Hisari Wars
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Hisari Wars | |||||||
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Clockwise from the top: Veliky Belgorod after its recapture by the Imperial Army, Romellenic forces fighting near Branishte; Salamat after a Romellenic bombing campaign; Hisari tank driving through Melnichar after its capture by the Imperial Army, a Hisari ambush of a Fahrani convoy in Haydaristan, Shurawi mujahideen in as-Sourh, Hisari soldiers hiding in the rubble during the Battle of Qazdamir, Fahrani soldier wearing a gas mask. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hisaristan Haydari Mujahideen (1976-81) Ramazani Mujahideen (1976-81) Shurawi Mujahideen (1976-81) Template:Country data Leidense Republic (1978-81) Supported by: Template:Country data Leidense Republic (1973-78) |
Romellea (1973-78) Grand Duchy of Veliky Belgorod (1973-78) Fahran (1978-81) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hisari Leaders
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Romellenic and Belgorodski Leaders
Simeon Kanizhanski Grand Knyaz of Veliky Belgorod | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Hisaristan At the onset of the warAfter Fahran declares war in 1978 1981 |
Romellea At the onset of the war1978 Fahran Fahran declares war in 19781981 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Hisaristan Military dead 100,000-400,000 Military wounded 400,000-1,000,000 Military missing 75,000-100,000 Total 575,000-1,500,000 KIA, WIA or MIA |
Romellea Military dead 35,000-50,000 Military wounded 50,000-100,000 Military missing 25,000-75,000 Total 110,000-225,000 KIA, WIA, or MIA Fahran Military dead 200,000-400,000 Military wounded 200,000-1,200,000 Military missing 75,000-125,000 Total 475,000-1,725,000 KIA, WIA, or MIA |
The Hisari Wars were two separate but related armed conflicts: the Hisari-Romellenic War (1973-1978) between Hisaristan and Romellea and the Grand Duchy of Veliky Belgorod and the Hisari-Fahrani War (1978-1981) between Hisaristan and Fahran collectively lasting from 25 August 1973, when Veliky Belgorod declared its independence from Hisaristan to 14 May 1981, when Fahran and Hisaristan signed the Treaty of Sulh.
The Hisari-Romellenic War began in 1973 when the Grand Duchy of Veliky Belgorod declared independence from Hisaristan in response to Emperor Khasar's 1975 Decrees with the support of the Romellenic Federation, which stationed troops within the breakaway state's borders. Contrary to the expectations of Romellenic leadership, Hisaristan immediately declared war on Veliky Belgorod. Although the Romellenic Army managed to occupy Mstislavsk and Kanizhansk within the first month of the war, they were defeated by the Imperial Army at Sviatoslavsk and quickly driven out of Mikhailoslav. On March 21 1974, the Imperial Army launched the Navruz Offensive into Veliky Belgorod, defeating a Romellean-Belgorodski army at Vodvorets in March and regaining all of Hisaristan's lost territory by April. In 1975, the Imperial Army launched the Chinzorig Offensive into Samaryansk and Minyor, taking Byala Cherkva in 1976 and Melnichar in 1977 before advancing towards Sredetz. Branishte and Elhova Gora, meanwhile, witnessed heavy fighting from 1975 to 1978 as Romellenic and Hisari forces were locked into a deadly stalemate in the impassable forests and marshes of the region. The Hisari-Romellenic War ended on April 18 1978 with the signing of the Balchik Treaty after the outbreak of the Hisari-Fahrani War.
The Hisari-Fahrani War began in 1978 when President Sabir Afzal Rahmani launched a surprise invasion of Haydaristan and Lower Rumelistan in an attempt to annex the Gheiravic-minority areas in the region. Although the Fahrani leadership predicted that the Imperial Army would overextend itself by fighting a war on three fronts against Fahran and Romellea, Khasar quickly made peace with the Romellenic Provisional Government and withdrew Hisari forces from Romellea towards the Southwestern provinces. Within the first two months, the Fahrani Army quickly occupied vast swathes of Haydaristan despite stiff resistance from the Haydari and Shurawi mujahideen, committing anti-Hashtadi and Hazarakhani massacres in an ethic cleansing campaign. In June 1979 the Imperial Army pushed overextended Fahrani forces back to the border as mujahid raids on Fahrani military positions intensified. With the Imperial Army attempting to push into Fahran and the Fahrani Army attempting to regain its occupied territory, the mountains of as-Sourh witnessed some of the deadliest fighting of the Hisari Wars, with both sides engaging in guerilla tactics. In 1979 the Fahrani Navy bombed and blockaded several Hisari port cities, incurring Hisari bombing runs of many Fahrani cities. In 1980 the Imperial Army laid siege to Qazdamir, incurring heavy losses before taking the city in 1981 after a year of intense guerrilla warfare. The fall of Qazdamir and the failure of a Fahrani assault on the port of Bandar Salamat led to the end of the war with the signing of the Treaty of Sulh on 14 May 1981.
In terms of tactics, the conflicts have been compared to the Great War, with all three sides using large-scale trench warfare, manned machine gun posts, bayonet charges, extensive use of chemical weapons, deliberate attacks on civilian targets, and guerrilla warfare in swamp, forest, and mountain settings.
In Romellea, the war resulted in significant political, economic, and military reforms along with the impeachment of the 10th Presidium after intense anti-government protests following the Balchik Treaty. In Fahran, the army's defeat was among the determining factors in Rahmani's eventual overthrow and the heavy reparations demanded by the Hisari government led to a significant debt crisis. In Hisaristan, the war led to the full integration of the country's vassal states, significant political and military reforms, and an economic recession lasting from 1981 to 1985 during reconstruction, all followed by the Hisari Postwar Economic Miracle. The Hisari Wars also led to a large-scale refugee crisis in Western Catai and Southeastern Asura.
Foreign Intervention
Hisaristan
Despite the unstable nature of relations between Hisaristan and the Leidense Republic at the beginning of the war, research on the war has shown that the Leidense Republic supplied weapons to the Imperial Army and accounted for around 60% of total foreign aid granted to Hisaristan during the wars.
As an important historic ally to Hisaristan, the Leidense Republic supported Hisaristan for the duration of the wars, selling weapons and machinery valued up to $427 million to the Imperial Army while keeping the Hisari embassy in Leidenstad open despite closing the Leidense embassy in Hasanhisar after the outbreak of the wars. After Fahran's declaration of war on Hisaristan in 1978, the Leidense Republic directly intervened under the pretense of peacekeeping, a decision which President Marjorie Schwerin was widely criticized, with many Leidense critics calling it an example of Asuran imperialism. The Leidense media heavily focused its attention on Hisari, Fahrani, and Romellean war crimes throughout the war, eventually prompting Schwerin to decrease the size of the peacekeeping force upon arrival and eventually withdraw it before the end of the war at the request of the Hisari government.