Kliegmean War of Independence (Pacifica)
| Kliegmean Civil War | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
Supported by:  Termina  Nasphilitae Junta (1954-1958) Nasphilitae Current form (1958-1960)  Weisserstein (after 1958) |
Garanian State  Frost Empire |
 United Crabryan Duchy (1955~1958) Supported by: Weisserstein | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
 Dmitry Pavlov Rudolf, Grand Duke of Crabry | Heong Yeong Park |
Rudolf, Grand Duke of Crabry Hauptmann Friedrich Konrad von Sternberg | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
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Y |
Z | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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178,650 killed Y wounded Z captured |
60,000(Frost) killed 300,000(Frost) wounded Z captured |
124,510 killed Y wounded Z captured | ||||||
The Kliegmean War of Independence (1954-1960), also known as the Kliegmean Civil War or the Garanian Emergency, was a civil war fought in Kliegme between the Kliegmean United Front and the Garanian State, which was aided by the Frost Empire's Military Forces. The United Front fought to win independence for Kliegme while protecting Karnetvorians and to establish a democratic, federal republic, while the Garanian State and Frost forces fought to establish a Garanian nation void of Karnetvorian influence and protect Frost interests in the region.
While a state of war was officially declared on May 3rd, 1956, armed uprisings and guerilla warfare started as soon as the Karnetvorian Dominion of Crabry revolted against the Karnetvorian Empire after the defeat in Clocktown and the failure of Operation Deich in 1954. The Governor of the Dominion, Dmitry Pavlov, had negotiated a creation of a Provisional Kliegmean Government, which was consisted of Karnetvorian officials and industrialists, the Dominion Defence Army, and both Garanian Collaborators and Moderate Independence Activists. The Provisional Government soon declared its ties to the Karnetvorian empire to be void, and sought an armistice with the Allies. Despite the Armistice of Myurmyansk that mostly ended the war in Crabry, the Allies did not trust the Provisional Government as it was consisted of Former Imperial officials, and thus saw it as a temporary placeholder until a collaborationist regime could be found. The Frost Empire, acting according to the terms of Karnetvorian Surrender, set up a Military Occupation in February 7th 1955, and set up a Collaboration Government in Gawrnov by the name of the Garanian State.
By March of 1955, the Former Dominion was divided into 3 parts, West of the Itrysh river that was under control of the Garanian State and the East, which was under the Provisional Government. Neither side recognised each other, though both decided to bide their time and solidify their control before going to war against the other. A third party came in the form of neutral militias, later consolidated into the Crabryan Ducal Corps, which sought to create a United Crabryan Duchy, which was consisted of and supported by Almans. During the short period of relative peace, the Garanian State enacted anti-Karnetvorian measures, which was unpopular not only by the Karnetvorians, but also the Garanians, who deemed the Karnetvorians as fellow members of a "Kliegmean Society." These policies also soured relations between the Garanian State and the Frost Empire, who deemed the measures to be too extreme and the dissenting population negatively affecting the Occupation.
This would also be the cause for Nasphiliti involvement in aiding the United Front, covert until 1955 and later openly. Internal factions within Nasphilitae, then in their own war, namely the Junta, the P3 Parliamentarian Coalition and the Austral-Nasphiliti Nobility. Their mutual interest was to secure that neither Karnetvorian nor Alman influence on Crabry topple one-another, which would potentially threaten the survival of its' own Austral-heritage Nobility. The Nobility and P3 Coalition saw a Garanian State as "an idealist but unrealistic option". The Junta did not wish to support the Garanian State as to preserve the armed neutrality it had kept during the Great War, which was a key factor for why they've gained power in the first place.
The May 3rd Incident, occuring on May 3rd 1956, is what many Historians deem as the start of the road to war, occured during a demonstration against the Garanian State's extremism, in which the crowd was dispersed by Garanian State Military Police firing upon the crowd. This resulted in a significant blow to the Garanian State's legitimacy and support. Which the Provisional Government used to grow Anti-Occupation sentiments. However, declassified documents would reveal that after the incident, the Frost Empire had planned a coup against the Garanian State to establish Direct control on the former Dominion to salvage the occupation, but the beginning of the war caused it to be cancelled.
Having received more modern equipment and military advisors through the Terminan Confederacy. As well as (due to armed neutrality in the Great War) a stockpile bulk of ammunition and advanced equipment from the Military Junta government of Nasphilitae; which later on focused to send aid in the form of highly advanced cryptographic equipment. The Provisional Government launched an Ultimatum against the Frost Occupation Forces on June 23rd to abolish the Garanian State and withdraw from Crabry. This Ultimatum was ignored, due to the aforementioned Coup planning. War was declared on June 25th, 1956.