Ardmori Civil War
| Ardmori Civil War | |||||||
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 (Clockwise from top left) members of the Arcerion Parachute Regiment converse before a patrol; International Brigade fighters of the Ardmori Socialist Front conduct an assault; Royal Ardmori Army troops patrol streets during attempts to quell riots and insurrection; Ardmori Socialist troops search a town for Loyalist collaborators. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
Ardmore Arcerion | Ardmori Cooperative | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| King Coilean Ó Canann | |||||||
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Royal Ardmori Army Royal Ardmori Navy Ardmori Air Corps  Arcer Army |
Ardmori Liberation Army National Ardmori Front New Ardmori People's Republic | ||||||
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| significant | significant | ||||||
The Ardmori Civil War, also known as the Liberation War in the Ardmori Cooperative, was a military and civil conflict that lasted four years (1927-1931) in Southern Levantia. Ardmore had undergone a significant period of industrialization and rapid urbanization in the wake of the industrial revolution. Massive social unrest caused by economic disparity and a rigid class system led to a series of open riots and protests against the Royal Family of Ardmore and the resulting crackdowns created a significant split between pacifist factions (Appeasers) and the hardline Royal family members (Loyalists). The conflict would eventually engulf the entirety of Ardmore, with its colonial troops from Arcerion entering the fray on the Loyalist side, and eventually withdrawing after the armistice negotiated by Kiravia.
Background
Industrialization in Ardmore was mostly centered around rapidly growing urban centres in the South of Ardmore, on the island of Great Ardmore. Due to the vast amount of manufacturing, industrial plants, and refineries that had sprung up as corporations and business capitalized on the amount of cheap labour available on the relatively poor islands, the vast majority of the wealth in Ardmore, as well as the economic progress was centralized in the North, in the Capital City of Rosmore due to the nationalization of many companies and the social and political upper class being disproportionately settled there.
Unions for the betterment of labour conditions and working conditions in the factories and plants in South Ardmore began to take hold, particularly in Dunvál, the largest city in Great Ardmore. Members of the New Worker's Party began to hold open rallies, organized by a prominent pair of shift managers in the city. Ardghar Mac Shuibhne had been educated in Vithinja, as a student of new political theories based on syndicalism policies. Ardghar's contemporary, Ros Mac Daibhéid, was a socialist politician and labour leader who had been ejected from the Ardmori Parliament following a series of political stunts involving bringing child labourers and victims of industrial accidents into the Ardmori House of Commons.
Union Protest
Ardghar and Ros Mac spent most of 1926 speaking publicly in pubs, dance halls, and poor houses across Great Ardmore. The focus on the South Islands was largely due to the lessening Royal presence, as the Royal Army was undergoing a period of austerity and budget cuts, with Regiments withdrawing closer to garrisons and away from the industrial centres. This was combined with a significant amount of corruption amongst the Ardmore Royal Constabulary, the national and federal police and internal security force that protected the Crown's interest. Another major concern was the lack of a try gendarmerie to deal with the subversive activities of Ardghar and Ros Mac, giving them freedom of movement. The largest rally in Kilkken was held at the shift change of three neighbouring factories in the town's Northern District. Over two thousand shift workers, child labourers, and union activists listen to speeches on worker reform, industrial safety improvements, minimum wages, and pensions for long time employees. Ardghar had bribed sympathetic police officers who ensured the rally went unhindered, and over a thousand of the participants signed up for the New Worker's Party, which by the end of 1926 was nearing 10,000 members across Ardmore and was looking to establish other chapters and groups in the Northern Islands.
Despite protests from the educated Ardghar, Ros Mac demanded a political stunt outside of the Royal Palace in Rosmore.
Royal Crackdown and Suppression
angry secret police stuff
everyone thinks its done
Socialist Uprising
everyone thought it was over
foreign support
-Revitalised support through foreign weapons and fighters
Early War (1927-1929)
Initial Conflicts
2 key battles put socialists on back foot on North Island
Battle of Hellman
north island, loyalists smash commies
Battle of Tuton
arrival of Arco paras, catch brigades retreating from hellman and destroy them, prevent them from evacuating most troops from the port
North Islands Campaign
-Infighting amongst commies allows Prince Regent (King is trapped on South island) to use Arco troops and Ardmori troops to solidify position and secure north island (Operation Treble)
Invasion of South Ardmore
Operation Pike
-Invasion of south island -initial success
-commies reform against new threat to the revolution
-few key battles, at least 1 stalingrad esque
Battle of Elliston
arco paras and light rifles battling in hills, commies lose
Siege of Wolford
tobrukl-esque, commies caught by loyalists
Battle of Dumbarton
commies relieve Taetal, loyalists get beaten
Late War (1930-1931)
Retreat from Wolford
-ardmori troops begin to break with mass execution of royals and armori government officials -wavering ardmori support increases burden on arco troops
Evacuation of Taernsby
-arco generals see writing on the wall, begin an evacuation a la Manila to get loyalists to the north island
Battles of the Southern Marches
-retreat to north island (make it seem like a long march type deal)
Armistice and Legacy
-generic status quo
-armstice negotiated by @Kir ?
-2 countries emerge -arco withdrawal from Levantia