The Great Trials

The Great Trials (First Great Trial, Second Great Trial, The Final Trial)
Clockwise from top left: Dutch Soldiers moving on top of a Azurnailian A-19 Heavy tank in the battle of Nubia, March 2014 - Portriat of Franz Nafida, Perishani Fascist, 2016 - Railcannon "Shiratsuyu" firing an Antimatter round on the abandoned city of Neu Swabia, March 2018 - Sakura Task Force I. - AZL Orochi en route towards Perishna, 2024 - Scimfaxi type Nuclear Suicide bomb, preserved at the National Museum of the Great Trials, September 2024
Date 19 March 2013 - 21 August 2024 (11 Years, 5 months, 2 days) Location Africa - Arimahaken - Middle east Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
CAF(Azurnailia, Daphomir, Dutch Socialist States, Federation Of Perishna(Socialists)	Fasciststan	Sunerstan	Most Serene republic of Perishna(Fascists)
Commanders and leaders
CAF United Forces	UASF	Unknown, unorganized Resistance	Military Of Perishna
Units involved
About 143 million	7,830,930	16,890,380	484,398,000
Casualties and losses
Civilian dead: 48,000,000 - 52,000,000 Military dead: 25,000,000 - 29,840,000 Total dead: over 70,000,000 (2013-2024)	Civilian dead: 129,000,000 - 131,000,000 Military dead: 5,780,000 - 7,000,000 Total dead: Over 130,000,000 (2013-2017)	Civilian Dead: 217,940,000 - 221,000,900 Military dead: 16,000,000 - 16,200,000 (2015-2019)	Civilian dead: 13,000,000 - 15,890,000 Military dead 18,000,000
The high deaths are due to the Fascist countries almost self destructing themselves, in an attempt to prevent colonization they would use gas and nukes against themselves. Perishna enacted Order 18, which was the forced execution of any suspected traitor, which resulted in 99% of civilian deaths.

The Great Trials or better known as the Great War was a 11 year war between the Fascist countries of Africa and the Council Against Fascism. This was resulted in over 400 million deaths, and the utter destruction of East Africa, and the submergence of the Sunterlania continent, which Sunerstan was located. It was show of how far Dictatorships would push to maintain control over their people.

Tensions in the Arabic sphere were already at a high point, with the coup of Ethiopia and the completion of the Great Irrigation canal, a large canal that stretched from Casablanca, to Addis Abba, with its water coming from Algiers. The fascist forces in Africa wanted control of the newly built canal and the natural resources in the south.

Another ally of Fascistan, was the country of Sunerstan, located on the continent of Sunterlandia, which was located south of the Indian Subcontinent. Their goal was to assist fascist troops as they steamrolled Africa.

During the war, one of the CAF members, Perishna, was the target for fascist Assasins who killed their president Mark Arsta, which lead to the Perishani Crisis and later the Coup of '24. This would later cause another war in Perishna.

The war lasted a harsh 11 years before its end, in it, the fascist countries almost self destructed, killing over 85% of North Africans, 99% of Suners and 2% of Perishanis. With the CAF only taking about 14% losses.

Nomenclature

The name “Great Trial” was coined by Dutch President Karel Huissen, a major supporter and one of the three founding members of the CAF. This term was later accepted by the international community.

The Final Trial was actually called the Perishani war. It was mistakenly referenced as the Final Trial by Karel Huissen in a speech given at the national summit in Amsterdam. He would later provide the following explanation:

“I just thought of the Great Trial and the men who fell, and it just came into my mind that the Final Trial was a better name for a war to end the fascist cause.”