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===Early "diplomatic war" and continued fighting=== | ===Early "diplomatic war" and continued fighting=== | ||
The success of the Armored Division led to major pro-Imperial gains by late February, repulsing a Republican Front drive on [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]] and retaking most of northern [[Rhotia]]. Other armored divisions were entering combat around this time, but the Derians had also begun to develop effective anti-armor techniques, decreasing their overall utility. Extensive fighting also meant these early tanks broke down more often, also decreasing their use. Off the battlefield, Urcean and Burgoignesc diplomats began to open back channel negotiations with individual component states of the [[Deric Republic]]. The negotiations centered around recognition of local revolutionary authorities combined with the previous ruling lord dropping their claims to the territory in exchange for an end of hostilities. Both Urcean and Burgoignesc negotiators insisted on the continued existence of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], in some form, as the basis for these negotiations, and due to this insistence these early proposals all failed. | The success of the Armored Division led to major pro-Imperial gains by late February, repulsing a Republican Front drive on [[Corcra (City)|Corcra]] and retaking most of northern [[Rhotia]]. Other armored divisions were entering combat around this time, but the Derians had also begun to develop effective anti-armor techniques, decreasing their overall utility. Extensive fighting also meant these early tanks broke down more often, also decreasing their use. Off the battlefield, Urcean and Burgoignesc diplomats began to open back channel negotiations with individual component states of the [[Deric Republic]]. The negotiations centered around recognition of local revolutionary authorities combined with the previous ruling lord dropping their claims to the territory in exchange for an end of hostilities. Both Urcean and Burgoignesc negotiators insisted on the continued existence of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]], in some form, as the basis for these negotiations, and due to this insistence these early proposals all failed. | ||
In late winter and early spring, the nationalists waged a large scale offensive in mid-March as the mud began to dry. Earlier Imperial successes had led to extensive and often exposed lines running from the landward facing side of Burgundie to the Finnan border. By 20 March 1935, Corcra sat at the tip of the largest Imperial salient. Several large skirmishes across the lines on 21-22 March convinced senior Imperial generals that the forces there were likely about to be cut off. The political importance of holding the city, the nominal seat of the Empire, required the decision to withdraw by approved by the Emperor himself. Though the [[Imperial Diet]], Imperial [[Cort_de_Antics#Armory_College|Armory College]], and most other institutions and offices of the Empire had been evacuated to [[Urcea]] by January 1935 ahead of the Republican Front's winter offensive, it still held significant symbolic value to the war effort and maintenance of the Empire. Emperor [[Brian IV of Urcea|Brian VIII]] thus hesitated until the early morning hours of 23 March to consent to issue the order; Imperial forces consequently struggled to escape the salient and only did so barely. On 25 March, Republican Front forces entered Corcra to applauding crowds. The statue of the Emperor outside the Imperial Palace was smashed, though Republican Front forces successfully managed to prevent wider looting of the Palace's "Derian national treasures." | |||
=Sarpedonian Theater= | =Sarpedonian Theater= | ||