Great War (Pacifica)

Great War
Date 27 August 1949 – 7 June 1955 (1949-08-27 – 1955-06-07) (5 years and 284 days) Location Crabry, Gulf of Kringalia, Frastinia, South Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Result Allied victory Fall of Imperialist Karnetvor, Imperialist Tekarai and Nationalist GI-Land Allied military occupations of Karnetvor, liberation of Ubesii Beginning of the Nuclear Age Beginning of the Cold War (See Aftermath)
Participants
Allies	Imperialists
Commanders and leaders
Main Allied leaders: Termina/TCC city states  ??? Nivv Ponienn	Main Imperialist leaders: Stjepan Masić Tekarai TCC city states ??

The Great War was a series of interconnected wars and spin-off wars in the South Pacific that lasted from 1949 to 1955. It involved two opposing alliances: the Allies and the Imperialists and their respective allies.

OOC - Preliminary timeline and explanation of events in the "original" theatre

This is a preliminary timeline and explanation of events in the "original" theatre for drafting the article.

Sources, except from chats: https://tspforums.xyz/thread-2971.html, https://tspforums.xyz/thread-3709-post-113565.html#pid113565, https://tspforums.xyz/thread-3722-post-114105.html#pid114105. The events are adapted to fit current canon.

• 1938: King Peter II ascended to the throne of Karnetvor. The king was head of state, but he had no real power, power rested in the hands of the Prime Minister.

• 1944: Stjepan Masić, of the Social-Democratic Party, was elected on an imperialist platform; he wanted to enlarge Karnetvor's colonial empire. Karnetvor had ambitions to control the southern half of the South Pacific Ocean. This, combined with his promise to expand the welfare system for the overpopulated country, and his support for minority and women's rights, proved popular with voters. A means to accomplish this was additional ports and raw materials, for example by controlling Termina (TCC). Karnetvor strengthens its military in Tasternine greatly.

• August 23rd, 1949: The Karnetvorian crown prince and his wife travelled to Clocktown, Termina, for trade negotiations and diplomacy. There was intense rivalry between TCC city states during the 20th century. A corporate assassin (an immigrant who harboured animosity towards Karnetvor) murdered the crown prince and his wife, but not on behalf of a city state, but lashing out in a destructive manner.

• August 24th, 1949: Karnetvor starts mobilising in Tasternine, partly in secret.

• 0500 hours, August 27th, 1949: The Karnetvorian navy and air force launches strikes against TCC ports and airfields (Operation Raven). Airborne troops are deployed to secure airfields, ports and other strategic infrastructure in order to receive the bulk of the invasion forces. Some TCC city states openly side with Karnetvor, offering favourable concessions to the detriment to the city state where the assassination happened. A formal state of war is declared, citing the assassination of the heir to the throne as casus belli.

• August 27th, 1949: Sedunn, Ryccia, both being important naval powers in the South Pacific Ocean and liberal democracies, and Stoinia, declare war on Karnetvor, wanting to preserve the balance of power in the region and save Termina from annexation. Tekarai honoured its previously declared alliance with Karnetvor and joins the war. Tekarai wanted to dominate the Mediterranean Sea and cripple its rival Sedunn. Tekarai has annexed Ubesii. Johnathan Fletcher, supreme leader of the Dominion of Tekarai. There is a the Ubesiian insurgency.

• August 28th, 1949: Sedunn pulls back naval forces from the Remetull Islands to concentrate them in the Mediterranean Sea to take on the Tekarian navy which is seen as a more immediate threat, despite knowing about Karnetvorian plans to invade the strategically important islands. Sedunn starts evacuating the military from the main island to save its cities from destruction in potential battle to smaller islands. Destroying the main harbours to hinder Karnetvor strategic usage of the islands. Ezervulge mobilises to potentially take advantage of the situation and avenge its defeat in Peter I's War.

• ??, 1949: Karnetvor makes rapid gains against TCC and is able to transfer over several hundred thousand troops by ship and air (having supremacy at sea)

• ??, 1949: While the Sedunnic navy engages and thoroughly defeats the Tekarian navy in the Second Naval Battle of the Strait of Saint Michael, Karnetvor lands troops unopposed on Piel Island, occupying it. Start of the Gentlemen's War where the Karnetvorian and Sedunnic commanders avoid excessive force and inform eachother when they are about to destroy equipment or bildings so that they can evacuate their personnel. This is due the old friendship between high ranking officers in the nations. Ezervulge declares strict neutrality.

• ??, 1949: Karnetvor invites Techganet to join the war on its side, offering territory in Crabry. Techganet accepts.

• (??, ??: Gianlucaland joins the war. Sedunn and Stoinia incpacites its small naval forces in Sallodesia...)

• ??, 1950: Karnetvor invades Government Island. It is used as a stepping stone for the invasion of the Siculites later. Sedunn's navy is strained from patrolling and needs to recover from the naval engagements. Additional ships are ordered. Stoinia helps building ships.

• February, 1950: The situation stabilises in Termina, but Karnetvor is not in full control yet, the capital is not in their hands yet. Karnetvor and Tekarai land on the Siculite Islands. In a month, they defeat the Ryccian defenders, but the Ryccians and the natives fight a guerrilla campaign, that wasn't fully defeated until April. The islands were annexed by Karnetvor. Sedunn supplies Ubesian rebels with weapons. Ryccia manages to send forces through Imperialist blockades (either Gianlucan if north or Tekarian if south) which arrive in Stoinia and Sedunn.

• 1950-1951: Sedunn, supported by Stoinia and Ryccia defeats the Karnetvorian navy in the Battle of the Sea of Sedunn and the Battle for Bravero Sea. Siculites and Gov Isl are cut off from Karnetvorian supply lines. With the eastern half of the South Pacific Ocean mostly secured, Sedunn, Ryccia and Stoinia starts sending reinforcements to Termina, and the Karnetvorian adnvance is slowed down.

• ??, 1951: Karnetvorian air force attacks the Essela military base in Sedunn, in an attempt to intimidate it and to take revenge for its "betrayal".

• ??, 1951: Tekarians in Ubesii are strained. Passage of a new law in Tekarai, which deprived Ubesiians of their citizenship and forced them to live in closed-off ghettos.

• August, 1951: During the first two years of the war, the Peocracy has been completely neutral. Then because of one Mikhail Aerinn, the country questioned the role of The Peony and her decisions, the country exploded to a civil war. Three sides rose. One that supported the imperialists, one that supported the allies, and the royal palace.

• February 1952: the Imperialists resumed their advance on the in Terminan capital, but with much difficulty, as the Allies, bolstered by recruits from Reizen, inflicted heavy casualties.

• March 5th, 1952: The Sedunnic King Hevv dies. Queen Yemms Sperallu replaces him.

• July, 1952: The civil war in Huawan was resolved with the infiltration of the shogunates of Huawan, and complete control by the Peony. Evidence of Sedunnic agitation, and private calls for alliance with the imperialists happen. But The Peony maintains the court, and she assures that no further blood be spilt, and would not join the war.

• August, 1952: Fearing that the Peonic Navy could enter the war on the Allies' side, the Imperialists take pre-emptive action to ensure that the ships cannot enter the ocean. After a refused ultimatum to join the Imperialist side, Imperialist forces land on Hai Men Island and airborne troops are landed in the Shogunate of Minnan that is trying to secede from Huawan. By controlling the island, the goal is to close the straits between the island and Huawan Seaside and block vessels from leaving Huawan. The Imperialists rapidly gain ground, but never completely control the island due to the fierce guerilla fighting and support from the Izaakian garrison. However, the Imperialists establish control for a time over the straits and manage to damage some of the Peonic ships while at dock. Izaakia invades the Karnetvorian Antarctic to reclaim territories lost in 1883-1885 and 1915.

• October, 1952: Izaakia has initial successes against the Karnetvorians in Keyli, liberating Manta City, but their advance is halted by Techganet reinforcements.

• August 1952 - February 4th, 1953: Finally the Imperialist forces laid siege to the capital. The battle was absolutely brutal, as it quickly degenerated into house to house fighting. In October, the Imperialists had taken half of the city, but couldn't replace their losses so easily as the Allies. In December, the Allies counterattacked, destroying the Imperialist divisions that defended the outskirts of the city. The Allies then surrounded the Karnetvorian forces. The situation became dire, as they were left without food, water, or ammunition, and supplying the besieged Karnetvorians became impossible. They were annihilated. The Battle of Clocktown, the most bloody battle of the war, ended on February 4th, 1953, when the remaining Karnetvorians surrendered to the Allies and the devastated city was liberated. The Imperialist survivors were captured and sent to POW camps. They only returned home after the end of the war. The battle proved to be the turning point of the war, the Imperialists could never resupply their forces properly. Remaining Imperialist forces started retreating towards Tasternine, fighting a successful delay campaign against the Allied forces, implementing a scorched earth policy; the Imperialist soldiers burned villages, destroyed railways and roads, killed civilians, and looted or destroyed anything that could help the enemy.. In Karnetvor, Prime Minister Masić was given emergency powers, allowing him to take decisions without parliamentary oversight. In Tekarai, the government started the "Final Solution" to the "Ubesiian problem"; it deported Ubesiians to concentration camps, and killed them by shootings, or gas. A rebellion started against Tekaraian rule.

• July 19th, 1953 - August 25th: During the Battle of the Tasterninian Sea, on which the Sedunnic, Ryccian, and Stoinian navies destroyed Karnetvor's Tasterninian Fleet, cutting off the Imerialists in Termina from Tasternine. The Allies landed on Tasternine. It fell a month later, on August 25th. Tasternine was the first "official" Imperialist territory captured by Allied forces.

• August 1953: Combined Peonic-Izaakian forces defeat the Imperialists on Hai Men Island. Meanwhile in southern Huawan, the Imperialists are defeated in a bloody battle. The Peonic Navy can finally leave its ports. Huawan officially joins the war on the Allies' side.

• On December 14th 1953, Sedunnic and Ryccian forces landed on the Siculite Islands. They were liberated almost without resistance, as the defending Karnetvorians had run out of supplies due to the fall of Tasternine, and were demoralized. The Karnetvorians surrendered three days after the landings.

• December, 1953: Ubesii declared its independence from Tekarai. That meant that it could no longer take part in the war, due to the internal rebellion.

• January 1954: The Karnetvorian forces on Piel Island, Sedunn, surrender without a fight, being totally cut off and outgunned.

• On February 10th, 1954, the new Republic of Ubesii had defeated the Tekaraian Army and stopped the Ubesiian Genocide. Tekarai, faced by a possible Allied invasion, informed the Allies of their decision to surrender unconditionally. Karnetvorian Prime Minister Masić took the news as a betrayal, and severed relations with Tekarai. Ubesii, now enjoying international recognition, declared war against Karnetvor. Since then, Ubesii sent its own units to fight with the Allies.

• March 1954: Government Island is liberated by the Allies. Large-scale bombing campaigns of Mainland Karnetvor are initiated.

• May 13th, 1954: The surviving Imperialists in Termina surrender.

• September 1954: Allied naval forces defeat the Karnetvorian navy in the Battle of Foreseas, gaining total supremacy over the seas. Protests and strikes against the government happen in Karnetvor.

• February 1st, 1955, Allied troops, bolstered by Peonic troops surprisingly landed on Mainland Karnetvor, threatening the capital.

• February, 1955: Prime Minister Masić tried to convince the Karnetvorian people to fight to the death for their country, but they had enough. Behind the scenes, Gen. Dragov, King Peter II, and the Opposition started plotting to overthrow Masić and end the war. In an emergency session on February 5th, 1955, Parliament voted in a motion of no confidence to dismiss Masić's government, with most members of his own party voting in favor. Masić contacted the army to evaluate his options, but Dragov had convinced the Armed Forces to remove Masić by force if the plan failed. King Peter officially deposed Masić on February 6th, and ordered his arrest on charges of abuse of power, violating the Constitution, and war crimes; which was carried out the same day. Dragov was appointed Interim Prime Minister by the King. Due to his earlier support for both the war, and Masić's government, the King's position became untenable, and, to avoid a general uprising, he abdicated in favor of his daughter, Princess Zelda. The next day, February 7th, 1955, Karnetvor surrendered to the Allies, ending the Great War. More than xx million people died on the war. It is the deadliest war in South Pacifican history.

War continued in the northern theatre???

Following six months of Allied occupation in Karnetvor a Final Settlement Treaty was signed between the Allies and the Imperialists. Karnetvor was declared to be the main responsible for the war. As such, it lost all of its colonies (Karnetvorian Antarctic to Izaakia), with the exception of Tasternine; half of the Tasterninian population was (and still is) of Karnetian (Karnetvorian native) descent. Karnetvor also renounced all claims to Termina, and lost its status as a major power. Princess Zelda was officially crowned Queen on January 1st, 1956, and elections were held two weeks later, resulting in an Opposition victory. The Imperialists were also forced to pay war reparations to the Allies, which were completed in the 1970s. In 1989, after the fall of the monarchy, the new republican government in Karnetvor announced it would not respond to any more reparations claims, due to the debt being already paid.

To this day, the war is a controversial topic in Karnetvor, and Prime Minister Masić (who was released in 1969, dying three years later) is a controversial figure, with some praising him for defending the country's interests, and others condemning him for bringing it to ruin.