinforcements and supplies. Light artillery allowed them to maneuver quickly. Satellite and aerial reconnaissance allowed them to quickly identify strategic targets such as the Rob Matterson Military Hospital and control major ground transport routes like roads. These strategies were refined and applied meticulously in the Kohatu War.
The second was naval combat with the Greater Xagrurg Navy. The major objective was to sink and damage as many ships as quickly as possible, because the Oan navy could not afford to lose many of its ships. Its ships, despite being fewer in number, were stronger and more technologically advanced. Surface to surface combat allowed the Oan Isles to gain clear and decisive advantage, but the navy struggled against submarines, which were able to slip past them and escape.
The third front was the aerial strikes on major Xagrurgian cities. Drones were sent to destroy major targets in Fort Washington, Imperium and Eidenburg. Due to political interference, the air force did not maximise its drone resources and focused on targets of symbolic value such as the Memorial of the Fallen Soldier. The primary objective was to humiliate Xagrurg and break its morale, but this backfired as many drones were destroyed or heavily damaged. Moreover the damage in those cities was inadequate to allow the army to continue its planned land invasion of Imperium from Eidenburg.
The fourth attack was on Eidenburg. The navy launched surface to surface missiles on Eidenburg. The navy used guided missiles to prevent widespread damage to property and loss of life. The main aim was to capture the port of Eidenburg and get supplies from that city. Furthermore, the Oan Isles intended to occupy southern Xagrurg and take Imperium. Unfortunately this could not work as Xagrurgian forces still held Nuremkastel in [[Kostoria-Obertonia]] and could launch an attack from there.
This led to the fifth and most disastrous front of the war for the Oans. They invaded the city of Nuremkastel. They engaged in land combat. Desperate, the Xagrurgians caused the nuclear plant to self destruct. This led to a large nuclear irradiation that killed all the Oan soldiers in the area. The radiation made it virtually impossible for the Oan Isles to continue to its land invasion. It had lost a lot of resources and a strategic advantage, so it held out at Eidenburg until the war was declared over shortly after.
Overall the war was not a loss per se, but it did not yield in benefits that justified the cost. It was a loss in that despite military victories, the Oan Isles did not achieve its major aims. These include installing a puppet government in Xagrurg and placing southern Xagrurg under military occupation. Although the Republic of Xagrurg was reinstituted and the military junta was usurped, the ROX was not made to pay damages for the war nor was it maleable to Oan influence. It was also considered a loss because the economic and political value of its strategic targets and objectives was nil. The occupation of Xagrurg was meaningless to the Oan Isles and it could have just focused on bring back a democratic government. The terrorist pretext used to invade the Yor Isles was neutralised, so for the Oan Isles to continue the war on its own interests rather than the broader goal of stopping the Xagrurgian threat that was shared by the allies.
=== War for Kōhatu Isles ===
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