Husseinartian War of Independence
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Notre Lutte.
The Husseinartian War of Independence (Merovingian: Guerre d'indépendance husseinartienne) was a conflict between Sieuxerr and revolutionaries in Husseinarti that ended with Husseinarti gaining its total independence from Sieuxerr. While seen as a separate conflict in most historical sources, in Husseinarti, the war is seen as the last conflict in what had been originally described as Notre Lutte or The Struggle, by Husseinartian revolutionary Berthony Jean Compaore who had been the primary organizer of the 1907 Revolt. The war was one of the important wars of decolonization in the post-First Pan-Septentrion War era, and was characterized by the brutality of all involved.
Notionally, the primary Husseinartian faction that fought Sieuxerr was the Husseinarti Liberation Council, headed by Council Secretary Médard Bourque. Other smaller factions existed, mostly along interior tribal lines, but the HLC was the largest and most well established faction. By mid-war the HLC was a fully-functional government body with local elections, civil services, as well as even funding small infrastructure projects in territory that it held.
As the war drew on, Sieuxerrian forces in Husseinarti became more and more brutal in their response and attempts to crack down on any form of Husseinarti nationalism. This resulted in general condemnation from the Septentrion League as well as the war becoming very unpopular for Sieuxerrians.
Background
Conquest of Husseinarti
1907 Revolt
On 19 June 1907, a Husseinartian revolutionary Berthony Jean Compaore
First Pan-Septentrion War
Revolutionary Activity
As Saintonge and the Casaterran Axis invaded Sieuxerr at the start of the Sieuxerrian-Saintonge War, there were some 30,000 colonial troops located in Husseinarti, along with 70,000 indigenous troops. Immediately half of these troops were rapidly organized into an infantry division and sent back to Sieuxerr. Along with this, an additional 30,000 indigenous troops were prepared to be deployed to Sieuxerr when shipping was available to do so. Adding to this, the colonial government instituted conscription and began to draft more natives.
This proved incredibly unpopular and draft riots quickly broke out and were suppressed with an incredible amount of violence. In one instance in the capital of then-called Louisville, now known as Bonadiala, so many rioters were killed that colonial marines needed to use sawdust from a local lumber mill to absorb the pools of blood in the streets and to dig mass graves for the bodies. Known as the Bonadiala Massacre, this fueled only larger and even more violent riots throughout the entirety of the country.
Understanding the degrading situation, the colonial government rapidly ceded control of the interior and withdrew its forces towards the coastline, building a number of fortified outposts along various rail lines for support. At this time, the indigenous Husseinarti People’s Council, the puppet ruling body that Sieuxerr had organized in the wake of the 1907 Revolt, entered negotiations with the colonial government. The HPC pushed for total independence from Sieuxerr and cited their willingness to use violence. The colonial governor Lambert Girard refused to enter any talks and routinely berated the native negotiators whenever they were present.
On the night of 9 October 1937, the 22nd Colonial Marine Infantry Regiment was conducting a road march from Chélak to reinforce another colonial marine force at Bibré. The route the regiment was taking was regarded as secure and safe to use at night, however during the night, the regiment was ambushed with roadside bombs, machine gun fire, and later waves of men armed with only machetes who flooded in from the woods that flanked the road. In about four hours, the whole regiment was wiped out with very low Husseinarti casualties. This was known as the Chélak Massacre
On the morning of 11 October 1937, Husseinarti negotiators again arrived to attempt to speak with the colonial governor. They reported the total destruction of a whole regiment, 10% of his entire military force, and threatened that such attacks could happen again. The colonial governor refused to believe that such an attack occurred, however an officer of the Husseinarti Emergency Army proceeded to present the colonial government with the severed tongues and testicles of the colonial marines. Stunned by this display, as well as after he finished vomiting, the colonial governor immediately met the demands of the HPC. The HPC proclaimed the new Husseinarti Republic the day after and the colonial troops were disarmed and kept in their military bases, under Emergency Army guard.