War of the Quadruple Entente

Acràlian civil war (1923-1924)
Bombing of Fangosa by the Mavranai navy
Date 1907-1912 Location Acràlia, Aurora Result Ocralian war reparations
Belligerents
Acràlia	Quadruple Alliance : Aurora, Florentia, Garindina, Mavran
Commanders and leaders
Basiliu du Campana
Strength
600,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown, likely 1,200,000-1,600,000 soldiers and civilians

The War of the Quadruple Entente (1907-1912) was a conflict fought on the Cashari Island, especially Ocraly and Aurora, between Ocraly and the 'Quadruple Entente made of Aurora, Florentia, Garindina and Mavran. It is one of the deadliest and bloodiest inter-state war in Alharun history. Ocraly sustained extremly high casualties, annihilating about half of its population, though even the approximated numbers are disputed, some estimations going higher. The war began in late 1907 after an Ocralian invasion of Aurora. While initially successful, the advance halted when Florentia, calling in its ally Garindina, invaded Ocraly to reclaim its lost possession. Finally, following the sinking of the Mavrainai ship Lysitania by the Ocralian navy, Mavran joined the war in early 1908. To formalize this temporary alliance, the four nations created the Quadruple Entente against Ocraly, hence the name of the war.

After Ocraly was defeated in conventional warfare, it conducted a drawn-out guerilla resistance, which proved to be catastrophic and further decimated the Paraguayan military and civilian population. Much of the latter died due to battle, hunger and disease. The guerilla lasted for nine months until Generalissimo-Admiralissimo Basiliu di Campana was captured by Auroran forces in the battle of Collina Cora on july 1912. After a failed suicide attempt, he was forced to sign the Treaty of Middola at gunpoint. Auroran troups occupied the border city of Middola until 1915.

Background

A few years after its independance from Mantella, Ocraly was invaded in 1801 by Florentia and became an autonomous Kingdom under a cadet branch of the House of Asmavie. Subjugation lasted until 1878 and the coup d'état of general Basiliu di Campana at the start of the Florentian civil war. After the abolishment of the monarchy and the independance, di Campana established a totalitarian, ethnonationalist and fundamentalist regime. At the first meeting of the Ocralian Party, he proclaimed the start of a "crusade against individuality, as His Excellency Basiliu di Campana is the very embodiment of Ocraly. Everything within His Excellency, nothing outside His Excellency, nothing against His Excellency." Basiliu di Campana's fanaticism, militarism and autarchic measures alienated all of its neighboors.

Course of the war

Ocralian offensive

These tensions escalated when, to celebrate the soon-to-come 30th year of the regime, the dictator began an invasion of neighbooring Aurora, the 10th of November 1907, hoping to end the war by Christmas.