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****[[Princess Mary's Own Gallian Legion]] | ****[[Princess Mary's Own Gallian Legion]] | ||
****[[5th Nihhonese-Rubrumian Division]] | ****[[5th Nihhonese-Rubrumian Division]] | ||
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****[[12 Field Ambulance|12 Light Ambulance (RRUMC)]] | ****[[12 Field Ambulance|12 Light Ambulance (RRUMC)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:23, 9 August 2024
| Operation Surrogate Kurosawa's March to the North | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Joyonghean-Quenminese War of the Second Europan War | |||||||
 Rubrumian infantry near Musan, December 1944 | |||||||
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Initial: 950,000 By May 1945: 1,924,500 |
Initial: 1,750,000 By May 1945: 750,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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165,978 casualties
490 aircraft |
397,978 casualties
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
- 1st Zanarkian-Joyonghean Army Group
- Ulsan Amalgamated Army
- 3rd Joyonghean Guards Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, Guard Fusiliers
- 3rd Battalion, Jejunom Guards
- 3rd Battalion, Jurchen Guards
- 5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 4th Battalion, Whiteford Guards
- Fifteenth Joyonghean Army
- 17th Area Division
- 8th Reserve Area Division
- 2nd Zanarkian-Joyonghean Infantry Division
- Zanarkian-Joyonghean Sapper Division
- Sixteenth Joyonghean Army
- 21st Area Division
- 10th Reserve Area Division
- 1st Zanarkian-Joyonghean Infantry Division
- 3rd Zanarkian-Joyonghean Infantry Division
- Eigteenth Joyonghean Army
- 120th Reserve Area Division
- 1st Zanarkian-Joyonghean Armored Brigade
- 2nd Zanarkian-Joyonghean Armored Brigade
- 1st Teulabian Supplementary Brigade
- 1st Teulabian Infantry Regiment
- 2nd Teulabian Infantry Regiment
- 1st Teulabian Battery
- 3rd Joyonghean Guards Regiment
- Fifth Zanarkian Imperial Force
- XX Zanarkian Corps
- VIII Zanarkian Corps
- X Zanarkian Corps
- New Akiba Joyonghea Expeditionary Corps
- Bikanel Force
- Ulsan Amalgamated Army
- Third Rubrumian Army
- General Headquarters
- IV Rubrumian Corps
- V Rubrumian Corps
- VIII Nihhonese Corps (Artillery & other Support Services)
- IX Jutland-Gimlian Corps
- General Headquarters
- Lucis 11th Army
- General Headquarters
- XXX Corps
- II Lucis Airborne Corps
- The King's Nibelheimian Corps
- Royal Artillery Expeditionary Corps
- 59th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 82nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 17th Field Regiment
- 5th Nihhonese Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 12th Nihhonese Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 2nd Rocket Brigade
- 5th Rocket Brigade
- 91st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Mobile)
- 55th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Mobile)
- 19th Heavy Ambulance Regiment
- 21st Heavy Ambulance Regiment
- General Headquarters