Tridentum Campaign

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Tridentum Campaign
Part of Great Astyrian War
Date11 February 1922 - 11 February 1923
Location
Tridentum, modern day Bungussi
Result Exponent victory
Belligerents
 Aquitayne
 Aswick
 Empire of Exponent
Commanders and leaders
 Aswick Andre Cedargore
 Aswick Richard Bochit
 Aswick Sam Houston
 Aswick T. David Dundas
 Aswick Michael Nance
Empire of Exponent Decius Arminius
Empire of Exponent Caius Festinius Linus
Empire of Exponent Oppius Livius Eustacius
Empire of Exponent Proclus Labienus Epimachus
Empire of Exponent Marcellus Stonehammer
Units involved
Aswickan Imperial Force
3 Divisions
IX Army:
4 Divisions
Strength
3 Divisions
Total: 100,000
4 Divisions
Total: 80,000
Casualties and losses
32,342 battle casualties
2,120 died of disease
25,000+ evacuated sick/wounded
8,374 missing or POW
30,000 battle casualties
20,000 evacuated sick/wounded
15,000 missing or POW

The Tridentum Campaign, was a campaign of the Great Astyian War that took place on the Tridenta peninsula in modern day Biungussi. Aquitayne sought to weaken the Empire of Exponent by opening a second front in the country's northern territories. The invaders launched a naval attack followed by an amphibious landing on the peninsula, to capture the Exponent city of Tilurium. The naval attack was repelled and after a year's fighting, with many casualties on both sides, the land campaign was abandoned and the invasion force was withdrawn. It was a costly and humiliating defeat Aswick and Aquitayne.

The campaign was a major Exponent victory in the war. In BC, it is regarded as a defining moment in the history of the state, a final surge in the defence of the motherland as the Empire of Exponent retreated. The struggle formed the basis for the rebellions that spelled the end of the Empire of Exponent in the nineties. The campaign is often considered to be the final push needed for Aswickan independence; 25 April, the anniversary of the landings, is known as "Trident Day", the most significant commemoration of military casualties and veterans in the two countries, surpassing Remembrance Day (Armistice Day).