Distani Civil War

Distani Civil War
Soldiers of the Distani Republic take rest during the Siege of Distanisci in 1961
Date 23 May 1960 — 5 January 1965 (4 years, 7 months, 13 days) Location Distan, spillover in Charville and The Celtics Result Distani-Charvillean victory
Belligerents
1960–1962 Red Coalition Democratic Federation of the Left Popular Action Front United Workers 1963–1965 Charville Distani Resistance	1960–1962 The Uprising Námumenn United Front 1963–1965 Distani Free State
Commanders and leaders
Ashkii Tanatan Øystein Ivans name	Nicolaus Webber

The Distani Civil War, also known as the Great War of Distan, was a war in Distan fought from 1960 to 1965. The conflict took the form of a civil war from 1960 to 1962 between the Red Alliance, forces loyal to the socialist Democratic Front of the Left government of the Distani Republic, and the Uprising, a coalition of right-wing political groups led by the Nordesian supremascist Nikolai Waadeland. The subsequent Charvillean invasion of Distan from 1963 to 1965 was launched to overthrow the Distani Free State, established by the Uprising after the defeat of the Red Alliance.

Following the results of a 1958 independence referendum, Distan formally seceded from Charville in January 1960 to form the Distani Republic. The war was sparked after the Uprising attempted the coup d'état of May 1960 in response to the first elections of the new country held two months prior, which saw the election of a socialist coalition government under the leadership of President Ashkii Tanatan. The coup failed, but it saw the defection of almost half of the Distani Army to the Uprising's cause, with the faction gaining total control over the regions of Hokkske and Olvaine. The Uprising advanced through the Tesaacum Plain into south-east Distan, and by January 1961 only Distanisci, the Nahonhan Peninsula and mountainous parts of the Osecéé Plateau remained under Red control. After a two year siege of the city, the Uprising captured Distanisci on 17 December 1962 and declared victory, establishing the authoritarian Distani Free State.

After the bombing of the Charvillean embassy in Distan and resignation of the [x] adminsistration in the wake of the [x] Crisis, Charville declared war against the Distani Free State in April 1963. The bloody Nahonhan landings three months after secured a Charvillean foothold in the [x] Peninsula, marking a turning point; the Uprising spent the remainder of the war in retreat. Facing defeat, Waadeland expelled Indigenous Distani political groups from the Uprising and announced his intentions to create a Nordesian ethnic state in the Three Lakes region. The Uprising used scorched earth tactics against advancing Charvillean forces, and launched the Distani genocide, killing an estimated 50,000 Indigenous Distanis before the end of the conflict. Although the war stagnated at the [x] and [y] corridors during the first half of 1964, decisive victories at [x] and [y] ensured total Charvillean victory. The last Uprising forces had surrended by 5 January 1965, ending the war. Under Charvillean occuption, the Distani Republic was rendered defunct and Distan was officially reabsorbed into Charville as a province on 12 March 1965.

An estimated total of 350,000 soldiers and civilians were killed in the war, many victims of political repression and ethnic cleansing carried out by the Uprising and to a lesser extent the Red Alliance. The war received international attention due to the passion and intensity of its fighting, attracting a large amount of foreign volunteers. The conflict is often presented as a climax of the post Charvillean Civil War struggle both regionally in Distan and in Charville between increasingly polarised movements: the far left vs the far right, Indigenous Distani self-rule vs Námumenn minoritarianism, and republicans vs monarchists. Distan's reintegration into Charville marked the end of the Fourth Movement, with a postwar provincial government led by Tanatan enshrining multiculturalism in the nation's constitution. In Charville, the war marked the transition between the historical periods of the "Old Republic" and "New Republic", marking transition from a socialist democracy to a liberal democracy.