Syaran Spring Offensives

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Syaran Spring Offensives
SyaranSpringOffensive.jpg
Syaran troops in central Ruvelka
Date17 April – 18 July 2009
Location
Result Syaran strategic failure
Belligerents
 Ruvelka
 Acrea
Syara
Commanders and leaders
Ruvelka Áron Surány
Ruvelka Tibor Fehér
Ruvelka Eliska Hanáková
Ruvelka Péter Novák
Acrea Erich von Rohr
Vakhtang Avakian
Nikodemos Cvetkov
Arisdages Koundakjian
Daniel Mladenov Todorov
Units involved
Imperial Armed Forces of Ruvelka Syaran Commonality Armed Forces
Strength
4,300,000 troops 3,500,000 troops
Casualties and losses
127,435 killed
406,300 wounded
170,000 captured
107,517 killed
285,616 wounded

The Syaran Spring Offensives is the name given to three Syaran offensives undertaken between 17 April to 18 July 2009 during the Zemplen War. The offensives, known as Operation Sagaris, Operation Polyandreion, and Operation Harpe, were carried out in the southern, central, and northern sections of the front respectively. The Syaran Commonality Armed Forces aimed to destroy the Imperial Armed Forces of Ruvelka to compell Debrecen to seek terms of surrender, having failed to do so in 2008. The Spring Offensives began on 17 April 2009 in the with Operation Sagaris by Army Group Gamma, followed by Polyandreion by Army Group Beta and Harpe by Army Group Alpha, the latter concluding on 18 July with the capture of Kaposvár and Kunhegyes. The immense scale of the offensives saw more nearly eight million troops take part in the fighting, the largest concentration of military forces since the Eracuran War.

While many outside observors concluded otherwise, the Spring Offensives ultimated ended in failure for Syara. The Syarans failed to reach any of their strategic goals, and by the end of the fighting the Ruvelkans maintained enough forces to contest the Syarans in every sector of the front. Both sides suffered heavy losses: the Syarans suffered over 400,000 casualties, while Ruvelka recorded 700,000 troops killed, wounded, captured, or missing. The losses compelled Syara to abandon any future strategic offensives, in effect handing the initiative over to Ruvelka. Ruvelka would launch its own major offensive shortly afterwards, reversing Syaran gains in several sectors.

Background

Planning

Course of the operation

Aftermath