Battle of Kontin

Battle of Kontin
Part of the Asianna and the Pacific Campaign
Erebonian troops, supported by a Rubrumian Theimer tank engage in a skirmish against Quenminese defenders at the Kontin Institute of Technology, June 25.
Date 18 June - 2 July 1945 Location Kontin, Central Quenmin Result Allied Victory Quenminese and Archadian Forces surrender unconditionally
Belligerents
United Kingdom Nihhon-koku 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 Vương Thị Lệ Victor Sazabio Giovanni Filiberto Guiseppe Gavallero
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.