Second Great War (TPU)

Second Great War
Part of the Great Wars
Clockwise from top left: Arcadian armor destroyed during the Battle of Ålesos; Carsilian heavy tanks during the Battle of Stoltenberg; Erusean pilots fly dive bombers over CZEILY CITY; SOMEONE'S death squads execute civilians outside of AREA; General Koltz signing the Sino-Arcadian Ceasefire; Osean troops outside of Hong Kong
Date 22 June 1941 – 11 December 1948 (7 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 5 days) Location Worldwide Result Stalemate Establishment of the Congress of Pangaean Nations The Final Settlement SOMEONE (WP?) currency adopted as global base currency Chinese Civil War Arcadian Civil War ANYTHING ELSE SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD Transfer of colonial holdings
Belligerents
Nordhagan Fluvannia New Waldensia Libervalley Havel Group Gryva Brno Jirina Ludvia Barta Novy Tasau	Attancia West Florida Supported By Havel Group (Until 1945)
Commanders and leaders
Nordhagan Paal II† Charles Macklemore† Felix Kjontenberg Torrence Gallagher Fluvannia Albert II Sir Arnold Jüngling Sir Naokuni Shimada Sir Simo Vinnekonnainen Sir George Douglass Sir Isoroku Nagano New Waldensia TBD NW HeadofState TBD NW HeadofGovt TBD NW SecDef Libervalley TBD LV HeadofState TBD LV HeadofGovt TBD LV SecDef Havel Group TBA_CEO TBA_CHAIRMAN TBA_GR TBA_BR TBA_JI TBA_LU TBA_BA TBA_NT TBA_GENERAL	Attancia Novak Moreno TBD ATTANCIAN HOG Acacius Diodorus West Florida William Richardson Henry Alderson Micheal Depenshire
Casualties and losses
Nordhagan TBD Fluvannia -110,000 dead or missing -300,000 wounded -5,000 captured -3,000 civilians killed New Waldensia TBD Libervalley TBD Havel Group TBD	Attancia TBD West Florida TBD
Total Military Casualties TBD Total Civilian Casualties TBD

The Second Great War (2GW or SGW) was a global war that lasted from 194 to 1948. It involved the majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the ALLIANCE ONE and the ALLIANCE TWO. In a state of total war, directly involving more than 100 million personnel, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. The Second Great War was the deadliest conflict in human history, resulting in 70 to 85 million fatalities, with more civilians than military personnel killed. Tens of millions of people died due to genocides (including the '''SOMETHING'''). Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, including in strategic bombing of population centres, the development of nuclear weapons, and the only six uses of such weapons in war.

The Second Great War is generally considered to have begun on 22 June 1941, with the invasion of China by Arcadia. From mid 1941 to early 1943, in a series of campaigns and the "Raskkrig" strategy, Arcadia conquered or controlled much of eastern China, and had advanced near the Carsilian "50 Kilo Line" outside of Hong Kong. With the establishment of Arcadian civilian governments in much of the disputed territory, Arcadia began to claim the land. Following the onset of campaigns in Northeastern China, and the fall of Shanghai, the war continued primarily between Arcadia and the remaining Chinese forces, with the aerial Battle of Chungking, the First Invasion of Canton, and the Battle of the North Teythian. On 3 March, 1943, Arcadia, supported discreetly by Chinese collaborators and the Osean Federation, crossed the 50 Kilo Line, drawing Czeily into the war with an official declaration coming on 5 March. On 6 March, the Osean Federation and Erusea officially joined in on the side of Arcadia.

The Osean Federation, which aimed to sezie Czeily's holdings in China, attacked Carsilian forces in combat against the Arcadian troops in China. In July 1943, Osea and Erusea attacked Czeily's colonial territories with near-simultaneous offensives against all fronts, including a successful offensive that captured large portions of NORTHERN/SOUTHERN/WHEREVER China. Osea and Erusea soon conquered most of CHINESE PROVINCES ONE AND TWO. The Arcadian advanced was halted in late 1946 after losing the critical Battle of Shanghai; Other key setbacks in 1945 and 1946—including a series of Arcadian defeats on the Chinese Front, the Carsilian invasions of Storøy and Grensland, and Chinese offensives in Northeastern China—cost Arcadia its initiative and forced it into strategic retreat on all fronts. By the start 1947, much of the gains since late 1942 had been reversed and China had successfully reclaimed much of Osean-held territory, while also nearly regaining control over several major cities in the southern coastal regions. During 1947 and 1948, the ALLIANCE TWO suffered reversals in mainland Laurentia, while ALLIANCE ONE air and naval forces crippled the Arcadian navy and captured several key ports on the Mrzan Sea and North Teythian Ocean.

The war in Sukairandia concluded with the liberation of Arcadian-occupied islands, and the invasion of eastern Arcadia itself by Czeily and ANYONE ELSE, culminating in the fall of Agelivelle to Carsilian troops. Desperate, Arcadian Emperor Paal II ordered the nuclear bombings of on Winchester and YY on March 28, 1948 and March 30. Czeily retaliated with the nuclear bombing of TOWN on Apil 19. Another Carsilian bomb, given to China, was used on OSEAN CITY to which Arcadia retaliated with the bombing of Chinese city. The bombing of Chinese city caused extreme political instability and led to the Chinese Civil War. The sixth and final atomic weapon was used on the Arcadian capital of, and the Attancian unconditional surrender on 18 January 1948. Following the surrender of Attancia, Nordhagan and Fluvannia faced towards West Florida while New Waldensia used an atomic bomb on on FLORIDIAN TOWN on March 3 1948. Faced with an ongoing invasion of the West Floridian heartland, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and having used its only atomic bomb on WALDENSIAN TOWN on 8 May, West Florida announced its intention to surrender on 10 June, cementing total victory in northern Straegos for the Democratic Alliance. In the wake of the war, Attancia and West Florida were briefly occupied, and war crimes tribunals were conducted against their leaders. However, such occupations lasted no more than a year due to weariness of war among the Nordhaganish, Fluvannian, and New Waldensian public.