Archadian Spring Offensive

Archadian Spring Offensive
Part of the Mainland Theater of the Third Joyonghean-Quenminese War
Archadian Alpini troops marching towards the front lines
Date 25 March - 25 April 1943 Location Central Joyonghea, North Asianna Result Imperial Victory ZANAC forces surrounded for a 2nd time at Mogpo. Labor Day Siege begins
Belligerents
Joyonghea United Kingdom Zanarkand New Akiba	Archadia-Archedes Empire of Quenmin with collaborator support Bugpyeong Hamyong Government
Commanders and leaders
Cheon Sang-ji Namgung Wook-yun Chae Hwa-young Okita Hanamura Albert Crocker Edward Samegawa Roy Peterson Simmon Denzel Crocker Hikaru Komaki	Hugo Cavallero Marco Aconi Juan Alfredo Jodel Hồ Danh Sĩ Quốc Ong Thao Pin Quách Khánh Thắng Due Su Eun-gi
Strength
120,000	170,000
Casualties and losses
5,985 killed 64 tanks 42 guns	9,275 killed 79 tanks 52 guns

The Archadian Spring Offensive (25 March - 25 April 1943) was a military offensive action by Imperial forces which was launched in order to counter the Allied victory during the Battle of the Gap. The plan called for several Imperial divisions to attack along the Mogpo-Songsinan Highway and attempt to destroy the ZANAC forces just east near Mogpo.

The offensive came as a way to eliminate a key Allied force and besiege them into a town until they are forced to surrender. Quenminese Marshal Hồ Danh Sĩ Quốc requested Marshal Hugo Cavallero to delay this offensive until his forces were in position, thus allowing his forces to give ground to lure the Allies into a ruse that the Imperials were retreating further. When the ZANACs occupied Mogpo and the Joyongheans, Lucians, and Concordians were in position, Cavallero launched his attack and took the Allies by surprise. Not wanting to have a repeat of the previous battle, Marshal Ho requested Cavallero to leave the destruction of the ZANAC forces to the Quenminese, which Cavallero agreed.

The ZANACs were boxed into Mogpo by 15 April. This started the month-long Labor Day Siege, in which ZANAC forces were forced to engage Quenminese units in a bitter urban warfare that put the ZANACs to their breaking point. Meanwhile, the rest of the Allied forces were able to reorganise themselves and launched the Summer Counteroffensive of 1943 just 5 days after the Joyongheans managed to fight their way through the Mogpo encirclement to relieve the ZANACs.