The Almodarian Civil War

The Almodarian Civil War, The Almodarian Civil Conflict, or The Almodarian Reformation War (2000-2002), Was the major civil conflict in Almodaria that caused the deaths of over 2 million Almodarians and was home to hundreds of large genocides caused by both sides of the conflict which ended with the Anderson Agreement. Many causes for the war have been thought up from corrupt government to disgruntled citizens. This war led to what is now the Almodaria First Policy and the first reformation of the Almodarian Constitution.

The Almodarian Civil War
File:SiegeofVituria.jpeg Multiple images from the siege of the City Capital in the final months of the war. The major water tower in the core of the city was completely ruined and was demolished in 2005, crosses in rows after the siege with many of the dead being women and kids, citizens remained in the city for the duration of the conflict unlike other cities which had major evacuations and mass removals.
Date 19 May 2000 - 6 August 2002 Location Almodaria
Belligerents
The United Republic of Almodarian States	The Viturian Reformists Army of Almodaria
Commanders and leaders
Viktor Yurichenko	Josip Juranovic
Gio Jorona
Units involved
The National Army of Almodaria	The Viturian Reformists Army of Almodaria
The Aranistani Steel Force
Casualties and losses
1,456,789 Almodarian Soldiers	1,321,789 Viturian Soldiers and other fighting forces
1,555,235 Civilians

Pre-War Politics (1999-2000)

Before the war started, the country was falling apart internally. Over 78% of the population was pro fascism and the pro federalist population made up the rest of the percentage (apart from a small sliver made up of state socialists). The two sides had fights in the streets over the smallest of things which led to schools being closed down for long periods of time and the shopping district practically became an arena full of angry nationalists and fascist overlords. The Great Leader Viktor Yurichenko would host public executions of any federalist civilian they could pluck off the street (Some of these "federalists" were called federalist at random so they could find sacrifices). Towards the turn of the century, the country was rocked by multiple terrorist attacks caused by both sides of the political fight and the Army was called in and the capital of the city was put under Martial Law with no restrictions. This lockdown caused the supply chain to rupture, and the country went dark. The lack of checks and balances against Yurichenko let the tyranny continue into the 2000s and in January of 2000 the Viturian Reformists Army was formed and was named after the city it formed in. Other small arms forces formed which included the Almodor Freedom Coalition and the Aranistani Fighting Force of Steel. These forces would quietly gather arms and soldiers and on May 19th, 2000, a large Mutiny occured at the Navy and Air bases in Skavari which officially started the conflict.

Viktor Yurichenko (1965-2002) Leader of Almodaria (URAS) in the war and led the mass genocide campaigns.

The first year of the war (2000-2001)

Conquests at the beginning were slow and bloody. Forces in Skavari were outnumbered and surrounded and the URAS Navy made a blockade on the coast and began shelling the city which destroyed major infrastructure and had the first civilian casualties of the war, URAS began taking food from the west and cut off supply lines between Viturian and Skavari forces while in Aranistan the resistance which was made up by former soldiers and high army officials began a lightning campaign to cut off URAS troops with small numbers of casualties. Viturian soldiers resorted to guerilla warfare and rooftop sniping during the night and bombing runs with grenades in the day. Attrition grew as neither side made progress and in December of 2000, Mirosaw Norgichev from the War Department of Almodaria sent a proposal to Yurichenko called "Operation Tiger's Vengeance" which if ratified would begin a new program of mass executions of anyone the army could get their hands on. Yurichenko accepted it gladly and December 12th, 2000, would be the single bloodiest day in Almodarian history and was dubbed "The Feeding of the Tiger". Soldiers broke into the homes of citizens in Vituria and rounded them up in the city square over the span of a few hours and proceeded to gun down every single one of them which led to over 8,000 dead in under 12 hours. Although this made URAS command less insecure this only made the resistance angrier and by the end of the year a new counter offensive was planned.

The second year of the war (2001-2002)

This became the most productive year of the war for resistance members as the mass genocide under Operation Tiger's Vengeance continued. Skavari forces sabotaged the nearby ammo depot on the outskirts of town which gave the fighters a chance to break out. Skavari began the counter offensive in January of 2001 and had exciting progress at the cost of many lives. Surprisingly, the city of Almodor declared independence and joined the resistance and gained control of the major air force base placed smack dab in the center of town which gave the resistance some much needed air support with over 100 FB-5 Bombers and 400 FK-2 Screecher Fighter Jets which all scrambled in North, East, and South to give covering support for advancing troops. Aranistan used this air support to claim multiple villages neighboring the major city as ammunition began to be scarce in the growing army. When Aranistani fighters arrived in the village of Borna they were greeted by the sight of a mass grave with a possible 300-500 dead villagers in a pit in the ground. These villagers were one of many victims of the worsening genocide. Viturian forces were starving and low on ammunition after URAS advances in the city. On February 14th the Viturian forces were forced to leave the capital in order to regroup and fled to the coastline. Almodor fighter groups and bombers began bombing campaigns in Vituria and commenced the Siege of Vituria (anti-air was prioritized around air bases and army posts and so the city was completely undefended). Spring came by and Aranistani Military Command turned their attention over to Vituria which was still under control of URAS even after the almost daily bombardments and so the offensive was moved north towards the city in the Spring Offensive of 2001 and as this went down the Viturian Reformists Army with fresh recruits and ammunition began their march back to the city. Skavari however was back into a stalemate and was unable to advance after multiple desertions and naval shelling that continued to take lives and destroy the landscape. On May 16th, 2001, the Skavarian Freedom Coalition surrendered to Almodarian troops and soon after the Surrender of Yurichenko was signed, the remaining resistance members were brought together and executed. URAS now had a major airbase and a major naval port under their control and the blockade was moved up the shoreline towards the capital in preparation for retaliation and in the meantime continued to execute civilians and supposed "Spies" in occupied territory. The Summer was slow apart from Viturian forces regrouping on the edge of the city where the date was set for the reclamation of Vituria: September 9th, 2001. The invasion started strong with FK-2 jets equipped with incendiary bombs conducting low passes over the city and scorching it until nothing was left, this led to hundreds of injured and dead civilians and crippled URAS soldiers. The first battle of Vituria began with Viturian soldiers moving in through the eastern suburbs with explosives and small arms and snipers while Aranistani forces landed deeper in down in southern Vituria where scorching raids were being conducted prior to landing with many casualties. URAS forces held majority of their forces at the central government actions agency (CGAA) where Yurichenko was commanding all remaining Almodarian soldiers and losing him would mean the war ending. The first battle of Vituria was in favor of the attackers until UH-12 helicopters (which were captured in Skivari after their surrender) equipped with SR-2T Air to Ground Missiles began the counter attack and decimated the heavily clustered Aranistani forces with a recorded 882 casualties in the first cycle of attacks. Surviving soldiers were now commanded to stay away from buildings since they were immediate targets of the distant artillery that was supposed to protect them which now meant the injured force had less cover for the advance but they could not advance further over the risk of being caught and retreated and prepared to entrench in the city. Meanwhile, Vitruvian forces used homemade mortars and nail bombs to continue pushing forward but fell to the same fate as the Aranistani force and was bombarded heavily. The Viturian forces were inside of buildings during the bombardment and as what usually happens when bombs go off, the buildings got catastrophically damaged and the buildings collapsed in on soldiers with about 1,415-2,000 casualties from the first cycle. Remaining troops entrenched and the rest of the year was a forced stalemate with small skirmishes in the city while the mass execution of civilians continued.

Soldiers from the Viturian Artillery Regiment firing shells into Vituria during the siege and first battle of Vituria September 2001. The soldiers were mostly citizens who have never seen battle which led to many being jumpy around artillery.

Aranistani Fighters advancing in the Spring Offensive of 2001. The fighting was intense in the region due to thick foilage and tough and barren terrain.