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| {{Infobox military conflict | | |honorific-prefix = {{wp|Her Excellency}} |
| | conflict = Lemovician War | | |name = Aleksandra Wojdyla |
| | width = | | |image = Premier_RP_Beata_Szydło_w_Parlamencie_UE.jpg |
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| | image = [[File:LemovWarMap.gif|250px]] | | |caption = Aleksandra Wojdyla at a parliamentary debate, 2016 |
| | caption = Animated map of the Lemovician War<br>{{colorbox|#007846}} [[Lemovicia|Lemovician separatists]]<br>{{colorbox|#C24650}} [[West Miersa|West Miersan forces]] | | |office = 22nd [[Minister-President of West Miersa]] |
| | date = 21<sup>st</sup> November, 1979 - 22<sup>nd</sup> June, 1992<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=3|day1=5|year1=1979|month2=11|day2=21|year2=1992}}) | | |term_start = 23 June, 2013 |
| | place = {{flag|Lemovicia}}<br>{{flag|West Miersa}} | | |term_end = 3 October, 2016 |
| | coordinates = | | |president = [[Gerard Wojdyla]] |
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| | map_relief = | | |predecessor = Gerard Wojdyla |
| | latitude = | | |successor = [[Sylwester Wrzesiński]] |
| | longitude = | | |office2 = 22nd [[Minister-President of West Miersa]] |
| | map_size = | | |term_start2 = 3 October, 2011 |
| | map_marksize = | | |term_end2 = 3 October, 2016 |
| | map_caption = | | |predecessor2 = [[Oskar Palubicki]] |
| | map_label = | | |successor2 = Aleksandra Wojdyla |
| | territory = | | |office3 = Member for [[Centralny Żobrodź]] |
| | result = {{wp|Military stalemate}} | | |term_start3 = 4 September, 1993 |
| *[[Arciluco Agreement]]
| | |term_end3 = 23 June, 2013 |
| *[[Lemovicia|Lemovician]] control of eastern [[Malomiersa]] and the [[Slirnian Autonomous Region]]
| | |predecessor3 = [[Lubomił Iwanski]] |
| | combatants_header = | | |successor3 = [[Marcin Niedbalski]] |
| | combatant1 = {{flag|Lemovicia}}<br>'''Supported by:'''<br>{{flag|East Miersa}}<br>TBD | | |birthname = Aleksandra Tomasz Wojdyla |
| | combatant2 = {{flag|West Miersa}}<br>{{flagicon|West Miersa}} [[Episemialist Church|Episemialist militias]] '''Supported by:'''<br>{{flag|Soravia}} | | |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|4|15|df=y}} |
| | commander1 = {{flagicon|Lemovicia}} '''[[Ociote Sasiambarena]]'''<br>{{flagicon|Lemovicia}} '''[[Nikola Lezana]]''' {{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|Lemovicia}} [[Suban Urtizverea]]<br>{{flagicon|Lemovicia}} [[Kintiliano Areiti]] | | |birth_place = [[West Żobrodź]], [[Żobrodź voivodeship|Żobrodź]], [[West Miersa]] |
| | commander2 = {{flagicon|West Miersa}} '''[[Tadeusz Wojdyla]]'''<br>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|West Miersa}} '''[[Maksymilian Trzeciak]]'''}}<br>{{flagicon|West Miersa}} [[Bartosz Zborowski]]<br>{{flagicon|West Miersa}} [[Marin Oldakowski]] | | |death_date = |
| | strength1 = {{flag|Lemovicia}} 130,298 | | |death_place = |
| | strength2 = {{flag|West Miersa}} TBD | | |alma_mater = [[University of Krada]] |
| | casualties1 = '''Lemovician'''<br>30,521 killed<br>38,696 wounded <br>14,696 missing and captured | | |nationality = [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] |
| | casualties2 = '''West Miersan'''<br>15,359 killed<br>41,506 wounded <br>18,921 missing and captured | | |profession = {{wp|Lawyer}}, {{wp|politician}} |
| | notes = <div class="center" style="width: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;">{{circa|300,000}} civilians killed<br>2,171,631 internally displaced persons and refugees</div class> | | |party = [[Miersan National Party]] |
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| | |spouse = [[Pafnucy Chojnowski]] |
| | |children = 3 |
| | | relatives = ''See [[Wojdyla family]]'' |
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| | | allegiance = {{flagicon|West Miersa}} [[Miersan National Army]] |
| | | branch = Medical Corps |
| | | serviceyears = 1979-1982 |
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| The '''Lemovician War''' ({{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: ''Mendiluŕeko bijna'', {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Małomierska wojna''), often known as the '''Little War''' ({{wp|Basque language|Lemovician}}: ''Bijna cikija'', {{wp|Polish language|Miersan}}: ''Mała wojna'') was a twelve-year long {{wp|war of independence}} in [[Malomiersa]] and [[West Miersa]], which lasted from 1979 until 1992.
| | '''Aleksandra Wojdyla''', also known as '''Aleksandra Chojnowska''', is a [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] {{wp|politician}}, who is the current leader of the [[Miersan National Party]], and who previously served as the twenty-second [[Minister-President of West Miersa]] from 2013 to 2016. |
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| | ==Early life== |
| | Aleksandra Wojdyla was born on 15 April, 1963 to [[Zbigniew Wojdyla]] and Halina Wojdyla, as the youngest of four daughters, in [[West Zobrodz]], [[West Miersa]]. |
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| ==Origins==
| | As her father was a member of the [[National Assembly (Kylaris)|National Assembly]], she would spend her childhood alternating between West Zobrodz and [[Gdawiec]], in her father's constituency. Thus, when she began her schooling in 1969, she attended prestigious schools in Gdawiec, where she was described as a mediocre student in "feminine subjects," but an excellent student when it came to "masculine subjects." |
| The roots of the Lemovician War are believed to begin with the {{wp|industrialisation}} of present-day [[Lemovicia]]: due to the substantial {{wp|coal}} and {{wp|iron}} deposits present in the region, migrants, primarily from the [[Miersan Governorate]] of the [[Narozalic Empire]], which at the time, ruled over both present-day [[West Miersa]] and Lemovicia. This allowed substantial migration of {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}} to Lemovicia, ultimately forming a substantial majority in the northern regions of [[Malomiersa]] by 1900.
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| Following the implementation of the [[Godfredson Plan]] in 1936 which granted [[Miersa]] independence as [[West Miersa]] and [[East Miersa]], Lemovicia was placed under the control of the [[West Miersa|Miersan Federation]], due to Lemovicia's long association with the [[Soravia|Soravian]] [[Miersan Governate]]. Under West Miersan rule, the region underwent a policy of {{wp|Polonization|Miersanization}}, which had the effect of reducing the number of ethnic Lemovicians from 46% in 1936 to 34% in 1977.
| | In 1973, she was able to move on to a prestigious high school, where she became interested in politics. Despite her father discouraging her from entering politics, she became more determined to enter the political world. She became eligible to attend {{wp|lycée|college}} in 1979, only for the [[Miersan War]] to force her to drop out from her studies. |
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| In the 1970s, as {{wp|coal}} and {{wp|iron}} mines closed down in Malomiersa, tensions grew between Lemovicians and Miersans, as they competed for fewer and fewer jobs. This led to Lemovicians reasserting their identity against the Miersan majority, with two major organizations, [[Eztebe Tolaregain]]'s [[Lemovician Cultural Alliance]], and [[Nikola Lezana]]'s [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]] become the two main Lemovician organizations. While the former primarily focused on a cultural revival, the latter sought a political solution to the plight of the Lemovician nation.
| | During the Miersan War, she served as a {{wp|nurse}} in the [[Miersan National Army]], despite having no medical experience, as she wanted to "help my country." She served until the end of the end of the Miersan War, when she was honourably discharged. |
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| ==Prelude==
| | The following year, she married her husband, [[Pafnucy Chojnowski]], who she met during the war when she treated him in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Krada]]. Despite her marriage, she still remained determined to enter politics. |
| From 1977 onward, terrorist attacks became a common feature of life in the region, with the first major one taking place in September of that year, when a bomb planted at a [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] government office in [[Sechia]] injured two people. While this was a {{wp|lone wolf (terrorism)|lone wolf attack}}, in 1978, the [[Aranoak]] was founded, with the express purpose of launching a campaign of terrorism to "cripple northern rule [over Lemovicia]."
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| Between October 1978 and November 1979, Aranoak committed six terrorist attacks, killing 19 people and injuring 55 people. In response, the West Miersan government engaged in extensive crackdowns against Lemovicians, which led to growing opposition to West Miersan rule.
| | ==Political career== |
| | ===Early political career=== |
| | Her opportunity came in 1986. With [[Zbigniew Wojdyla]] having served continuously from 1961 as a Member of the [[National Assembly (West Miersa)|National Assembly]], TBC. |
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| However, shortly after [[East Miersa]] invaded [[West Miersa]], thus starting the [[Miersan War]], the [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]], led by [[Ociote Sasiambarena]] and [[Nikolas Lezana]] took it upon themselves to seize control of government buildings in [[Topagunea|Mistózburó]] (present-day [[Topagunea]]) and proclaimed their independence from West Miersa on 21 November, 1979.
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| | In 1983, she married her husband, [[Pafnucy Chojnowski]]. Together, they have three children: two sons, Zygmunt Chojnowski, born in 1984, and Tomisław Chojnowski, born in 1986, and a daughter, Bożena Zaborska, born in 1988. |
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| | As of 2020, she has nine grandchildren: three from Zygmunt Chojnowski, two from Chojnowski, and four from Bożena Zaborska. |
| ===Early phases===
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| [[File:Spopad_za_mejni_prehod_Rožna_Dolina.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Battle of Sechia (1981)|Battle of Sechia]], 1981]]
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| Upon their proclamation of independence from [[West Miersa]], the nascent [[Lemovicia|Lemovician]] state became aligned with [[East Miersa]], with the [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]] establishing a {{wp|paramilitary|paramilitary force}} that would form the nucleus of the modern-day [[Revolutionary Defence Forces (Lemovicia)|Revolutionary Defence Forces]].
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| This proclamation of independence from West Miersa meant that the Lemovician separatists were able to cooperate with the invading East Miersans, but also reduce the likelihood that the region would be a centre of partisan activity against the East Miersan [[People's Protection Forces]]. While initially, the Lemovician separatists only had control over [[Lemovician people|Lemovician-majority]] areas of [[Malomiersa]], their quick advance, aided by the East Miersan forces, by the end of the year, the Lemovician separatists were able to seize control of the entirety of the [[Voivodeships of West Miersa|voivodeship]] of Malomiersa.
| | While for her professional career, she maintains the use of her {{wp|maiden name}} to emphasise her connections to the [[Wojdyla family]]. |
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| At this time, Miersan militias began to rise, particularly in the northern regions of the Malomiersan voivodeship, which had a significant {{wp|Polish people|Miersan}} population, which proved to be a problem to the People's Protection Forces. Despite these challenges, the Lemovician separatists were able to institute a [[Constitution of Lemovicia|constitution]] at the Second Party Congress in 1980, which established Lemovicia as a {{wp|socialist state}}, basing themselves off of the [[Kirenia|Kirenian]] and East Miersan models, although they took some influences from the [[Amathian Equalist Republic]] and the [[Slirnia#Socialist Republic of Slirnia, (1936-1980)|Socialist Republic of Slirnia]].
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| Throughout 1980 and into 1981, resistance against Lemovician separatist control over Malomiersa was largely done by local Episemialist militias in the northern regions, which with the help of East Miersan forces, were able to be repulsed. However, in July 1981, the [[Battle of Sechia (1981)|first battle of Sechia]] took place, which saw the Miersan-majority neighbourhoods of the city be freed by local militias, and return to West Miersan rule.
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| Despite this setback, the Lemovician Section of the Workers' International was able to maintain control over most of the voivodeship of Malomiersa well into 1982. However, with the signing of the [[Treaty of San Alessandro]] in 1982, which ended the [[Miersan War]] between West Miersa and East Miersa, East Miersan forces withdrew from Lemovicia, leading to the Revolutionary Defence Forces largely fighting on their own.
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| [[File:Novi_travnik_u_ratu.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[[Mostar, West Miersa|Mostar]] after the [[Battle of Mostar]], 1983]]
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| Following the end of the [[Miersan War]] in 1982, while the [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] [[Miersan National Army]] was battered by the war, it was now able to focus on fighting the Lemovician separatists, which due to their small size compared to the West Miersan military, combined with the size of the Episemialist militias, was seen as easy to defeat.
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| Thus, on 7 January, 1983, the Episemialist militias and the West Miersan military launched an offensive against the northwestern regions of [[Malomiersa]], with the intention of securing West Miersan control over the powiat of [[Czarnoziem, Małomiersa|Czarnoziem]]. This surprise offensive was a success, particularly as many {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, who chafed under Lemovician rule, rebelled against the Lemovician separatists, and by the end of January, Czarnoziem had fallen to West Miersan forces. However, the [[Revolutionary Defence Forces (Lemovicia)|Revolutionary Defence Forces]] were able to secure the perimeter around the northwestern front line, which held the Miersans back.
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| As supplies from [[East Miersa]] became less reliable, it became urgent that a supply line be restored: thus, while [[Nikolas Lezana]] sought to have a "quick offensive to the nrothwest" to repel the West Miersans, [[Ociote Sasiambarena]] insisted on an attack to take the [[Środkowa corridor]] in order to have a supply line from [[Checkpoint Gamma]] to the rest of Lemovician-controlled territory without having to rely on supply lines via [[Slirnia]].
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| Thus, in May 1983, the Lemovician separatists abandoned the northwest in favour of an offense to take control of the Środkowa corridor, as well as "as much of [[Zelaja Province]] as possible." While by July, the Środkowa corridor was secured, including the town of [[Heŕibeŕija|Białewłosy]], in [[Mostar, West Miersa|Mostar]], Lemovician defenders began fighting a vicious battle, lasting until October, when the city of Mostar fell to the West Miersans. In November 1983, the city of [[Loiola]] fell to West Miersan forces in the [[Battle of Loiola]].
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| Encouraged by this victory, in January 1984, the West Miersans launched a strike at [[Topagunea|Mistózburó]], thereby starting the [[Battle of Topagunea (1984)|first Battle of Topagunea]]. The battle lasted seventy-seven days, from 18 January to 4 April, during which time the West Miersans were able to secure some of the outlying northern neighbourhoods, but were unable to secure full control of the city centre, where the Lemovician government buildings were situated. The first Battle of Topagunea thus ended in a {{wp|stalemate|military stalemate}} between both forces, which spread across the front-line.
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| [[File:Croatian_War_1991_Vukovar_street.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Bailara]] after the [[Battle of Bailara]], 1986]]
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| Throughout the rest of 1984, a {{wp|stalemate}} hindered the ability of the [[Miersan National Army]] and associated episemialist militias from advancing further into [[Lemovicia|separatist-controlled territory]], while the Lemovician separatists were unable to advance into the northwest beyond sporadic {{wp|hit-and-run attacks}} committed by the [[Aranoak]].
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| However, as [[Soravia]] recovered from the [[Sostava War]], it became more able to provide assistance to the West Miersans, which helped increase West Miersan confidence that they may be able to "end the rebellion in [[Malomiersa]] by the end of the decade." By December 1984, this led to the beginning of an aerial bombing campaign against separatist-controlled territory to cripple the Lemovician separatists.
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| While the bombings damaged infrastructure, it failed to weaken the Lemovician forces: thus, on 7 July, 1985, the [[Battle of Bailara]] began, with a surprise West Miersan attack on [[Bailara]]. While parts of the city were initially overrun, to the point that a {{wp|pocket (military)|pocket}} emerged within the city as the West Miersan forces encircled them, over several months, the West Miersans were gradually pushed back, until by December 1985, the West Miersans were forced to abandon the battle.
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| During the Battle of Bailara, the [[Battle of Topagunea (1985)|second Battle of Topagunea]] took place, which saw much of the southern neighbourhoods in the city of [[Topagunea]] be overrun by West Miersan forces, although Lemovician forces managed to maintain a control of a narrow corridor which allowed for supply lines to be maintained, helping prevent the city from falling to West Miersan forces.
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| The West Miersans, emboldened by their success in Topagunea, despite not being able to secure control of Bailara, went on the [[Zieljeznica offensive]] in May 1986, which saw West Miersan forces advance southward via the [[Zieljeznica River]], with the intention of cutting off [[Ibaiak Province|Ibaiak]] from the rest of separatist-controlled territory. At the [[Battle of Erdikozubija]] on 7 June, 1986, [[Nikolas Lezana]] was killed in the fighting, making [[Ociote Sasiambarena]] the acting First Secretary of the [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]] for the duration of the war. However, despite the death of Lezana, the Battle of Erdikozubija managed to halt the West Miersan advance down the Zieljeznica River, as a salient was created south of the town of [[Erdikozubija]] which made it difficult for West Miersans to resupply their forces in the area.
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| At the same time, West Miersan forces began making inroads into Ibaiak Province, with the [[Battle of Hoikoćija (1986)|first Battle of Hoikoćija]] in September 1986 ending with a {{wp|pyrrhic victory}} for the separatists, as they were able to defend the city, and force a stalemate between West Miersan and separatist forces.
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| [[File:Captured_Serb_cannon_and_truck_in_Siritovci_1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[[Monoza, Lemovicia|Monoza]] after falling to Lemovician forces, 1988]]
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| With the end of the [[Miersan National Party]]'s rule over [[West Miersa]] in October 1986, there was hope by many that a peaceful solution to the Lemovician War could be achieved. However, newly-elected [[President of West Miersa]] [[Maksymilian Trzeciak]] refused to entertain the notions, saying that "we will ensure that the [[East Miersa|East Miersans]] stick to the [[Treaty of San Alessandro]], and withdraw all their forces [from [[Malomiersa]]]." Thus, for the rest of 1986 and well into 1987, apart from several {{wp|skirmishes}}, particularly in [[Topagunea]], a {{wp|stalemate}} prevented the advancement of either the separatist forces or the [[Miersan National Army]].
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| At the same time, the situation in the Lemovician enclaves in [[Sechia]] became more untenable, particularly as supplies between separatist-controlled neighbourhoods and the rest of separatist-controlled territory became harder to come by. Thus, on 4 May, 1987, the [[Battle of Sechia (1987)|second Battle of Sechia]] began when West Miersan forces cut off all supply routes into the Lemovician-controlled neighbourhoods with the intention of besieging the city. Over the next several months, despite fierce resistance from the defenders in the eastern neighbourhoods, the blockade led to the weakening of Lemovician forces in Sechia, until by 10 November, the Lemovician defenders surrendered Sechia, thereby losing all control over the city.
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| Emboldened with this success, in February 1988, the Miersan National Army launched a full-on assault on [[Ibaiak Province]] in what was deemed [[Operation Zemsta]]. Despite several challenges, the Lemovician forces faced a devastating setback in March 1988 at the [[Battle of Hoikoćija (1988)|second Battle of Hoikoćija]], which saw the Lemovician separatists be routed by the Miersan National Army, and the fall of [[Hoikoćija]] to the West Miersan forces. By July 1988, the West Miersans had taken control of the western [[Malomiersa|Malomiersan]] border with TBD. By September 1988, after the [[Battle of Skończone]] in the village of [[Skończone, West Miersa|Skończone]] on the [[Harizmendi River]], the entirety of Ibaiak Province had fallen under West Miersan control, with the Upper Harizmendi Valley secured.
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| Following the fall of Hoikoćija, the West Miersan forces attempted to launch a second offensive to cut the [[Środkowa corridor]], as well as another offensive against [[Topagunea]]. While the Miersans made initial gains in the reconquest of the Środkowa corridor, at one point retaking control of most of the [[Środkowa, West Miersa|powiat of Środkowa]], at the [[Battle of Heŕibeŕija (1988)|second battle of Heŕibeŕija]] in June 1988, the Lemovicians were able to repulse the West Miersan forces, causing them to retreat from the area.
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| At the same time, the [[Battle of Topagunea (1988)|third Battle of Topagunea]] took place, which initially proved to be successful for the West Miersan forces, as they managed to cut off the supply lines leading into the city, causing Topagunea to become a {{wp|pocket (military)|pocket}} and undergo a siege. However, by October 1988, after the [[Revolutionary Defence Forces (Lemovicia)|Revolutionary Defence Forces]] managed to restore the corridor, the battle ended with a slight loss, as the corridor was wider than it had been prior to the third battle.
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| [[File:Vista_aérea_de_Lipik.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ruins of the village of [[Spichlerz, West Miersa|Spichlerz]], 1991]]
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| These two defeats of the [[Miersan National Army]] by the [[Revolutionary Defence Forces (Lemovicia)|Revolutionary Defence Forces]] halted [[Operation Zemsta]], and led to a {{wp|stalemate}} between the two sides. While the Lemovician separatists lost control of [[Ibaiak Province]], resistance remained strong into 1989, with [[Aranoak]] engaging in {{wp|hit-and-run attacks}} against West Miersan forces.
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| However, aside from several {{wp|skirmishes}} between the two sides, terrorist attacks by Aranoak against West Miersan targets, and a campaign of aerial bombing by the West Miersans against Lemovician targets, there was relatively little fighting throughout 1989, 1990, and early 1991, as neither side was able to advance against the other.
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| In May 1991, the stalemate was broken when West Miersan forces launched a surprise attack to take "full control of the [[Lautada Province|Równiny powiaty]]." The Równiny offensive caught the Revolutionary Defence Forces off guard, with the West Miersans being able to secure control of the area by June with little opposition, thereby cutting off the main road between [[Topagunea]] and the rest of the lowland provinces. However, on 29 June, the Lemovician separatists launched an offensive to retake the road: on 7 July, the [[Battle of Kocija]] took place in [[Kocija, Lemovicia|Kocija]], which saw Lemovician separatists retake control of the town, and forcing West Miersan forces to abandon the road.
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| The Lemovicians advanced further, seeking to retake the province, but were halted in September at the [[Battle of Spichlerz]], where West Miersans were able to maintain control of the town, and crippled the ability of Lemovician forces to advance further. They retreated to a safer position, where in October, at the [[Battle of Osara]], the Lemovicians maintained control of the village of [[Osara, Lemovicia|Osara]], which halted the West Miersan advance.
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| By the time of the conclusion of the Battle of Osara, and the resulting {{wp|stalemate}}, {{wp|war-weariness}} became prevalent among both the [[Lemovician people|Lemovician]] and {{wp|Polish people|Miersan}} populations, with protests in [[Sechia]], [[Krada]], and [[Topagunea]] calling on the respective governments to negotiate a {{wp|ceasefire}} to end the war. This ultimately forced the West Miersans and Lemovicians to call a {{wp|ceasefire}} on 25 March, 1992, in order to negotiate an end to the conflict in the [[Amathia|Amathian]] city of [[Arciluco]].
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| ===Negotiations===
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| [[File:LemovFront.png|150px|thumb|left|The [[Front line (Lemovicia)|front line]], as it stood at the end of the war]]
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| {{main|Arciluco Agreement}}
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| On 1 April, 1992, [[President of West Miersa|President]] [[Maksymilian Trzeciak]] met with [[Ociote Sasiambarena]], First Secretary of the [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]], in [[Arciluco]] to negotiate an agreement to end the war. From the start, there were doubts as to whether or not any agreement could come out of the conference at Arciluco, and for the first few days, it seemed possible that the talks would collapse, as Sasiambarena was unwilling to accept autonomy under West Miersa, citing the "ethnic displacement" as a result of the conflict, while Trzeciak was unwilling to accept an independent [[Lemovicia]].
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| However, as months progressed, the details were hammered out, with both sides agreeing to allow a [[Community of Nations|CN]]-based monitoring mission to operate on the [[Front line (Lemovicia)|front line]] as it stood at the time of the preliminary ceasefire, which would help prevent either side from attacking the other and continuing the war. As well, both the Lemovician and West Miersan governments agreed to allow the other side to govern territories controlled at the time of the preliminary ceasefire until a "permanent solution is reached," with the understanding that the agreement would neither "confirm nor reject the sovereignty of Lemovicia." This meant that the agreement was only a {{wp|ceasefire}} which would remain in effect until such time that both sides can agree on a {{wp|peace treaty}} to end the war.
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| With both sides agreeing to the document, Maksymilian Trzeciak and Ociote Sasiambarena signed the [[Arciluco Accords]] on 22 June, 1992, ending the Lemovician War.
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| ==Aftermath==
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| [[File:Dobrinja_in_1996.JPEG|250px|thumb|right|Ruins of a [[Topagunea]] neighbourhood, 1994]]
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| After the signing of the [[Arciluco Agreement]] which ended the Lemovician War, the historical region of [[Malomiersa]] was permanently partitioned between the [[West Miersa|West Miersan]] [[Voivodeships of West Miersa|voivodeship]] of [[Malomiersa]], and the {{wp|partially recognised states|partially recognised}} [[Lemovicia|State of Lemovicia]] by the [[Front line (Lemovicia)|front line]], which became a {{wp|demilitarised zone}}.
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| In West Miersan-controlled territory, the West Miersan government invested substantial sums into the reconstruction of the region, partially to encourage defections from Lemovicia to Malomiersa, particularly in [[North Mistózburó, West Miersa|North Mistózburó]], but also to restore [[Sechia]]'s position as the "third city" in western Miersa. By 2002, few signs of the war were present, particularly in Sechia and North Mistózburó, and by 2010, "virtually all of the war damage had been repaired" in West Miersan-controlled territory.
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| In contrast, Lemovician-controlled territory lagged behind that of Malomiersa, due to its [[International recognition of Lemovicia|lack of widespread international recognition]] by most other countries. This has hindered economic growth in the region, which was exacerbated by Lemovicia needing to resettle refugees in its territory, and with Lemovicia's socialist economic system, which has hindered trade with many capitalist states. While it has a fairly decent quality of life, it has lower standards of living than any of its neighbours. While as of 2006, there were still many signs of the war, in 2018, war damage was "mostly repaired," excluding certain sites which have been preserved as memorials.
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| Since the conclusion of Lemovician War, rampant {{wp|xenophobia}} has existed on both sides: in West Miersa, [[Lemovician people|Lemovicians]] routinely report {{wp|discrimination}} by both private businesses and by governmental entities, while in Lemovicia, {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}} tend to face societal discrimination, despite efforts by the Lemovician government to crack down on xenophobia against Miersans, with {{wp|Polonophobia|anti-Miersan sentiment}} spiking during times of crisis, as in the aftermath of the shootdown of [[Lemavia Flight 1]] in 2003. In addition, despite some efforts of mediation and negotiation between West Miersa and Lemovicia to agree on a "final peace," most recently in 2011, these efforts have gone nowhere.
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| ==Impact==
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| ===Demographic===
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| In 1977, the population of the voivodeship of [[Malomiersa]] was at 3,257,447 people living within its borders, of which 63% (2,052,191 people) were {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}}, while 34% (1,107,532 people) were [[Lemovician people|Lemovicians]].
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| Over the course of the Lemovician War, about two-thirds of the Malomiersan population were either {{wp|internally displaced persons|internally displaced}} within [[West Miersan]]-controlled or [[Lemovicia|separatist]]-controlled territory, or else fled the country to neighbouring nations, as a result of {{wp|ethnic cleansing}} by both sides of the war. Thus, when the war ended, virtually all Miersans in Malomiersa lived under West Miersan control, while most Lemovicians lived under separatist control. To this day, Lemovicia remains divided ethnically by the [[Front line (Lemovicia)|front line]] as it stood at the end of the war in 1992.
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| As well, it is believed that around 380,000 people were killed over the course of the war. Of those, around 300,000 people were civilians, while 78,037 were armed combatants from all three sides. In addition to the dead, 98,870 combatants on all three sides were wounded over the course of the war, and 46,105 were captured, and/or missing.
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| ===Economic===
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| Economically, the Lemovician War devastated the already-faltering [[Malomiersa|Malomiersan]] economy, partially due to the [[Lemovician Section of the Workers' International]] implementing socialist economic policies along the [[Kirenia|Kirenian]] and [[East Miersa|East Miersan]] lines, and partially due to the fighting between [[Lemovicia]] and [[West Miersa]] within Malomiersa.
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| In 1979, the nominal GDP per capita of the voivodeship of Malomiersa was at $1,570.21 ($5,529.41 adjusted for inflation in 2019), but by the end of the Lemovician War in 1992, the region's nominal GDP per capita was at $319.01 ($581.31 as of 2019). As well, by the time the civil war ended, virtually all of Lemovicia's economic capacity had been destroyed. Since the end of the Lemovician War, the two sides have diverged: as of 2019, the nominal GDP of the voivodeship was at $5,182, while Lemovicia's nominal GDP was at $2,105. Combined, the area would have a nominal GDP per capita of $3,934.
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| These economic problems, combined with the separatist's dependence on East Miersa, meant that despite Lemovicia adopting the [[Lemovician denar]], the [[East Miersan grosz]] is far more widely used.
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| ==War crimes==
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| ===Ethnic cleansing===
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| [[File:Manjača_Camp.jpg|250px|thumb|left|A concentration camp near [[Mostar]], {{circa|1988}}]]
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| {{wp|Ethnic cleansing}} was widely practiced during the Lemovician Civil War, primarily by the [[Miersan National Army]], who sought to expel "the traitorous [[Lemovician people|górale]]" from their lands, but also by the [[Revolutionary Defence Forces (Lemovicia)|Revolutionary Defence Forces]], who sought to expel {{wp|Polish people|Miersans}} for their "centuries-long process of colonisation" [of [[Malomiersa]]]."
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| This led to a network of West Miersan {{wp|concentration camps}} (officially known as detention camps) being opened from 1984 onward to imprison Lemovician men in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, leading to the deaths of between 700 and 3,000 men, while women and children were merely expelled from West Miersa to "separatist-controlled territory," leaving most Lemovician-majority settlements abandoned.
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| Lemovician separatists, in contrast, simply expelled Miersan-majority communities ''en masse'', and prohibited the return of the "colonisers" to their communities. Clergy in the [[Miersan Episemialist Church]] were held in prison, and were either forced to renounce their faith, or else were deported from Lemovicia.
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| These policies had the effect of homogenizing the West Miersan and Lemovician controlled areas of Malomiersa: in 1977, Malomiersa was described as being a "checkerboard of Miersan and Lemovician majority villages" throughout most of its territory, but by 1997, there were only small ethnic enclaves of Lemovicians in Malomiersa and Miersans in [[Lemovicia]].
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| ===Terrorism===
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| During the Lemovician War, [[Aranoak]] engaged in {{wp|acts of terrorism}}, targetting West Miersan government offices and businesses doing business with the West Miersan government.
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Miersan National Army