Occupation of Birgande

Occupation of Birgande
Date 18 May 2020 7:09 - ongoing Location {{{place}}}
Belligerents
Ganji Islands Artadal	New Nation of Kjaw Goarpaz Mercenary Forces Kwiri Jahbi St. Damién
	Kjaw
Commanders and leaders
Etienne Brekowantaz Renato Naszewaki-Misz Fred Cobiçao (formerly Kjaw) Jaffari Issa	Yohan Heszabere Eres Kamab Yasi Melevito Leonard Sanches Samer Hakwene Pedro Anozar Kwiri - Jonathon Nebisze
Strength
Ganji Islands Military Police: 410 Ganji Special Forces: 300 Artadal Special Armed Forces: 25 Artadal Armed Forces: 10
Casualties and losses
Ganji Islands Military Police 5 dead, 25 wounded Ganji Special Forces 15 dead, 42 wounded Artadal Special Armed Forces 4 dead, 8 wounded, 3 captured Artadal Armed Forces No casualties Civilians 53 dead, 7 wounded	Kjaw Liberation Army 8 dead, 39 wounded Goarpaz Mercenary Forces 1 dead, 2 wounded

Occupation of Birgande is an ongoing military operation in the southern city of Birgande in Ganji Islands. Kjaw Liberation Army occupied the city during the early hours of morning with the help of Goarpaz Mercenary Forces.

Belligerents

Kjaw Liberation Army

The KLA is an Army from the state of Kjaw, that wants to get revenge on Ganji Islands for the Minszes Genocide and get independence. Their estimated member count is 3 000-10 000 members.

Causes

KLA headquarters raid

The State Government of Kjaw issued a raid to the KLA headquarters in Western Kjaw, which turned out to be empty. The only things found were ammunition and AK-47s built during the Ganjiland War.

Attack on Dogo, Artadal

The KLA attacked the town of Dogo in Artadal on May 22 during the evening. There were 5 deaths which all of were the Dogo police. 12 civilians were injured and 3 were kidnapped.

Amirtown bombings

On May 25 at 22:54, the KLA bombed the South Amirtown train station. 2 police officers died and 14 other civilians were injured.

New Nation of Kjaw

On May 27 at 15:00 the President of Kjaw, Yohan Heszabere proclaimed Kjaw as the New Nation of Kjaw.

Government representatives

On May 27 at 2:38, three states announced their representatives' withdrawal from the Government due to Kjaw's and Goarpaz' representatives being kicked out, which meant that these states weren't recognized anymore. Those states were Kwiri, Jahbi and Saint Damién, which all have a large percentage of Minszesi population.

First week

First day

During the first 3 hours, KLA took over the Birgande City Hall and the Artadalian Embassy building in Northern Birgande.

At 15:58, two Ganji Islands Special Forces soldiers died, 9 were wounded and 3 civilians were wounded in a grenade explosion while evacuating an apartment building.

The rest of the day went without casualties.

Second and third day

The day began with an explosion in the district of Maroon. There were no casualties but 2 bypassers were injured. That caused the Ganji Islands Military Police to attack the base district of KLA. Four people died and 21 other were injured. The third day was calm.

Fourth day

At 01:44, the KLA attacked the base camp of GSF with rocket launchers in which 11 soldiers died and 32 other were injured.

Second week

Second day

At about 18:23, a passenger jet crashed in Northern Birgande with everyone onboard dying. The KLA had shot down the plane. A total of 58 people died in that accident, including 49 passengers, 4 crew members, 2 GSF soldiers and 3 ASAF soldiers.