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Due to the lack of direct engagement by Arcer surface vessels against their Capetian counterparts, this portion of the conflict is considered the most dynamic and directly involved portion of the war on the naval side, as the [[Arcer Army|Army]] and [[Arcer Air Force|Air Force]] were embattled under [[Operation Lightfoot]] with their [[Paulastra|Paulastran]] allies. | Due to the lack of direct engagement by Arcer surface vessels against their Capetian counterparts, this portion of the conflict is considered the most dynamic and directly involved portion of the war on the naval side, as the [[Arcer Army|Army]] and [[Arcer Air Force|Air Force]] were embattled under [[Operation Lightfoot]] with their [[Paulastra|Paulastran]] allies. | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
Prior to the outbreak of the war, shipping through the [[Polynesian Sea]] into the Songun Sea was a major trade route for maritime traffic and freighters heading into the Malentine Sea. While larger and more stable export economies such as [[Arcerion]] and [[Paulastra]] could rely on strong industry and agriculture, the more impoverished nations relied heavily on imported goods from [[Sarpedon]] and [[Levantia]], meaning that the crucial naval route through the Eastern and Western Songun Straits, and then through the [[Warrington Strait|Warrington]], were key economic terrain. While several attempts had been made to create economic protections or otherwise enforce some form of freedom of travel for both the Songun and [[Warrington Strait|Warrington Straits]], ultimately the nations of South Crona were unable to come to a consensus on how to best implement a commercial and diplomatic strategy of cooperation prewar. | |||
=== Geography === | |||
The Songun Straits are separated into two major waterways, the Eastern and Western, respectively. Between them and West of [[Cape Town]] is the Lower Songun Basin, which would see some of the most fiery convoy attacks and submarine actions during the Second Great War. North of this is the disputed Songun Sea. The Cape's islands in the Songun afforded it the geographical advantage in the Southeastern portions as it was able to more effectively conduct maritime patrols and anti-submarine patrols from airfields. However the geography and seafloor terrain of the Songun naturally pushed the Arcer submarines to the Western Songun, which was deeper and had more favorable currents and thermal layers. | |||
The Warrington Strait was a secondary shipping lane although itself was the true key to central and Southern Crona, as it opened up into the Malentine Sea, a shallower and warmer body of water that six different sovereign nations (Arcerion, [[Telokona]], [[Malentina]], [[Kelekona]], [[Porlos]], and [[Istrenya]]) had maritime borders and extensive shipping and ports on. Due to this, Arcerion would fiercely defend the Warring Straits throughout the duration of the war, including the wo surface actions that took place under Operation Forefront. | |||
background of major shipping lanes | background of major shipping lanes | ||
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capetian ASW and merchantmen outline | capetian ASW and merchantmen outline | ||
== Campaign == | == Campaign == | ||
early war arco supremacy | early war arco supremacy | ||
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late war and lightfoot withdrawal means emphasis on at sea refuelling pays off and raiding is continued | late war and lightfoot withdrawal means emphasis on at sea refuelling pays off and raiding is continued | ||
dashing submarine raid near cape town or the eastern straits | |||
HMAS superior destroyed lated war | HMAS superior destroyed lated war | ||
== Public Responses == | == Public Responses == | ||
=== Arcerion === | === Arcerion === | ||
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film made a la U571 | film made a la U571 | ||
=== The Cape === | === The Cape === | ||
bad responses | bad responses | ||
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merchant marine riots over going to sea with no escort | merchant marine riots over going to sea with no escort | ||
== Capetian Merchant & Naval Losses == | == Capetian Merchant & Naval Losses == | ||
Table for each year by tonnage and vessels sunk | Table for each year by tonnage and vessels sunk | ||
== Arcer Naval Losses == | == Arcer Naval Losses == | ||
2 subs and crew, include damage to other subs | 2 subs and crew, include damage to other subs | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Sumbarine service | Sumbarine service | ||
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operation Forefront | operation Forefront | ||