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Latest revision as of 07:23, 9 August 2024

Operation Surrogate
Kurosawa's March to the North
Part of the Third Joyonghean-Quenminese War of the Second Europan War
OperationSurrogate.jpg
Rubrumian infantry near Musan, December 1944
Date15 October 1944 - 28 May 1945
Location
Eastern Joyonghea and Churongchandat
Result

Allied Victory;

  • At least 6 Imperial Army groups surrounded, border with Ruzhite closed
Belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Strength
Initial: 950,000
By May 1945: 1,924,500
Initial: 1,750,000
By May 1945: 750,000
Casualties and losses

165,978 casualties

  • 37,757 killed
1,249 tanks
490 aircraft

397,978 casualties

  • 79,757 killed
2,549 tanks
782 aircraft

Operation Surrogate, or famously known as "Kurosawa's March to the North" was a campaign that spanned for 7 months which involved nearly 2 million Allied troops throughout the campaign. It was to be the biggest campaign ever fought during the Third Joyonghean-Quenminese War. The grand strategy came largely from Rubrumian General Harry Kurosawa, who realised that if the Allies could not reach the Quenminese colony of Churuongchandat by 1945, the war would last for 5 more years. And with Grand General Cheon Sang-ji dealing with the Imperial forces in Western Joyonghea, Kurosawa sought to use the Eastern region of Joyonghea as a route to hasten the Allied advance to the north. From here, he would be able to cross the border just before 1945.

His forces followed a scorched earth policy, destroying military and industrial complex, disrupting supply and transportation routes between Quenmin-occupied Joyonghea and Churuongchandat. The operation greatly costed the Imperials the capability to fight the war longer and helped lead to its eventual defeat during the Hyesong Gap. Kurosawa's strategies and decision to operate further into enemy lines through the use of quick movement manoeuvres is regarded by many historians as the basis for a large-scale asymmetric and modern warfare.

The advance subsequently ended during the middle stages of the Battle of the Hyesong Gap, which saw nearly 750,000 Imperial troops, almost 6 Imperial army groups to be surrounded on all sides. This was to be the largest encirclement in military history.

Background

Preparations

Order of Battle

Allied Forces

The Battle

Aftermath