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The '''San Rositan invasion of Kenega''', named '''Operation Barracuda''' by the San Rositan military, was an operation launched in late 2022 by forces of the Republic of [[San Rosito]] to invade and capture the island of [[Kenega]] a protectorate of [[Vionna-Frankenlisch]]. The operation was the opening of the [[Kenegan War]]. With an overwhelming superiority in numbers and materiel, the San Rositans were able to land amphibious and airborne forces on Kenega and seize strategic points on the island, inflicting heavy losses on the Vionna-Frankenlischian and Kenegan defenders. | The '''San Rositan invasion of Kenega''', named '''Operation Barracuda''' by the San Rositan military, was an operation launched in late 2022 by forces of the Republic of [[San Rosito]] to invade and capture the island of [[Kenega]] a protectorate of [[Vionna-Frankenlisch]]. The operation was the opening of the [[Kenegan War]]. With an overwhelming superiority in numbers and materiel, the San Rositans were able to land amphibious and airborne forces on Kenega and seize strategic points on the island, inflicting heavy losses on the Vionna-Frankenlischian and Kenegan defenders. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
San Rosito had long maintained a claim to the island of Kenega. Considered a joke by many observers, the claim to the island rested on claimed descendance of San Rositan from the families of the original [[Espicuta|Espicutan]] colonial settlers of Kenega. Espicutan colonists had founded the settlement of [[Espicutan Kenega|Terelenco]] (now [[Terlenga]]) in 1570 and | ===Ownership of Kenega=== | ||
San Rosito had long maintained a claim to the island of Kenega. Considered a joke by many observers, the claim to the island rested on claimed descendance of San Rositan from the families of the original [[Espicuta|Espicutan]] colonial settlers of Kenega. Espicutan colonists had founded the settlement of [[Espicutan Kenega|Terelenco]] (now [[Terlenga]]) in 1570 and coexisted relatively peacefully with the native population. Though Terelenco expanded over the following centuries and other settlements were established, the colonists never laid claim to the whole island. The first power to claim the entirety of Kenega was [[Terre des Gaules|Gaul]]. The Gauls [[Gaulic conquest of Kenega|ejected]] the Espicutan colonists from Terelenco in 1769 and expanded their control over the whole island with the construction of a fort and naval base on the eastern coast (approximately where Kenega City is today). The [[Kenegan Revolution of 1813]] saw the Gaulic government forces overthrown on much of the island and the remains of the garrison [[Siege of Fort Kenega|besieged]] in the fort. The fort fell when Frankenlischian forces arrived the following year and the [[Battle off Hutanjia (1815)|Battle off Hutanjia]] of 1815 brought an end to the colonial wars in the region with Kenega and other Gaulic possessions in eastern Wishtonia being ceded to Frankenlisch. In spite of Frankenlischian decolonisation in the region of Wishtonia in the 1950s, Kenega and [[Colony of Owaya|Owaya]] remained Imperial possessions. Kenega remained peaceful from that point until the San Rositan invasion. | |||
===Failed Diplomacy=== | |||
In the lead-up to the invasion, both Vionna-Frankenlisch and San Rosito displayed only minor interest in resolving the claim diplomatically. | |||
===Kenegan defence forces=== | ===Kenegan defence forces=== | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 24 January 2023
| San Rositan invasion of Kenega | |||||||
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From top right and in clockwise direction: HMNS Kenega damaged under missile attack; Imperial troops of 3rd Battalion, Royal Erin Regiment in action in Kenega City; Two aircraft of the San Rositan Navy above Kenega; San Rositan troops in Terelenga | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kenega |
 San Rosito | ||||||
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Kendal Devarnum |
Jorge Sepulveda | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Royal Park Ranger Service |
La Armada de San Rosito | ||||||
The San Rositan invasion of Kenega, named Operation Barracuda by the San Rositan military, was an operation launched in late 2022 by forces of the Republic of San Rosito to invade and capture the island of Kenega a protectorate of Vionna-Frankenlisch. The operation was the opening of the Kenegan War. With an overwhelming superiority in numbers and materiel, the San Rositans were able to land amphibious and airborne forces on Kenega and seize strategic points on the island, inflicting heavy losses on the Vionna-Frankenlischian and Kenegan defenders.
Background
Ownership of Kenega
San Rosito had long maintained a claim to the island of Kenega. Considered a joke by many observers, the claim to the island rested on claimed descendance of San Rositan from the families of the original Espicutan colonial settlers of Kenega. Espicutan colonists had founded the settlement of Terelenco (now Terlenga) in 1570 and coexisted relatively peacefully with the native population. Though Terelenco expanded over the following centuries and other settlements were established, the colonists never laid claim to the whole island. The first power to claim the entirety of Kenega was Gaul. The Gauls ejected the Espicutan colonists from Terelenco in 1769 and expanded their control over the whole island with the construction of a fort and naval base on the eastern coast (approximately where Kenega City is today). The Kenegan Revolution of 1813 saw the Gaulic government forces overthrown on much of the island and the remains of the garrison besieged in the fort. The fort fell when Frankenlischian forces arrived the following year and the Battle off Hutanjia of 1815 brought an end to the colonial wars in the region with Kenega and other Gaulic possessions in eastern Wishtonia being ceded to Frankenlisch. In spite of Frankenlischian decolonisation in the region of Wishtonia in the 1950s, Kenega and Owaya remained Imperial possessions. Kenega remained peaceful from that point until the San Rositan invasion.
Failed Diplomacy
In the lead-up to the invasion, both Vionna-Frankenlisch and San Rosito displayed only minor interest in resolving the claim diplomatically.