Talk:North Levantine Front (Great War)

The North Levantine Front, also referred to as the Fifth Fhainn-Fiann Kin Wars and contemporarily as the Great War of Gaelic Liberation, was a theater of the Great War centered on Northern Levantia from mid-1935 to 1942. Following the escalation of the Holy Levantine Empire's civil war in Deria, Faneria declared war on Fiannria and invaded the latter's coastal regions along the Vandarch, followed by a brief rapid advance into central Fiannria. Faneria intended to force Fiannria to assent to both governments' annexation into a united Gaelic state under the Fhainnin republican model, but failed to reach the metropolitan core around Brídhavn. Fiannria's government refused to negotiate, with both countries fighting to a stalemate in the lower regions in central-western Fiannria and mountain campaigns in the north and southern borderlands. Fighting was slowed in the north and center during winter due to frosts and in late spring due to runoff creating marshy conditions. Faneria additionally seized territories from Prevalia and Caergwynn during the war. After the eventual loss of most of its gained territories in northern Fiannria, the destruction of the vast majority of its Nordskan and Kilikas fleets, a loss of faith in the war in Faneria, a new front being opened by the invasion of Lyukquar by Caergwynn, and repeated landings and repulsions along Faneria's coastlines by other Fiannrian-aligned nations, Faneria conditionally surrendered in the Second Treaty of Gaoth on March 1st, 1942.

North Levantine Front/5th Kin War
Part of Great War
Date May 18th, 1935 - August 1st, 1943 Location Northern Levantia Result Treaty of Sethsport Fhainnaeran pays reparations to Fiannria, prisoners exchanged Fhainnaeran ends formal claims to (province lost in 1887) Fhainnaeran cedes one or two noteworthy islands/colonies away to participating powers
Belligerents
Fhainnaeran Supported by Caphiria Possibly supported by Template:Country data Covina Covina	Fiannria Supported by from 1935 Supported by from 19??
Commanders and leaders
Despot Cion Faelhaen Marshal Jonah Lohr-Màrtainn (to 1936) Marshal Cynwyr MacGaeth (after 1936) General Markus MacCilnin General John Adenten General Connal Sutherman	Burgundine or Urcean aide
Units involved
Fhainnin National Army	Fiannrian Army
Strength
?? (1929) ?? (1935) ?? (1948)	?? (1929) ?? (1935) ?? (1948)
Casualties and losses
approx. 2,150,000 military, 280,000 civilian	approx. 1,600,000 military, 950,000 civilian

Early War

Ninerivers Campaign and the Vandarch Offensive

Battle of Laewyrst (combined airship/naval battle, 1935 - only major engagement of airship-to-airship fighting?)

Battle of the East Gate (1st-3rd) (large strike on R/I naval garrison, if extant by then, and the mouth of the Grand Caroline to open resupply route to Deria?)

Isles Campaign/Nordska Campaign

Battle of Geartheal (naval)

Operation Pridewind (northern oil fields seizure by Fhainnin troops)

Seizure of (Prevalia region)/Vandarch Canal Seizure

Operation Giorgios (invasion of Prevalia?)

Northern War

Fiannrian resistance movements in occupied territories

Republic of the Eastern Gaellige - quisling gov't in Fiannria

Late War

Intervention in Caergwynn

Operation Titan Star (seizure of straights from Caergwyn?)

Operation Grenfeld

(late-war large push in center, ground to halt)

Lost Corps Campaign (lone Fiannrian corps trapped and besieged for over two years)

Haibne Campaign/Haibne Landings

Battles of Bah Lannan

Caergwynn Declares War

Mhuirthead Campaign

Aftermath

Political Upheavals

- cession of large parts of fhainnin territory to Caergwynn

- reparations to Fiannria and return of seized territories, along with renunciation of claims in Faneria

- replacement of Fhainnin government, incarceration of Cion Faelhaen and others

- loss of several minor colonies and islands

- turnover of large parts of remaining Fhainnin fleet to Fiannria

- in Fiannria:

- in Prevalia:

- in Caergwynn: solidified mutual national hatreds; continued rivalry over territory and passive-aggressive cyberwarfare and politicking between Caergwynn and Faneria

- rapprochement between Faneria and Fiannria + Faneria and Prevalia postwar

Economic Legacy

- severe damage to Fhainnin energy independence, loss of rail access to Sorhaithe (attempts later made to allow passage, but relations with Caergwynn did not permit

- loss of larger oil fields in Sorhaithe to Caergwynn and Fiannria

Treatment of Civilians and Prisoners

- any non-Fiannrian units (not seen by Fhainn as 'brothers under a different flag) that come in get a proper war instead of the almost gentlemanly fighting taking place between the land forces and repeatedly get hammered, which does start up the most bloody Fhainn-Fiannrian violence as the Fiannrians back up their foreign volunteers/allied units

gov't-endorsed Christmas/Holiday ceasefires (?)

War Order 1928-14: Fhainnin military order instructing high standards for following honorable rules of war and instating heavy punishments for '... butchering, brutalizing, robbing, abusing, or unduly aggressing against the citizenry of Fiannria; or for executing or maiming surrendering Fiannrian soldiery who have not spent the greater portion of their ammunition; or for inciting or compelling other soldiers to commit gross violations of existing military law.'