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| caption = Erebonian troops, supported by a Rubrumian [[Theimer tank]] engage in a skirmish against Quenminese defenders at the [[Kontin Institute of Technology]], June 25. | | caption = Erebonian troops, supported by a Rubrumian [[Theimer tank]] engage in a skirmish against Quenminese defenders at the [[Kontin Institute of Technology]], June 25. | ||
| date = | | date = 21 July - 25 August 1945 | ||
| place = Kontin, Central Quenmin | | place = Kontin, Central Quenmin | ||
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{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến]] | {{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến]]{{KIA}}<br/> | ||
{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Kiều Dũng Quang]] <br/> | {{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Kiều Dũng Quang]]{{Surrendered}}<br/> | ||
{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Vương Thị Lệ]] <br/> | {{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Vương Thị Lệ]]{{Surrendered}}<br/> | ||
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Victor Sazabio]] <br/> | {{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Victor Sazabio]]{{Surrendered}}<br/> | ||
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Giovanni Filiberto]] <br/> | {{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Giovanni Filiberto]]{{Surrendered}}<br/> | ||
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Guiseppe Gavallero]] <br/> | {{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Guiseppe Gavallero]]{{Surrendered}}<br/> | ||
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The Battle of Kontin (18 June - 2 July 1945) was one of the last major offensives undertaken by the Allies during the Second Europan War. It is also one of the last Quenminese cities to fall into Allied hands. The battle was also called as the Fall of Kontin.
During the Central Highlands Offensive, Quenminese Marshal Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến was determined to stall the allied offensive in order to give time for more reinforcements from Southern Quenmin to relieve Central Quenmin. However, fast allied attacks prevented the reinforcements from relieving the provincial capital. When the Bethausian forces launched an offensive on the 18 July 1945, the Imperial forces were split in two. Kontin had the largest concentration of Quenminese forces, while just some 10 km south of the city were Archadian forces and some Quenminese forces that were separated from the defenders in the capital, which meant that the city was under siege. Attempts to relieve the city were futile, and Marshal Victor Sazabio along with Quenminese General Vương Thị Lệ shifted their focus from relieving the city into rescuing the civilian populace and defending various evacuation routes. Over the course of the battle, the Allies slowly took over the city.
On 30 June, Marshal Chien, along with some of his followers committed suicide. General Kiều Dũng Quang ordered a breakout on the night of the same day in hopes of reaching the armies south of the city. Only a few had been able to escape out of the total 450,000 soliders and 350,000 civilian populace in the city. By 2 July 1945, All Imperial Troops surrendered to the Allies.