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Kenlongese War

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Kenlongese War
Part of the Great Game
Kenlongese wars collage.png
Clockwise, from top left:
  • Melasian brigadier general Ernst Keitel after the Song Lo Bay landings
  • Melasian marines landing during Operation Blue Moon in Gi Lang
  • Melasian aircrew replenishing the ammunition of a J 49 fighter
  • Kenlongese royalist troops posing after the victory at La Tho
  • MS Jurgenshafen bombarding the coastal city of Phong My during the April Offensive
Date19 September 1944 (1944-09-19) – 3 March 1951 (1951-03-03) (6 years, 5 months and 12 days)
Establishment of diplomatic mission between Melasia and the Kingdom of Kenlong on 3 March 1951
Location
Result

Royalist-led victory

  • Liquidation of the puppet regime in Kenlong
  • Establishment of the Kingdom of Kenlong
  • Departure of the Melasians from Kenlong
Territorial
changes
Coast of Song Lo and the Northern Caroline islands ceded to Kenlong
Belligerents
State of Kenlong
Melasia
Supported by:
Cuthland
 Rovina
Kingdom of Kenlong
Supported by:
 Mascylla
 Falland
 Lavaria

People's Liberation Front of Kenlong
Mèo Insurgency
Supported by:
Dulebia


Note: The various communist factions often participated in hostile actions between each-other.
Commanders and leaders
Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Đăng
Wilhelm Keller
Gustaf von Baumann
King Hồ Hoàng Thái
Mascylla Maximilian I
Mascylla Ernest Rähner
Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Strength
State of Kenlong
Regulars: 185,000
Town militia: 68,000
Police and other law enforcement: 16,000
Republic of Melasia
Melasian marine corps: 25,000
Melasian Home Guard: 46,000
Total: c. 340,000
Kingdom of Kenlong
Regulars: 250,000 (1948)
Irregulars: c. 268,000
Mascyllary Empire
Colonial troops: c. 7,200
Total: c. 525,200
People's Liberation Front
Irregulars: 45,000 (peak)
Mèo Insurgency
Irregulars: c. 17,200
Total: c. 62,200
Casualties and losses
100,000 - 150,000 killed, wounded or missing
53,863 military killed, wounded or missing
190,000 - 210,000 killed, wounded or captured
25,000 imprisoned in Melasian labour camps
Mascylla 95 colonial troops wounded or missing
unknown number killed or wounded
14,000-29,000 captured by both sides
  • 345,000–450,000 total killed, wounded or missing
  • 200,000 - 350,000 civilians killed