Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)
| Heckel-Cleves War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Elbonian Wars | |||||||||
| File:Battle of Nassoben (1655).jpeg The Battle of Nassoben, the bloodiest battle of the war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Template:Country data Cleves | Template:Country data Heckel | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Josef II Prince Vilhemm |
Lutvig IGrand Duke KarolNomann Hosse | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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486,000 |
524,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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82,000 killed 91,000 wounded 111,000 captured |
78,000 killed 94,500 wounded | ||||||||
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The Heckel-Cleves War, known in Heckel as the Elbonian War of Unification, was a conflict between the Elbonian Kingdom of Heckel and the Elbonian Kingdom of Cleves. Lasting from 4 March 1624 to 9 August 1688, the war was caused primarily by Heckel's ambitions of becoming the main Elbonian power, the boiling rivalry between Heckel and Cleves from as early as the 14th century, and the earlier divorce between the North Gereonic Church and South Gereonic Church, both part of the much larger Gereonic Church, a Protestant denomination that remains relevant in modern Elbonia. The war became a part of the much larger Elbonian Wars, and the victory of Heckel paved the way for Elbonian domination from the 17th to 19th century.
Hecklian forces mobilized for war following the Gereonic split on 1 March, and Clevian forces returned the gesture the following day. Negotiations to end hostilities before war broke out occurred between 2 and 3 March, however historians believe that these negotiations were just a way so that Heckel could prepare further. Hecklian troops started the war by invading Cleves on 4 March 1624.
The war would continue for another 64 years, before finally seeing the end after the disastrous battle of Bissenne on 7 August 1688, which saw the capture of Clevian king Josef II, alongside 84,000 of his men. Prince Vilhelmm, alongside several of his men, crossed the border into Hohenland on the same day, to prevent themselves being captured by the Hecklian forces. King Josef was then forced to sign the treaty of Rodenne on 9 August, which marked the end of the war.
The war's impact was one that would define Sugovian history for the next 2 centuries, hailing the period of the Elbonian Wars. The war also saw, for the first time, a unified Elbonian state, under the Hecklian dynasty.