The Belkan War

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The Belkan War
Date11 January 199425 October 1996
(2 years, 9 months, 14 days)
Location
Result Vilerian victory
Territorial
changes
Belka re-annexed into Vileria
Belligerents
VileriaFlag.png Vileria BelkaFlag.png Belka
Commanders and leaders
VileriaFlag.png Maria V
VileriaFlag.png Gilles Corvèsier
VileriaFlag.png Jeannote Landolier
BelkaFlag.png Viktor Schulz von Belka
BelkaFlag.png Kristoff Mäder
BelkaFlag.png Wilhelm Becker
BelkaFlag.png Lydia Schulz

The Belkan War, also known in Viresian as La Guerre Belkane is a large-scale, albeit brief, anterian conflict taking place in early 1994. Belka forced its independence through violence against the Empire of Vilera and also a few former Belkan territories. Belka's aim in this war was to force its independence through another monarchy, then deciding to turn it into a republic. It is also during this war that Operation Marshals, also known as the Duel of the Marshals is said to have taken place right after the peace Treaty of Orelia.

Background

Pre-War transition

Main article: Belkan independence sentiment
In August 1991, the Imperial Government decided, by the demand from the Grand Duke of Belka at the time, Friedrich I, to hold a referendum for a transition to an independent Belka. It would've followed Amilagro's independence about 110 years later, being the second state to succeed from the Empire voluntarily. The vote was held between the 31st of June to the 31st of November 1991, it was a majority of 93.8% for a yes and the transition began the day right after and was said to take about 5 years for complete independence including international recognition, this is when the Nationalist Party of Belka (BNP) started to make itself known, it's a right-wing conservative political party that was created in 1967, when democracy first arrived in the Belkan border. It always possessed a loyal following even now and really became a major player when they proposed the referendum.
By 1993, the BNP divided into 2 factions, the Moderates, also known as the "Panthers" and the Extremists, Ultranationalists, also known as the "Tigers". The later one being dissatisfied with the slow process and the slow decisions of the current reigning Grand Duke, which sparked anger among the Tigers. On the 25th of December 1993, the Tigers took control of the Palace of Parliament with the Nationalist Youth and the Belkan government was held hostage. The Tigers demanded the immediate independence of the country and the expulsion of the Grand Duke, to be replaced by Markus Winkelried, also known as Markus I, which was the grand nephew of Friedrich I and also a friend of the nationalist leader

Ultranationalists takeover

Outbreak

Expulsion of the Grand Duke

Belkan expansion

Battle of Les Champs-de-Mars

First Battle of Florence

Central Front

Northern Front

1995 Stalemate

Battle of Andermatt

Vilerian Counteroffensive

Operation Clear Sky

Sylvanian Campaign

Siege of Gstaad

Operation 404

Gantrischian Campaign

Liberation of Florence

Operation Wings Of Liberty

Battle of Sinatra

Invasion of Belka

Operation Horizon

Operation Matterhorn

Treaty of Orelia

Disarmament of Belka

Rebuilding

Post-War

Operation Marshals

Main article: Marshals