Eynhallow War
Eynhallow War | |||||||
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Part of Cold War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
The Confederacy of Brytene Template:Country data Allied Connurist States Allied Castarcian States |
Template:Country data Vedria The Socialist Republic of Vedria Stasnov | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
King Cerdic I Fleet Admiral Cnut Greystrake General Brunna Maximov Template:Country data Allied Connurist States Grand Admiral Gerrard Steele Template:Country data Allied Connurist States Fleet Admiral Leah Richardson |
Template:Country data VedriaChancellor Minkot Ikalrekal Template:Country data Vedria AdmiralVutok Logem Template:Country data VedriaGeneralStukos Estrithvuk Colonel Andrey Vasilevsky | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
25,000 men 12 ships 210 aircraft |
17,000 men 8 ships 45 aircraft 400 men*, 15 aircraft | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,311 killed 2,073 wounded |
1,678 killed 3,121 wounded | ||||||
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The Eynhallow War was a short-lived conflict between the The Confederacy of Brytene and The Socialist Republic of Vedria over a pair of islands in the Fale Ocean east of Brytene. The small islands, at only 142 square miles (368 km2), were valued primarily for their strategic location off the Brytisc coast, home to the eastern hub of the Brytisc radar defense network, as well as the lucrative Forneach silver mine.
The battle began with a Vedrian special forces assault on the islands, in which six Brytisc guards were killed and a dozen taken prisoner at no cost to the Vedrian attackers. Following a brief and fruitless attempt at negotiation, the Brytisc Fleet, joined by ships of the Imperial Castarcian Navy, mobilised an expeditionary force to the island, which had in the meantime been reinforced by the Vedrians.
Following a confused naval and aerial battle, made complex by the rocky and irregular geography of the region, Brytisc infantry stormed the islands on the 27th of April, driving off the occupying Vedrian force.
The vast majority of casualties on both side were suffered among naval personnel.