Battle of Kontin

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Battle of Kontin
Part of the Asianna and the Pacific Campaign
EreboniansKontin1945.jpg
Erebonian troops, supported by a Rubrumian Theimer tank engage in a skirmish against Quenminese defenders at the Kontin Institute of Technology, June 25.
Date21 July - 25 August 1945
Location
Kontin, Central Quenmin
Result

Allied Victory

  • Quenminese and Archadian Forces surrender unconditionally
Belligerents

United Kingdom

Gallia-Bruhl
Zanarkand
New Akiba
Basel-Ebel
Erebonian Empire
Rubrum

Free Bethausia

Empire of Quenmin

Archadia-Archedes
Commanders and leaders

Archibald Sugiyama
Tsukuyo Kushineda
Friedrich O'Connelly
Brian Regnitz
Elliot Testarossa

Zaw Sein Arkar

Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến 
Kiều Dũng Quang Surrendered
Vương Thị Lệ Surrendered
Victor Sazabio Surrendered
Giovanni Filiberto Surrendered

Guiseppe Gavallero Surrendered
Strength

  • 120,000 troops
  • 75 tanks
  • 30 guns
  • 75 vehicles

  • 75,000 troops
  • 80 tanks
  • 25 guns
  • 45 vehicles

  • 95,000 troops
  • 100 tanks
  • 90 guns
  • 200 vehicles

  • 400,000 troops
  • 140 tanks
  • 55 guns
  • 65 vehicles

  • 50,000 troops
  • 50 tanks
  • 30 guns
  • 55 vehicles
Casualties and losses
9,275 troops
40 tanks
12 guns
55 vehicles
201,500 troops
120 tanks
29 guns
200 vehicles
248,500 surrendered

The Battle of Kontin (18 June - 2 July 1945) was one of the last major offensives undertaken by the Allies during the Second Europan War. It is also one of the last Quenminese cities to fall into Allied hands. The battle was also called as the Fall of Kontin.

During the Central Highlands Offensive, Quenminese Marshal Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến was determined to stall the allied offensive in order to give time for more reinforcements from Southern Quenmin to relieve Central Quenmin. However, fast allied attacks prevented the reinforcements from relieving the provincial capital. When the Bethausian forces launched an offensive on the 18 July 1945, the Imperial forces were split in two. Kontin had the largest concentration of Quenminese forces, while just some 10 km south of the city were Archadian forces and some Quenminese forces that were separated from the defenders in the capital, which meant that the city was under siege. Attempts to relieve the city were futile, and Marshal Victor Sazabio along with Quenminese General Vương Thị Lệ shifted their focus from relieving the city into rescuing the civilian populace and defending various evacuation routes. Over the course of the battle, the Allies slowly took over the city.

On 30 June, Marshal Chien, along with some of his followers committed suicide. General Kiều Dũng Quang ordered a breakout on the night of the same day in hopes of reaching the armies south of the city. Only a few had been able to escape out of the total 450,000 soliders and 350,000 civilian populace in the city. By 2 July 1945, All Imperial Troops surrendered to the Allies.

Background

The Battle

Aftermath