Liberação

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Liberação
Part of the Red Surge
Attack near Playa Giron. April 19, 1961. - panoramio.jpg
FRL troops advancing on Mariranan forces near Garriapa, May 1933.
DateFebruary 26, 1933 – January 9, 1934
(10 months and 12 days)
Location
Result

FRL victory:

Belligerents
 Marirana
Supported by:
 Gaullica
Maracan Empire Frente Revolucionária de Libertação
Supported by:
 Chervolesia
 Swetania
Commanders and leaders
Marirana Ottaviano Castello
Marirana Ovidio Imbriale
Marirana Giuliano Ferone
Marirana Ilario Marone
Marirana Luciano Gazzo
Adelmar I
Teodósio Moura
Antelmo de Sá
Jorge Batista
Maximiano Pimentel
Renato Guimarães
Josué Couto
Rui Fernandes
Enéas Almeida
Santiago Agostinho
Strength
28,000 soldiers 4,500 Guarda da Coroa ~50,000 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
4,753 missing, wounded or dead 1,272 missing, wounded or dead 2,500–9,000 missing, wounded or dead

The Liberação, Lusitan for "Liberation", was a period of armed revolution and resistance on the island of Maracao in 1933 and early 1934. It mainly opposed the Frente Revolucionária de Libertação, abbreviated FRL, led by Nemtsovist revolutionary vanguard Renato Guimarães, against the occupational forces of the Sotirian State of Marirana, led by Il Duce Ottaviano Castello. Liberação also included a small force of the Guarda da Coroa, Adelmar's personal guard of 4,500 men, who were sent from their exile location in Halland to fight in the conflict.

The conflict began with the start of the FRL insurrection against Mariranan occupation in February 1933. With skirmishes emerging between the two parties, Liberação did not pick up as a major revolution until the FRL's victory at the Battle of São João in April, after which many guerrillas and revolutionaries joined the FRL's cause. The FRL was funded by socialist powers as a means of creating a new socialist country in the Arucian Strait, an influential economic zone. With the decline in the Entente's power towards the end of the war, the FRL capitalised on the lack of Mariranan morale to secure many influential victories across the island, eventually liberating the island officially of Mariranan forces with the last of the resistance surrendering at Cabo Gaspar on January 7, and the Republic being officially declared two days later, ending Liberação.

Liberação became popular inspiration for socialist revolutionaries around the world, particularly in Bahia and Coius as a means of revolting with little resources. It is a popular topic in war films, and has had many adaptations in the cinema industry. Culturally, in Maracao, Liberação is heavily revered as a defining moment in the country's history, however it is criticised by some countries due to Maracao's history of destabilising the straits directly after Liberação and into the 21st century.

Background

Conflict

Aftermath

Legacy