Eynhallow War

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Eynhallow War
Part of Cold War
Date10 March 1982 - 29 April 1982
Location
Eynhallow Isles and the surrounding sea and airspace
Result Status quo ante bellum
Eynhallow Isles remain under Brystic control
Socialist Republic of Vedria undergoes ideological shift
Belligerents
Brytene 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
Brytene King Cerdic I
Brytene Fleet Admiral Cnut Greystrake
Brytene 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
Stasnov Colonel Andrey Vasilevsky
Strength
25,000 men
12 ships
210 aircraft
17,000 men
8 ships
45 aircraft
Stasnov 400 men*, 15 aircraft
Casualties and losses
1,311 killed
2,073 wounded
1,678 killed
3,121 wounded
  • Did not take part in combat

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.