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* [[Battle of Rankrau  (Pacifica)|Battle of Rankrau]]
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* [[Siege of Saltzemarkt (Pacifica)|Siege of Saltzemarkt]]
* [[Battle of Ammel (Pacifica)|Battle of Ammel]]
* [[Battle of Heckel (Pacifica)|Battle of Heckel]]
* [[Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire (Pacifica)|Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire]]
* [[Fourth Battle of Sundasval (Pacifica)|Fourth Battle of Sundasval]]
* [[Battle of Marianna (Pacifica)|Battle of Marianna]]
* [[Siege of Zwei Konig (Pacifica)|Siege of Zwei Konig]]}}
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*Unification of Weisserstein
*[[Unification of Weisserstein (Pacifica)|Unification of Weisserstein]]
*Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire
*[[Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire (Pacifica)|Proclamation of the Weissersteiner Empire]]
*Occupation of Elbonia
*Dissolution of the Elbonian Empire
*[[Sundasfall Peace Accords (Pacifica)|Sundasfall Peace Accords]]
*[[Occupation of South Elbonia (1815-1853) (Pacifica)|Occupation of Elbonia]] by Algaria, Riverion-Armonia, Sunland, and Weisserstein
*Beginning of the [[Elbonian conflict (Pacifica)|Elbonian conflict]]
*Overthrow of the Theoproprides Dynasty in Thalapadis
*Reestablished independence of Yttria, the Moellian states, and the Sugovian states
*Reestablishment of Stoinian Cordilia
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'''Algaria''' <br>
'''Riverion-Armonia''' <br>
'''Sunland''' <br>
'''Saltzemarkt''' <br>
'''Aldental''' <br>
'''{{flagicon|Weisserstein}} Lichtenburg-Prussia''' <br>
'''{{flag|Stoinia}}''' <br>
'''{{flagicon|Ikaranara}} [[Ikaranara (Pacifica)|Triangular Empire]]''' <br>
Ateemara <br>
Yttrian Liberation Corps <br>
Major Rhaynan state (name pending)
<hr> <small>Anti-piracy operations:</small> <br>
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<hr> <small>Elbonian allies:</small><br>
'''Tzara''' <br>
Qaweritoyu
<hr> <small>Elbonian vassals:</small><br>
[[File:Flag of the Yttrian Empire.png|22px|alt=Flag of the Yttrian Empire]] '''Yttrian Empire''' <br>
'''Theoproprides Dynasty''' <br>
Easten Free State <br>
Union of Sunland
 
 
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The '''Elbonian Wars''', sometimes referred to as the '''Great Coalition War''' or the '''Two Hundred Years' War''', was a series of military conflicts fought between the Elbonian Empire and its allies, namely the Triangular Empire, against various military alliances formed to end Elbonian and Triangular domination in the region. The roots of the conflict were laid down following Hecklian victory in the [[Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)|Heckel-Cleves War]] (1624-1688), in which the victorious Lutvig II proclaimed the formation Elbonian Empire and beginning the period of Elbonian domination, which would last until 1815, when the coalition would put an end to the Elbonian Empire. The war lasted 191 years, 8 months, and 8 days.
The '''Elbonian Wars''', sometimes referred to as the '''Coalition Wars''', the '''Wars of the Elbonian Empire''', or the '''Two Hundred Years' War''', was a series of military conflicts fought between the [[Elbonian Empire (Pacifica)|Elbonian Empire]] and its allies against various nations in Pacifica. The roots of the conflict were laid down following Hecklian victory in the [[Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)|Heckel-Cleves War]] (1564–1568), in which the victorious Lœtviek I proclaimed the formation Elbonian Empire and beginning the period of Elbonian domination, which would last until 1815 with the signing of the Treaty of Rodenne which ended hostilities between all warring parties. The wars lasted 247 years, 8 months, and 7 days, making the Elbonian Wars one of the longest conflicts in history.
 
Upon the unification of Elbonia and the proclamation of the Elbonian Empire, the ambitious Lœtviek I wanted to expand the fledgling empire into a regional power player. This expansionist attitude saw the Elbonian Empire invade and annex many of its neighbors, securing its position in the region, as well as saw rivalries develop with several other regional powers, including the Triangular Empire, the Gianlucian Empire in their province of Almannia, and the Stoinians with their holdings in Cordilia.  


Upon the unification of Elbonia and the proclamation of the Elbonian Empire, the ambitious Lutvig II wants to expand the fledgling empire into a regional power player. This expansionist attitude saw the Elbonian Empire invade and annex many of its neighbors, securing its position in the region, as well as saw rivalries develop with its eventual ally the Triangular Empire as well as Gianlucaland, which has interest in the region.  
Elbonian victories were decisive in cementing Elbonia's regional power, and early on in the war, Elbonia remained undefeated thanks to its early adoption of the arquebus and other gunpowder-based weapons for the infamous ''Dødskall'' shock troopers, added with cunning tactics and strategies. At its height, the Elbonian Empire controlled large portions of Central Cordilia, spanning from Moellia to Castemura. However, entering the 17th and 18th century, Elbonian grip on power slowly fell apart as the cost of the wars slowly mounted, burdening the Elbonian economy. Its use of mercenaries and pirates also heavily increased the cost of maintaining the ''Storhære'' (Grand Army).


Elbonian victories were decisive in cementing Elbonia's regional power, and early on in the war, Elbonia remained undefeated thanks to its use of cunning tactics and strategies. However, the Second Algarian War (1744-1782) would see, for the first time, the war would reach a stalemate, and the later War of the Eastern Hall (1758-1759) would see Elbonia for the first time be defeated in combat. Its defeat in the War of the Eastern Hall would prove decisive in shattering the image of Elbonian invincibility, as well as the later victories of the coalition in the war.  
The nail to the coffin of the Elbonian Empire would come in 1806, when it declared war on Lichtenburg-Prussia as retaliation for the latter's involvement and support towards Sunland in the Seventeenth Sunlandic War. This declaration of war would see other nations who were former Gianlucian province of Almannia join the war in support of Lichtenburg-Prussia, sparking the Weissersteiner-Elbonian War. While the forces of the former Almannian states didn't change the frontlines at the beginning, the pressure became much worse for the Elbonians with their defeats at Karlsdorf, Kurzweise, and Wien.


The nail to the coffin of the Elbonian Empire would come in 1806, when it, with the backing of the Triangular Empire, declared war on Lichtenburg-Rhineland as retaliation for the latter's involvement and support towards Sunland in the Seventeenth Sunlandic War (1762-1815). This declaration of war would see other nations within the Weissersteiner Commonwealth, a commonwealth of nations who were in personal union with the Gianlucian Empire, join the war in support of Lichtenburg-Rhineland, sparking the Weissersteiner War of Unification.  
The Elbonian Wars would come to an end on 11 November 1815, when the Treaty of Rodenne was signed between the coalition forces and the Elbonian Empire, ending hostilities in the frontlines. The Sundasfall Peace Accords, signed in 1 December 1815, would dismantled the Elbonian Empire completely, reducing Heckel to its pre-1564 borders. The map of the Elbonian-occupied territories were redrawn by the victorious coalition powers. The end of the war saw the reestablished independence of Yttria, independence of the Moellian and Sugovian states, the unification of Weisserstein, the overthrow of the Theoproprides Dynasty in Thalapadis, the reestablishment of Stoinian control over Castemura, among others. Elbonia would be occupied by a joint coalition of Weisserstein, Riverion-Armonia, Sunland, and Algaria, which established Congress Elbonia.  


The Elbonian Wars would come to an end on 11 November 1815, when the treaties of X and Y were signed between the coalition forces, the Elbonian Empire, and the Triangular Empire. These treaties ended both nations' domination in the region and hailed the beginning of Weisserstein's domination. The treaty of Y also proved vital in the rise to power of the Father States in Ikaranara, which saw the treaty as a humiliation and uses it to justify overthrowing the Triangular Empire's ruling monarchies of Ikarn, Narus, and Ranaras in 1895.  
The wars had major consequences to the balance of power in the Cordilian continent. The unification of Weisserstein under the House of Lichtenburg-Hohenzollern established a new empire which would play a major part in central Cordilian politics, the beginning of the Concert of Sugovia, the rise of the Shataran Dynasty in Thalapadis, and the long-running Elbonian conflict.  


==Background==
==Background==


=== Elbonian ambitions ===
===Elbonian ambitions===
 
==Series of Wars==


===Heckel-Cleves War (1624-1688)===
==Timeline==
{{Main|Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)}}Tensions between the two Elbonian kingdoms of Heckel and Cleves, not helped by their growing rivalry, turned into a 64-year long war between them. After both sides mobilized their forces and negotiations broke down, the Kingdom of Heckel declared war and invaded Cleves. The war would see constant back-and-forth between Heckel and Cleves, as both are of similar strength. The tides of war would shift for the first time following the Battle of Aldenborg (1634), where the Clevian army would use much lighter cavalry and infantrymen to charge and route Hecklian forces. The next few years saw the favor of the war turn towards the Clevians until the Second Battle of Rodenne (1638) and the rise of Normann Hosse into the chain of command of the Hecklian army.


Hosse's campaign proved decisive in shifting the war's favor to the Hecklian side, exploiting key weaknesses in Clevian strategy. However, his exploits would meet its end when he was killed by an arrow to the neck during the Battle of Nassoben (1655), which was a Clevian victory. After the battle, Vilhemm I became king of Cleves and began what is now known as the Seven Years, which saw Cleves dominate with near impunity throughout the war. [Placeholder lore].
==Belligerents==


The forces of King Adolp I would face the Hecklian forces under Lutvig II in Bissenne (1688), where the former was resupplying. Caught off-guard by the Hecklians, king Adolp and his men made a valiant last stand before being captured ''en masse'' by the Hecklian army. Lutvig II proudly proclaimed victory and both sides signed the Treaty of Rodenne, which saw Cleves annexed into Heckel. After the treaty, Lutvig II proclaimed the Elbonian Empire and styled himself as Lutvig I/II. Remaining loyalists rallied under prince Erwin, who was the son of King Adolp I, and made their way to Hohenland, where they would continue their struggles against the Elbonian Empire via guerilla warfare. This decision to hold out in Hohenland would be the clause of an Elbonian invasion 8 years later.
===Coalition forces===
The term "Coalition" is often used as an umbrella designation for belligerents who fought the Elbonian Empire.  


=== Prince Erwin's War (1688-1715) ===
==== League of Guldenkap ====
Following the occupation of his kingdom, Prince Erwin and what remained of the Clevian army snuck into Hohenlander territory in the cover of night, just days after the signing of the Treaty of Rodenne. The loyalist force would begin conducting cross-border raids against the Elbonian Empire from their bases in Hohenland.
The League of Guldenkap was one of the primary coalitions during the Elbonian Wars. It was founded by the remaining Sugovian states as a reaction to the Elbonian siege of Saltzemarkt. It was later joined by the Almannian states which would eventually form Weisserstein.


Hohenlander authority had attempted to quell these holdouts, which is in part because Hohenland's own rivalry with Cleves, the fact that the Clevian loyalist are pillaging and scouring Hohenlander villages for food, and fear of possible Elbonian retaliation, which would come in the form of an invasion in 1696.
===Elbonian Empire===
 
After he and his men were kicked out of Hohenland, the loyalists established a new base of operations in neighboring Bitteborg. Unlike in Hohenland, the loyalists were hesitant to attack and provoke Elbonia into invading Bitteborg for fear of heavy retaliation.
 
Prince Erwin would be killed during the Battle of X (YYYY), when he and his men were surrounded by Elbonian forces.
 
===Hohenlander War (1696-1701)===
{{Main|Hohenlander War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Great Alanian War (1698-1713)===
{{Main|Great Alanian War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Seventeen Years' War (1699-1716)===
{{Main|Seventeen Years' War (Pacifica)}}
 
===First Algarian War (1701-1738)===
{{Main|First Algarian War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== First Underground War (1701-1705)===
{{Main|First Underground War (Pacifica)}}
Following the invasion and annexation of Hohenland into the Elbonian Empire, the Hohenlanders were subjected to a heavy occupation. However, the First Algarian War saw Elbonia pour vast amounts of resources for the frontlines, which emboldened local Hohenlander loyalists to take up arms and attempt to restore the rule of the House of Hohenstaufen into the Hohenlander throne. In 1701, locals would rise up, beginning the First Underground War.
 
===First Eastern Coalition War (1716-1752)===
{{Main|First Eastern Coalition War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Elbonian-Spaninol War (1753-1757) ===
{{Main|Elbonian-Spaninol War (Pacifica)}}The end of the First Eastern Coalition War saw the annexation of Morhaven into Elbonia, making the Elbonian Empire the first and only Elbonian state to have had sea access. However, Morhaven also had another significance, that being the Spaninol-controlled Cadiz to the north. In order to expand its influence and project its powers further, the Elbonians invaded Spanolian Cadiz, beginning the Elbonian-Spaninol War.
 
The war ended with the Treaty of XX (1757), which saw control of Cadiz transferred over to the Elbonian Empire, as well as having the Spanolian armada stationed in Cadiz transferred into Elbonian hands. This would greatly expand Elbonia's naval and maritime capabilities, as it now has a sizeable fleet.
 
===War in Armonia (1722-1731)===
{{Main|War in Armonia (Pacifica)}}
 
===Sixteenth Sunlandic War (1725-1729)===
{{Main|Sixteenth Sunlandic War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Easten Islands' Campaign (1734-1744) ===
 
===Second Algarian War (1744-1782)===
{{Main|Second Algarian War (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Drunk Man's War (1751-1755) ===
{{Main|Drunk Man's War (Pacifica)}}
 
===War of the Eastern Hall (1758-1759)===
{{Main|War of the Eastern Hall (Pacifica)}}
 
===First Clevian War of Independence (1760-1774)===
{{Main|First Clevian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
=== Second Underground War (1760-1788)===
{{Main|Second Underground War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Alanian War of Liberation (1761-1815)===
{{Main|Alanian War of Liberation (Pacifica)}}
 
===Second Eastern Coalition War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Second Eastern Coalition War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Seventeenth Sunlandic War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Seventeenth Sunlandic War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Elbonian-Riverian War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Elbonian-Riverian War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Third Algarian War (1762-1815)===
{{Main|Third Algarian War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Aldenborg Uprising (1785)===
{{Main|Aldenborg Uprising (Pacifica)}}
The Aldenborg Uprising, also called the Second Battle of Aldenborg, occured when Clevian loyalists stormed the city and proclaimed it free from the claws of the Heckel-led Elbonia. The uprising was inspired by the relative success of the Alanian War of Liberation and inspired others within the Elbonian Empire to revolt. Unfortunately for the Loyalists, Elbonian forces would besiege the city for the next 3 months. The siege saw Elbonia deploy heavy cannons against the city's defenders, which caused nearly 40% of all buildings in the city to be destroyed or damaged, and 1/3 of the city's defender dead or wounded. The siege ended the uprising, with the total death toll being 1,200 from the loyalists and around 340 from the Elbonians. However, the uprising had caused several other rebellions, all vying for independence from Elbonia. The massive rebellions would prove decisive in the later years of the wars, as a good amount of the Elbonian army's resources were used to quell rebellions and uprisings in their occupied territories.
 
===Leiyern War (1785-1815)===
{{Main|Leiyern War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Morhavenian War of Independence (1787-1815)===
{{Main|Morhavenian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
===Second Clevian War of Independence (1789-1815)===
{{Main|Second Clevian War of Independence (Pacifica)}}
 
===Third Underground War (1791-1815)===
{{Main|Third Underground War (Pacifica)}}
 
===Weissersteiner War of Unification (1806-1815)===
{{Main|Weissersteiner War of Unification (Pacifica)}}


==Legacy of the war==
==Legacy of the war==
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====Impact on Elbonia====
====Impact on Elbonia====
====Impact on the Triangular Empire====
====Impact on the Triangular Empire====


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===In modern culture===
===In modern culture===
[[Category:Elbonian Wars (Pacifica)]]

Latest revision as of 14:09, 8 July 2024

Elbonian Wars

(clockwise)
Date4 March 1568 - 11 November 1815
Location
Cordilia
Central Islands
Result

Coalition victory

Main belligerents

Continental allies:
Algaria
Riverion-Armonia
Sunland
Saltzemarkt
Aldental
Weisserstein (Pacifica) Lichtenburg-Prussia
 Stoinia
Ikaranara (Pacifica) Triangular Empire
Ateemara
Yttrian Liberation Corps
Major Rhaynan state (name pending)

Anti-piracy operations:
 Frost Empire

 Elbonian Empire

Elbonian allies:

Tzara
Qaweritoyu

Elbonian vassals:

Flag of the Yttrian Empire Yttrian Empire
Theoproprides Dynasty
Easten Free State

Union of Sunland
Commanders and leaders
Placeholder
Placeholder		 Placeholder
Placeholder
Strength
Weisserstein (Pacifica) 320,000 Elbonian Empire (Pacifica) 900,000
Flag of the Yttrian Empire 220,000
Casualties and losses
X killed
Y wounded
Z captured		 X killed
Y wounded
Z captured

The Elbonian Wars, sometimes referred to as the Coalition Wars, the Wars of the Elbonian Empire, or the Two Hundred Years' War, was a series of military conflicts fought between the Elbonian Empire and its allies against various nations in Pacifica. The roots of the conflict were laid down following Hecklian victory in the Heckel-Cleves War (1564–1568), in which the victorious Lœtviek I proclaimed the formation Elbonian Empire and beginning the period of Elbonian domination, which would last until 1815 with the signing of the Treaty of Rodenne which ended hostilities between all warring parties. The wars lasted 247 years, 8 months, and 7 days, making the Elbonian Wars one of the longest conflicts in history.

Upon the unification of Elbonia and the proclamation of the Elbonian Empire, the ambitious Lœtviek I wanted to expand the fledgling empire into a regional power player. This expansionist attitude saw the Elbonian Empire invade and annex many of its neighbors, securing its position in the region, as well as saw rivalries develop with several other regional powers, including the Triangular Empire, the Gianlucian Empire in their province of Almannia, and the Stoinians with their holdings in Cordilia.

Elbonian victories were decisive in cementing Elbonia's regional power, and early on in the war, Elbonia remained undefeated thanks to its early adoption of the arquebus and other gunpowder-based weapons for the infamous Dødskall shock troopers, added with cunning tactics and strategies. At its height, the Elbonian Empire controlled large portions of Central Cordilia, spanning from Moellia to Castemura. However, entering the 17th and 18th century, Elbonian grip on power slowly fell apart as the cost of the wars slowly mounted, burdening the Elbonian economy. Its use of mercenaries and pirates also heavily increased the cost of maintaining the Storhære (Grand Army).

The nail to the coffin of the Elbonian Empire would come in 1806, when it declared war on Lichtenburg-Prussia as retaliation for the latter's involvement and support towards Sunland in the Seventeenth Sunlandic War. This declaration of war would see other nations who were former Gianlucian province of Almannia join the war in support of Lichtenburg-Prussia, sparking the Weissersteiner-Elbonian War. While the forces of the former Almannian states didn't change the frontlines at the beginning, the pressure became much worse for the Elbonians with their defeats at Karlsdorf, Kurzweise, and Wien.

The Elbonian Wars would come to an end on 11 November 1815, when the Treaty of Rodenne was signed between the coalition forces and the Elbonian Empire, ending hostilities in the frontlines. The Sundasfall Peace Accords, signed in 1 December 1815, would dismantled the Elbonian Empire completely, reducing Heckel to its pre-1564 borders. The map of the Elbonian-occupied territories were redrawn by the victorious coalition powers. The end of the war saw the reestablished independence of Yttria, independence of the Moellian and Sugovian states, the unification of Weisserstein, the overthrow of the Theoproprides Dynasty in Thalapadis, the reestablishment of Stoinian control over Castemura, among others. Elbonia would be occupied by a joint coalition of Weisserstein, Riverion-Armonia, Sunland, and Algaria, which established Congress Elbonia.

The wars had major consequences to the balance of power in the Cordilian continent. The unification of Weisserstein under the House of Lichtenburg-Hohenzollern established a new empire which would play a major part in central Cordilian politics, the beginning of the Concert of Sugovia, the rise of the Shataran Dynasty in Thalapadis, and the long-running Elbonian conflict.

Background

Elbonian ambitions

Timeline

Belligerents

Coalition forces

The term "Coalition" is often used as an umbrella designation for belligerents who fought the Elbonian Empire.

League of Guldenkap

The League of Guldenkap was one of the primary coalitions during the Elbonian Wars. It was founded by the remaining Sugovian states as a reaction to the Elbonian siege of Saltzemarkt. It was later joined by the Almannian states which would eventually form Weisserstein.

Elbonian Empire

Legacy of the war

Political impact

Impact on Elbonia

Impact on the Triangular Empire

Impact on the coalition

Military legacy

In modern culture

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