First Morrawo-Wassilian War

First Morrawo-Wassilian War (1645–1650)
Part of Morrawo-Wassilian Wars
Battle at Parkany (Štúrovo) (1683), author Juliusz Kossak
Date 22 September 1645 — 5 October 1650 (5 years, 1 week and 6 days) Location Wassilia, Wallach Sea Result Empire of Morrawia victory Treaty of Sren Territorial changes Empire of Morrawia gains northern and western Wassilian territory, northern half of Errala Peninsula gaining full control of the Wallach Sea
Belligerents
Empire of Morrawia	Wassilian Confederation
Commanders and leaders
	Gostautas Heralvei Ardas Klastinys Davdidusas Illevivicieus Kordan Bielvo

The First Morrawo-Wassilian War was an armed conflict between the Empire of Morrawia and the Wassilian Confederation between the years 1645 and 1650. The five year war was fought on entirely Wassilian territory and a small series of naval battles on the Wallach Sea.

Background

The former Kingdom of Morrawia had held up until the mid 1600s, a reasonable peace with the Wassilians, and very few periods of instability between the neighbors had occurred. The two countries had developed side-by-side with little in the the way of border disputes. When Morrawian monarch Rudolf I passed away in 1640, his eventual successor, Augustus I, drastically changed the course of both Morrawia and Wassilia forever transforming the kingdom into the Empire of Morrawia and quickly building up his military. At the same time, while Morrawia was centralizing its power, Wassilia was still a loosely held decentralized goverment known at the time as the Wassilian Confederation. The Wassilians believed that each of the four main regions should hold more power than the central government including the military. This would be a costly decision as even though most Wassilian citizens felt united as a people, the power brokers in the cities of Tyonek, Bursinai and Sren enjoyed the fruits of holding more power over their regions.

While both nations were strong seafaring countries, Morrawia was more quickly advancing its naval prowess which would prove decisive in the coming conflict. Something Wassilia would learn from and apply in time, however it did not have the resources in the mid-1600s to compete on Morrawia's terms.

War

Invasion of Errala

The Empire of Morrawia began its invasion of the Wassilian Confederation on 22 September 1645 with a naval attack on the city of Altapadys, as well as landing xxxxxxx soldiers west of the town to begin a siege of the city, catching the defending Confederation army off guard. This coincided with a separate attack in the Austaras and Olavaian provinces in the western theatre of combat a week later. Morrawian armies captured the city after a month of fighting and many of the Wassilian fighters in Altapadys fled south across the Wallach Sea to the cities of Eleksiadorys and Murslarai and down the peninsula to Bursinai to regroup. With the Errala peninsular being relatively flat aside from the Sunadic coastal highlands Morrawia made steady progress pushing Confederation armies south across the Inner Wallach Sea coastal plain. Wassilian Confederation leaders decided to leave the open countryside territory of northern Errala to the Morrawians as there were not many defensible positions, retreating south to the Wassilian towns of Gryius and Rostinas to form a defensive line which had plenty of access to the Wassilian southern heartland.