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Bulamu War
(Clockwise from top right) Tiwuran soldiers during the initial Crossing Offensive, Tiwuran tank regiment in Sud Magadi, Yemeti troops during the Battle of Buholaux, Yemeti troops marching through recaptued Musaza, Tiwuran infantry in June 1965
Date 1 June 1964-25 April 1966 (1 year, 10 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) Location Bahia Result Yemeti victory Status quo ante bellum Tiwuran President Chinwe assassinated Sets up stage for the First Tiwuran Civil War
Belligerents
Tiwura Supported by: Template:Country data Estmere	Yemet
Commanders and leaders
Obie Chinwe Reese Okparro Ndulu Johnathan Tobechukwu Jules Afani Ijendu Uchechi	Abner Oronge Anwar Motuma Major-General Ezera Biruh
Strength
389,000 soldiers	480,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
Tiwura 78,000 killed 81,000 wounded 15,000 missing and captured	Yemet 55,000 killed 75,000 wounded 19,000 missing and captured

The Bulamu War was a war in Bahia that occured between 1964 and 1966. It was intiated by a the Tiwuran invasion of Yemet within the United Bahian Republic. The war would take place mostly in Northern Yemet and Southern Tiwura, with Tiwura's eventual defeat leading to internal problems that would spark the First Tiwuran Civil War only a few months after.

Names

The name "Bulamu" comes from the name of the river on Tiwura and Yemet's southern border, the Bulamu, which was river Tiwuran troops would cross at the initial start of the war. The term "bulamu" comes from the !Ganda word for life.

Background

Prelude

In 1953 Tiwuran general Obie Chinwe would lead a successful coup against President Derrick Clearmont. This coup was backed by Estmere, who feared another pan-Bahianist takeover after Nhema's victory in Rwizikuru. Chinwe was backed due to his strongman nature, and he made promises of strengthening Tiwura after their losses in the Horo Rebellion. Chinwe's relationship with Obergond was strange, as at times he was apathetic to the minority-rule nation, but at others he would make claims that regions like Sud Magadi and West Ibabochia should be united with Tiwura due for the sake of ethnic unity. In 1958 a small firefight broke out between Obergonder border patrol and Tiwuran soldiers, which led to a small crisis that would get sorted out.

By the 1960s, Chinwe's rule over Tiwura was weakening after three generals were arrested in a busted coup plot against him. This led to increased crackdown on dissent, and the Tiwuran government began putting blame on the unrest and troubling times on pan-Bahianists. In 1963, with Yemet's ascension into the UBR, the Tiwuran government feared that this influence would spark new rebellions by pan-Bahianists in the country. Tiwura would expand its military greatly in the 1960s and built up troops along its southern border. The Tiwurans would amp up the spreading of national unity movement in the country, mainly the belief that all Tiwuran ethnic groups must be united under one flag, and that splitting them would cause the union to fracture and allow foreign influences to disrupt the unity and cause chaos. Chinwe also saw the value of the diamond mines along the border, believing that securing the abundance of Yemeti mines would help boost Tiwura's struggling oil-based economy by providing a secondary income source. Some Tiwurans, namely Solarian Catholics in Ouloumy, also called for uniting the Catholic Ouloumes under Tiwura. These beliefs of unification would become greatly popular as Tiwura's propaganda outlets went to work printing posters and setting up rallies.

The last event before the war was Rwizikuru's coup, and their exit from the UBR. This event caused the UBR's unity to break, and allowed for the disputes between Yemet and Maucha and grow. Seeing this period was the opportune time to strike Yemet while it was down, Tiwuran troops were mobilized along the border.