View source for Summer '15 Offensive

{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict = Summer '15 Offensive
|partof = [[First Europan War]]
|image=
|caption=
|date = May 1915 - October 1915
|place = Gallia-Bruhl
|territory = 
|result = Central Powers Victory; <br/> [[The Vasel Incident]]; The [[Siege of Vasel]] begins<br/> 
|combatant1 ='''''
{{flagicon image|GalliaF.png|22px}} Gallia-Bruhl<br/>
{{flagicon image|Great_Lucis_and_Accordo_-_Tristain.jpg|22px}} United Kingdom<br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}} Zanarkand and the Besaid Islands<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Rubrum1 T E.jpg|22px}} Rubrum and the Peristylium<br/>



|combatant2 = '''''
{{flagicon image|East europan imperial alliance 11666.jpg|22px}} Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} Archadia-Archedes<br/>
{{flagicon image|Guadosalam federation 554249.png|22px}} Guadosalam Federation<br/>

|commander1 ='''''
{{flagicon image|GalliaF.png|22px}} Georg von Damon<br/>
{{flagicon image|GalliaF.png|22px}} Hans von Westerloo<br/>
{{flagicon image|GalliaF.png|22px}} Johannes Klink<br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}}  Thomas MacDonald<br/>&nbsp;<small>(deserted on September)</small> <br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}}  Jonathan Vokes<br/>&nbsp;<small>(deserted on September)</small> <br/>
{{flagicon image|Great_Lucis_and_Accordo_-_Tristain.jpg|22px}} William Spry<br/>&nbsp;<small>(deserted on October)</small> <br/>
{{flagicon image|Great_Lucis_and_Accordo_-_Tristain.jpg|22px}} Mark Alexander<br/>&nbsp;<small>(deserted on October)</small> <br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Rubrum1 T E.jpg|22px}} Jean-Guy Sugita<br/>&nbsp;<small>(refused to participate, deserted on June)</small> <br/>


|commander2 = '''''
{{flagicon image|East europan imperial alliance 11666.jpg|22px}} Kyosti Mamercus Nussembaum<br/>
{{flagicon image|East europan imperial alliance 11666.jpg|22px}} Hilde Getrud Aschelmann<br/>
{{flagicon image|East europan imperial alliance 11666.jpg|22px}} Gerhard Brotz<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} Alfredo Graziani<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} Alberto Bruno<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} Viktor di Calla<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} Pietro Marella<br/>
{{flagicon image|Guadosalam federation 554249.png|22px}} Giovanni Maurice<br/>
{{flagicon image|Guadosalam federation 554249.png|22px}} Hugo Santorez<br/>

|strength1 = 
|strength2 = 
| units1 = 
| units2 = 
|casualties1 = 
|casualties2 = 
}}

The Summer '15 Offensive is a successful major Central powers offensive spanning from May to late October of 1915, defeating primarily the Commonwealth Armies under the command of Marshal Georg von Damon, who took over after King Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII left for Rubrum to check on the condition of Lt. General Murakamo Susaya and to command troops in the Africanna Campaign. Imperial troops pushed through the Naggiar Plains and into the Barious Desert with the Archadian and the Guadosalam Forces pushing from the south and capturing Randgriz as a result. This caused the Gallian Government to flee to the United Kingdom. 

The defeat of the Commonwealth Forces caused tensions in the Commonwealth chain of command especially on the grounds that Von Damon's ill-handling of the Commonwealth Forces and incompetence of his command (the same incident that had happened on the early stages of the Barious Offensive of 1914) had costed the Commonwealth 3/4th's of the Gallian Lands. This tension is known as the [[The Vasel Incident|Vasel Incident]] in which Generals, lead by Zanarkian commander Ramsey Handel along with other Commonwealth Commanders that included Lucians Horrocks and Alexander then Zanarkians Ritchie and Miyamoto then Rubrumians Sugita and Simmonds and Gallian General O'Hara  broke free from Von Damon's command and ignoring all of his orders including the order to pull out of Vasel and the area around the Randgriz Prefecture. Although, Vasel was ordered by Von Damon to defend it for 4 weeks, but Handel defended it for 8 months, which came to be known as the epic [[Siege of Vasel]] that lasted from October 1915 to July 1916, when the Tenebraeans entered the war and relieved the city.

The Imperials also launched an attack on the lands of the Atlantic Federation and defeating them in several battles. The Imperials outflanked a large Federation Defensive Line and pushed deeper into the Federation territory. 

The Offensive also sees a lot of controversies, making the offensive the most controversial in regard to the chain-of-command.

{{Campaignbox Europan Campaign}}