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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict    = Operation Rapture
|image       = Metz1944-1.jpg
|image_size  = 300px
|caption     = Tieradan troops enter West Apelia
|partof      = the [[WFGWV|Western]] and [[WVFGWV|West Vierz]] fronts of the [[Great War (Vasarden)|Great War]]
|date        = 8 September – 13 November 1946<br/>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=09|day1=08|year1=1947|month2=11|day2=13|year2=1947}})
|place       = [[Apelia]]
|result      = Allied victory
* Apelia capitulates to the Allied Powers
|combatant1  = {{flag|Tierada}}<br>{{flag|Vonzumier}}<br>{{flag|Vierz Empire}}<br>{{flag|Camardocia}}<br>{{flag|Lemerum}}<br>{{flagcountry|Aranquia}}<br>{{flagcountry|V URH}}<br>{{flag|Savland}}<br>{{flagcountry|Borish Republic}}
|combatant2  = {{flagcountry|Second Apelian Republic}}<br>{{flagcountry|Granzery SR}}
|commander1  = {{flagicon|Vonzumier}} [[Wilhelm Schnabel]]<br>{{flagicon|Vierz Empire}} [[Hermann Eschau]]<br>{{flagicon|Vierz Empire}} [[Helmut Bergmann]]<br>{{flagicon|Vierz Empire}} [[Jens Reinhardt]]<br>{{flagicon|Vierz Empire}} [[Bruno Hessel]]<br>{{flagicon|Camardocia}} Guillem Vadell<br>{{flagicon|Lemerum}} Agis Erregui<br>{{flagicon|Aranquia}} Alonso Obregón<br>{{flagicon|V URH}} Pieter-Jan Clous<br>{{flagicon|Savland}} Kristen Ramstad<br>{{flagicon|Borish Republic}} Florentijn Schotman
|commander2  = {{flagicon|Second Apelian Republic}} [[Abel Mallaire]]<br>{{flagicon|Second Apelian Republic}} Jean-Baptiste Brochard<br>{{flagicon|Second Apelian Republic}} Jules Charbonnier<br>{{flagicon|Second Apelian Republic}} Éloi Sharpe<br>{{flagicon|Granzery SR}} [[Lázár Molnár]]<br>{{flagicon|Granzery SR}} Károly Rákosi
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|campaignbox = {{Vasarden Great War Campaignbox}}
}}

'''Operation ''Rapture'''''  ({{wpl|German language|Vierz}}: ''Unternehmen ''Entrückung) was the codename for the [[Allianz (Vasarden)|Allied]] offensive against [[Second Apelian Republic|Apelia]] conducted in the autumn of 1946, during the [[Great War (Vasarden)|Great War]]. The main offensive on the Southern front was led by [[Tierada]] and supported by [[Vonzumier]], [[Camardocia]], [[Lemerum]], [[Aranquia]], and [[Hevatia]]; a concurrent and complementary offensive on the northern front was led by the [[Vierz Empire]], supported by [[Savland]] and [[Borish Republic|Borland]]. The initial offensive broke a nine-month-long deadlock on the Western front and drove the Apelian Army into a full rout. The offensive concluded with the end of the [[Battle of Belens]], which saw the capital of Apelia fall under Allied control. Apelian prime minister [[Abel Mallaire]], having already fled to [[Socialist Republic of Granzery|Granzery]], resigned shortly after the end of the battle, and his successor [[Jean-Baptiste Brochard]] ordered the surrender of the Apelian military.

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[[Category:Vasarden]]
[[Category:Great War (Vasarden)]]
[[Category:Apelia]]
[[Category:Tierada]]