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Battle of Cansporonne | |||||||
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Part of the Horn Offensive of the Western Front of the Great War | |||||||
Infantrymen of the LXII Soravian Army Corps advance into the town of Saint-Yves-sur-Mussy, around 4 km (2.5 mi) north-west of Cansporonne | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Grand Alliance: Soravia |
Entente: Gaullica | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Matvei Shaposhnikov Ismo Häkkinen Yakov Kuybyshev Yuri Chesnokov |
Jean-Louis Mossé Lucrèse Dubost Hector Pelletier Edmond Naudé † | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Gaullican armies | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
7–12 April: 266,816 infantry 7,055 artillery pieces 915 tanks 2,055 aircraft 12–19 April: 466,934 infantry 21,153 artillery pieces 2,410 tanks 2,986 aircraft |
7–12 April: 334,192 infantry 13,830 artillery pieces 1,110 tanks 1,965 aircraft 12–19 April: 289,464 infantry 11,282 artillery pieces 818 tanks 1,579 aircraft | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
21,726 killed 70,182 wounded 550+ tanks destroyed |
39,088 killed 77,155 wounded 300+ tanks destroyed ~200,000 POWs |
The Battle of Cansporonne (Gaullican: Bataille de Cansporonne, Soravian: Битва при Канспоронні; Bytva pry Kansporonni, Miersan: Bitwa pod Kansporan/Drawno), also known in Soravia as Operation Purity (Soravian: Операція Чистота; Operatsiya Chystota) or Operation Bonfire (Gaullican: Opération feu de joie) in Gaullica was a large-scale military engagement between Soravia and Functionalist Gaullica between April 7 and April 21, 1934. It was the largest battle of the Horn Offensive by personnel count, and also resulted in the largest capture of prisoners-of-war in the Euclean theatre of the conflict, with around 200,000 being imprisoned after the battle.
Participating forces
Force comparisons by date
Force | Soravia | Gaullica | ||
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Month | April | April | ||
Date | 7th | 12th | 7th | 12th |
Men | 266,816 | 466,934 | 334,192 | 289,464 |
Tanks | 915 | 2,410 | 1,110 | 818 |
Anti-tank pieces | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Artillery pieces | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Armored divisions | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Infantry divisions | 21 | 37 | 29 | 31 |
Aircraft | 2,055 | 2,986 | 1,965 | 1,579 |
Army leaders
Soravia
Matvei Shaposhnikov
Commander-General of the 3rd Army GroupIsmo Häkkinen
Commander-General of the 7th Army GroupYakov Kuybyshev
Commander of the Yudino Artillery GroupYuri Chesnokov
Commander of the III Air Corps
Gaullica
Jean-Louis Mossé
Commander of the III Army GroupLucrèce Dubost
Commander of the IV Army GroupHector Pelletier
Commander of the VI Army GroupEdmond Naudé
Commander of the VII Army Group