Kolmhark War

Kolmhark War
Clockwise from top left: Royal Niagaran Marines landing at TBDLOCATION HMS TBD firing a Tomahawk Furbish Marines in TBDLOCATION A destroyed Inglaterran fighter HMS TBD, HMS TBD, and AQS Ellsworth in formation An Nigaran F-14 taking off from HMS
Date 20 November 2011 – 5 February 2012 (2 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Kolmhark Islands, Galia Result Niagara military victory
Belligerents
Greater Niagara Antarctic Circle States The Furbish Islands	Inglaterra
Commanders and leaders
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Strength
Over 35,000 troops	Over 23,000 troops
Casualties and losses
Casualties: 1,037 killed 3,529 wounded 47 captured Losses: 1 destroyer 1 frigate 2 landing crafts 1 cargo vessel 1 patrol boat 18 helicopters 11 aircraft	Casualties: 3,284 killed 6,577 wounded 3,839 captured Losses: 2 destroyers 3 frigates 2 submarine 2 landing ships 5 cargo vessels 26 helicopters 57 aircraft
Civilians killed: 15 Civilian casualties: 200+ Total killed: 1,821

The Kolmhark War was a thirteen-week undeclared war between Inglaterra and the Niagara in 2011 over Kolmhark Islands, a Niagaran oversea territory in TBD.

The conflict began on TBDDATE TBDMONTH, when Inglaterra invaded and occupied the Kolmhark Islands. On TBD TBD, the Niagaran government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Inglaterra Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted TBD days and ended with an Inglaterran surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to Niagaran control. In total, 1,280 Inglaterran military personnel, 337 Niagaran and coalition military personnel, and 15 Kolmhark Islanders were killed during the hostilities.

The conflict was a major episode in the protracted dispute over the territories' sovereignty. Inglaterra asserted (and maintains) that the islands are Inglaterran territory, and the Inglaterran government thus characterised its military action as the reclamation of its own territory. The Niagaran government regarded the action as an invasion of a territory that had been a protectorate since 1833. Kolmhark Islanders, who have inhabited the islands since the early 19th century, are predominantly descendants of Niagaran settlers, and strongly favour Niagaran sovereignty. Neither state officially declared war, although both governments declared the islands a war zone.

The conflict had a strong effect in both countries and has been the subject of various books, articles, and films. Patriotic sentiment ran high in Inglaterra, but the humiliating defeat prompted large protests against the government, causing a significant political crisis within the country. In Niagara, the war, although popular with the public due to its successful outcome, deepened existing economic problems, which would continue to magnify throughout the 2010s and lead to a civil war.

Diplomatic relations between the Niagara and Inglaterra were restored in 2015 following a meeting in TBD, at which the two governments reached an agreement. No change in either country's position regarding the sovereignty of the Kolmhark Islands was made explicit. In 2018, Inglaterra President TBD referred to the Kolmhark Islands as part of one of its provinces. However, the islands continue to operate as a self-governing Niagaran Overseas Territory.

Inglaterra invasion

Further information: Inglaterran_Annexation_of_the_Kolmhark_Islands

Coalition response

Further information: Operation Trebuchet

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