Battle of Tarphos

Battle of Tarphos
Part of the Great War
Vonzumieran battleship Von Sydow
Date 13-17 September 1946 Location Tarphos Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Vonzumier Cestros	Luepola
Commanders and leaders
Bastian Schuerer	Miroslav Lučić
Strength
Marines: 2,550 infantry 41 artillery pieces 63 LVT's 37 tanks 128 aircraft Navy: 1 aircraft carrier 3 battleships 7 heavy cruisers 13 light cruisers 41 destroyers 1 battleship 3 light cruisers 10 destroyers	Army: 1,200 soldiers 83 artillery pieces 28 tanks 56 aircraft Navy: 2 battleships 9 heavy cruisers 15 light cruisers 35 destroyers 6 submarines

The Battle of Tarphos (Vierz: Schlacht um Tarfos, Luepolan: Tarfska Bitva, Cestrosian: Μάχη της Ταρφου) was a combined-arms engagement of the Great War, primarily between Vonzumier and Luepola, on and around the island of Tarphos in the Oriental Sea. The battle was critical turning point in the Southern Front, in which the Vonzumieran navy gained total initiative in the Oriental Sea. This battle, coupled with the Vonzumieran-Cestrosian total victory at the Verakoni Gap, forced the Luepolan People's Army into a defensive posture which it was unable to break out of for the remainder of the war.