Sloverti Civil War
| Sloverti Civil War | |||||||
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| Kingdom of Slovertia | Sloverti Republicans | ||||||
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Jože Ankwicz Lovro Husár Gordan Pavlík |
Bernislav Mečiar Marko Tomko | ||||||
The Sloverti Civil war was a conflict fought between Republicans who wished to bring an end to the Sloverti monarchy who in their eyes represented stagnation and autocracy and Monarchists who supported the Sloverti monarchy and fought to maintain the Kingdom of Slovertia. The Sloverti Civil war began in 1940 and was sparked by the assassination of Dionek Kuźniar in Ziprata. Kuźniar was a popular writer and Republican. His death caused riots which led to the imposition of martial law in the city. This galvanised Republican supporters who began attacking military and police barracks, government buildings and the homes of politicians. This culminated in two killings, the most important being the assassination of a cousin of King Miroslav II. In response to this murder and growing violence and rioting which had spread past Ziprata and into Brativas and Kojbakvy as well as rural areas martial law was imposed on the entire country despite the majority of the Sloverti people having nothing to do with the Republican movement. With this imposition this changed, as in response to what was seen as oppressive government policy hundreds of thousands of Slovertis joined Republican militias which were organised into the National Republican Movement or ‘’Národné Republikánske Hnutie’’ (Mazurian: Narodowy Ruch Republikański) fighting then began in earnest with republicans concentrated in rural strongholds primarily fighting using Guerrilla tactics. The monarchy became irreversibly damaged by the Monarchist national army’s heavy handed actions such as the indiscriminate killing of civilians and destruction of large areas of cities and towns in an effort to root out republicans. The killer blow in the Monarchist cause came in 1942 when seeing that the majority of the nation stood against them large swathes of the national army defected and joined the Republican side. This led to complete Republican control of almost all of Slovertia. With his nation against him and pressure mounting from the newly formed Republican government Miroslav II resigned in March 1942 ending the war and the Kingdom of Slovertia. He was later executed as the new republican government feared that if left alive he could rejuvenate the Monarchist cause. The Republic of Slovertia would go on to last for only two years before the Technocratic coup led to its dissent disintegration.