Miersan Military Organization

Miersan Military Organization
Мерска Oрганизаця Bойскова
Leader	Oskar Raczkowski
Foundation	1915
Dates of operation	1934
Country	Miersa
Headquarters	Arciluco
Ideology	1915-1927: Miersan nationalism Miersan irredentism 1927-1934: National Functionalism
Opponents	Soravia
Battles and wars	Great War

The Miersan Military Organization (Miersan: Мерска Oрганизаця Bойскова; Mierska Organizacja Wojskowa), sometimes referred to as Oskarites, abbreviated MOW, were a Miersan paramilitary organization engaged in terrorism against Soravians and Lemovicians in the years leading up to and during the Great War. Initially non-functionalist the organization evolved into functionalist ally of Gaullica during the war. It was led by Oskar Raczkowski and based in Arciluco.

Founded in 1915 by Oskar Raczkowski and other Miersan nationalists, he would initially be an opponent to Gaullica and Soravian occupation but eventually a power struggle with members from the Gaullican regions led to his focus being solely on Soravia. The group would commit assassinations and terror attacks against Soravians and other percieved enemies of Miersan independence throughout the 1920s.

During the Great War the Raczkowski would become an ally of Gaullica and the Entente, despite Gaullican control of Eastern Miersa. The group would battle Soravian forces and is known for the assassination of Soravian general Demjan Marolivky by bombing their airplane. The group was dissolved in 1934 after the defeat of the Entente and Raczkowski would commit suicide to avoid capture by Soravian forces.

History

Before the Great War

Initial members of the organization in 1915, with Raczkowski on the right

The organization was founded by Oskar Raczkowski in August 1915, a former member of the Miersan Corps of the Soravian Armed Forces, he had founded it in secret in Arciluco to keep outside of reach of Soravian and Gaullican law enforcement. The group was founded as an underground military organization made to continue to armed struggle for Miersan Independence from Soravia and Gaullica. Initially it sought to conduct terror attacks, assassinations, and ambushed against Soravians and Gaullicans in Miersa. They also targeted minorities such as Lemovicians and Savaders.

An early on power struggle between the leader of the Eastern Gaullican wing of the organization, Stanislaw Sabrozicz, led to Oskar purging much of it's eastern members, and the organization became centrally focused on combating Soravian forces. Initially the group was small.

Funeral of Vladimer Gamkrelidze, ethnic Salikhian and Minister of Interior in Miersa

In 1924 it committed it's first major act against the Soravian government, assassinating Vladimer Gamkrelidze, Minsister of the Interior of Soravian Miersa, and an ethnic Salikhian. He would be killed by a sniper while in sitting in his living room.

By 1926 the organization had committed over 30 terrorist attacks across Soravia. Vladislav Pudovkin designated members of the group "enemies of the state" in 1925. Eventually members of the organization itself became targets by the government of Soravia, who used extrajudicial means to kill members of the group. A spy for the organization, Urszula Rogowska, was assassinated by Soravian law enforcement in 1926. The group would respond with the assassination of a top general, Vasko Jarabinec in a car bomb in 1927. When the Great War broke out, the group sought to take advantage of it.

Great War

Depiction of child members of the MOW, known as the Krada Cubs, fighting Soravian forces during the Great War

Oskar Raczkowski would meet with Gaullican leaders on proposing a deal for an independent West Miersa in exchange for support for the organization. He would later meet with Rafael Duclerque and later proclaimed himself to have become a national functionalist.

Plane of Demjan Marolivky, blown up by the MOW

During the war the group would become vastly larger and more well equiped with supplies from Amathia, Gaullica, and !Ravnia. Attacks became more prevalent, violence, and deadly against Soravian forces. A self-proclaimed independent state in Entente-occupied Western Miersa became known as the Western Miersan State with Raczkowski as it's leader. It would become a puppet state of Gaullica.

The war saw events such as the First Battle of Krada where Miersan child soldiers of the organization, known as the Krada Cubs, would help the Gaullican forces take the city early on the war, and defend it during the Soravian counteroffensive.

The group ramped up attacks on Lemovicians and Savader, minority groups that lived in Miersa and would attempt to ethnically cleanse southwestern Miersa. They would attempt to assassinate Vladislav Pudovkin as well as Simeon Kovachev during the Great War.

The group would be defeated during the counteroffensive by the Grand Alliance and pushed into Eastern Miersa, Raczkowski would commit suicide in January 1934 and the group would become disbanded by the end of the war in Euclea.

Organization

Oskar Raczkowski

Initially the group was split into two groups, the Western Miersan Insurgent Army, which operated in Soravian-ruled Miersa, and the Eastern Miersan Insurgent Army, which operated in Gaullican-ruled Miersa. The former was led by Raczkowski while the latter was led by Stanislaw Sabrozicz, the two were initially friendly towards each other until a power struggle led to Raczkowski purging the Eastern section of the organization. This ultimately led to his Gaullophile stance during the Great War.

The organization was then led by a group, known as the Directorate of the MOW. Initial members of this group included Arnold Musiol, Eliasz Wiercioch, Seweryn Sienicki, Urszula Rogowska, Florian Trojanowski, Rajmund Kazmierski, and Wladyslaw Jaworski.

During the Great War the organization became filled with Gaullicans, Amathians, and Miersan Gaullophiles. A major influencer of the group was Miersan-born Gaullican functionalist Zyscin "Justin" Zowanu.

Legacy

Miersan nationalists waving MOW flags in commemoration of Raczkowski, 2020

The group had led a controversial legacy in Soravia and Miersa after the war. In East Miersa the group is very much frowned upon, especially for their collaborationist views with Gaullica during the Great War. The Soraviophilic government of West Miersa also held contempt for the group and banned it's banners from being flown in Soravia or West Miersa.

Today Miersan nationalists and neo-functionalists have more favorable views of the group and since the 1980s have been able to commemorate the group without pushback from the government of West Miersa. The group's logo, the Hands of God symbol, was also used as the logo of the dominant Zobowiazanie party during it's early years.