Ebrarian Civil War

Ebrarian Civil War
From top, left to right: Brigade of the Ebrarian Republican Army; Burning of Egschwil by Gallasian People's Army; Vorstish Guard advance into rebel territory; Royal Army soldiers on a troop transport; Foreign republican volunteers
Date 15 Jul 1920 - 3 Mar 1932 Location Ebrary Result Republican victory End of the Kingdom of Ebrary Establishment of the Republic of Ebrary as a democratic republic Establishment of the semiautonomous Republic of Gallasia Abolishment of titles of nobility and confiscation of noble estates Exile of the Ebrarian royal family and many members of the Ebrarian nobility
Belligerents
Monarchists Kingdom of Ebrary Loyalist Militias Ebrarian Action Vorstish Guard (until 1925) Foreign volunteers	Republicans Ebrarian Republican Army People's Legion Red Brigades Gallasian People's Army United Labor Union Syndicalist Party of Ebrary Foreign volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Marco II	Georgio Rodrigo

The Ebrarian Civil War was a civil war in Ebrary fought from 1920 to 1932. Monarchists loyal to King Marco II of the aging Kingdom of Ebrary, supported by loyalist militias and right-wing political parties, fought against an insurrection by the Republicans, an alliance of liberals, socialists, labor unions and syndicalists, led by a military mutiny among whom General and later President of the Republic, Georgio Rodrigo quickly achieved a preponderant role.

Combatants

Monarchists

Kingdom of Ebrary

The portions of the government and armed forces of the Kingdom of Ebrary which remained loyal to the monarchy were the primary force which opposed the rebel republican forces. Outmoded military tactics and equipment as well as mass defections hobbled the ability of the Ebrarian military to fight.

Vorstish Guard

The Vorstish Guard was composed of the regional gendarmie and border guard of the Vorstland region, largely comprised of the sons of the Vorstish elite. The Guard traced its lineage back to the official incorportation of Vorstland into Ebrary, where nobles loyal to the Ebrarian monarchy formed an army which was the precursor to the Vorstish Guard. The Guard was noted for its brutality, but suffered heavy losses and was eventually merged into the loyalist army in 1925 because of its dwindling numbers.

Ebrarian Action

Ebrarian Action was a far-right monarchist and proto-fascist political party founded in 1903, which organized in military and propagandistic support of the monarchy after the outbreak of the war. Previous to the war, the group was relatively small and viewed as extremist by most Ebrarians including the monarchy. The party had a paramilitary wing known as the Aurocamisas (Goldshirts) which recieved training from officers of the Royalist Army after the outbreak of the war.

Republicans

Ebrarian Republican Army

The Ebrarian Republican Army (ERA) comprised the largest grouping of the Republican coalition. The core of the Ebrarian Republican Army was formed when Ebrarian generals revolted in a mutiny against royalist rule. The ERA was led by a cadre of reform-minded commanders centered around General Georgio Rodrigo. Approximately 45% of the Ebrarian Army defect to the rebels at the onset of the war, with most joining the Ebrarian Republican Army.

People's Legion

The People's Legion was a loose confederation of citizens militias on the side of the Republicans in the Ebrarian Civil War. The leadership of the People's Legion largely rejected the more radical mentality of the radical leftist groups, with its leaders being inspired by radical liberal or moderate socialist thought.

Red Brigades

The Red Brigades were the paramilitary wing of the Party of Socialist Workers, the largest left-wing movement in Ebrary at the time of the Ebrarian Civil War. The Party of Socialist Workers was a big-tent movement, including democratic socialists, communists, and some syndicalists.

Gallasian People's Army

The Gallasian People's Army were composed of Gallasian nationalists and separatists, generally of a left-wing orientation. This faction allied itself with the Republicans out of pragmatism, working particularly closely with the Red Brigades.

United Labor Union

The United Labor Union was the largest labor union in Ebrary, and aligned itself with the Republican movement.

Syndicalist Party of Ebrary

The most radical of the major factions on the Republican side, this group was largely syndicalist and anarchist in orientation. The Syndicalist Party of Ebrary set up the Cierala Commune, which existed from 1923-1926 and governed the city of Cierala along anarchist lines.