Zanarkand and New Akiba Army Corps

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Zanarkand and New Akiba Army Corps
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ZANAC troops during the laying of the wreath ceremony.
Active1909 - Present
Country Zanarkand
New Akiba
Allegiance Zanarkian Army
New Akiba Army
TypeCombined Headquarters
RoleTheater of Operations
Size6 Divisions
5 Independent Brigades
Part ofZanarkand Defence Force
New Akiba Defence Force
Garrison/HQNASDFB Waikato, New Akiba
ZDF Base Anglesea, Besaid, Zanarkand
MarchWaltzing Matilda
Panzerlied
EngagementsZANAK-Ingelmia War
First Europan War
Second Europan War
War of Lorican Aggression
Post-War of Lorican Aggression Crisis
Second Lucis Civil War
Imperial Crisis
Oceanian Crisis
Commanders
Current
commander
General Erik Anthony
Ceremonial chiefLieutenant General Shoichi Asakawa
Colonel of
the Regiment
Anthony Inoue

The Zanarkian and New Akiba Army Corps (ZANAC) is an army formation based in Zanarkand and New Akiba. Formed in 1909 as a contingency against Ingelmia and other threats to Oceania, it is the oldest continuing Army Corps, having over 110 years of service since 1909. It is best remembered during its first action during the Siege of Thanh Bac during the First Europan War. The army corps was enlarged during the Second Europan War and units were evenly divided on several theatres of war. Majority of its participation was in the Europan Theatre Campaign, Middle East Campaign, Asianna and the Pacific Campaign, and the Joyonghean Campaign. It also served during the War of Lorican Aggression and the Imperial Crisis.

Historians have described the ZANAC forces as one of the best (if not the best) army corps in the world. Owing to strict discipline, skill, and training, the reputation of the ZANAC forces remains untarnished. Having faced numerous adversaries in the past, they gained both respect and hatred from their enemies. They are regarded as the best formation in any Commonwealth formation, followed by the ERUACs, the Erebonian and Rubrumian counterpart of the ZANACs.

Background

Formation

Operational History

First Europan War

Second Europan War

War of Lorican Aggression

Second Lucis Civil War

Imperial Crisis

Order of Battle

Quotes

  • Whenever an enemy attacks our flanks and in just a few seconds, our troops retreat, know that the ZANACs attacked.

— Major General Giovanni Filiberto, 1940.

  • Whoever had a Zanarkian or New Akibander division in his armies, they win.

— Major General Guiseppe Gavallero, 1940.

  • Undeniably the best soldiers you can ever have, even more so than our own, even a Quenminese soldier.

— Field Marshal Victor Sazabio, 1940.

  • Give me one Zanarkian Division and one New Akibander Division and I will conquer the world.

— Generalfeldmarschall Lodi Jaeger, 1936

  • If there was one thing that I didn't want to face in battle, it would be the ZANACs.

— Generaloberst Bernard Gregor, 1936

  • We could never have liberated Joyonghea without the ZANACs.

— Lieutenant-General Okita Hanamura, 1945