Acrean Intervention in the Refusal War
| Operation Tveegget | |||||
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| Part of the Refusal War | |||||
 RAAF strike fighters over Syara | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Acrea  Royalists |
 Wardens | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| Acrean Armed Forces |
Wardens | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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15,000 troops 1,500 aircraft 23 ships |
543 aircraft 4,285 air defense systems | ||||
Acrean Intervention in the Refusal War, code named Operation Tveegget, began in January 1984 in accordance with a mutual cooperation agreement between the government of the Republic of Syara and Acrea. Concerns over rising Warden nationalist ideology in Syara led Acrean officials to open back channel communications with Royalist aligned officials in 1979. Although traditionally adversaries due to Acrea's longstanding close relationship with and support for Ruvelka, both parties recognized the Wardens as a mutual threat; the Acreans assessed that the Wardens would heighten threats to Ruvelka and increase the risk of major war breaking out, while the Royalists feared the elimination of their political influence in Syara should the Wardens seize power. While discussions over potential strategies to suppress Warden ideology in Syara were ongoing throughout 1980, and contingency was formed in 1981 in the face of increasingly aggressive Warden rhetoric and increasing political instability in which Acrea would provide material and military support to the Royalists if military action became necessary to manage any Warden threats to the Royalist power base.
Acrean foreign policy quickly and strongly stood behind the Royalists. Chancellor Wolfgang Matthes issued statements of support backing President Mircevski's attempts at reconciliation, worded with a distinct sympathy for Royalist factions of the Syaran government. Although the events building to the outbreak of violence throughout 1983 did not fall under the circumstances envisioned in the prior 1981 agreement, Mircevski's sudden death and the Warden push to power pressed the Acreans towards intervention in cooperation with Royalist factions of the government.