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[[File:Ardmore Crackdown.jpg|thumb|Workers clash with members of the Royal Ardmore Constabulary on January 5th, 1927 and several dozen members of the Union were killed. Collectively this was referred to as 'Red Wednesday.']] | [[File:Ardmore Crackdown.jpg|thumb|Workers clash with members of the Royal Ardmore Constabulary on January 5th, 1927 and several dozen members of the Union were killed. Collectively this was referred to as 'Red Wednesday.']] | ||
=== Royal Crackdown and Suppression === | === Royal Crackdown and Suppression === | ||
Ros Mac's insistence on a show that would attract political and international attention continued to drive a wedge between the leadership within the socialist ranks. This discontent allowed infiltrators from the Constabulary and officers/investigators in plainclothes to begin to subvert efforts by Ros Mac to continue planning and executing strikes and events. The intelligence network that was created allowed for the Constabulary to head off strikes, box in protests, or arrest perpetrators before many of the events began. The slow decline of events thanks to effective policing and intelligence work however did not culimnate with the arrest or killing of any of the senior leadership, many of whom had fled to Vithinja for continued education, military training, and political campaigning for additional support. | |||
By the end of 1926, the uprising had been reclassified by police as a "nuisance" and officers and intelligence officials were reassigned. However, Ros Mac, recently returned from a speaking tour at many prominent Levantine universities and colleges, organized a labour event using different agents, means, and methods to ensure it achieved surprise. Arriving the night of January 4th, they set up picket lines and strike areas to prevent steel workers from getting into their factory, organizing and modelling the event as a union signup initiative, to encourage the factory workers and smiths to join his cause rather than continue to be abused by the upper classes of Ardmori business and government. By midday on the 5th of January, the Constabulary had received a formal complaint from the factory senior management, and embarrassed that they had not effectively ended the dissent, sent over two hundred officers to clear out the disturbance. The resulting clash resulted in the deaths of several dozen Union members and several constables, the event, 'Red Wednesday' becoming a rallying cry for the Ardmori people, and the Union leadership finally had scored a political and strategic information victory over the Royal Family. | |||
=== Socialist Uprising === | === Socialist Uprising === | ||
The outpouring of international condemnation was strong, and foreign support and weapons began to flow into the North and South Islands. Ardghar and Ros Mac finally sat down to create a campaign plan based off of lessons they had learned at training camps in Vithnija. However, their tact was different and were unable to overcome disagreements, parting ways to stand up similar, but different organizations. | |||
The Royal Family, appalled that the socialist uprising was now turning into a full fledged rebellion, began tasking the Army with hunting down the dissenters and subversives, essentially in an attempt to go onto the offensive and crush the communists. Lacking the effective equipment or training to do so, the clumsy attempts by the Army were either thwarted by sympathetic soldiers leaking plans of attack, or through commander's general incompetence at combatting insurgent forces. Weapons continued to be smuggled in, stolen from provate warehouses, or looted from Army store depots throughout Ardmore, as Brigades of socialists began arming themselves. | |||
== Early War (1927-1929) == | == Early War (1927-1929) == | ||
=== Initial Conflicts === | === Initial Conflicts === | ||
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-few key battles, at least 1 stalingrad esque | -few key battles, at least 1 stalingrad esque | ||
=== Urcean Diplomatic Intervention === | === Urcean Diplomatic Intervention === | ||
Urc basically ceases all economic support to Ardmore, orders all key allies to as well | Urc basically ceases all economic support to Ardmore, orders all key allies to as well | ||
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Government and military begin to collapse | Government and military begin to collapse | ||
==== Battle of Elliston ==== | ==== Battle of Elliston ==== | ||
arco paras and light rifles battling in hills, commies lose | arco paras and light rifles battling in hills, commies lose | ||