Occupation of Birgande

Occupation of Birgande
Date 18 May 2020 7:09 - ongoing Location {{{place}}}
Belligerents
Ganji Islands Artadal Kjaw	Kjaw Liberation Army Goarpaz Mercenary Forces
Commanders and leaders
Etienne Brekowantaz Renato Naszewaki-Misz Fred Cobiçao	Eres Kamab Yasi Melevito Leonard Sanches Samer Hakwene Pedro Anozar
Strength
Ganji Islands Military Police: 225 Ganji Special Forces: 245 Artadal Special Armed Forces: 25 Artadal Armed Forces: 10
Casualties and losses
Ganji Islands Military Police 4 dead, 24 wounded Ganji Special Forces 2 dead, 12 wounded Artadal Special Armed Forces 1 dead, 3 wounded, 2 captured Artadal Armed Forces No casualties Civilians 5 wounded	Kjaw Liberation Army 3 dead, 33 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 make Ganji Islands a communist state.

Causes

KLA headquarters raid

The 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.

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.