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On 9 June 2017, Owen TubotTubolt was in the Yor Parliament Building. He sensed that there may be a threat in the building and ordered security forces to conduct a security sweep of the building. As Owen Tubolt had feared, there was an assailant in the building. The assailant shot Owen Tubolt. With the shot resonating throughout the building, the security team found Tubolt's dead body on the ground.

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 incredibleincredibly 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 onboardon 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.

The [[Ethalria (Matriarchy)|Matriarchy of Ethalria]] finally came to [[Uspalria]]'s aid providing them with the naval forces needed to effect the invasion. Ethalria sent two air craft carrier strike groups which included amphibious vessels. The [[Uspalria]] had an invasion force of 125,000 soldiers ready to attack the islands. Ethalrian forces faced off with the Axdelian air craft strike group. Although the Axdelians were able to defend them for a time, Ethalria’s power was too great. Without support or reinforcements, Axdelian forces retreated to Indigo Island. Without Axdelian or any other defences, Uspalria and Ethalria made their way to Yor. Faced with the peril of a brutal attack from Ethalria and [[Uspalria]], President Ositha Boracova surrendered Yor them. [[Uspalria]] placed the islands under military occupation and seized the military assets of the Republic including its naval ships. They placed Republic forces under imprisonment in internment camps on the Yor islands. Faced with [[Uspalria]], the Opposition Fighters collapsed and many of their troops went into hiding or were placed in internment camps on Yor. Many of the Lower Ethalrians who had fled to Yor were effectively trapped on the islands by Uspalria. A quarantine was placed on the islands to prevent flight of people and capital. Despite protests, the population, weary of conflict and brutally oppressed by Uspalria forces, were unable to mount a useful resistance and eventually acquiesced to [[Uspalria]]<nowiki/>n rulesrule. With Yor under a military occupation, [[Uspalria]] and Etharia were able to focus their attention on an invasion of KO.

Although the Republic of Ethalria had surrendered, soldiers from the Republic military and the Opposition Fighters who had escaped capture by Uspalria formed the South Yor Guard, a paramilitary guerilla group that aimed to combat UspalriaUspalrian occupation with asymmetric warfare. The [[Uspalria|Uspalrian]] forces ordered the use of chemical weapons on Southern Yor, which was identified as a stronghold of the South Yor Guard. They had warplanes pour a dangerous chemical known as napalm onto the forests of Yor.

Unbeknownst to the Ethalrians, the Kutherns and the OansAxdelians had orchestrated a plan for the Kutherns to seize Yor and for the OansAxdelians to invade Uspalria from the south. The Kuthern Royal President Luaz Rico coordinated the plan in concert with the Axdelian Admiral KiahuaeniBeatrice LuayePavla. Admiral LuayePalva was resistanceresistant to President Rico's proposal to carpet bomb the Yor Isles because she strongly felt it would be a humansapient rights violation. She instead suggested a surgical approach that would both defeat itthe Uspalrians and prevent a power vacuum from forming. The OansAxdelians and the Kutherns struck a deal that the OansAxdelians would invade and occupy southern Uspalria. The terms of the agreement included terms such as "take" which led to ambiguity about the extent of the Oan IslesAxdelian intervention in southern Uspalria. This gave rise to the claim by the Oan Isles that they were supposed to take full control of it. The initial plan was to have Great Morstaybishlia attack the north while the Oan IslesAxdel and Kuthernburg worried about the south.

The OansAxdelians used civilian places painted with symbols of Uspalria to evade their attacks. They managed to intercept communications on callsigns from [[Uspalria]], thus when [[Uspalria]] air traffic controllers hailed them, they used [[Uspalria]] callsigns, codes and authorised flight paths, allowing these planes to evade the fire of Uspalria. This enabled the Oan IslesAxdel to land a parachute team on North Yor. Under the command of Admiral Rufornaks, the Kuthern navy strike group centered on the flagship, the air craft carrier Queen Naomi II, made its way to Yor. [[Uspalria]] forces focused the naval battle, missing the parachute attack of OanAxdelian special operations units surreptitiously descending over their heads. The Kutherns dropped joint direct attack munitions on [[Uspalria]] military targets. When Uspalria air traffic control discovered that the civilian aircraft had been OanAxdelian, they tried to intercept them, but by then they were well on their way back to Indigo Island with under the escort of [[Royal Kuthern Air Force]] Raptor fighter jets beyond the reach of the Uspalria air force which was dealing with the aerial attack anyway.

Naval Commander Tesnof of the [[Royal Kuthern Navy]] managed to seriously cripple Uspalria naval defences. This allowed Lieutenant Gary to lead a squadron of fighter jets and helicopters to provide the OanAxdelian forces with cover. The OanAxdelian and Kuthern forces managed to seize the headquarters of Uspalria military government in Yor and capture their most senior officials. OanAxdelian forces also had a firefight with Uspalria forces in at Rob Matterson Military Base where Uspalria forces were holed in, trying to defend themselves. The Rob Matterson Base was of strategic importance because it was one of key centers for [[Uspalria]] operations. Cut ofoff from the military government headquarters, the commanders at the Rob Matterson Base fought bitterly to prevent OanAxdelian and Kuthern capture. APCs came in to provide OanAxdelian and Kuthern troops with support and escort injured OanAxdelian and Kuthern soldiers. After a Kuthern armoured assault fighter (AAF) blew a hole in the Rob Matterson Military Base Hospital, senior [[Uspalria]] forces fled the base and the remaining [[Uspalria]] forces surrendered.

507th Kuthern artillery force managed to land once [[Uspalria]] naval defences were broken. They defeated [[Uspalria]] infantry and artillery still fighting near the docks and rendezvoused with the OanAxdelian and Kuthern team at Rob Matterson, clearing out any stray [[Uspalria]] forces in the process. Any remaining [[Uspalria]] forces fled to the thick forests of North Yor to escape capture or death by the Bursil alliance bearing upon them. A contingent from Furnifold under the command of Commander Keyes arrived with the 507th division. They were tasked with capturing the fleeing [[Uspalria]] forces. Some [[Uspalria]] forces moved their focus to critical infrastructure namely the water treatment facility, and powerplant located outside the Yor capital. Commander Keyes set up a trap to capture Uspalria forces at the waterworks and powerplant as well as snuff out those in the forest. The plan deviated somewhat from the OansAxdelians' original invasion strategy, but they agreed because it would enable thethem to eradicate Uspalria in Yor once and for all while insuring that vital infrastructure was regained largely unscathed.

Commander Keyes sent the Counter Insurgency Force led by Captain Jouette to the forests of the Malcolm Nature Reserve where Uspalria forces had allegedly fled, according to the OanAxdelian intelligence. The CIF worked with a force led by OanAxdelian Commander TukanayeLiam Tyrsin. They pushed these forces back, killing and capturing many of them. They used the Nature Reserve as a route to go unnoticed to the waterworks plant that lay near the park. Commander Keyes ordered Captain Plame as well. He instructed her to assists the Kutherns with aerial support so that they could combat sorties coming from the Kuthern mainland. Despite attempts by the sorties, they were lackluster and fruitless and failed to make a significant difference. The determination of captain Plame and her team to resist Uspalria forces, made it impossible for reinforcements to arrive for Uspalria.

Although the Kutherns were willing to blow Uspalria forces hunkered at the water treatment plant and power plant to smithereens regardless of the consequences., Thethe OansAxdelians and Furnifoldians were completely opposed to this. The Furnifoldians suggested a delicate touch whereby they used a computer virus to gain remote control of the water and power plant. The Kutherns had to deal with skirmishes in the east of the York capital. Captain Jouette of Furnifold and Commander Tukanaye led a joint special task force that infiltrated the water facility. A strange device called a Bass Cannon was debuted which emitted a sound wave that dislodged delicate matter like snow as to expose traps. The trap laid by Commander Keyes caught and killed several [[Uspalria]] officials, distracting them from the point at which the Jouette-Tukanaye team accessed the plant. The Jouette team got trapped in the pumping station. They fought with Uspalria but their position was not easily defensible so they abandoned it. Lieutenant Atesso of the Kuthern forces sent some assistance. With Kuthern support they drove back Uspalria forces and formed a defensive perimetre and Uspalria retreated.

On the other hand, another team was working on the powerplant. Colonel Satiye about 4 platoons into the facility. They took the facility section by section. They drove Uspalria forces into the woods. The OansAxdelians, familiar with jungleforest warfare, concealed themselves using foliage and snow, enabling them to ambush tothe fleeing [[Uspalria]] forces. Despite their desire to be careful and preserve as much of the critical infrastructure as possible, Uspalria believed in scorched earth policy so they destroyed the facility. With their operation blown, the Kutherns sent in air support to rescue Satiye's forces. The [[Uspalria]] forces were more numerous than the OansAxdelians had originally predicted. The two sides were locked in a prolonged battle to gain ground. When the Furnifoldians secured the water plant, they asked the Kutherns and Tretridians to assist the OansAxdelians. The Kutherns managed to obliterate the enemy and rescue the OanAxdelian forces.

With the Battle of Yor dragging out, Royal President Luaz Rico of Kuthernburg sent a letter to [[List of heads of state of Ethalria#Ethalrian Empire (2017)|Erwina Pipenz]] proposing a ceasefire in Yor. In part, it would provide relief for humanitarian aid to come in and on the other it would obfuscate the imminent invasion from Great Morstaybishlia by getting Uspalria to feel more at ease. Erwina Pipenz reluctantly accepted the invitation and she ordered Uspalria Military High Command to order a ceasefire. The [[Peacekeeping Forces of Urth|PeaceKeeping Forces of Urth]] was sent in to monitor and enforce the ceasefire. The Oans used the opportunity to record the scale of the war. 7,000 OanAxdelian soldiers had been sent of whom 1,400 were injured and 700 were dead. The Bursil and Rivendale pact agreed to divide Yor in two with the north controlled by Uspalria and the south controlled by the Bursil alliance. With the Oan IslesAxdel having spent 2 billion KRB on the Battle of Yor, they were faced with intense public scrutiny for the cost and conduct of the war.