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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Great War
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| date              = {{ubl|{{start and end dates|1949|8|27|1955|2|7|df=yes}}
| ({{Age in years and days|27 August 1949|February 7 1955|sep=and}})}}
| place             = [[Crabrian theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Crabry]], [[Gulf of Kringalia theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Gulf of Kringalia]], [[Frastinian theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Frastinia]], [[South Pacific Ocean in the Great War (Pacifica)|South Pacific Ocean]], [[Mediterranean theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Mediterranean Sea]], [[Western Keyli theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Western Keyli]], [[Southwestern Bailtem theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Southwestern Bailtem]] <!--[[Horn of Bareland theatre of the Great War (Pacifica)|Horn of Bareland]]-->
| result            = {{ubl|[[Allies of the Great War (Pacifica)|Allied]] victory}}<!--This fixes label and data text alignment by locking it in place-->
* Fall of [[Imperialist Karnetvor (Pacifica)|Imperialist Karnetvor]], [[Imperialist Tekarai (Pacifica)|Imperialist Tekarai]] and [[Nationalist Gianatla (Pacifica)|Nationalist Gianatla]]
* Allied military occupations of [[Karnetvor (Pacifica)|Karnetvor]], liberation of [[Ubesii (Pacifica)|Ubesii]]
* Beginning of the [[Atomic Age|Nuclear Age]]
* Beginning of the [[Cold War (Pacifica)|Cold War]] (See [[Great War (Pacifica)#Aftermath|Aftermath]])
| combatants_header = [[Great War participants (Pacifica)|Participants]]
| combatant1        = [[Great War participants (Pacifica)#Allies|'''Allies''']]
| combatant2        = [[Great War participants (Pacifica)#Imperialists|'''Imperialists''']]
| commander1        = '''Main Allied leaders:'''{{plainlist|
* Anti-Imperialist TCC city states: ???
* {{flagicon|Sedunn}} [[Nivv Ponienn (Pacifica)|Hevv Ponienn]]
* {{flagicon|Stoinia}} {{Pacifica|Mihai III Cuza|King Mihai III}}
* {{flagicon|Stoinia}} {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu}}
* {{flagicon|Ryccia}} ???
* {{flagicon|Huawan}} [[Lingxin Yan (Pacifica)|The Peony, Mei Yan]]
* {{flagicon|Besern}} [[Ernst Stroman (Pacifica)|Ernst Stroman]]
* {{flagicon|Sallodesia}} {{Pacifica|George C. Barrett}}}}
| commander2        = '''Main Imperialist leaders:'''
{{plainlist|
* {{flagicon|Karnetvor|Flag of the Royal Army of Karnetvor (1949-1955))}} [[Stjepan Masić (Pacifica)|Stjepan Masić]]
* {{flagicon|Tekarai}} Johnathan Fletcher
* {{flagicon|GIL|1935}} [[Meinhard Frank (Pacifica)|Meinhard Frank]]
}}
| casualties1       = {{plainlist|
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* Over 16,000,000
* '''Civilian dead:'''
* Over 45,000,000
* '''Total dead:'''
* Over 61,000,000
* (1937–1945)
* [[World War II casualties|...''further details'']]}}
| casualties2       = {{plainlist|
* '''Military dead:'''
* Over 8,000,000
* '''Civilian dead:'''
* Over 4,000,000
* '''Total dead:'''
* Over 12,000,000
* (1937–1945)-->
* [[Great War losses (Pacifica)|...''further details'']]}}
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The '''Great War''' was a series of interconnected wars and spin-off wars in the [[South Pacific (Pacifica)|South Pacific]] that lasted from 1949 to 1955. It involved two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Imperialists and their respective allies. The major participants engaged their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities in the war effort. It was the deadliest conflict in human history with over xx military and civilian casualties.

The Great War began on 27 August 1949 when Karnetvor under Stjepan Masić invaded the TCC from Tasternine. Subsequently, Sedunn, Ryccia and Stoina - dubbed the ''Allies'', including the TCC - declared war on Karnetvor. Tekarai honoured its alliance with Karnetvor, and were collectively called the ''Imperialists''.

==Background==
=== Sub-Capricorn===
In the 1940s the political situation in the southern half of the South Pacific Ocean (i.e. the Sub-Capricorn) had been relatively stable since the collapse of the expansionist Karnetvorian Confederacy in 1928, which had been replaced by a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. However, the Kingdom of Karnetvor was becoming overpopulated and the new welfare system struggled. In 1944 Stjepan Masić of the Social-Democratic Party was elected on a platform of social reforms, an expanded welfare system and a revanchist foreign policy. To solve Karnetvor's problems, he argued for securing control over the southern half of the South Pacific Ocean to provide the necessary goods and raw materials to his population and land for repopulation.

On 24 October 1944, Karnetvor and Tekarai signed a non-aggression pact. Tekarai was a colonial empire and had recently annexed Ubesii on the southeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, where Tekarai wished to expand further.

The Tasternine Archipelago was a main hub for trans-Pacific trade as well as for Karnetvorian power projection in the region. It was considered to be in a vulnerable position due to its proximity to Termina, located to its south. Since the Karnetvorian Confederacy had annexed Tasternine there had been calls to control the Terminan city states (TCC) along the Crabrian coast, and several proposals had been made to the TCC to let Karnetvor rent ports and build bases there, which had all been turned down, but not unanimously. Some city states favoured Karnetvorian control for the business opportunities it provided. Karnetvorian authorities sought to exploit the divide. By 1949, tensions were high.

On 23 August 1949, the Karnetvorian crown prince and his wife travelled to Clocktown, Termina, for trade negotiations. During a tour of the city, an immigrant called Alexandro Petro got on top of the car's hood and shot the Crown Prince in the chest three times before moving onto his wife, which he also shot three times, killing the couple. Petro was apprehended and taken to a prison where he would be executed. The TCC chancellor sincerely apologised for the murder. The following day, Karnetvor started mobilising in secret.

=== Supra-Capricorn ===
Similar to the Sup-Capricorn, the region above the tropic of Capricorn and but still under equator saw the rise of political turmoil. In the Ikaranarean Region, the [[Ikaranarean Father States (Pacifica)|Father States]] took control over the Ikaranarean region and [[Pastrala (Pacifica)|Pastrala]] in 1880. Upset about the failures of the [[Triangular Empire (Pacifica)|Triangular Empire,]] they had overthrown the governments of Ikarn, Narus and Ranaras, forcing the royals to flee to Reizen in the Frost Empire. In the Father States, expansionism was a means of acquiring new populations to increase production- eventually, the Father States would be able to lift the burden of production off of the [[Indavrals (Pacifica)|Indavral]] populations and instead on to other populations-Indavra was already rich in resources, but the labor of production could be pushed onto less resource rich areas. However, their first course of action was to "Restore their natural borders." This culminated in the annexation of {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Constadia}} ({{Pacifica|Tarnese language|Tarnese}}: ''Constadea'') and {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Tzardas}} ({{Pacifica|Tarnese language|Tarnese}}: ''Țardaș''), two {{Pacifica|Stoinia|Stoinian}} exclaves in 1932 and a full scale invasion of [[Losavra (Pacifica)|Losavra]] in 1945, leading to the capitulation and annexation of the country of more than 100 million in just 2 weeks. In 19XX, they signed a nonaggression pact with the Frankists and started militarizing more and more, building up all branches of the military for what they assumed would be a major war as they prepared for an invasion of {{Pacifica|Cadíæ}} following its civil war and [[Nea-gy (Pacifica)|Nea-gy]].

==== Stegăroian Deterrence ==== 
[[File:Stegaroiu inspecting ship.jpg|thumb|left|Chief of Defence Staff, General {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu}} inspecting the Stoinian flagship HMS ''Regele Costin'' in 1940.]]
The {{Pacifica|Stoinia|Kingdom of Stoinia}}, saw a period of rapid military modernisation between the 1930s & 1940s under General {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu}} who was appointed {{Pacifica|Chief of Staff of the Defence Staff}} in late 1932. The modernisation was motivated in large part because of heightened tensions with neighbouring states following the {{Pacifica|Marsh Wars}} with {{Pacifica|Ezervulge}} and annexation of {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Constadea}} and {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Țardaș}} by the {{Pacifica|Ikaranarean Father States|Father States}} following skirmishes in 1932. {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} under the {{Pacifica|Monarchy of Stoinia|King}} {{Pacifica|Mihai III Cuza|Mihai III}} saw the centralisation of leadership in both {{Pacifica|Monarchy of Stoinia|King}} and {{Pacifica|Prime Minister of Stoinia|Prime Minister}} with the appointment of General {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu}} in 1941 as {{Pacifica|Prime Minister of Stoinia|Prime Minister}}. Prioritising a deterrent foreign policy under military expertise, a renewed focus was given to protecting {{Pacifica|Stoinia|Stoinian}} overseas territories in {{Pacifica|Cordilia}} and the {{Pacifica|Central Islands}} in addition to modernising overseas forces up to the standard on {{Pacifica|Metropolitan Stoinia}}. This policy was intended as a deterrent to neighbouring nations who might have dreams of claiming Stoinian overseas territories. Though it was also partly framed as revanchism by the opposition for the {{Pacifica|Giurescu Concessions}} in 1932.<br>

This stance of military deterrence saw heightened tensions with {{Pacifica|Huawan|Huawanese}} political factions who wished to reclaim the territories in southern Corinia inhabited by {{Pacifica|Paeonisians|Paeonisian}} and {{Pacifica|Garanians|Garanian}}. This saw several skirmishes in the Shai Kong region which was a strategic port in the northern area of the Gulf of Kringalia. The {{Pacifica|Stoinian Royal Navy}} saw a massive expansion of 340 warships from 1935 to 1947, one of {{Pacifica|Pacifica}}'s most well-known naval build-ups in history. Furthermore, {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} dedicated large amounts of resources to the modernisation of the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Royal Navy}}, being amongst the first to introduce naval aircraft carriers, its shipbuilding infrastructure and modernisation of army equipment. It also saw wide recruitment campaigns of native overseas soldiers through the creation of the {{Pacifica|Garāori, Islander and Pētean Army Corps}} (GIPAC) in 1934 to bolster the ranks in overseas territories.

With the outbreak of the {{Pacifica|Weissersteiner Civil War}}, {{Pacifica|Prime Minister of Stoinia|Prime Minister}} {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu|Stegăroiu}} committed to support the monarchist faction in the civil war. The {{Pacifica|Cordilia|Cordilian}} conflict served as proving grounds of new {{Pacifica|Stoina|Stoinian}} military equipment, tactics and doctrine. Mechanised and armoured units evolved to a more fast-paced form of warfare which was in stark contrast to the attrition tactics of the {{Pacifica|Marsh Wars}}. Instead, the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Armed Forces}} adopted a doctrine named {{Pacifica|Bellica Incessante|''Bellica Incesante''}} pioneered by the {{Pacifica|Catanians|Catanian}} General {{Pacifica|Giovanni Sirano}} favouring combined arms and battering enemy forces without giving them a chance to rest. When there wasn't an offensive, the Stoinians resorted to large-scale artillery fire or air strikes to never allow their enemies to rest. To sustain this type of warfare, the Stoinian arms manufacturing industry boomed and tripled in size from the early 1930s by the end of the {{Pacifica|Weissersteiner Civil War}}.

Although {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} has always claimed to have switched from a reactive stance to a proactive one since the {{Pacifica|Giurescu Concessions}}, at the time other nations and even internal political opposition have claimed that this form of 'Stegăroian Deterrence' has led to further polarisation of neighbouring states. Nonetheless, {{Pacifica|Prime Minister of Stoinia|Prime Minister}} {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu|Stegăroiu}} has always remained adamant in his belief stating that it was a necessary step for {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} to pursue if it was to preserve its place in the {{Pacifica|South Pacific}}. Calling {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} one of the last true democracies as the world succumbed to imperialist influences. Nowadays, this belief is hailed by many as the truth and seen as a golden era of {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}'s prominence as a democracy.

{{Quote|''"Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that some of you disfavour me for my recent policies. While I won't try to convince you otherwise as in our society we all have the right to our own opinion. However, His Majesty Mihai has invested His trust in me to lead our people through these quarrelsome times. The Father States have proven the will to encroach on our ideals. Our fellow Stoinians, those brave enough to stay to preserve beacons of civilisations out there in the face of monsoons, are now seen as nothing more than an instrument to create wealth in a state that does not recognise the Enlightenment. 724 years ago, we vowed to never let anyone harm our people. We were the children of Tolosa then, and we shall remain so today. I've been entrusted by His Majesty to protect our people and I will do so with every ounce of my being. While I understand some of the political class are more than happy to commend imperialist states' expansions, the soldier in me cannot allow that to happen to Stoinia again. It's my duty to serve this nation. To serve it with the same spirit it was destined with. Anything less would be downright disrespectful to my own conscience as a Stoinian soldier. So if I have to hear you squabble on how my policies are severing international ties while Stoinians overseas are threatened to fall into the maws of iniquity by imperialist scoundrels, then please God grant me stronger shoulders. I refuse to let the beacons of democracy be consumed by the darkness of our times. As such, I shan't depart this Kingdom and beacon of liberty and democracy from the course it was destined to depart on on God's green Terra."''|{{Pacifica|Prime Minister of Stoinia|Prime Minister}} {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu|Stegăroiu}} addressing the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Parliament}} in 1946}}

===North Cordilia===
Mainly through trade with the [[Austral Empire (Pacifica)|Austral Empire]], the industrialisation was introduced in the Gianlucian Empire. The economy, which was formerly based on the exploitation and selling of natural resources globally, transitioned towards an economy processing said goods to higher-quality products in larger quantities than before. The newly achieved scientific progress and wealth led to philosophers like Karl Friedberg and Friedrich Teufel to formulate theses on the future development of [[Wikipedia:Capitalism|capitalism]] and [[Wikipedia:Colonialism|colonialism]] and the calling of the [[Wikipedia:Proletariat|proletariat]] to rise up globally against the old structures to demand a fairer organisation and distribution of work and profits gained through work. 

In many colonies of the Gianlucian Empire workers started to organise based on that and similar manifestos, often combining their wishes to receive "a fair share" with nationalist demands for independence from the Empire. From the mid-1800s forward, the Gianlucian Empire has lost all of its colonies except for [[Hazelia (Pacifica)|Hazelia]] until the 1910s. This created several economical problems for the Empire. Firstly global trade routes of the Empire were mostly severed, which meant that it had to refocus its economic strategy mainly on the [[Frastinia (Pacifica)|extended Frastinian area]], in which most countries had imposed protectionist policies against it. Secondly the decolonisation meant worse access and thus a lack of resources to continue to produce products in the desired quality and quantity for the world market. By the start of the 1920s the Gianlucian Empire has gotten into an economic recession because of this, which meant rising costs of living and high unemployment rates. At the same time, the democratic parties in the 'Reichstag' and the reigning Emperor [[Gianluca III (Pacifica)|Gianluca III]] were seen as weak and not keeping their promises to curb the recession anytime soon.

After publishing the bestseller book 'Für die Ehre' ("For Honour") in 1923 and using militant extremist groups to spread terror throughout the country, [[Meinhard Frank (Pacifica)|Meinhard Frank]] took advantage of the situation and rose to power with his 'National and Socialist Party of Frankist Progressivism' (NSPFP). In 1935, backed by military leaders and thousands of militant and civilian supporters, he demanded successfully from the Emperor to transfer all powers to him, manifesting himself as the 'Führer' ("Leader") of the Gianlucian Empire through the "Enabling Act".

==Course of the war==
===War breaks out (1949)===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 141-0864, Kreta, Landung von Fallschirmjägern.jpg|250px|thumb|Karnetvorian paratroopers taking an unknown airport in the TCC.]]
05:00 hours, August 27th 1949 the Karnetvorian navy and air force launched strikes against TCC ports and airfields (Operation Raven). Airborne and marine troops were deployed to secure airfields, ports and other strategic infrastructure to create beaches and airheads for the bulk of the invasion forces. Some TCC city states openly sided with Karnetvor, offering favourable concessions to the detriment to the city state where the assassination happened. A formal state of war was declared, citing the assassination of the heir to the throne of Karnetvor as casus belli.

On the same day, Sedunn, Ryccia, and {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} both being important naval powers in the South Pacific Ocean and liberal democracies, declared war on Karnetvor, wanting to preserve the balance of power in the region and save Termina from annexation. Johnathan Fletcher, supreme leader of the Dominion of Tekarai, honoured the alliance with Karnetvor and joined the war, seeking to dominate the Mediterranean Sea and cripple its rival Sedunn in particular.

On August 28, Sedunn pulled back naval forces from the Remetull Islands to concentrate them in the Mediterranean Sea to take on the Tekarian navy in order to prevent it from joining the Karnetvorian forces in the ocean, despite knowing about the Karnetvorian plans to invade the strategically important islands. <--Sedunn started evacuating the military from Piel, the main island, to save its cities from destruction in a potential battle, to the smaller islands.--> The main harbours were destroyed to prevent Karnetvor from making strategic use of the islands, which also reduced Sedunn's capacity to supply its naval forces in the region. Ezervulge mobilised its military to potentially take advantage of the situation and avenge its defeat in [[Peter I's War (Pacifica)|Peter I's War]].

Karnetvor made rapid gains against the TCC and was able to transfer several hundreds thousands of troops by ship and air, having supremacy at sea.

Taking advantage of the outbreak of the war between allied & imperialist forces, the {{Pacifica|Ikaranarean Father States|Father States}} launched a surprise attack on September 1 1950 against the unstable neighbouring {{Pacifica|Cadíz}} which was still rebuilding five years after its civil war. The former Stoinian colony which gained independence during the {{Pacifica|Elbonian Wars}}, still held many cultural ties with {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}. As a result, the mother nation of {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} declared war on the {{Pacifica|Ikaranarean Father States|Father States}} on 2 September. Despite the Stoinian declaration, the initial push by the {{Pacifica|Ikaranarean Father States|Father States}} had gained significant swaths of land in {{Pacifica|Cadíz}} and conquered the entire country in a period of one month. The exhausted Cadisians were quickly overrun by the invading war machine and in some cases were conquered before they were mobilised. A majority of the Cadisian navy would escape however to Carraca with both royals and politicians who formed a government in exile in {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}.

<North Cordilia here...>

===Start of the global war (1949-1951)===
====The fight for naval supremacy in the Sub-Capricorn (1949-1950)====
[[File:Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and two destroyers under attack on 20 June 1944 (80-G-238025).jpg|300px|thumb|Tekarian carrier group "Johnathan Fletcher" under attack during the Second Naval Battle of the Strait of Saint Michael.]]
In October, the Sedunnic navy engaged and thoroughly defeated the Tekarian navy in the Second Naval Battle of the Strait of Saint Michael, dealing a crippling blow to the Tekarian war effort in the Mediterranean Sea and the Sub-Capricorn. Ezervulge demobilised and declared strict neutrality which meant that Sedunn and Stoinia could redeploy units that had been intended for the defence of the homelands. Karnetvor invited Techganet to join the war on its side, offering territory in Crabry such as the Stoinian ports of Sulina, Vudesque and Lonfar in {{Pacfica|Phanama|Actora}}. Techganet accepted.

{{Quote
| text      = It is my great pleasure to relay to you that all primary and secondary objectives have been fully completed. This occasion, which may have won us the war, calls for celebrations, but I am afraid we are sinking. No time for anything elaborate.
| cite      = Paksarr Vosallu, captain of the Sedunnic flagship the cruiser ''SNS Tapparad'' (lost), reporting to the naval headquarters
}}

Meanwhile, The Sedunnic army and rapidly raised militias repulsed several Karnetvorian landing attempts on Piel Island. In what was to be known as the [[Gentlemen's War (Pacifica)|Gentlemen's War]], the Karnetvorian and Sedunnic commanders avoided excessive force and informed each other when they were about to destroy equipment or buildings so that they could evacuate their personnel. This was due to the old friendship between high ranking officers in the nations.

<--Meanwhile, Karnetvor landed troops unopposed on Piel Island, occupying it. In what was to be known as the [[Gentlemen's War (Pacifica)|Gentlemen's War]], the Karnetvorian and Sedunnic commanders avoided excessive force and informed each other when they were about to destroy equipment or buildings so that they could evacuate their personnel. This was due to the old friendship between high ranking officers in the nations.-->

<--(??, ??: Gianlucaland joins the war. Sedunn and Stoinia incapacitates its small naval forces in Sallodesia...)-->
On September 20, the Gianlucian Empire sided with the imperialist and declared war on both {{Pacifica|Sedunn}} and {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}. This saw an immediate rebuttal where a joint Stoino-Sedunnic naval task force successfully raided the naval forces in the Bailtemmic colony of Neu Faburg on September 26. Seeing the opportunity and the growing {{Pacifica|Frankism|Frankist}} on its western border, {{Pacifica|Sallodesia|Sallodesian}} {{Pacifica|President of Sallodesia|President}} {{Pacifica|George C. Barrett}} declared war on the {{Pacifica|Gianatla|Gianlucian Empire}}, siding with the Allies and invaded the Gianlucian colonies of Neu Faburg and Neu Katzberg on September 29 opening the Central Bailtemmic Theatre.

Sedunn, being largely unopposed in the Mediterranean Sea, supplied Ubesian rebels with weapons. Ryccia managed to send naval reinforcements through Imperialist blockades (either Gianlucan if north or Tekarian if south) which arrived in Stoinia and Sedunn.

By May 1950, Sedunn was ready to resume large-scale naval operations. Sedunn, supported by Stoinia and Ryccia defeated the Karnetvorian navy in the Battle of the Sea of Sedunn and the Second Battle for Brevero Sea, cutting off the Siculites and Government Island from Karnetvorian supply lines. With the eastern half of the Sub-Capricorn mostly secured, the Allies (Sedunn, Ryccia and Stoinia) started sending reinforcements to Termina, and the Karnetvorian advance was stalled.

====Corinian Theatre (1949-1950)====
[[File:Ryuk Dae-Jung.jpg|thumb|Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung}} in {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Carao}} after the first Karnetvorian naval assault of Shai Kong in 1949.]]
At the outbreak of the war, the Stoinian Corinian Defence Fleet was largely ordered to maintain a defensive position in Corinia while troops could be mobilised overseas following the demobilisation of {{Pacifica|Ezervulge}}. On October 17th however, {{Pacifica|Stoinia|Corinia}} would see its first conflict, ending the one month of waiting. The imperialist fleet lead by {{Pacifica|Karnetvor|Karnetvorian}} Admiral {{Pacifica|Vojkan Karanović}} consisted of roughly 32 and 28 {{Pacifica|Karnetvor|Karnetvorian}} and {{Pacifica|Techganet|Techanarean}} ships respectively. The joint task force was meant to cripple the Corinian Defence Fleet in a swift stroke. It would come face-to-face with a contingent of 45 ships of the Corinian Defence Fleet near the island of Taiping that belong to {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}. What ensued of the {{Pacifica|Battle of Taiping}} was a major Stoinian defeat as the patrol detachment was swiftly outgunned by the imperialist fleet. Mainly Stoinian screen ships were sunk, but ship losses included 6 cruisers, the battlecruisers HMS ''Milescu'' and HMS ''Reghea'', and the battleship HMS ''Cetus''. In total, the Stoinians had lost 44 ships with the imperialist only lost 9 ships.

[[File:Karnetvorian Fleet Shai Kong.webp|left|thumb|Karnetvorian fleet near a southern town in Shai Kong after the Battle of the Taiping.]]
Following the {{Pacifica|Battle of Taiping}}, the imperialist fleet believed it had destroyed the Corinian fleet and Admiral {{Pacifica|Vojkan Karanović}} in his pride decided to instil terror on Shai Kong before docking in its ports. As such, the imperialist fleet came near the shore of Shai Kong earlier than what normal protocol would dictate. This would prove to be a mistake by the imperialist fleet as the Shaikongers alerted the surviving elements of the Corinian Defence Fleet. The most senior officer was Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung}}. Scrambling the remaining 32 docked ships, Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} set out to defend Corinia from the imperialist. As the {{Pacifica|First Battle of Shai Kong}} started, Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} had the ageing dreadnought HMS ''Fujani'' position itself perpendicular to the coast and serve as the main battering ram while another squadron of screen ships would flank them from the sea, locking the imperialist fleet from three sides. However, what truly tipped the scale of the battle was his use of aircraft carriers. HMS ''Takao'', his own carrier was accompanied by two more light carriers HMS ''Veleta'' and HMS ''Vacares''. As the aeroplanes were deployed out of reach from the imperialist fleet, they dealt critical blows paired with the barrages from the rest of the Stoinian fleet. The {{Pacifica|First Battle of Shai Kong}} would become one of the first battles in which modern aircraft carriers proved their merit as a modern doctrine to pursue. Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} would lose only 2 destroyers while the imperialist fleet of 51 ships was completely sunk. Admiral {{Pacifica|Vojkan Karanović|Karanović}} would not survive the battle and fail to inform the imperialist forces of the tactics used by Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}}. 

In the following months, Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} fought off multiple attempts by imperialist forces to conquer Shai Kong and Corinia. The defeat of the imperialist forces was in large part due to the inadaptability of the naval officers when faced with Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}}'s use of aeroplanes against which they were ill-equipped. Nonetheless, the Corinian Defence Fleet valiantly continued to defend the Stoinian territory on {{Pacifica|Cordilia}}. Commodore {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} would be hailed a hero for his achievement and be given the highest order of Stoinian military medals. In addition, he was named the Lord Admiral of the Corinian Fleet by {{Pacifica|Mihai III Cuza|King Mihai III}}, becoming the first {{Pacifica|Paeonisians|Paeonisian}} to receive the honour. His authority as Lord Admiral would also include the ships that would come to reinforce Corinia later on. However, Lord Admiral {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} would not rest his fate to reinforcement deadlines and in accordance with the {{Pacifica|Governor of Shai Kong}} {{Pacifica|Aleroma Beverino}}, would start the converting transport vessels into light aircraft carriers to bolster his fleet while awaiting for the larger Stoinian naval reinforcements after the {{Pacifica|Second Battle of the Brevero Sea}}.

====Operation Nighthawk - ''Operation Nochna Pnista'' (1949)====
The Techanarean Imperial Navy would however be able to swiftly conquer the port cities of Sulina, Vudesque and Lonfar in {{Pacifica|Phanama|Actora}} from {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} under the command of Admiral {{Pacifica|Hakin Myaunalki}} who sieged the cities on October 28th. Although the Stoinian fleets were easily outgunned and sunk, the local populace continued to fight the occupation. However, the occupation under Admiral {{Pacifica|Hakin Myaunalki}} would prove a reign of terror which would be cemented in the conscience of the port cities which would eventually lead to the {{Pacifica|Phanama (Pacifica)#Stoino-Actoran lease agreements|handover of the cities in 1975}}. The port cities would however be liberated by the Lord Admiral {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}} in August 1952 following the consolidation of the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Royal Navy}} in the Sub-Capricorn territories on {{Pacifica|Cordilia}} and {{Pacifica|Crabry}}.

===Supra-Capricorn Theatre (1949-1951)===
====Preliminary Imperialist offensives in the Central Islands (1949-50)====
[[File:Proteus sinking.webp|right|thumb|HMS ''Proteus'' sinking following the First Battle of the Brevero Sea.]]
{{Pacifica|Stoinia}} was in a precarious position as it now was at war with {{Pacifica|Karnetvor}}, {{Pacifica|Techganet}}, {{Pacifica|Ubesii}}, {{Pacifica|Ikaranarean Father States|Father States}} and the {{Pacifica|Gianatla|Gianlucian Empire}}. Although allied with {{Pacifica|Sedunn}}, {{Pacifica|Termina}} and {{Pacifica|Ryccia}} the {{Pacifica|Stoinain Royal Navy}} despite its size was forced to spread over multiple fronts in the Mediterranean, Sub-Capricorn and Supra-Capricorn. Nevertheless, {{Pacifica|Prime Minister of Stoinia|Prime Minister}} {{Pacifica|Andrei Stegăroiu|Stegăroiu}} vowed to protect the Stoinian territories of Carraca, {{Pacifica|Pētea}} and the {{Pacifica|The Lile Ulie Islands|Lile uile Islands}} as well as guaranteeing the independence of {{Pacifica|Conaro}}. It would see the first imperialist attempt to conquer the strategic {{Pacifica|Central Islands}} under Admiral {{Pacifica|Radomir Zorić}} who was an old friend of Fleet Admiral {{Pacifica|Alonso Barreto}}, the Commander of the Pacific Fleet. A large fleet, 122 strong, set sail from Tasternine and arrived in the Brevero Sea on October 15 1949. There it clashed with the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Royal Navy}} under Fleet Admiral {{Pacifica|Alonso Barreto}}'s Pacific Fleet in the First Battle of the Brevero Sea. The battle was a pyrrhic Stoinian victory with many losses on both sides with 65 and 72 Allied and imperialist ships sunk. One of the sunken ships was the HMS ''Proteus'', a prominent battleship of the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Royal Navy}} and considered by some as the pride of the fleet. The First Battle of the Brevero Sea would prove the first strike in a one-two punch however. With the Mediterranean Sea being threatened by {{Pacifica|Tekarai}}, {{Pacifica|Stoinia}} committed a large portion of its navy to help {{Pacifica|Sedunn}} to neutralise the Tekarian naval threat, leaving the {{Pacifica|Central Islands}} largely undermanned for subsequent offensives.

In December 1949, continued raids and harassment campaigns by the Karnetvorian Imperial Navy, the {{Pacifica|Stoinian Royal Navy}} had been severely depleted of its strength. Sedunn's and {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}'s navies were strained from the previous battles and patrolling. Both nations needed time to recover and reinforce their spread-out navies. Additional ships were ordered on a massive scale in both Sedunn and {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}. Despite this, naval warfare was remarked to have been relatively tame compared to other naval battles due to the brotherly bond between the two naval commanders. This was a further manifestation of the {{Pacifica|Gentlemen's War}} to a limited extent.

====Imperialist invasion of Central Islands (1949-1950)====
[[File:Kanaka Harbour Attack.jpg|left|thumb|Kanaka Harbour during the raid by imperialist forces.]]
In January 1950, the  Karnetvor invaded and annexed [[Government Island (Pacifica)|Government Island]]. The entirety of the population was deported. The island had great strategic value and was to be used as a stepping stone for the planned invasion of the Siculites and other central islands later. 

As the situation stabilised in {{Pacifica|Termina}} by February 1950, {{Pacifica|Karnetvor}} still wasn't in full control yet as the capital was not in their hands yet. Following its surprise attack on {{Pacifica|Kanaka Harbour}} in the {{Pacifica|The Lile Uile Islands|Lile Uile Islands}} on January 14th, the imperialist forces of {{Pacifica|Karnetvor}}, {{Pacifica|Techganet}} and {{Pacifica|Tekarai}} under the command of Admiral {{Pacifica|Radomir Zorić}} landed on the Siculite Islands as well as {{Pacifica|Pētea}} and the {{Pacifica|The Lile Ulie Islands}} and even on the native strongholds of the {{Pacifica|Garāori}} in Carraca. In a month, they defeated the Ryccian defenders, but the Ryccians and the natives fought a guerrilla campaign, that was not fully defeated until April. Similarly, the Stoinians and native islanders held valiant defences for a couple of months but were outnumbered in the end. {{Pacifica|Karnetvor}} officially annexed the islands, but the Second Battle of the Brevero Sea had seen no decisive victor in the {{Pacifica|Central Islands}} and a stalemate on the Carracan main island followed.

[[File:GIPAC celebration GW.webp|thumb|Gipacs celebrating the liberation of Kihei by performing a haka.]]Seeing their ancestral islands being occupied and their peoples abused, infuriated the {{Pacifica|Garāori, Islander and Pētean Army Corps}}'s soldiers who mostly comprised of the natives of the {{Pacifica|Central Islands}}. Under Lieutenant-General {{Pacifica|Paul Celăreanu}}, {{Pacifica|Garāori, Islander and Pētean Army Corps|GIPAC}} forces would cross the {{Pacifica|Raukawa Strait}} between {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Kihei}} and the Carracan island on May 5th 1950. This lightning attack by the Gipacs instilled terror in the station imperialist forces as the Gipacs engaged in surgical precise guerilla warfare utilising the knowledge of their native lands. Within two days, {{Pacifica|List of Stoinian cities|Kihei}} was liberated and the Gipacs performed a legendary haka dance which was seen by distant imperialist forces who chose not to reclaim the city after seeing the dance. This would bring in a response from the imperialist forces which Allied forces exploited in the Second Battle of the Brevero Sea on May 15th. Fleet Admiral {{Pacifica|Alonso Barreto}} lead the Allied Pacific Naval Task Force and after conferring with Lord Admiral {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}}, he heavily utilised the newly built Stoinian aircraft carriers to exploit the weaknesses of the imperialist navies. This proved to be the decisive doctrine that lead to the defeat of the imperialist forces commanded by Admiral {{Pacifica|Radomir Zorić}}. Admiral {{Pacifica|Radomir Zorić}}, having been decisively defeated, raised his white flag and surrendered to Allied forces. Recognising the ship, Fleet Admiral {{Pacifica|Alonso Barreto}} set course to board the vessel and upon docking with the battleship of Admiral {{Pacifica|Radomir Zorić}}, HMS ''Corisia'', said the following:

{{Quote|''"My old friend, you have bested me. I yield now in honour of our old friendship which hasn't corroded throughout our battles. Before you bring me to your tribunals, I must commend your troops. In particular these Gipacs of yours. I have seen from afar what these brave men have done. Truly marvellous warriors who I've had the misfortune to be on their opposing side. If I want to keep an island I'd ask Admiral {{Pacifica|Ryuk Dae-Jung|Dae-Jung}}, but if I want to conquer an island, I'd beg for the Gipacs. Their bravery has proven the error of my government's policies which have never sat right with my conscience. You have both beaten me tactically and morally. A sweeter victory I could not wish upon my enemy."''|Admiral {{Pacifica|Radomir Zorić}} upon surrendering to Fleet Admiral {{Pacifica|Alonso Barreto}} after the Second Battle of the Brevero Sea.}}

In the following months, the {{Pacifica|Garāori, Islander and Pētean Army Corps|GIPAC}} forces spearheaded the liberation of {{Pacifica|Government Island}}, {{Pacifica|Pētea}} and the {{Pacifica|The Lile Ulie Islands}}, gaining much renown and admiration from both Allied and imperialist forces. Imperialist forces were known to surrender upon sighting {{Pacifica|Garāori, Islander and Pētean Army Corps|GIPAC}} forces. These battles established the {{Pacifica|Garāori, Islander and Pētean Army Corps}} as one of {{Pacifica|Stoinia}}'s most elite military units. Despite liberation efforts, the imperialist forces on the Sicullite islands remained heavily fortified and isolated. Instead of risking high casualties, Allied forces decided to weed out the Siculites over a longer period of time by demoralising the imperialist forces. Making it a unique stronghold within the {{Pacifica|Central islands}} throughout the war. This campaign would continue until the liberation in May 1953 by Ryccian and Sedunnic forces.

==== Narussian Naval Campaign (1950-1951)====
[[File:Naval Task Force Brevero Carriers.jpg|right|thumb|Carriers of Naval Task Force Brevero shortly before the start of the Third Battle of the Brevero Sea.]]Third Battle of the Brevero Sea

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==== Operation Sovereign - Stoinian invasion of the Father States (1951-1952)====
[[File:Battle of Akon.png|left|thumb|Stoinian troops on Akon island during the Battle of Akon.]]
[[File:Sirano inspection.webp|thumb|Field Marshal {{Pacifica|Giovanni Sirano}} inspecting troops following {{Pacifica|Operation Sovereign|Operation Suveran}}]]
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===Central Bailtemmic front (1949-1951)===
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=== Stagnation and rise of rebellions (1951-1952)===
The frontlines in Termina were stable in 1951 thanks to both sides being able to send reinforcements. Imperialist air forces launched an unsuccessful bombing campaign on the Sedunnic west coast from Government Island and the Carraca. On March 5 1952 the Sedunnic King Hevv died and Queen [[Yemms Sperallu (Pacifica)|Yemms Sperallu]] replaced him. It is not known if the cause was natural.

Sedunn and Ryccia launched a top-secret plan to develop nuclear weapons.

====Rebellion in Ubesii====
By June, it was becoming evident that Tekarai was struggling to maintain order in Ubesii and a new law was passed, which deprived Ubesians of their citizenship and forced many of them to live in closed-off ghettos. This sparked an armed rebellion, which slowly gained momentum.

====Rebellion in Huawan====
During the first two years of the war, the Peocracy had been strictly neutral. Then through the agitation of Mikhail Aerinn, the country started questioning the role of The Peony and its decisions, plunging the country into a civil war in August 1951. Three sides rose: one faction supported the Imperialists, being sympathetic towards the Karnetvorians avenging the crown prince and harbouring anti-Sedunnic sentiments, one that supported the Allies, and one that supported the status quo (which was the stance of the Royal Palace).

In July 1952 the civil war in Huawan was resolved with the infiltration of the shogunates of Huawan, and the Peony regained complete control. Evidence of Sedunnic agitation, and private calls for alliance with the imperialists were uncovered. But The Peony maintained the court, and assured that "no further blood was to be spilled", and that she would not join the war.

====Rebellion in Arnchow====
{{Main|Arnchow Rebellion (Pacifica)}}

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===Invasion of Huawan and entry of Izaakia (1952)===
[[File:Final Attack on Jinzhou.jpg|250px|thumb|Peonic troops defending Xīnyuè 28 September 1952.]]
Fearing that the Peonic Navy could still enter the war on the Allies' side, the Imperialists took pre-emptive action to ensure that the ships would not enter the ocean. After a rejected ultimatum to join the Imperialist side, Imperialist forces landed on Hai Men Island in August 1952 and airborne troops landed in the Shogunate of Minnan that was trying to secede from Huawan, taking advantage of the Stoinian naval campaign to liberate the conquered port cities east of {{Pacifica|Crabry}}. By controlling the island of Hai Men, the goal was to close the straits between the island and Huawan Seaside and block vessels from leaving Huawan. The Imperialists rapidly gained ground, but never completely controlled the island due to the fierce guerilla fighting and support from the Izaakian garrison in Hai Men City. However, the Imperialists established control over the straits for a time and managed to damage some of the Peonic ships at dock.

Izaakia declared war on Karnetvor and invaded the Karnetvorian Antarctic to reclaim territories lost in 1883-1885 and 1915. In October 1952 Izaakia had initial successes against the Karnetvorians in Keyli, liberating Manta City, but their advance was halted by Techganet reinforcements.

===Allies gain momentum (1953–1954)===
In August 1953, Imperialist forces finally laid siege to the TCC capital, having pushed a costly advance for almost six months. The battle was brutal, as it quickly degenerated into house to house fighting. In October, the Imperialists had taken half of the city, but could not replace their losses as easily as the Allies. On December 3, the Allies counterattacked, destroying the Imperialist divisions that defended the outskirts of the city. The Allies then surrounded the Karnetvorian forces. The situation became dire, as they were left without food, water, or ammunition, and supplying the besieged Karnetvorians became impossible. They were annihilated. The Battle of Clocktown, the most bloody battle of the war, ended on February 4th, 1954, when the remaining Karnetvorians surrendered to the Allies and the devastated city was liberated. The Imperialist survivors were captured and sent to POW camps. They only returned home after the end of the war. The battle proved to be the turning point of the war, the Imperialists could never resupply their forces properly. Remaining Imperialist forces started retreating towards Tasternine, fighting a successful delay campaign against the Allied forces, implementing a scorched earth policy; the Imperialist soldiers burned villages, destroyed railways and roads, killed civilians, and looted or destroyed anything that could help the enemy. In Karnetvor, Prime Minister Masić was given emergency powers, allowing him to take decisions without parliamentary oversight. In Tekarai, the government started the "Final Solution" to the "Ubesiian problem", deporting Ubesians to concentration camps, and killing them by shootings or gas.

As the battle for Clocktown dragged on, the Allies ramped up their naval campaigns. During the Battle of the Tasterninian Sea, July 19 1953, the Sedunnic, Ryccian, and Stoinian navies destroyed Karnetvor's Tasterninian Fleet, cutting off the Imperialists in Termina from Tasternine. The Allies landed in Tasternine, which fell a month later, on August 25th. Tasternine was the first core Imperialist territory to be captured by Allied forces.

In August, combined Peonic-Izaakian forces were also successful against the Imperialists. The Imperialist forces on Hai Men Island surrendered after a series of battles. Meanwhile in southern Huawan, the Imperialists were defeated in the largest battle of the war in southern Cordilia. The Peonic Navy could finally leave its ports. Huawan officially joined the war on the Allies' side.

On December 14 1953, Allied forces landed on the Siculite Islands, liberating them almost without resistance, as the demoralised Karnetvorians had run out of supplies due to the fall of Tasternine. The Karnetvorians surrendered three days after the landings. The same month, Ubesii declared its independence from Tekarai following the advance of the rebels. <--In January 1954 the Karnetvorian forces on Piel Island surrendered without a fight, being totally cut off and outgunned.-->

===Allies close in (1954)===
On February 10, 1954, the new Republic of Ubesii had defeated the Tekaraian Army and stopped the Ubesiian Genocide. Tekarai, faced by a possible Allied invasion, informed the Allies of their decision to surrender. Karnetvorian Prime Minister Masić took the news as a betrayal, and severed relations with Tekarai. Ubesii, now enjoying international recognition, declared war against Karnetvor. Ubesii sent its own units to fight with the Allies.

Imperialists in occupied territory were low on supplies and morale, which the Allies took advantage of. Government Island was liberated by the Allies in March. Large-scale bombing campaigns of Mainland Karnetvor were initiated, targetting the industry and naval and air bases. In may 13, the surviving Imperialists in Termina surrendered. In September 1954, Allied naval forces defeated a joint Imperialist navy in the Battle of Foreseas. The joint navy was the last time the Imperialists managed to deploy a larger naval force. Protests and strikes against the government happened in Karnetvor.

===Collapse of the Imperialists (1954-1955)===
[[File:Karnetvorian surrender.png|300px|thumb| General Dragov (centre) signing the capitulation in Karnetgrad.]]
As conditions had worsened for the Techanerean economy and due a lack of battlefield success and the loss of most of its naval forces, Techganet decided to negotiate a separate peace with the Allies on new years eve, 31 December 1954. All territories gained in Crabry were ceded to the Allies, and the Techanerean king was required to broadcast a formal apology for Techganet's involvement in the war. This significantly weakened Karnetvor's ability to defend its home waters and the Allies gained total supremacy at sea.

Due to the timely surrender of Techganet, the Allies were confident enough to land troops on Mainland Karnetvor on February 1, significantly bolstered by Peonic land and air forces. The invasion shocked the Karnetvoiran government as well as the population. Prime Minister Masić tried to convince the Karnetvorian people to fight to the death for their country, but they had had enough. Behind the scenes, General Dragov, King Peter II, and the opposition had started plotting to overthrow Masić and end the war. In an emergency session on February 5, the Parliament adopted a motion of no confidence in Masić's government,  with most members of his own party voting in favour. Masić contacted the army to evaluate his options, but Dragov had convinced the Armed Forces to remove Masić by force if the plan failed. King Peter officially deposed Masić on February 6th, and ordered his arrest on charges of abuse of power, violating the Constitution, and war crimes, which was carried out the same day. Dragov was appointed Interim Prime Minister by the King. Due to his earlier support for both the war and Masić's government, the King's position became untenable, and, to avoid a general uprising, he abdicated in favour of his daughter, Princess Zelda. The next day, February 7, 1955, Karnetvor surrendered to the Allies, ending the war. The [[Arnchow Rebellion (Pacifica)|Arnchow Rebellion]] would continue to drag on violently for another year after the capitulation of Karnetvor until the weakened [[Republic of Arnchow (Pacifica)|Republic of Arnchow]] capitulated to the Allies through the signing of the Treaty of Jalan Mulut Timur on July 11, 1956 during the Siege of Hsi'an.  <!-- add more details on Arnchow  -->

==Aftermath==
More than xx million people died on the war. It is the deadliest war in South Pacifican history.

Karnetvor was under [[Occupation of Karnetvor (Pacifica)|Allied occupation]] for ten years. Karnetvor was declared to be the main perpetrator of the war. As such, it lost all of its colonies (Karnetvorian West Keylian Territories to Izaakia,  Marresa to Ryccia), with the exception of Tasternine; half of the Tasterninian population was (and still is) of Karnetian (Karnetvorian native) descent. Karnetvor also renounced all claims on Termina, and lost its status as a major power. Princess Zelda was officially crowned Queen on January 1st, 1956, and elections were held two weeks later, resulting in an Opposition victory. The Imperialists were also forced to pay war reparations to the Allies, which were completed in the 1970s. In 1989, after the fall of the monarchy, the new republican government in Karnetvor announced it would not respond to any more reparations claims, due to the debt being already paid.

In Sedunn the policy of combatting expansionism in the South Pacific was questioned, and in the 1960 elections the Moderate Party promised to pursue a less "extraverted" foreign policy and refrain from policing abroad and to reduce military expenses. However, with its infrastructure and industry largely intact, the Sedunnic economy entered the post-war era in a strong position.

To this day, the war is a controversial topic in Karnetvor, and Prime Minister Masić (who was released in 1969, dying three years later) is a controversial figure, with some praising him for defending the country's interests, and others condemning him for bringing it to ruin. 

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*1938: King Peter II ascended to the throne of Karnetvor. The king was head of state, but he had no real power, power rested in the hands of the Prime Minister.

*1944: Stjepan Masić, of the Social-Democratic Party, was elected on an imperialist platform; he wanted to enlarge Karnetvor's colonial empire. Karnetvor had ambitions to control the southern half of the South Pacific Ocean. This, combined with his promise to expand the welfare system for the overpopulated country, and his support for minority and women's rights, proved popular with voters. A means to accomplish this was additional ports and raw materials, for example by controlling Termina (TCC). Karnetvor strengthens its military in Tasternine greatly.

*August 23rd, 1949: The Karnetvorian crown prince and his wife travelled to Clocktown, Termina, for trade negotiations and diplomacy. There was intense rivalry between TCC city states during the 20th century. A corporate assassin (an immigrant who harboured animosity towards Karnetvor) murdered the crown prince and his wife, but not on behalf of a city state, but lashing out in a destructive manner. 

*August 24th, 1949: Karnetvor starts mobilising in Tasternine, partly in secret.

*0500 hours, August 27th, 1949: The Karnetvorian navy and air force launches strikes against TCC ports and airfields (Operation Raven). Airborne troops are deployed to secure airfields, ports and other strategic infrastructure  in order to receive the bulk of the invasion forces. Some TCC city states openly side with Karnetvor, offering favourable concessions to the detriment to the city state where the assassination happened. A formal state of war is declared, citing the assassination of the heir to the throne as casus belli.

*August 27th, 1949: Sedunn, Ryccia, both being important naval powers in the South Pacific Ocean and liberal democracies, and Stoinia, declare war on Karnetvor, wanting to preserve the balance of power in the region and save Termina from annexation. Tekarai honoured its previously declared alliance with Karnetvor (1941) and joins the war. Tekarai wanted to dominate the Mediterranean Sea and cripple its rival Sedunn. Tekarai has annexed Ubesii. Johnathan Fletcher, supreme leader of the Dominion of Tekarai. There is a the Ubesiian insurgency.

*August 28th, 1949: Sedunn pulls back naval forces from the Remetull Islands to concentrate them in the Mediterranean Sea to take on the Tekarian navy which is seen as a more immediate threat, despite knowing about Karnetvorian plans to invade the strategically important islands. Sedunn starts evacuating the military from the main island to save its cities from destruction in potential battle to smaller islands. Destroying the main harbours to hinder Karnetvor strategic usage of the islands. Ezervulge mobilises to potentially take advantage of the situation and avenge its defeat in [[Peter I's War (Pacifica)|Peter I's War]].

*??, 1949: Karnetvor makes rapid gains against TCC and is able to transfer over several hundred thousand troops by ship and air (having supremacy at sea)

*??, 1949: While the Sedunnic navy engages and thoroughly defeats the Tekarian navy in the Second Naval Battle of the Strait of Saint Michael, Karnetvor lands troops unopposed on Piel Island, occupying it. Start of the Gentlemen's War where the Karnetvorian and Sedunnic commanders avoid excessive force and inform eachother when they are about to destroy equipment or bildings so that they can evacuate their personnel. This is due the old friendship between high ranking officers in the nations. Ezervulge declares strict neutrality. 

*??, 1949: Karnetvor invites Techganet to join the war on its side, offering territory in Crabry. Techganet accepts.

*(??, ??: Gianlucaland joins the war. Sedunn and Stoinia incapacity its small naval forces in Sallodesia...)

*??, 1950: Karnetvor invades [[Government Island (Pacifica)|Government Island]]. It is used as a stepping stone for the invasion of the Siculites later. Sedunn's navy is strained from patrolling and needs to recover from the naval engagements. Additional ships are ordered.

*February, 1950: The situation stabilises in Termina, but Karnetvor is not in full control yet, the capital is not in their hands yet. Karnetvor and Tekarai land on the Siculite Islands. In a month, they defeat the Ryccian defenders, but the Ryccians and the natives fight a guerrilla campaign, that wasn't fully defeated until April. The islands were annexed by Karnetvor. Sedunn supplies Ubesian rebels with weapons. Ryccia manages to send forces through Imperialist blockades (either Gianlucan if north or Tekarian if south) which arrive in Stoinia and Sedunn.

*1950-1951: Sedunn, supported by Stoinia and Ryccia defeats the Karnetvorian navy in the Battle of the Sea of Sedunn and the Second Battle for Bravero Sea. Siculites and Gov Isl are cut off from Karnetvorian supply lines. With the eastern half of the South Pacific Ocean mostly secured, Sedunn, Ryccia and Stoinia start sending reinforcements to Termina, and the Karnetvorian advance is slowed down.

*??, 1951: Karnetvorian air force attacks the Essela military base in Sedunn, in an attempt to intimidate it and to take revenge for its "betrayal".

*??, 1951: Tekarians in Ubesii are strained. Passage of a new law in Tekarai, which deprived Ubesiians of their citizenship and forced them to live in closed-off ghettos.

*August, 1951: During the first two years of the war, the Peocracy has been completely neutral. Then because of one Mikhail Aerinn, the country questioned the role of The Peony and her decisions, the country exploded to a civil war. Three sides rose. One that supported the imperialists, one that supported the allies, and the royal palace.

*February 1952: the Imperialists resumed their advance on the in Terminan capital, but with much difficulty, as the Allies, bolstered by recruits from Reizen, inflicted heavy casualties.

*March 5th, 1952: The Sedunnic King Hevv dies. Queen Yemms Sperallu replaces him.

*July, 1952: The civil war in Huawan was resolved with the infiltration of the shogunates of Huawan, and complete control by the Peony. Evidence of Sedunnic agitation, and private calls for alliance with the imperialists happen. But The Peony maintains the court, and she assures that no further blood be spilt, and would not join the war.

*August, 1952: Fearing that the Peonic Navy could enter the war on the Allies' side, the Imperialists take pre-emptive action to ensure that the ships cannot enter the ocean. After a refused ultimatum to join the Imperialist side, Imperialist forces land on Hai Men Island and airborne troops are landed in the Shogunate of Minnan that is trying to secede from Huawan. By controlling the island, the goal is to close the straits between the island and Huawan Seaside and block vessels from leaving Huawan. The Imperialists rapidly gain ground, but never completely control the island due to the fierce guerilla fighting and support from the Izaakian garrison. However, the Imperialists establish control for a time over the straits and manage to damage some of the Peonic ships while at dock. Izaakia invades the Karnetvorian Antarctic to reclaim territories lost in 1883-1885 and 1915.

*October, 1952: Izaakia has initial successes against the Karnetvorians in Keyli, liberating Manta City, but their advance is halted by Techganet reinforcements.

*August 1952 - February 4th, 1953: Finally the Imperialist forces laid siege to the capital. The battle was absolutely brutal, as it quickly degenerated into house to house fighting. In October, the Imperialists had taken half of the city, but couldn't replace their losses so easily as the Allies. In December, the Allies counterattacked, destroying the Imperialist divisions that defended the outskirts of the city. The Allies then surrounded the Karnetvorian forces. The situation became dire, as they were left without food, water, or ammunition, and supplying the besieged Karnetvorians became impossible. They were annihilated. The Battle of Clocktown, the most bloody battle of the war, ended on February 4th, 1953, when the remaining Karnetvorians surrendered to the Allies and the devastated city was liberated. The Imperialist survivors were captured and sent to POW camps. They only returned home after the end of the war. The battle proved to be the turning point of the war, the Imperialists could never resupply their forces properly. Remaining Imperialist forces started retreating towards Tasternine, fighting a successful delay campaign against the Allied forces, implementing a scorched earth policy; the Imperialist soldiers burned villages, destroyed railways and roads, killed civilians, and looted or destroyed anything that could help the enemy.. In Karnetvor, Prime Minister Masić was given emergency powers, allowing him to take decisions without parliamentary oversight. In Tekarai, the government started the "Final Solution" to the "Ubesiian problem"; it deported Ubesiians to concentration camps, and killed them by shootings, or gas. A rebellion started against Tekaraian rule.

*July 19th, 1953 - August 25th: During the Battle of the Tasterninian Sea, on which the Sedunnic, Ryccian, and Stoinian navies destroyed Karnetvor's Tasterninian Fleet, cutting off the Imerialists in Termina from Tasternine. The Allies landed on Tasternine. It fell a month later, on August 25th. Tasternine was the first "official" Imperialist territory captured by Allied forces.

*August 1953: Combined Peonic-Izaakian forces defeat the Imperialists on Hai Men Island. Meanwhile in southern Huawan, the Imperialists are defeated in a bloody battle. The Peonic Navy can finally leave its ports. Huawan officially joins the war on the Allies' side.

*On December 14th 1953, Sedunnic and Ryccian forces landed on the Siculite Islands. They were liberated almost without resistance, as the defending Karnetvorians had run out of supplies due to the fall of Tasternine, and were demoralized. The Karnetvorians surrendered three days after the landings.

*December, 1953: Ubesii declared its independence from Tekarai. That meant that it could no longer take part in the war, due to the internal rebellion.

*January 1954: The Karnetvorian forces on Piel Island, Sedunn, surrender without a fight, being totally cut off and outgunned.

*On February 10th, 1954, the new Republic of Ubesii had defeated the Tekaraian Army and stopped the Ubesiian Genocide. Tekarai, faced by a possible Allied invasion, informed the Allies of their decision to surrender unconditionally. Karnetvorian Prime Minister Masić took the news as a betrayal, and severed relations with Tekarai. Ubesii, now enjoying international recognition, declared war against Karnetvor. Since then, Ubesii sent its own units to fight with the Allies.

*March 1954: Government Island is liberated by the Allies. Large-scale bombing campaigns of Mainland Karnetvor are initiated.

*May 13th, 1954: The surviving Imperialists in Termina surrender.

*September 1954: Allied naval forces defeat the Karnetvorian navy in the Battle of Foreseas, gaining total supremacy over the seas. Protests and strikes against the government happen in Karnetvor.

*February 1st, 1955, Allied troops, bolstered by Peonic troops surprisingly landed on Mainland Karnetvor, threatening the capital.

*February, 1955: Prime Minister Masić tried to convince the Karnetvorian people to fight to the death for their country, but they had enough. Behind the scenes, Gen. Dragov, King Peter II, and the Opposition started plotting to overthrow Masić and end the war. In an emergency session on February 5th, 1955, Parliament voted in a motion of no confidence to dismiss Masić's government, with most members of his own party voting in favor. Masić contacted the army to evaluate his options, but Dragov had convinced the Armed Forces to remove Masić by force if the plan failed. King Peter officially deposed Masić on February 6th, and ordered his arrest on charges of abuse of power, violating the Constitution, and war crimes; which was carried out the same day. Dragov was appointed Interim Prime Minister by the King. Due to his earlier support for both the war, and Masić's government, the King's position became untenable, and, to avoid a general uprising, he abdicated in favor of his daughter, Princess Zelda. The next day, February 7th, 1955, Karnetvor surrendered to the Allies, ending the Great War. More than xx million people died on the war. It is the deadliest war in South Pacifican history.

War continued in the northern theatre???

Following six months of Allied occupation in Karnetvor a Final Settlement Treaty was signed between the Allies and the Imperialists. Karnetvor was declared to be the main responsible for the war. As such, it lost all of its colonies (Karnetvorian Antarctic to Izaakia), with the exception of Tasternine; half of the Tasterninian population was (and still is) of Karnetian (Karnetvorian native) descent. Karnetvor also renounced all claims to Termina, and lost its status as a major power. Princess Zelda was officially crowned Queen on January 1st, 1956, and elections were held two weeks later, resulting in an Opposition victory. The Imperialists were also forced to pay war reparations to the Allies, which were completed in the 1970s. In 1989, after the fall of the monarchy, the new republican government in Karnetvor announced it would not respond to any more reparations claims, due to the debt being already paid.

To this day, the war is a controversial topic in Karnetvor, and Prime Minister Masić (who was released in 1969, dying three years later) is a controversial figure, with some praising him for defending the country's interests, and others condemning him for bringing it to ruin.-->

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