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The '''First Great War''', also called '''Saint Brendan's War''' in [[Kiravia]], was a global war that lasted from [[1896]] to [[1902]]. It also included a [[Red Interregnum|major civil war]] in [[Urcea]] which was partly related to the conflict. | The '''First Great War''', also called '''Saint Brendan's War''' in [[Kiravia]], was a global war that lasted from [[1896]] to [[1902]]. It also included a [[Red Interregnum|major civil war]] in [[Urcea]] which was partly related to the conflict. The war was primarily restrained to [[Occident]]al powers, and in many cases the conflict was the result of disputes, claims, and rivalries dating back more than a hundred years. | ||
By the end of the war, [[Caphiria]] had largely succeeded in establishing hegemony in [[Sarpedon]]. It annexed [[Veltorina]] and forced [[Cartadania]] and [[Pelaxia]] into a humiliating peace. In [[Crona]], [[Alstin]] and [[Kiravia]] managed to make gains against [[Burgundie]] in the islands off of Crona but failed to severely damage the Burgoignesc global colonial empire, especially its major possessions in [[Vallos]]. Crona also saw brief fighting in the southeast that resulted in the establishment of [[the Cape]] as an independent state. [[Levantia]] was the sole theater in which Caphiria and its allies were largely defeated, as Aliança-aligned [[House de Weluta]] was restored to the Urcean throne against the Caphirian-supported regency of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]]. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
==Sarpedon Theater== | ==Sarpedon Theater== | ||
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The First Great War, also called Saint Brendan's War in Kiravia, was a global war that lasted from 1896 to 1902. It also included a major civil war in Urcea which was partly related to the conflict. The war was primarily restrained to Occidental powers, and in many cases the conflict was the result of disputes, claims, and rivalries dating back more than a hundred years.
By the end of the war, Caphiria had largely succeeded in establishing hegemony in Sarpedon. It annexed Veltorina and forced Cartadania and Pelaxia into a humiliating peace. In Crona, Alstin and Kiravia managed to make gains against Burgundie in the islands off of Crona but failed to severely damage the Burgoignesc global colonial empire, especially its major possessions in Vallos. Crona also saw brief fighting in the southeast that resulted in the establishment of the Cape as an independent state. Levantia was the sole theater in which Caphiria and its allies were largely defeated, as Aliança-aligned House de Weluta was restored to the Urcean throne against the Caphirian-supported regency of Gréagóir FitzRex.
Background
Sarpedon Theater
Global Theater
Emirati War
Main article: Emirati War
Between Burgundie, the United Pukhgundian Emirates, the Trucial States, and the Emirate of Kagazi. 1871-1897.
1880s Observation balloons, the first recorded use of a lighter than air vehicle to drop a device for a military purpose. Dropped a fused grenade.
War of St. Brendan's Strait
The culmination of the Kiro-Burgoignesc Wars, the War of St. Brendan's Strait was a conflict between Burgundie and Kiravia to settle territorial disputes in the confluences of the Odoneru Ocean, Tainean Sea, and Polynesian Sea, or as landlubbers would call it, the island chains between Crona and Sarpedon. The war lasted for a year and a half, from March of 1895 through August of 1896. Due to the equatorial climate and the advancement of technology, it was fought year-round, one of the first wars to do so in the Occidental canon, and is considered, along with the '97 Rising to mark the beginning of truly mechanized/modern warfare. It saw the first use of machine guns used by occidentals, against occidentals, solidified the preference for the pre-dreadnought over ironclads for naval ships of the line for "big gun navies" like Kiravia and Urcea, and the development of Jeune École by the Navy of Burgundie.