Operation Vautour

Operation Vautour
Part of Brindamour Armed Conflict
Azurenne soldiers pictured in May 2022 preparing to enter the village of Plé, a trading port on the River Mondragon approxiamtely twenty miles from Mont-Thérèse in northeastern Brindamour.
Date February 19, 2022 - Present Location Brindamour Province, Azure Coast Status Ongoing Vague Rouge rebels clash with the Azurenne Army. The BSDR declares separation from Sartoux. Displacement of refugees from the conflict zone.
Belligerents
Azure Coast Azurenne Defense Forces Supported By: TBD	Brindamour R.S.D. Vague Rouge Movement Supported By: TBD
Commanders and leaders
Céleste Auberjonois Maj. Gen. Georges Naviaux	David Bazalgette Col. Kanin Taugourdeau
Strength
> 140,000 ADF Personnel	> 40,000 Vague Rouge Militants
Casualties and losses
~2,100 Killed ~5,300 Wounded	~3,500 Killed ~4,200 Wounded

Opération Vautour (Operation Vulture) is an ongoing military action being conducted by the Azurenne Defense Forces of Côte d'Azur against the Councilist Vague Rogue insurgency and the self-proclaimed Brindamour République Socialiste Démocratique in the Brindamour Federal Territory. The military operation is part of the Brindamour Armed Conflict, known locally as the Second Overmountain War. and has been ongoing since February 2022.

Military maneuvers conducted by the Azurenne Army had been ongoing in the territory off-and-on for several years prior to the launch of Op. Vautour, though these were typically restricted to peacekeeping and other non-combat roles. Tensions in the region had been escalating since the 2017 Bombing of Haxo in which three Azurenne airmen were injured by an improvised explosive device. Attempts to mediate a truce between local dissidents in Brindamour and the PCR-led government in Sartoux were unsuccessful, leading to a period of gradual escalation in the region. The Vague Rogue Movement, the remnant of the losing faction in the Azurenne Civil War (1937-1947) began actively recruiting mercenaries and militants to its ranks, drawing the ire of the Yacine government.