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{{infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Korolyeviya
| partof = [[Pelinese Civil War (Pacifica)|Pelinese Civil War]]
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| date = {{start and end dates|1980|6|8|1980|10|19}}
| place = [[Korolyeviya (Pacifica)|Korolyeviya]], [[Pelinai (Pacifica)|Pelinai]]
| result = Pelinese victory<br>{{bulleted list|Destruction of the Belogoran 4th Rifle Army|Survival of the Pelinese Provisional Government in Korolyeviya}}
| territory = Belogorans repulsed from central [[Yukisora Mountains (Pacifica)|Yukisora Mountains]]
| combatant1 = {{plainlist|
* '''{{flag|Pelinai|PPG|name=Pelinese Provisional Government}}'''
* {{flagicon|Weisserstein}}{{flagicon|Sugovia}}[[Pelinese Volunteer Legion (Pacifica)|Pelinese Volunteer Legion]]
}}
| combatant2 = '''{{flag|Belogora|name=Socialist Republic of Belogora}}'''
| commander1 = {{plainlist|
* '''{{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}[[Ishikandar IV Perinaiko (Pacifica)|Prince Ishikandar IV]]'''
* {{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}General Netaka Yarimako
* {{flagicon|Weisserstein}}{{flagicon|Sugovia}}[[Fritz Koehne (Pacifica)|Major Fritz Koehne]]
}}
| commander2 = {{plainlist|
* '''{{flagicon|Belogora}}???'''
* {{flagicon|Belogora}}???
}}
| units1 = {{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}'''Yukisoran Front:'''
* 1st Army
* 3rd Army
* 5th Army
* 6th Army
* 19th Armored Division
{{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}'''Sevarian Front:'''
* 2nd Army
* 11th Army
{{flagicon|Weisserstein}}{{flagicon|Sugovia}}'''[[Pelinese Volunteer Legion (Pacifica)|Pelinese Volunteer Legion]]:'''
* Pelinese Volunteer Legion (brigade)
| units2 = {{flagicon|Belogora}}'''First East Stelossia Front:'''
* 4th Rifle Army
* 5th Rifle Army
* 8th Rifle Army
* 1st Tank Army
{{flagicon|Belogora}}'''Second East Stelossia Front:'''
* 16th Reserve Army
* 22nd Reserve Army
{{flagicon|Belogora}}'''First Yuzhkraya Front:'''
* 2nd Rifle Army
* 6th Rifle Army
* 17th Rifle Army
| casualties1 = {{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}'''510,000-610,000 total combat deaths'''<sup>1</sup>
| casualties2 = {{flagicon|Belogora}}'''390,000-470,000 total combat deaths'''
| notes = '''Total combat dead:''' 900,000-1,080,000<br><sup>1</sup>Includes civilian deaths
}}

The '''Battle of Korolyeviya''' (June 8 1980 - October 19 1980) was a major battle in the [[Pelinese Civil War (Pacifica)|Pelinese Civil War]] where the [[Belogora (Pacifica)|Socialist Republic of Belogora]] unsuccessfully attempted to capture the city of [[Korolyeviya (Pacifica)|Korolyeviya]], to the east of Yukisora. The battle was the deadliest single engagement of the Pelinese Civil War: it is notable for its particularly extensive, close-quarters [[Wikipedia:Urban warfare|urban]] and [[Wikipedia:Chemical warfare|chemical warfare]] in [[Wikipedia:Cold-weather warfare|freezing]] conditions, as well as the critical shortages of food, ammunition, medical supplies, and other necessities that plagued both sides during the course of the battle.

==Background==
By the second quarter of 1980, the ongoing War of Pelinese Restoration had largely proceeded poorly for the rebelling Pelinese Provisional Government: early successes in securing the northern half of Stelossia were reversed by February 1980 as the often poorly equipped Pelinese White Army struggled to effectively combat the loyalist forces of the Belogoran People’s Army, and foreign aid from pro-White nations such as Weisserstein experienced severe difficulties in reaching PPG positions through the almost universally Red-held coastlines.

The Supreme High Command of the BPA (BPA-VGK) had been planning for an offensive on the mountainous city of Korolyeviya since as early as December 1979. Korolyeviya held significant strategic importance to both sides of the war for political, economic, and military reasons: the city had been made into the de facto capital of the Pelinese Provisional Government after it became the largest city to fall to rebels during the White Revolution, and it contained both the Pelinese White Army’s high command and multiple industrial facilities producing weaponry and other materiel for White military forces engaged in the ongoing fighting in Stelossia. It notably also contained the Korolyeviya State Pesticide Plant, which had recently been converted from organophosphate pesticide production to the manufacturing of [[Wikipedia:VX (nerve agent)|VX gas]] for use in chemical warfare.

==Prelude==
The final preparations for the attack on Korolyeviya, code-named Operation Ablation by the BPA-VGK, were initiated on May 23, 1980 after a PWA attack on the nearby BPA-held industrial town of Yarimaka had been repelled; BPA leadership judged the attack to have depleted PWA materiel and troop numbers in the Korolyeviya region sufficiently enough to prevent catastrophic BPA losses in their offensive, which was set to occur in a cold, mountainous environment and would likely involve heavy combat in an extensively fortified urban area. The attack itself was scheduled to begin at 06:30 GCT+3 on June 8, 1980, when BPA forces would begin their drive towards Korolyeviya.

==Orders of battle==
===White Army===
Order of battle for Pelinese White Army and allied forces near Korolyeviya on June 8 1980:
{{bulleted list
|{{plainlist|
*{{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}'''Yukisoran Front'''
*1st Army (3 divisions)
*3rd Army (6 divisions)
*5th Army (3 divisions)
*6th Army (4 divisions)
*19th Armored Division
*[[File:PVL Insignia.png|20px]][[Pelinese Volunteer Legion (Pacifica)|Pelinese Volunteer Legion]] ({{flagicon|Weisserstein}}/{{flagicon|Sugovia}})
}}
|{{plainlist|
*{{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}'''Sevarian Front'''
*2nd Army (4 divisions)
*11th Army (2 divisions)
}}
|{{plainlist|
*{{flagicon|Pelinai|PPG}}'''Pelinese White Army Air Force'''
*3rd Tactical Fighter Wing
*5th Tactical Fighter Wing
*19th Tactical Fighter Wing
*2nd Strike Wing
}}
}}

===Belogoran People’s Army===

==Battle==
===Initial Belogoran approach===
===Main attack on Korolyeviya===
===Belogoran reinforcement===
===Pelinese counteroffensives===
===Conclusion===

==Aftermath==
===Casualties===

==Significance==
===Military===
The defeat of the Belogoran People’s Army in Korolyeviya severely depleted its combat strength in the Yukisora region and stalled its offensive to secure the eastern prefectures of Stelossia. The Pelinese White Army, then critically under-supplied after its initial failed attack on Yarimaka, additionally captured large amounts of serviceable BPA equipment (primarily from the surrendering remnants of the 4th Rifle Army); much of this captured materiel would go on to on to form a significant portion of the PWA Yukisoran Front’s allotted equipment during its fighting in the Northern Front, even up to the Battle of Letograd. BPA forces were prevented from neutralizing the Pelinese Whites’ primary leaders, government, and military command structure, preventing a government victory in the war and allowing the White Army to effectively take advantage of the BPA’s weakened state with counteroffensives in Sevaria and Loshkaria.

The battle was a major propaganda victory for the Pelinese Provisional Government, which had up to that point suffered multiple major defeats against the more professional and well-equipped Belogoran People’s Army. It demonstrated the possibility of a Pelinese victory and galvanized popular support needed by the Provisional Government to continue its war against the Belogoran regime.
===Cultural===
The lavender color on the Pelinese Guards Ribbon’s stripes is partially derived from the peach blossom emblem of the 4th Rifle Division, which was a major participant of the battle and the first Pelinese military formation to receive the honor after its creation.

==See also==

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[[Category:Pelinai (Pacifica)]] [[Category:Pelinese Armed Forces (Pacifica)]]