Ardmori Civil War

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.

Ardmori Civil War
(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.
Date 1927-1931 Location Ardmore, Southern Levantia Result Establishment of the Republic of Ardmore and the Ardmori Cooperative
Belligerents
Ardmore Arcerion	Ardmori Cooperative
Units involved
Royal Ardmori Army Royal Ardmori Navy Ardmori Air Corps Arcer Army	Ardmori Liberation Army National Ardmori Front New Ardmori People's Republic
Casualties and losses
significant	significant

Background

Map of Ardmore at the outset of the Ardmori Civil War.

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.

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