Heckel-Cleves War (Pacifica)

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Heckel-Cleves War
Part of the Elbonian Wars

The Battle of Nassoben, the bloodiest battle of the war
Date4 March 1624 - 9 August 1688
Location
Result

Hecklian victory

  • Treaty of Rodenne
  • Unification of Heckel and Cleves
  • Declaration of the Elbonian Empire
Territorial
changes
Annexation of Cleves into Heckel
Belligerents
Template:Country data Kingdom of Cleves Template:Country data Kingdom of Heckel
Commanders and leaders
Josef II
Vilhemm I
Adolp I
Conrad von Nassoben
Erwin von Bissenne
Johannes Bosh
Kilian Graf
Kurt Berger
Lutvig I
Karol I
Lutvig II
Nomann Hosse
Wolfgang Braun
Gereon von Sommer
Karol von Tossallin
Bastian Kapsner
Strength
486,000 524,000
Casualties and losses
82,000 killed
91,000 wounded
111,000 captured
78,000 killed
94,500 wounded

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 Adolp I, alongside 84,000 of his men. Prince Erwin, alongside several of his men, crossed the border into Hohenland on the same day, to prevent themselves being captured by the Hecklian forces. King Adolp 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.

Background

Rivalry between Heckel and Cleves

Hecklian ambitions

The Gereonic Split

The tensions between the two

Hecklian and Clevian mobilization

Timeline of the war

Invasion into Cleves to the Battle of Upper Aldenborg (1622-1634)

Battle for the Ammel to the Second Battle of Rodenne (1634-1638)

Hosse's campaign to the Battle of Nassoben (1638-1655)

The Seven Years, Coronation of Vilhemm I to the XX (1655-1662)

Placeholder for the rest of the timeline here (1662-1688)

Battle of Bissenne to the Treaty of Rodenne (1688)

Aftermath

Treaty of Rodenne

Elbonian Unification

Elbonian ultimatum to Hohenland

Following the unification of Elbonia, many Clevian loyalists fled in the cover of night to the neighboring kingdom of Hohenland. Many in the Elbonian Empire saw this as an act of aggression and sent an ultimatum to Hohenland. Due to the demands, including allowing Elbonian troops into Hohenlander soil, were too much, the Hohenlander kingdom rejected the ultimatum, starting the Hohenlander War.

Impact