Winter War (Halkeginia)

Winter
Part of the Voshan Wars
Date 14 December 2016 – present (1 week, and 6 days) Location Central Halkeginia Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Atmora Mizuho Royally United Provinces	Vozh
Commanders and leaders
Katherine II Louwrens Hovenier Lysithea van Hresvelg Francis van Greyffenswerth Emiel H. Christenhusz Laurenz van Gysembergh Klaas Daling Hendrik J.L. Wichers Corneel ter Hofstee Frederik G. Rave van Wesseling Thies Wildenberg Kakuzo Akiyama Suzu Tsukiyomi Tsuzuri Hanae Tsukiyama Sozui Fukaya Jun’ichi Inazuma Shien Aleksandr I	Viktoriya Fatima Alieva Pavel Krymanska Eglė Kulėšiūtė Pavel Zhukov
Units involved
see Order of battle	see Order of battle
Strength
Total: 891,100 Atmora: 817,560 Mizuho: 48,540 Royally United Provinces: Foreign volunteers: 25,000	Total: 520,000
Casualties and losses
Hundreds	Hundreds
Civilian casualties: 571+ civilians dead 1,091 wounded

The Winter War (Dutch: Winteroorlog; Vozhsk: Zimovaja vajna ), also referred to as the Fourth Voshan War is an ongoing military conflict between The Atmoran Confederation and the United Kingdoms of Vozh that began in late 2016 in the culmination of months of diplomatic tension and border friction. The primary catalysts were the repeated incursions of the Royal Atmoran Navy into Vozhsk territorial waters, intense violence in the frontier zones of both nations, and the capture of several dozen Atmoran ex-servicemen inside Vozhsk territory.

Vozh, on 14 December 2023, invaded the Atmoran states of Lieseltania, Tarth, Lower Silesia, and Lyria, claiming to suppress Atmoran banditry and liberation of the Voshagne. Vozhan Premier Fatima Alieva falsely claimed during the commencement of the Vozhan special military operation of Atmoran prosecution of the ethnic Slavs minority. Following the Vozhan air strikes and the ground invasion into Eastern Atmora. Atmoran security forces retreated 40 kilometres west as Vozhan forces overran them.

With the invasion of eastern Atmora, the Atmoran Ministry of National Defence ordered the formation of the Landstorm battalions. Along with calling for citizens in the Vozhan-occupied areas to form partisan Landstorm battalions. Atmoran forces mobilised to meet Vozhan forces, with Atmoran irregular and reserve units holding the frontlines till the active forces arrived in force. Atmora launched a series of naval strikes and air strikes into Vozh. Most notable the 17 December napalm bombing of Smolensk and Tit'esk targeting the industrial districts of the city.

The war has been met with International criticism, with the World Justice Court calling for restraint and opening investigations into crimes against humanity and war crimes. In particular, the World Justice Court has summoned multiple Royal Atmoran Navy and Royal Atmoran Air Force officers to testify for the 2016 Atmoran bombing campaign of Vozh.