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| Second Kasai War | |||||||||
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| Part of Unifying Revival | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Lower Karana governorates6th Governorate 8th Governorate 10th Governorate 12th Governorate |
Makgato plateau governorates 29th Governorate 30th Governorate 31st Governorate | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 30-35,000 | 45-50,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| ~9,000 total | ~16,000 total | ||||||||
The Second Kasai War was a military conflict in the Central Karana Basin in 1950s. A major early part of the Unifying Revival, it saw the attempt of 29th Governorate of Airashe to expand the territories under its protection by establishing protectorate over the 12th Governorate downstream Karana river. This met resistance from the 6th Governorate further downstream, resulting in a series of military confrontations interrupted by rainfall seasons. After several military defeats, the Airashe Governorate was forced to abandon their operations, and the resulting peace treaty solidified the right bank of lower Karana Basin under control of the 6th Governorate.
The war got its name from the nearby major inlet of Karana, Kasai river, confluent with Karana at the territory of 12th Governorate. It marked one of the several border conflicts of the Revival, but because of the state of Itayana at the period, much of the available information is drawn from the second-hand sources, making it one of the more obscure conflicts in modern history. The war itself is characterized by modern studies as one of the "forgotten wars" of the Karana Basin. It was overshadowed by the Ninvite War, in which the same opposing governorate cliques collaborated to form the Thundering Elephant Army.