Balambian War

Balambian War
Part of the Estharian Civil War
A Balambian M1932 machine gun nest during the Balambian War.
Date 30 November 1932 - 13 March 1933 Location Balamb Result Nationalist Victory Republican forces fail to annex Balamb A.C.G. Lindholm flies and becomes the overall commander of the Nationalists
Belligerents
Republicans Popular Front ASP ESP Supported by Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance Archadia-Archedes Guadosalam Federation Empire of Quenmin Trungdong Foreign volunteers	Nationalists Balambian State Kingdom of Esthar Army of Africanna Supported by Holy Galbadian Empire United Kingdom Erebonian Empire Rubrum Gallia-Bruhl Dalmasca and Nabradia Ilari Secadia Levantine Sultanate Foreign volunteers
Commanders and leaders
Alberto Deling Julian Bastatico Giorgios Geld Alessandro Berdoli Hugo Cavallero Salvatore di Callo Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến Dhaki al-Neman	A.C.G. Lindholm Jussi Järvinen Terho Junttila Arttu Huhtala Pasi Honkajonki Aníbal Fidalgo Daidoji Kitagawa
Strength
500,000 troops 200 tanks 300 guns 500 aircraft	300,000-350,000 troops 90 tanks 114 guns 200 aircraft
Casualties and losses
197,953 killed 250,493 wounded 5,203 captured 109 tanks 95 guns 515 aircraft	25,047 killed 45,029 wounded 31 tanks 21 guns 40 aircraft

The Balambian War, also known as the Balambian Winter War or simply the Winter War (Balambian: Talvisota) (30 November 1932 - 13 March 1933) was a war between the Second Estharian Republic and the Balambian Free State during the Estharian Civil War. The war began with a Republican invasion of Balamb in an attempt to incorporate the country into Esthar proper. This came largely from Estharian President Jose Carlos Valle, who declared that Balamb is a part of Esthar and must be governed by Estharians as such. Since the rule of Maria III, Balamb had always been an autonomous state within Balamb with its own government and currency. As a result, the Balambian State was determined to retain its sovereignty and as a result, declared its breakaway from Esthar itself. Despite superior military strength, especially in tanks and aircraft, the Republicans and their volunteers suffered severe losses and initially made very little progress.