Operation Kurszan

 

Invasion of Khraelyia
Part of the Great War
Clockwise from Top Left: Mestran Artillery Brigade waiting for an order, July 1942. Reussisch troops in occupied Khraelyia, May 1941. Mestran Infantry under fire, November 1941. Bochvohrad City Centre after the 72 Hour Blitz, May 9th, 1941. Captured Secrazchak soldiers marching through Novokraeyi, June 1943. Khraelyi Heavy Bombers attacking Novofavaari, August 1943.
Date May 5, 1941 to September 19, 1943 Location Republic of Khraelyia, Secrazchak Empire, Federal Republic of Reussland, Dual Monarchy of Feodoria Result Southwestern Khraelyia occupied, failure of Secrazchak forces to reach the B-K Line
Belligerents
Secrazchak Empire Reussland (Until 1944) Feodoria (After 1941)	Khraelyia Mestra Vohylt-Tvahorner (After 1942) Logistics support: Remania Vohylt-Tvahorner (Until 1942)
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Graza Mastij X Srajo Burgozcy Daman Daschia Nagy Bedar Szabo Horvathio Szjamaroc Sjalom III Fruze Pyotr Nevsky Szalai Csarab Kovács Renátó Oskar Fischer Martin von Eisenstadt Wilhelm Neumann Karsten Jäger Heinrich Richter † Gerald Schröder  Sephyr Zhukov Yakushin Daniilov Zabronye Melitso	Petar Fidorovic Fyodar Medvelov Dmytro Bundyarenko Iosif Yurchenko † Viktor Bondar Pavel Tilyunov Mikhail Kirunov Danylo Andriiupov Mysilov Borovic Nikolas Romanov Aleksandr Vyhovsky Yevhenii Zvizdaryk † Mykola Skoropadskyi Kolbjørn Skyberg † Heinrich Von Valkyia Kumintz Pavlovic
Strength
2.750.000 500.000 700.000	3.375.000 100.000 215.000
Casualties and losses
Total military casualties: 1.500.000+ Breakdown Casualties of 1943: According to the Secrazchak Imperial Armed Forces; 286.452 killed 40.157 missing 655.179 wounded in action 8.000 evacuated sick 2.827 aircraft destroyed 2.735 tanks destroyed 104 assault guns destroyed Other involved country losses 225.000+ Casualties 72.250+ Casualties	Total military casualties: 2.000.000+ Breakdown Casualties of 1943: According to the Khraelyi Army; 468.144 killed 47.117 missing 1.227.124 wounded in action 10.000 evacuated sick X aircraft destroyed X tanks destroyed X assault guns destroyed Other involved country losses 31.250+ Casualties 78.450 Casualties 5.475 Casualties 43.750+ Casualties 28.500+ Casualties

Operation Kurszán (Secrazchak: Kurszán hadművelet; Khraelyi: Операція Курсoн (romanised: Operatsiya Kurson) was the invasion of the Federal Republic of Khraelyia by the Secrazchak Empire and her allies, starting on Sunday, May 5, 1941, during the Great War. It was the largest land offensive in human history, with around 7 million combatants taking part. The operation, code-named after Secrazchak King Kurszán II (1653-1701), put into action the Secrazchak Empire's ideological goal of conquering the southwest of Khraelyia, subjugating the region as their industrial breadbasket.

In the years leading up to the invasion, the Secrazchak Empire and the Federal Republic of Khraelyia had signed a multitude of economic and political agreements for strategic purposes. Following the Secrazchak intervention in the Talmieran War, as well as growing Khraelyi interest in the area, the Secrazchak high command began drawing up an operation in March of 1940 (under the codename Operation Dominik). Over the course of the operation, over 3.8 million personnel of the Axis of Seterran Liberation—the largest invasion force in the history of warfare—invaded the southwest of Khraelyia on May fifth.

The operation began the Khraelyi Front, in which more forces were committed than in any other theatre of war in human history. The area saw some of history’s largest battles, most horrific atrocities, and highest casualties (for Khraelyi and Secrazchak forces alike), all of which influenced the course of the Great War, and the subsequent history of the 20th century.

The failure of Operation Kurszán reversed the fortunes of the Secrazchak Empire. Operationally, Secrazchak forces achieved significant victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of Khraelyia of the time (mainly in Blahoveshnyi province) and inflicted, as well as sustained, heavy casualties. Despite these early successes, the Secrazchak offensive stalled in the Battle of Krystynopil at the end of 1941, and the subsequent reformation of the Khraelyi armed forces along the Siverschyna River. The Secrazchak high command anticipated a quick collapse of Khraelyi resistance, noting how their forces had not been involved in a major conflict in 90 years. However, no such collapse occurred, and instead the Territorial Defense Force absorbed the Secrazchak Imperial Armed Force's strongest blows and bogged it down in a war of attrition for which the Secrazchaks were unprepared.

Background

War of the Grindgat (1909-1913)

Main article: War of the Grindgat

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Rise of the Secrazchak National Revival Front

Main article: Secrazchak National Revival Front

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Talmieran War (1937-1942)

Main article: Talmieran War (1937-1942)

Secrazchak Buildup (February-April 1941)

Border Skirmishes

Main article: Battle on the Border

Initial Invasion

Main article: Operation Vaszadzas