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===Beginning of the naval campaign=== | ===Beginning of the naval campaign=== | ||
Although stretched thin on land, the complete lack of a Derian naval force combined with the supremacy of the [[Urcea]]n [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] in and around [[Levantia]] ensured that [[Burgundie]] had a plethora of naval assets to dispose of by the time war in the east broke out in September 1934. Accordingly, a massive share of Burgundie's naval forces were diverted from the Occident and locations abroad to the [[Middle seas region]], with a portion of those committed to keeping sea lanes between [[Levantia]] and the east open for both commerce and military purposes. By late October 1934, sufficient operational strength had been mustered to allow the [[Navy of Burgundie]] to begin offensive operations in various places, as well as stationing small flotillas around its coastal strongpoints to provide heavy artillery support. A major portion of the navy's offensive capacity were sent in the first week of November to [[Ayermer]], where it destroyed a smaller force of [[Corumm]]ese ships and lifted the month-long siege of the island. On 14 November, a Corummese defeated a Burgoignesc force to a draw near Salarive, requiring additional ships to move to the south Middle seas area to ward off the Corummese navy. For the remainder of 1934 and early 1935, the Corummese and Burgoignesc navies largely skirmished without a decisive engagement. The arrival of [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] ships at [[Antilles]] plus additional Urcean ships guarding the sea lanes gradually allowed the Navy of Burgundie to shift more of its ships to the combat theater. | Although stretched thin on land, the complete lack of a Derian naval force combined with the supremacy of the [[Urcea]]n [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] in and around [[Levantia]] ensured that [[Burgundie]] had a plethora of naval assets to dispose of by the time war in the east broke out in September 1934. Accordingly, a massive share of Burgundie's naval forces were diverted from the Occident and locations abroad to the [[Middle seas region]], with a portion of those committed to keeping sea lanes between [[Levantia]] and the east open for both commerce and military purposes. By late October 1934, sufficient operational strength had been mustered to allow the [[Navy of Burgundie]] to begin offensive operations in various places, as well as stationing small flotillas around its coastal strongpoints to provide heavy artillery support. A major portion of the navy's offensive capacity were sent in the first week of November to [[Ayermer]], where it destroyed a smaller force of [[Corumm]]ese ships and lifted the month-long siege of the island. On 14 November, a Corummese defeated a Burgoignesc force to a draw near Salarive, requiring additional ships to move to the south Middle seas area to ward off the Corummese navy. For the remainder of 1934 and early 1935, the Corummese and Burgoignesc navies largely skirmished without a decisive engagement. The arrival of [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] ships at [[Antilles]] plus additional Urcean ships guarding the sea lanes gradually allowed the Navy of Burgundie to shift more of its ships to the combat theater. | ||
===Corummese offensive=== | |||
On 14 December 1934, the [[Corumm]]ese Army launched an invasion of [[Pukhgundi]], one of the few "loyalist" states in the Burgoignesc eastern sphere. The invasion, launched over land, was initially very successful, with Pukhgundian and Burgoignesc forces pushed back from the border with heavy losses as of 1 January. The Corummese force outnumbered the allied forces nearly 2-to-1, requiring allied command to concede most of the country and pull back to Pukhgundi's southwestern peninsula. There, a strong line of defense combined with naval support fire stopped the advance, and Corummese forces switched over to the defensive. | |||
===Zaclaria enters the war=== | ===Zaclaria enters the war=== | ||
=Peripheral Theaters= | =Peripheral Theaters= | ||