Ardmori Civil War

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

Brief overview

Background

Background general

Union Protest

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)

-ardmori troops begin to break with mass execution of royals and armori government officials -wavering ardmori support increases burden on arco troops

-arco generals see writing on the wall, begin an evacuation a la Manila to get loyalists to the north island

-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