The Great War

The Great War was a conflict that raged between the IASN and UWFR in late July and early August 2010. The primary combatants in the conflict were Belarus (UWFR), Czech Republic (UWFR), Russian Federation (UWFR), Democratic Republic of the Congo (IASN), Austria (IASN), and Colombia (IASN).

The Great War erupted late on July 21, 2010.

The Great War was fought by the UWFR and IASN. Despite attempts at negotiating an armistice after the UWFR victory at Bogota, the war continued as the UWFR went on to win victories in UAE and DRC, and was fought to a draw at Austria. Despite isolated and uncoordinated offensives by the IASN that scored localized victories, the war was a decisive UWFR victory.

Colonial Authority in China
After The Treaty of the Great Powers was signed, great confusion existed between the status of China, a claimed colony of the DRC. Isiah, a leader of the UWFR was willing to hand the country over for a set price, and [http://web.archive.org/web/20110107205737/http://simrepublic.com/wiki/index.php/Kaiser_Alex. Kaiser Alex.] agreed to this. However, the co-leader Jlake4 was not pleased, as China was led by thyer, a fellow communist and he did not want to leave his ally. Thus, acting on the impression Isiah had given, a fleet of Congolese warships arrived on the coast of China in the early hours of July 13th. The invasion task force landed on a beach, next to a road leading to Bejing, with heavy resistance. Chinese Human waves charged down onto the beach, many only armed with swords. Upwards of 20,000 Chinese were slain with minimal (Under 100) Congolese forces killed. Thyer, the communist premier, took personal control of the remaining Chinese forces behind the gigantic fortress in Bejing. The Governor-General of China, XxGhostiexX had gained the trust of Thyer, and convinced him that he had switched allegiance to the communist cause, and thus the defenses of the city were in his control. Upon Congolese troops reaching the fortress, Ghostie had the front walls abandoned, under the guise of a fall back to the harder interior. Congolese forces then blew a hole in the wall without any fighting, marched straight in and surrounded the 50,000 Chinese troops. Thyer managed to escape, and his generals, around 150, were put to death on the spot. Imperial Control had begun of China.

Battle of Bogota
As the Belorussians steadily crushed their Colombian foes from their beachheads in Latvia, a second Belorussian landing occurred on the northern coast of Colombia. Landed were three Armored divisions, and six infantry divisions. Before them stood hastily-raised, but dedicated Colombian militia, camped primarily in the cities of Monteria, Bucaramanga, and Bogota. The militia strongholds of Monteria and Bucaramanga were besieged for short periods of time and conquered with minimal casualties after massive artillery bombardment. Despite the devastation wreaked in Monteria and Bucaramanga, the garrison in Bogota held strong, despite the three-pronged assault falling against it. As the city was essentially surrounded, the leader of the nation's military, Liberation, surrendered to the Belorussian forces to spare Bogota of the widespread destruction that befell Monteria and Bucaramanga. Thus the Colombian/Belorussian stage of the war ended.

Vanuatu Landings
As their Belorussian allies turned the tide against the Colombians, the Vanuatu Navy landed a large military force near their Slovenian allies' borders at the Italian port of Trieste. The Vanuatu Expeditionary Force was the main assault force, consisting of some ten divisions of Infantry and Armor. Their goal was to drive directly on Salzburg and turn east and capture Vienna and effectively end the IASN control of the country. However, past reaching Salzburg the VEF got cut off by an Austrian counterattack to their southern flank. Excellent maneuvering by the VEF commander allowed for an orderly withdraw from Austria with minimal losses. The VEF evacuated from Trieste under light Austrian air attack but covered by Slovenian SAM sites. The battle was considered a tie.

Red Sea Crossings & Pakistani Invasion of UAE
The Pakistani military set out on a naval battle group from Karachi, and landed at Al Fujayah and Zikt in the United Arab Emirates. A large military force of five infantry and 1 armored division began a hard drive across the desert towards Dubai. Only token resistance had been encountered by the time they had arrived at Dubai and began to lay siege to the city, where most of the UAE's army resided. As three infantry divisions surrounded and laid siege to Dubai, the armored division and last two infantry divisions drove to the southwest along the coast for Abu Dhabi, the other UAE stronghold. After a two week artillery bombardment on Abu Dhabi the fortress fell, and a strategic bombing campaign that flattened Dubai ended the war with the UAE surrendering unconditionally to the Pakistanis.

Nepalese Attack on Congo, Democratic Republic
After the Vanuatu Expeditionary Force was beaten out of Austria, the Nepalese, while not being a member nation of the UWFR, joined in the war and invaded the DRC through the dropping of Paratroop brigades out of airfields in Guinea deep inside the DRC. The fifteen Paratroop brigades landed in Kikwit and Kananga, and pushed west and north towards Kinshasa and Atlantic seaports and the Congo River in the north. Nine brigades pressed west and six north. The six northern brigades reached the Congo river with no major obstacle or conflict. As the Northern Division met its objective, the Western Division encircled Kinshasa with five brigades and sent the remaining four towards the Atlantic sea ports needed for reinforcement. Airdropped IFV's aided the paratroops in collapsing the Kinshasa pocket, however a bloody battle brought on the Nepalese by the conscription of the entire population of Kinshasa ensued, however the pocket surrendered within a few weeks.

Belorussian Attack on Georgia
The Belorussians, fresh from their victory over Colombia, turned their eyes eastward next looking to strike an offensive blow against IASN. Shortly before the war, Belarus' close ally Russian Federation was hit by Georgia, setting the stage for the whole Great War. Belarus struck a blow for its ally and invaded Georgia from the northern Russian border, and drove through meager Georgian forces and directly to Tbilisi, where the government was disassembled and the country withdrew from IASN thereafter.

Nigerian Attack on Austria
As the Austrians fortified their border with Slovenia, the Nigerians traveled north through UWFR-friendly Algeria and landed in south Europe at Italian ports, and moved into Austria from the west. Quickly stopping any resistance from slight Austrian presence, the Nigerians slammed into the western flank of the Austrian line. The Austrians were completely routed and within a few hours Vienna had fallen to the Nigerians.

Guinea-Bissau Goes for the Throat
The newest UWFR nation, Guinea-Bissau, marched southeastward toward the heart of the IASN, DRC. Routed by Nepal, its forces were stumbling about reorganizing rapidly under the iron rule of the country's dictator. In the midst of this reorganization, from the north a large army of Guinean troops launched on an armored spearhead and smashed into the disorganized Congolese camps. The Congolese were routed, but Guinea-Bissau was unable to capitalize on its gains.

Imperial Maintenance in China
Still operating under the belief that China was a colony of Congo, the Congolese set out to put down what they deemed as a rebellion in China. As they approached, the Chinese unleashed seemingly endless hordes on the weakened and demoralized Congolese troops. Despite six successful defensive stands in the Himalayan mountains, the Congolese were slaughtered in 35 gigantic cauldron battles.

Bhutanese Bombings of Japan
In preparation of an invasion into Japan through China, the Bhutanese set several bombing wings up on Chinese airfields on the coast. These bomber wings performed several raids on large industrial centers throughout Japan but before the invasion proper could begin the Japanese leadership withdrew from IASN and proclaimed neutrality. Bhutan stepped down on orders from the UWFR agents bankrolling the invasion.

Croat Invasion of Great Britain
In one of the most shameful and desperate actions of the Great War, the IASN's commander, Kaiser Alex., offered a payment of $50,000 to any and every nation that attacked the UWFR. The only nation to accept this offer was Croatia, which promptly attacked Great Britain. As the war progressed far into Croatia's favor, the news reached KaiserAlex, who in a fit of disgust with his own actions refused payment to Croatia. Croatia in turn refused a British cease-fire offer and completed the takeover of the country.

Guinea-Bissau Seals the Georgian Deal
As Belarus occupied Tbilisi the Georgians noticed from the south a detachment of Guinean parachutists landing in the south. With literally no forces to fight the Guineans, they surrendered immediately and with no fight whatsoever.

Ethiopian Attacks Nicaragua
Late in the Great War, Nicaragua, which had recently joined UWFR, was attacked by Ethiopia. Ethiopian forces took 2 wins early on, and then evacuated everyone in the country except for the leader, who only came online once more in the war and was beaten badly. However, the leader never came online again, and the now empty country of Ethiopia won without honor with exploits. This was the only war involving Nicaragua in the Great War

Other Battles

 * July 13th ... DRC (IASN) attacked China (UWFR)- IASN
 * July 14th ... Georgia (IASN) attacked Russian Federation (UWFR)- IASN
 * July 17th ... DRC (IASN) attacked China (UWFR)- UWFR
 * July 22nd ... Pakistan (UWFR) attacked UAE (IASN) - UWFR
 * July 22nd ... Vanuatu (UWFR) attacked Austria (IASN) Draw
 * July 22nd ... Nepal (UWFR Protectorate) attacked Congo, Democratic Republic (IASN) - UWFR
 * July 24th ... Croatia (IASN Protectorate) attacked Poland (UWFR)- IASN
 * July 24th ... Lebanon (IASN Protectorate) attacked China (UWFR) - Draw
 * July 25th ... Croatia (IASN Protectorate) attacked Poland (UWFR) - IASN
 * July 25th ... UAE (IASN) attacked Pakistan (UWFR) - IASN
 * July 25th ... Belarus (UWFR) attacked Georgia (IASN) - UWFR
 * July 25th ... Nigeria (UWFR) attacked Austria (IASN) - UWFR
 * July 25th ... China (UWFR) attacked Lebanon (IASN Protectorate) - Draw
 * July 26th ... Guinea-Bissau (UWFR) attacked Congo, Democratic Republic (IASN) - Draw
 * July 27th ... Congo, Democratic Republic (IASN) attacked China (UWFR) - UWFR
 * July 27th ... Bhutan (UWFR Protectorate) attacked Japan (IASN) - Ended early with cease-fire signed
 * July 28th ... Croatia (IASN Protectorate) attacked Great Britain (UWFR) - IASN
 * July 29th ... Guinea-Bissau (UWFR) attacked Georgia (IASN) - UWFR
 * July 29th ... Colombia (IASN) attacked Zambia (empty) - Draw

End of the War
After the Chinese defeat of DRC, [http://web.archive.org/web/20110107205737/http://simrepublic.com/wiki/index.php/Kaiser_Alex. Kaiser Alex.] abdicated the thrown in Congo, Democratic Republic and fled the vengeful Chinese out of the fear he would, along with his army, be killed. This ended the war with a UWFR victory. As a result of the defeat of the IASN in this war, its member nations left it and it dissolved July 30 2010. The peoples across the world celebrated as the violent leviathan of the IASN died. Prominent members of the SimRepublic community retired to tropical resorts, their mission of ruining KaiserAlex essentially completed. UWFR went on as it had before the war and enjoyed a period of rebuilding, sans the random proxy wars that occur to anyone.

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Two recently uncovered Belarusian documents in which KaiserAlex admits defeat and decalres the war over.

Nonmilitary Actions of the Great War
This section encompasses all non-military actions taken by the IASN and UWFR to strike a victory that would not require military victory.

Agents and War-Rigging
In the broad range of things, these retreat-spammers were only used in the early-stages of the war (before getting beaten by re-writes of the rules). They were only notably used to beat the Colombian invasion of Belarus, and in battles immediately preceding or following that. As it was the preferred tactic of KaiserAlex, and likely what he planned to fall back on, this tactic being outlawed sunk the IASN war effort.

Attempted rigging of Irish and Russian elections
The IASN, in desperation, began to look to bolster its ranks by rigging elections. First and foremost, Sheepy was sent to Ireland as Kaiser began to pay off Irishmen so as to guarantee the elections to swing to the IASN's favor. However, Sheepy left Ireland before the election was determined and fled the IASN.

Russia, too, was targeted, not because of its population (which was relatively small) but because of its political value as being a massive green nation on the World Map. This effort also failed.

The Late-War Mercenary Order
As the war turned against the IASN, its leader, KaiserAlex, posted in the Global Parliament that any nation that attacked a UWFR member state would receive payment of $50,000 from the IASN. This order was widely condemned by the UWFR and the AGN, and weakened the IASN's political position irrevocably.

The only nation that took KaiserAlex up on this shamefully desperate order was Croatia, which attacked the ex-IASN nation of Great Britain. In a fit of disgust with his own actions, KaiserAlex refused payment to Croatia and apologized profusely to the British Prime Minister, Cephyre.

Speculative CFA Involvement
CFA had by the time the war erupted become very deeply involved with the UWFR, becoming almost an extension of UWFR. CFA had planned for multiple military coups and assassinations within the IASN, none of which occurred.

Operation Great White
As the war became a determined UWFR victory and drew to a close, the UWFR leaders decided that to expedite the dissolution of the IASN and end the war for good by tearing IASN apart. This was codenamed "Operation Great White" and was an operation in which an unnamed person from the UWFR contacted each IASN member state leader (except Austria and Congo, Democratic Republic) and attempted to convince them to leave IASN. Georgia, United Arab Emirates, and Japan were contacted and Georgia and Japan left. UAE decided to stay with the IASN through to the end of the war, and the leader, Kasoy, went missing shortly afterwords. Operation Great White was deemed a success by the UWFR High Command.