Army Group Galania
| Army Group Galania | |
|---|---|
 Banner of the Royalists | |
| Active | 1984-1987 |
| Allegiance | Royalists |
| Type | Army group |
| Size | Three Field Armies |
| Garrison/HQ | Myzova, later Zildejov |
| Engagements | Refusal War |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Demitar Zdravkov Tonchev |
Army Group Galania was a military formation of the Royalists formed during the Refusal War. It was responsible for Royalist operations in Galania, though it also expanded into Hayreniky and Scitaria over the course of the conflict.
Army Group Galania was stood up in 1984 following the failure of Operation Branimir to contain Warden forces in southern Scitaria and Hayreniky, and gradually grew to the strength of three field armies, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The Army Group was also supported by foreign air support from Acrea and Ossoria, and later augmented by Acrean ground forces following the Warden invasion of Galania. At its peak, the Army Group was composed of over 1,000,000 Royalist and allied troops. Throughout its existence, the Army Group was commanded by Colonel General Demitar Zdravkov Tonchev.
After its formation in 1984, the first major action of the Army Group took place in 1985 during the Warden Coastal Offensive, during which the Army Group was unable to prevent the Wardens armies from Scitaria and Hayreniky from linking up and seizing control of the Galanian coast. Subsequent losses of Kopvy, Fralont, Vyerzhany, and Zorad threatened the Royalist holdings north of the Thanor River. Tonchev organized and launched a counter-offensive in October 1985, crossing the South Thanor and the Komir rivers before laying siege to Dateva. Despite numerical superiority and the support of allied air power the Royalists could not break the city, and were forced to abandon the effort in December.
The subsequent loss of Durova to a combined Warden-Cacertian force placed the Army Group in a poor position. Plans for another offensive aimed at Moddra were halted by the Warden invasion of Galania in April 1986, which broke Royalist lines and resulted in the loss of Myzova in May. Tonchev withdrew the Army Group further north and hunkered down for the harsh winter, entering 1987 with flagging morale. Tonchev's efforts to improve the standing of the Army Group largely failed to rectify the increasingly poor strategic positioning of the Royalist armies. In the spring of 1987 the Wardens launched a series of offensives which ruptured Royalist lines in multiple locations, forcing a steady withdrawal north in the face of desertions and rock-bottom morale.
A spirited defense of Tavrita by the best remaining Royalist forces were not enough to halt the advance of the Wardnes, and Kedziebryzch had to be abandoned shortly afterwards. The Army Group, now down to less than 200,000 men, lost Tomakow on September 8th and withdrew back to Zildejov. The evacuation of the Royal Families shortly afterwards signaled the end of the Royalist cause, and Tonchev surrendered the last of his forces to the Wardens at Zildejov, which is typically used to mark the end of the war.