Second Mestran-Virlannian War
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In total: ±856,500 troops +1500 tanks +2000 artillery pieces +800 aircraft |
In total: ±932,000 troops +2000 tanks +4000 artillery pieces +600 aircraft | ||||||||
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12,852 killed 567 missing 54,261 wounded ±5500 captured |
13,918 killed 346 missing 48,301 wounded ±1000 captured | ||||||||
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Mestran civilian losses: 3,943 killed 435 missing people Virlannian civilian losses: 2,530 killed 183 missing people Other civilian losses: 52 killed in Aletia and Eisenach, over 100 injured | |||||||||
The Second Mestran-Virlannian War was an armed conflict fought between 21 January and 16 April 2010 in Mestra and Virlannia. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region. The war lasted for 86 days and resulted in a Virlannian victory with Virlannia annexing Kaerskov and the Lake Skendrvia Islands under the terms of the Peace Treaty of Suedval and mandated by the World Mandate Organization under WMO Resolution 194V. The war led to a international humiliation for Mestra in the middle of the Global Freeze and significantly altered the balance of power on Central Verdantis, with Virlannia supplanting Mestra as the Skendravian land power.
In 11 May 1940, Virlannia joins the Great War on the side of Talmiera, Kaerskov and the Naskoran Plains became the main focus between Mestra and Virlannia during the war due to its demographic. Subsequent losses and the defeat of Axis Powers led Virlannia to cede some of its territories in the Treaty of Altim. In 14 April 1953, Virlannia invaded Mestra in the 5 Days War with the intention to retake its former territories under Mestran control, exploiting the Mestran Succession Crisis and the Harskaeland and Helstorig secession from Mestra. But it only resulted in the cession of all of Virlannian territory on the Naskoran Plains to Mestra and led to the 3 decades of the Virlannian-Mestran Border Crisis. But after years of failed attempts, defeats, and with popular unrest in Virlannia pressured the Virlannian government to reform into a democracy, Virlannia would cease their attempts on retaking their lands and ending the border crisis in 1981. The next 3 decades would be marked with relative peace to the border. The year 2008 brought a return of the conflict after the election of President of Virlannia Sigfred Steffensen, border clashes between the two countries and a separatist movement in the Naskoran Plains would renew the conflict between the 2 countries.
Fighting began on the morning of 21 January, with an Virlannian offensive along the contested zone and Landings on islands in Lake Skendrvia after the Kaerskov Revolt. A week later, much of the Mestran 4th Army had been either encircled destroyed while Islands were contested between the 2 states. Exploiting the confusion and partial collapse of the front line, Virlannian forces swiftly advanced, capturing the vicinity of Osly, the second-largest city in the Naskoran Plains in the Western Kaerskov Offensive and completing their capture of the islands. However, Mestran Forces reorganized, mobilized, and with the support of The OFSN, initiated a counteroffensive that led to a brief stalemate, ultimately resulting in the signing of the Peace Treaty of Suedval, ending all hostilities in the region from 16th April 2010. This peace treaty signed at the end of the war resulted in a major shift regarding the control of the territories in Naskoran Plains and the areas surrounding it.
The war was marked by the deployment of large quantities of personnel, tanks, aircraft and drones never seen before since the Shehari War, as well as by state propaganda and the use of official social media accounts in online information warfare. In particular, the Virlannian Armed Forces successfully used the deep battle strategy and the widespread use of drones to their full extent for the first time. Numerous countries and the World Mandate Organization had strongly condemned the war and called on both countries to de-escalate tensions and start meaningful negotiations.
Names
The war has been referred to as the "Second Mestran-Virlannian War", and has also been called the "Second Kaerskov War" & "86 Days War" in both Mestra and Virlannia. In Mestra, it has been called as the "Plains War" (Mestran: Slettekrigen) and the "Demonstration War" (Demonstrasjonskrigen). In Virlannia, it has been called as the "Third Naskoran War" (Virlannian: Den Tredje Naskoranske Krig) the "Third Great Patriotic War" (Den Tredje Store Fædrelandskrig). The Virlannian government referred to it as an "Operation for Defense and Protection" and "Counteroffensive Operation". It later announced it had initiated military operations under the code-name "Operation Svarog" (Operation Svarog på dansk).
Background
Separation of Skendravian Union and Virlannian Independence
The Great War
5 Days War & Mestran-Virlannian Border Conflicts
Kaerskov Crisis
Kaerskov Revolt
Border Clashes
Course of the war
Initial Invasion
Operation Svarog
Operation Tyr
Operation Odin
Mestran counteroffensives
Stalemate
Treaty of Suedval
Characteristics
Causalities
Military
Civilian
Armored warfare
Air warfare
War crimes
Aftermath
Mestra
Virlannia
See also
Additional notes
- Second Mestran-Virlannian War
- Mestran-Virlannian Conflict
- Global Freeze
- Mestra
- Virlannia
- History of Mestra
- History of Virlannia
- Wars involving Mestra
- Wars involving Virlannia
- Wars involving Khraelyia
- Wars involving Vohylt-Tvahorner
- Wars involving Deira
- Wars involving UFRR
- Wars involving Reussland
- Wars involving Sofíae Commonwealth
- Wars involving Tihama
- Wars of Realstrange
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