Second Great War

Second Great War
Part of the Great Wars
Clockwise from top left: Nordhaganish ground attack aircraft over Uisdalle; Attancian heavy tanks during the Battle of Stoltenberg; West Floridian pilots fly Attancian-made dive bombers over Jansville; Attancian death squads murdering Nordians in Alvaria; Dominik Čedomir signing the Attancian Instrument of Surrender; Fluvannian troops outside of Agelivelle
Date 1 March 1942 – 18 June 1948 (6 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Straegos, Palvaria, Econis, Norland Result Democratic Alliance Victory Establishment of the Global Union of Nations Post Great War Reforms Fluvannian Mark adopted as global base currency End of the Second Kingdom of Nordhagan Attancian democratic reforms Political instability in West Florida Transfer of colonial holdings
Belligerents
Nordhagan Fluvannia New Waldensia Libervalley Havel Group	Attancia West Florida Supported By Havel Group (Until 1945)
Commanders and leaders
Nordhagan Paal II† Charles Macklemore† Felix Kjontenberg Fluvannia Albert II Sir Arnold Jüngling Naokuni Shimada Sir Simo Vinnekonnainen Sir George Douglass Sir Isoroku Nagano New Waldensia TBD NW HeadofState TBD NW HeadofGovt TBD NW SecDef Libervalley TBD LV HeadofState TBD LV HeadofGovt TBD LV SecDef Havel Group TBD Havel	Attancia Novak Moreno TBD ATTANCIAN HOG Dominik Čedomir West Florida William Richardson Henry Alderson Micheal Depenshire
Casualties and losses
Nordhagan TBD Fluvannia -110,000 dead or missing -300,000 wounded -5,000 captured -3,000 civilians killed New Waldensia TBD Libervalley TBD Havel Group TBD	Attancia TBD West Florida TBD
Total Military Casualties TBD Total Civilian Casualties TBD

The Second Great War (2GW or SGW) was a global war that lasted from 1942 to 1948. It involved the majority of the world's countries—including all but one of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Democratic Alliance and the United Front. In a state of total war, directly involving more than 100 million personnel, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. The Second Great War was the deadliest conflict in human history, resulting in 70 to 85 million fatalities, with more civilians than military personnel killed. Tens of millions of people died due to genocides (including the Budućnost). Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, including in strategic bombing of population centres, the development of nuclear weapons, and the only five uses of such weapons in war.

The Second Great War is generally considered to have begun on 1 March 1942, with the invasion of Libervalley by Attancia and subsequent declarations of war on Attancia by Nordhagan and Fluvannia on the 3rd. From late 1943 to early 1945, in a series of campaigns and massacres, Attancia conquered or controlled much of northern Nordhagan and Libervalley, and formed the United Front with West Florida. With the establishment of a Nordhaganish puppet in the northern half of the country, Attancia began to claim the land. Following the onset of campaigns in Northeastern Nordhagan, and the fall of Libervalley, the war continued primarily between Attancia and the remaining Nordhaganish and Fluvannian forces, with the aerial Battle of Nordhagan, the Invasion of Četvrti, and the Battle of the Palaven. On 19 June 1944, Nordhagan, supported by Fluvannia, began an invasion to retake Nordhagan, Libervalley, and eliminate Attancia, opening the Western Front, the largest land theatre of war in history.

West Florida, which aimed to dominate northern Straegos and the Polar Ocean, sought to eliminate New Waldensia. In December 1942, West Florida attacked New Waldensian territory with near-simultaneous offensives against the southern half of the country including an attack on the NW fleet at Port Carlos. Following a NW declaration of war against West Florida, which followed one from Nordhagan and Fluvannia, Attancia declared war on New Waldensia in solidarity with its ally. West Florida soon conquered most of Venalda and Hussia, but its advances were halted in 1945 after losing the critical Battle of Gramsby and Luberon; Key setbacks in 1945—including a series of Attancia defeats on the Western Front, the Nordhagan counter invasions of Četvrti and Libervalley, and Fluvannian offensives in Northeastern Nordhagan—cost Attancia its initiative and forced it into strategic retreat on all fronts. In addition, the Bombing of HAVEL CITY by Attancia pushed the Havel Group and its considerable economic might over to the side of the Democratic Alliance. In 1947, Nordhagan and Fluvannia had successfully reclaimed Nordhagan territory, while New Waldensia regained its territorial losses and turned towards the West Floridian mainland. During 1947 and 1948, West Florida suffered reversals in mainland Straegos, while the New Waldensian air and naval forces crippled the West Floridian Navy and captured key Ardat Sea ports.

The war in Straegos-Econis concluded with the liberation of Attancian-occupied territories, and the invasion of Attancia itself by Nordhagan and Fluvannia, culminating in the fall of Agelivelle to Nordhaganish troops, the nuclear bombings of on TWO ATTANCIAN CITIES on November 29 1947 and December 3, the nuclear bombing of Edenboro on December 14, the surrender of Dominik Čedomir, and the Attancian unconditional surrender on 18 January 1948. Following the surrender of Attancia, Nordhagan and Fluvannia faced towards West Florida while New Waldensia used an atomic bomb on on FLORIDIAN TOWN on March 3 1948. Faced with an ongoing invasion of the West Floridian heartland, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and having used its only atomic bomb on WALDENSIAN TOWN on 8 May, West Florida announced its intention to surrender on 10 June, cementing total victory in northern Straegos for the Democratic Alliance. In the wake of the war, Attancia and West Florida were briefly occupied, and war crimes tribunals were conducted against their leaders. However, such occupations lasted no more than a year due to weariness of war among the Nordhaganish, Fluvannian, and New Waldensian public.

The Second Great War changed the political alignment and social structure of the globe. The Democratic Alliance was transformed into the Global Union of Nations established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. Despite heavy casualties, Nordhagan and Attancia emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the nearly eight decade long Soft War.