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| date = 1920 - 1932 | | date = 15 Jul 1920 - 3 Mar 1932 | ||
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*Kingdom of Ebrary | *Kingdom of Ebrary | ||
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*Gallasian People's Army | *Gallasian People's Army | ||
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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 [[wikipedia:right-wing|right-wing]] political parties, fought against an insurrection by the Republicans, an alliance of [[wikipedia:liberalism|liberal]]s, [[wikipedia:socialism|socialists]], [[wikipedia:trade union|labor unions]] and [[wikipedia:syndicalism|syndicalist]]s, 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 [[wikipedia:Radicalism_(historical)|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. | |||
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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.
