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| {{Region icon Kylaris}}
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| {{Infobox military conflict | | |post = Prime Minister |
| | conflict = Lemovician War | | |body = Surrow |
| | width = | | |nativename = Tshishemishku utessit ({{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}})<br>Angajuqqaaq nunagijattinnut ({{wp|Inuktitut|Itchalnu}}) |
| | partof = | | |flag = Surrow_CoA.png |
| | image = [[File:LemovWarMap.gif|250px]]
| | |flagsize = 150px |
| | caption = Animated map of the Lemovician War<br>{{colorbox|#007846}} [[Lemovicia|Lemovician government]]<br>{{colorbox|#C24650}} [[Miersan Entity|Miersan separatists]] (until 1985)/[[Liberal Democratic Party of Lemovicia|Opposition]]-separatist coalition (from 1985)<br>{{colorbox|#6699CC}} [[Liberal Democratic Party of Lemovicia|Opposition]] forces (until 1985)
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| | 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}})
| | |flagcaption = [[Coat of arms of Surrow]] |
| | place = {{flag|Lemovicia}}<br>{{flag|West Miersa}} | | |department = |
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| | |image = TimHouston.png |
| | map_type = | | |alt = |
| | map_relief = | | |incumbent = [[Dwight Timbrell]] |
| | latitude = | | |incumbentsince = 16 December, 2018 |
| | longitude = | | |style = {{wp|The Right Honourable}} |
| | map_size = | | |residence = [[Government House, Holcot Inlet]], [[Holcot Inlet]], [[Surrow]] |
| | map_marksize = | | |nominator = |
| | map_caption = | | |member_of = [[Parliament of Surrow|Parliament]] |
| | map_label = | | |appointer = [[Governor of Surrow|Governor]] |
| | territory = | | |termlength = Up to four years |
| | result = {{wp|Military stalemate}}
| | |termlength_qualified = No term limits |
| *[[Arciluco Agreement]]
| | |constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Surrow]] |
| *[[Lemovicia|Lemovician]] control of eastern [[Malomiersa]] and the [[Slirnian Autonomous Region]]
| | |inaugural = [[Clarence Bradley]] |
| | combatants_header = | | |formation = 1915 |
| | combatant1 = {{flag|Lemovicia}}<br>'''Supported by:'''<br>TBD
| | |last = [[Ted Fisher]] |
| | combatant2 = {{flag|West Miersa}}<br>{{flagicon|West Miersa}} [[Episemialist Church|Episemialist militias]] '''Supported by:'''<br>TBD | | |abolished = 24 June, 1950 |
| | commander1 = {{flagicon|Lemovicia}} '''[[Ociote Sasiambarena]]'''<br>{{flagicon|Lemovicia}} '''[[Nikola Lezana]]''' {{KIA}} | | |succession = [[President of Surrow]] |
| | commander2 = [[File:LemovEntFlag.png|22px]] '''[[Otxote Sasiambarrena]]'''<br>[[File:LemovEntFlag.png|22px]] [[Gizon Artalolea]]<br>[[File:LemovEntFlag.png|22px]] [[Xuban Urtizverea]] {{KIA}}<br>[[File:LemovEntFlag.png|22px]] [[Seniko Urdiaga]] | | |deputy = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Surrow]] |
| | strength1 = {{flag|Lemovicia}} 130,298 | | |salary = |
| | strength2 = {{flag|West Miersa}} | | |website = |
| | casualties1 = '''Lemovician'''<br>30,521 killed<br>38,696 wounded <br>14,696 missing and captured | |
| | casualties2 = '''West Miersan'''<br>15,359 killed<br>41,506 wounded <br>18,921 missing and captured | |
| | 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>
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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. | | The '''Prime Minister of Surrow''' was the {{wp|head of government}} of [[Surrow]] from when it was granted full {{wp|self-government}} by [[Rythene]] in 1915 until Surrow was granted independence in 1950. By custom, the Prime Minister of Surrow was the leader of the largest party in the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]], or otherwise had the most support among the members of Parliament. |
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| | ==List== |
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| ==Origins== | | |- |
| 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.
| | ! {{Abbr|№|Number}} |
| | | ! width=5%| Portrait |
| 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.
| | ! width=10%| Name |
| | | ! Took office |
| 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.
| | ! Left office |
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| ==Prelude==
| | ! Election |
| 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.
| | |colspan=8 style="background-color:#C0C0C0;" align=center|'''1915-1950'''<br />[[File:Surrow_Flag.png|30px]] • Prime Minister of Surrow • [[File:Surrow_Flag.png|30px]] |
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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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| | | ! style="background:#00247D; color:white;" rowspan="2"|1 |
| ==Events== | | |rowspan="2"|[[File:Sir_Edward_Morris_-_Bain_Collection_crop.jpg|80px]] |
| ===Early phases=== | | |rowspan="2"|[[Clarence Bradley]]<br/><small>(1856-1932) |
| [[File:Spopad_za_mejni_prehod_Rožna_Dolina.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Battle of Sechia (1981)|Battle of Sechia]], 1981]] | | |24 June, 1915 |
| 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]].
| | |24 October, 1932 |
| | | |{{Age in years, months and days|1915|06|24|1932|10|24}} |
| 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.
| | | [[Elections in Surrow#1915|1915]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1919|1919]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1923|1923]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1927|1927]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1931|1931]] |
| | | | style="background:#00247D; color:white;"|[[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|{{color|white|FPU}}]] |
| 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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| | | | colspan="5"|<small>Longest serving Prime Minister of Surrow, with five majority [[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|FPU]] governments. Introduced basic welfare, regulations to ensure the merchants charged fair prices, instituted a minimum wage, and began building a road network to connect communities on [[Holcot Island]]. Died in office.</small> |
| 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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| | | ! style="background:#00247D; color:white;" rowspan="2"|2 |
| 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.
| | |rowspan="2"|[[File:Richard_Squires.jpg|80px]] |
| | | |rowspan="2"|[[Eddie Hammond]]<br/><small>(1884-1945) |
| ===West Miersan attacks=== | | |24 October, 1932 |
| [[File:Novi_travnik_u_ratu.jpg|250px|thumb|left|[[Mostar, West Miersa|Mostar]] after the [[Battle of Mostar]], 1983]] | | |27 September, 1934 |
| 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.
| | |{{Age in years, months and days|1932|10|24|1934|09|27}} |
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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.
| | | style="background:#00247D; color:white;"|[[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|{{color|white|FPU}}]] |
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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]].
| | | colspan="5"|<small>Attempted to reform the fisheries and eliminate the power of the merchants completely, leading to [[Ted Fisher]] and many on the party to create the [[United People's Party (Surrow)|United People's Party]] in June 1934. Was ousted by a caucus revolt in September 1934.</small> |
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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. 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.
| | ! style="background:#00247D; color:white;" rowspan="2"|3 |
| | | |rowspan="2"|[[File:Lord_Macdonald.jpg|80px]] |
| 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.
| | |rowspan="2"|[[Gilbert Bray]]<br/><small>(1888-1966) |
| | | |27 September, 1934 |
| ===Stalemate and renewed offensive=== | | |24 June, 1935 |
| [[File:Croatian_War_1991_Vukovar_street.jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[Bailara]] after the [[Battle of Bailara]], 1986]] | | |{{Age in years, months and days|1934|09|27|1935|06|24}} |
| 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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| | | | style="background:#00247D; color:white;"|[[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|{{color|white|FPU}}]] |
| 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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| | | | colspan="5"|<small>Shortest serving Prime Minister of Surrow. Attempted to take a more moderate course and to try and reunite the [[United People's Party (Surrow)|United People's Party]] with the Fishermen's Protective Union. Was defeated in the 1935 elections.</small> |
| 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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| | | ! style="background:#354C9C; color:white;" rowspan="2"|4 |
| 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.
| | |rowspan="2"|[[File:BradleyKingSmallwood1948_(cropped).jpg|80px]] |
| | | |rowspan="2"|[[Ted Fisher]]<br/><small>(1900-1991) |
| 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.
| | |24 June, 1935 |
| | | |24 June, 1950 |
| At the same time, West Miersan forces began making inroads into Ibaiak Province, with the [[Battle of Hoikoćija (1986)|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.
| | |{{Age in years, months and days|1935|06|24|1950|06|24}} |
| | | | [[Elections in Surrow#1935|1935]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1954|1954]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1939|1939]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1943|1943]]<br>[[Elections in Surrow#1947|1947]] |
| ===Operation Storm and Operation Michael=== | | | style="background:#354C9C; color:white;"|[[United People's Party (Surrow)|{{color|white|United People's}}]] |
| [[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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| | | | colspan="5"|<small>Reversed Eddie Hammond's reforms to the fisheries, while strengthening regulations to ensure that fishermen were able to sell goods at a fair price. Invested significantly in {{wp|Newfoundland outports|outports}}, with schools and clinics being built en masse during his term, oversaw the construction of the [[Surrow International Airport]] during the [[Second Great War (Levilion)|Second Great War]], and negotiated independence from [[Rythene]] in the aftermath of the Second Great War. Became the first [[President of Surrow]] in 1950.</small> |
| 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, in June 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.
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| ===Final phases===
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| [[File:Vista_aérea_de_Lipik.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Ruins of the village of [[Arcain, Lemovicia|Arcain]], 1991]] | |
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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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| ==Aftermath==
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| [[File:Dobrinja_in_1996.JPEG|250px|thumb|right|Ruins of a [[Topagunea]] neighbourhood, 1994]]
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| ==Impact==
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| ===Ethnic cleansing===
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