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The War of the Njord was a one year and four month long war fought between Sjealand and Ambrose over the Tårnøerne (also known as the Tower Islands), an archipelago in the Sea of Njord under Sjealandic sovereignty. Ambrose had long disputed the Sjealandic claim to the islands, going as far back as to the 800's but first cemented after the Ambrosian War of Liberation in the 1600s where the Kingdom of Ambrose, newly independent from Sjealand, laid claim to the archipelago; they had previously been contested in both the Great War of the North and the Continental War, with Ambrose ceding control the islands in the aftermath of the latter conflict. The conflict was immediately sparked by several incidents concerning fishing rights, an issue that was seized upon by the Ambrosian President Husband Kipling in order to boost his government's faltering popularity.
An parachute drop of the elite Special Airborne Brigade was followed by the amphibious landings of three different assault groups on the 39 inhabited islands. The small garrison as well as the local home guard put up sporadic resistance but were quickly overpowered, and would surrender by the following day. Despite the rapid victory, however, Ambrosian predictions that the government in Asgård would immediately sue for peace ultimately came to nought. In the following weeks Ambrose attempted to severely hinder Sjealandic capabilities to strike back against the occupation by launching several air raids against ports and airfields on the Sjealandic coast, culminating in a costly bombing campaign that only served to compromise Ambrosian aerial superiority over the islands; the Royal Sjealandic Air Force used their more modern and numerous jet fighters to harry Ambrosian resupply ships and strike ground targets virtually unopposed. In early December 1971, Sjealand launched several amphibious assaults on the southern islands and were able to rapidly overwhelm the Ambrosian defenders. (See more...)