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[[File:Lithuanian soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Regiment in the forests of Vievis during the fighting with the Żeligowski's unit of the Polish Army.jpg|right|thumb|333x333px|Forces of the League of Free Cities in the forests of | [[File:Lithuanian soldiers of the Fifth Infantry Regiment in the forests of Vievis during the fighting with the Żeligowski's unit of the Polish Army.jpg|right|thumb|333x333px|Forces of the League of Free Cities in the forests of West Clarvia during the fighting with Simon Fink's Wohlsborg Clique]] | ||
The '''Warlord Era''' (Clashonian: '' | The '''Warlord Era''' (Clashonian: ''Krigsherr-Era'') was a period within the [[Clashonia (Pacifica)#History|history of Clashonia]] where local military and regional factions controlled large parts of Clashonia from 1923 to 1942. The period was marked by civil unrest, political instability, and constant clashes between different factions throughout Clashonia. | ||
The period began following the signing of the Armistice of Bérnberg, where Weissersteiner forces during the War of 1919 retreated to the areas of the General Governments of North Bannarsia and Röngau and Vorgrüntal. This left a vacuum of power within the region and saw dissatisfied army officers of the Armed Forces of the Union State to establish their own polities throughout the region. The new Republican government's failure in the Sténmann Offensive also led to the newly formed Clashonian Republic to lose large portions of its territories to regional warlords. These military commanders would form [[:en:Warlord|military cliques]] and rule the regions as warlords (Clashonian: ''Krigshêrr''). The Warlord Era was marked by constant wars between these factions, the largest being the August Expedition in 1921, which saw the Clashonian Republic's army fight a multi-front war against a coalition by the Wöhlsbûrge and Graszbirn cliques. In 1941, during the Weissersteiner Civil War, Clashonian forces would launch an offensive to the territories of the Wöstläant and Wéisklarfe cliques, alongside the Weissersteiner General Governments in the north. This marked the complete unification of Clashonia under the Clashonian Republic. | <!--The period began following the signing of the Armistice of Bérnberg, where Weissersteiner forces during the War of 1919 retreated to the areas of the General Governments of North Bannarsia and Röngau and Vorgrüntal. This left a vacuum of power within the region and saw dissatisfied army officers of the Armed Forces of the Union State to establish their own polities throughout the region. The new Republican government's failure in the Sténmann Offensive also led to the newly formed Clashonian Republic to lose large portions of its territories to regional warlords. These military commanders would form [[:en:Warlord|military cliques]] and rule the regions as warlords (Clashonian: ''Krigshêrr''). The Warlord Era was marked by constant wars between these factions, the largest being the August Expedition in 1921, which saw the Clashonian Republic's army fight a multi-front war against a coalition by the Wöhlsbûrge and Graszbirn cliques. In 1941, during the Weissersteiner Civil War, Clashonian forces would launch an offensive to the territories of the Wöstläant and Wéisklarfe cliques, alongside the Weissersteiner General Governments in the north. This marked the complete unification of Clashonia under the Clashonian Republic. | ||
The confidence of many within Clashonia towards the new Clashonian Republic had collapsed following the Armistice of Bernborg. The Treaty of Williemsbode had also weakened the position of the new Republic as it struggles to keep all the different factions under its wings. Eventually, many individual generals and commanders decided to establish regional military government, sometimes in opposition to the central government in Karlsbode. | |||
[[File:Symon_Petlura_–_1920s.jpg|left|thumb|307x307px|Simon Fink, the leader of the Wöhlbûrge Clique]] | |||
The period began following the signing of the Armistice of Bérnberg on August 4, 1923. Many in Clashonia's military had originally supported the government's efforts, due to the Republicans establishing themselves as in clear opposition to the Unionists surrender during the Armistice of Fryéndon. However, with the signing of the Armistice of Bérnberg, Clashonian military commanders had decided that they must act on their own accords, instead of relying on a new regime to fulfill their goals for a greater Clashonia. Several commanders would establish themselves in the power vacuum left by Weisserstein following the Armistice of Bérnberg. | |||
The first of these was the Mountain Brotherhood, which established themselves in the northern portions of Clashonia, bordering the General Government of North Bannarsia. The Mountain Brotherhood would establish the Wöhlbûrge Clique in 1923, after Weissersteiner forces withdrew from the area. Under the command of Simon Fink, the Wöhlbûrge Clique would become one of the largest and most powerful warlord states during the period. It fought with government forces under General Sténmann, but his failures led to the Wöhlbûrge Clique successfully establishing itself as a de facto independent state. The Weissersteiner Empire viewed the Wöhlbûrge Clique as a valuable buffer state, and from 1923 to 1928, it served as a client state to the Weissersteiner Empire. However, after Fink had a falling out with the Weissersteiner leadership, the Clique engaged in a series of border incursions with the North Bannarsian Wehrmacht. After this period, the Wöhlbûrge Clique would secure itself as an independent state until the Great Expedition in 1933, where the Clashonian Republic would successfully wrestle control over the region. | |||
Another major military clique established was Jannik Képlêr's Graszbirn Clique, which played a crucial role in the south during the Warlord Era and served as a major roadblock to the Clashonian military's southern integration efforts. It also fielded an impressive military, and was one of the few cliques to have operated tanks. The Southern Clique, based in Ésenhäaben, was mostly formed by members of the Transclarve Flotilla of the Union State Navy and was led by Commodore Héiner Jung. It operated a large navy, for a time larger than the Clashonian state itself. However the upkeep of maintaining such a navy was too much to bare and many of the ships entered a state of disrepair. With the support of the Weissersteiner government, Augustin Halbérstammê established the Wöstläant Clique as a buffer and a client state of Weisserstein. It operated a professional military force, complete with a series of armored vehicles, and had Weissersteiner military advisors. The remnants of the Union State Navy's Eastern Flotilla would also form their own clique based in their old headquarters of Käarylshäaben. The Käarylshäaben Clique operated a token naval force, and was led by the old leaders of the Sailor's Republic of Käarylshäaben, including Héiner Piltsz. Its existence was threatened by the larger Wöhlsbûrge Clique to its west and the Clashonian Republic to its south. After the split between Fink and the Weissersteiner Empire, the Käarylshäaben Clique attempted to secure Weissersteiner support, but their efforts didn't bore fruit. Another small clique was established by Colonel Martin Rotmann in 1923 after his disillusionment with both the Unionists and the Republicans. He formed the Lépfûrte Clique in Lépfûrte, and ruled as a warlord before his overthrow and exile by socialists in 1929. The White Clarve Clique was established by Mats Widmann and received support from the Weissersteiner Empire. The White Clarve Clique, alongside the Wöstläant Clique, would form a powerful bloc against the other warlords and factions during the period. | |||
[[File:Pyotr_Nikolayevich_Krasnov.jpg|right|thumb|362x362px|Jannik Képlêr, the leader of the Graszbirn Clique]] | |||
Besides military cliques, other smaller factions and quasi-states also established themselves in the Warlord Era. The Black Camp, now without the patronage of both the Clashonian military and state, decided to go into exile and establish their own government, known as the Black Camp National Reclamation Government. Their stated goal was to create a Clashonian ethnostate, which they believe can now only be achieved by extreme violence and terrorism. Socialists and communists established themselves in the small town of Grémyn, forming the People's Republic of Grémyn in 1924. It enacted a series of reforms aimed at creating a socialist state in Clashonia, with the eventual goal of reuniting Clashonia under a communist regime. A similar socialist state was formed by workers in Lépfûrte, who overthrew the leader of the Lépfûrte Clique Martin Rotmann in 1929. They eventually formed the Workers' Commune of Lépfûrte, which established a more anarchist approach towards socialism. Another major military force was the powerful White Clarve Army, commanded by General Luka Widmann. The White Clarve Army was established with support from Weisserstein and was to act as a buffer state between Clashonia, its exclave of Stênbécke, and the Wöhlbûrge Clique. | |||
The Transclarve Free State was established in the city of Hössgorfê by Érik Éhmann on September 1923, with the goal of reestablishing an independent Transclarve state. The state was considered a massive success and established itself as a separate political entity. Eventually, he rallied other Transclarvians to join his state, which nearly culminated in the merger of the Transclarve Free State with the Southern Clique, before the leaders of the Southern Clique cancelled the deal due to unequal footing. The Republic of the Corridor was established by statesman Arnold Gotšalke. His state effectively split the Clashonian Republic in Käarylsbode with its exclave in Stênbécke and made profit from taxing goods transported to and from the exclave, which led to the exclave establishing itself as an autonomous region. Unionists, still lingering towards the ideals of a Union State, established themselves in the town of Génerodê, creating the Republic of Génerodê. They did not recognize the authority of the Clashonian Republic and called for all Clashonians to rally under their banner. Unfortunately, the Unionists were no longer able to hold sway over the population, and the republic remained until its annexation. The League of Free Cities was a project spearheaded by the mayor of Fäalkstaad, Kaspar Šulhoffê. The project was to create a loose confederation of semi-independent city states, which operated jointly for diplomatic and security affairs. A faction which did not command a quasi-state of its own were the royalists, which used the General Governments in Clashonia as a base of operations for their insurgency. They fought with nearly everyone, from the Clashonian Republic, to the Wöhlbûrge Clique, and even the socialists in Grémyn. | |||
[[File:Voyaky_unr2.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|Forces of the Wöhlsbûrge Clique during the Second Wöhlsbûrge-Käarylshäaben War]] | |||
Between 1923 to 1936, several sporadic conflicts, and sometimes even full-blown war, occurred between the different warring factions. Several cliques sought to strengthen their position, while the Clashonian Republic sought to integrate these warlords back under its banner. The complexity of the situation was not helped by the existence of different, and oftentimes hostile factions such as the Black Camp or the White Clarve Army, which only served to exacerbate regional tensions.In the wake of numerous clashes between the disparate warring factions, and amidst a period of tumultuous instability in Clashonia, the leadership of the Clashonian Republic resolved to seize the initiative and launched a military campaign against the warlords in 1933, known as the Great Expedition. This campaign, led by seasoned General Kristof Sternberg, was aimed at orchestrating the reintegration of the warlord states back into the Clashonian Republic. With unwavering determination, the Clashonian military set forth to negotiate reintegration terms or, if necessary, employ force to achieve this goal. The clashes were intense, notably against formidable adversaries like the Wöhlbûrge and Graszbirn Cliques, who staunchly resisted the tide of reunification. Simultaneously, other factions, such as the Southern Clique, recognized the inevitability of their absorption and opted for a more diplomatic path, choosing to rejoin the Republic under the looming specter of a potential invasion and the menacing shadow of neighboring warlords. | |||
The Great Expedition was amongst the bloodiest wars in Clashonian history, only overshadowed by the War of 1919 and the Clashonian Civil War decades later. The Warlord Era in general was considered one of the black marks of Clashonia's tumultuous history, namely in the 20th century. After the Great Expedition, many warlords were imprisoned or executed, while others went into exile. A major criticism was the treatment of these warlords differed wildly, with some being executed, while others given full amnesty. The Éhmann and the Transclarve national movement went underground before eventually attempting to reestablish itself as an independent state during the Clashonian Civil War. Fink was assassinated by a dissatisfied officer, which caused internal power struggle within the Wöhlbûrge Clique following his death. Képlêr was arrested, tried, and executed in 1942, after he was found guilty of treason. Rotmann, surprisingly, was given amnesty due to his lack of "anti-government activities" during the period. He would later help reorganize the Republican Guard before being assassinated in 1949. Gotšalke was also found guilty of treason, and was executed in 1948. Šulhoffê received a minor prison sentence before being absolved of all crimes, he lived until the rise of Baldéwin Šummaker, where he served as an advisor for the General before dying of natural causes in 1961. Augustin Halbérstammê, who was accused of collaborating with the Weissersteiner government, fled into exile in Weisserstein alongside members of the General Governments following their annexation during the Weissersteiner Civil War. | |||
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The Warlord Era (Clashonian: Krigsherr-Era) was a period within the history of Clashonia where local military and regional factions controlled large parts of Clashonia from 1923 to 1942. The period was marked by civil unrest, political instability, and constant clashes between different factions throughout Clashonia.