Operation Hydercide

Operation Hydercide
Part of the Sixth Zacaya War and the Second Europan War
A sketch of what happened during the Operation inside the Tartaglia Heavy Water Plant.
Date 15 November 1942 – 26 December 1942 Location Tartaglia Mountain Region, Andas Mountains, Archadia-Archedes Result Allied victory Imperial Atomic Development disrupted Launch of Operation Chlorine, An Allied attack on another Heavy Water Power Plant
Belligerents
Rubrum Erebonian Empire Ilari Esthar and Balamb Archadian Resistance	Archadia-Archedes Guadosalam Federation Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance Empire of Quenmin
Commanders and leaders
John Sedgwick Jack Hendley Aarno Lahtinen Christiaan Van De Berg	Umberto Molini Varo Gerace Adrian Blumenfeld Victor Herschel Phạm Tiến Hoạt Phó Tường Vânn
Strength
250 Commandos 1,500 Partisans 75 Planes	2,500 troops 2,000 Fascist Militias 50 Planes
Casualties and losses
14 Commandos wounded 121 Partisans killed or wounded 15 planes	450 troops wounded or killed 450 militia killed or wounded 24 plans

Operation Hydercide (15 November 1942 – 26 December 1942) was a combined Allied commando raid on the Tartaglia Heavy Water Plant in the Tartaglia Mountain Range, a part of the Andas Mountains in Archadia-Archedes. The Tartaglia Mountain Range is the location of one of the Heavy Water plants used by the Imperials to develop an atomic bomb, codenamed Plan AB. Not only that, but the Imperials and the Quenminese had established several interests in the Andas Mountains being that it was the perfect location to gather Heavy Water before transporting them to either Quenmin or East Europa by submarine. The consequences of the Imperials producing an atomic bomb was deemed unacceptable by Allied High Command, hence the SOE was sent in to destroy the plant. The operations were carried out by the Rubrumian Special Air Service, Erebonian Special Air Service, the Estharian-Dalmascan No.14 Combined Commando, and several SOE-trained Ilarian troops. The operation consisted of the first phase, which was contacting the Archadian Partisans, who would guide the commandos to the Andas Mountains, then the infiltration of the commandos in the plant to destroy it, and exfiltration from the region via the La Signora River.

The operation was a complete success for the Allies, and one of the first and biggest blows to the Imperial War Effort. The operation drastically reduced the chances of creating an atomic bomb for the Imperials. Following this, more hydroelectric plants were converted throughout the Andas Mountains from Archadia to Guadosalam. However, the Allied Commandos were successful in destroy these plants. In addition, the Imperial plans for the Atomic Bomb were eventually scrapped in 1945 as the war neared its end. Following Operation Hydercide, the Special Parachute Service I was created as a combined formation consisting of SOE operatives from the Rubrumian and Erebonian SAS, Estharian and Dalmascan Commandos, and Ilarian operatives.

Background

Prior to the war, the plant was used to power several military installations and towns in the Andas Region. However, the Hydra Archadia Company realised