Ledyanaya War

Ledanaya War
Depiction of the Battle of Adrikagorod in 1903
Date June 21 1901 - september 22 1908 Location Slavic Union Result Slavic Victory Final collapse of Parabocan Empire Eventually would lead to the Slavic Civil War
Belligerents
Slavic Union	Parabocan Empire
Commanders and leaders
Slavic Imperator Aleksei II	Paraboca Manuelo Cardoza
Strength
Slavic Union - 1,922,000	Paraboca - 2,597,000
Casualties and losses
Slavic Union - 218,447 Killed, 278,158 Injured, 1,000 MIA 153,900 Civilian Casualties	Paraboca - 272,939 Killed, 310,000 Injured, 6,000 MIA

The Ledyanaya War was a military conflict between the Slavic Union and the Empire of Paraboca, which occured from June 21 1901 to September 22 1908. The war would be the deadliest in human history until the World War 40 years later. There would be 545,000 casualties between the 2 nations. The Slavic Union, having a pre-war population of 15,000,000 virtually the countries entire adult male population would at some point see combat. By the time peace was achieved in 1908 1 in 40 people alive in 1900 would have died because of the war. This would also be the worlds first display of warfare of the 20th century, with new weaponry and old tactics leading to massive casualties, chemical warfare, which would be banned soon after the conflict, would be used heavily.

The Parabocans would invade in 1901, and after 6 years of trench warfare would attempt to go through Ledyanaya to flank the Slavic army, this endeavor would fail horribly with thousand dying of hypothermia and the army being forced to surrender in April of 1909.

Background

Throughout the 1700s and 1800s the Parabocan Empire would expand their territory through conquest after conquest until a crippling loss in the Parabocan War would send them into political chaos, leading to a revolution in 1879 that nearly overthrew the empire, though they would end up surviving.

The Slavic Union was a relatively isolated nation, but in the late 19th century they would discover massive oil reserves in the region of Ledyanaya, leading the Parabocan Empire to turn to it's northern border, those in power in the Empire believed that all Paraboca needed was a decisive victory to invigorate the population, with the annexation of Ledyanayan oil fields also being a primary goal.

Ledyanayan War

Initial Invasion and southern success

Slavic Army retreats from Khizny

Paraboca would launch an invasion on June 21, 1901, the Slavic Union was caught off guard and Parabocan forces advanced quickly, taking the city of Khizny on August 19, the Slavic Army would set up a defensive line a few miles north of the city, the Slavic army was no match for the better equipped Parabocan military, being outnumbered heavily.

The tide was turned in December as the famously frigid Slavic winter set in, and both armies dug into their trenches. Neither side was able to push in the freezing cold, with hundreds of Paradocans and Slavs freezing to death in the trenches. Eventually in June 1902 there would be more attempts to advance but would mainly just end with more and more deaths.

Slavic troops in the trenches

As the war of attrition raged on the Slavic lines found themselves cracking, though they were outnumbered and outgunned the Slavic army was said to have fought with ferocity despite their eventual losses. Slavic lines would shatter in March of 1903, triggering a rapid retreat to Adrikagorod (