Great War (Esvanovia)

Great War
Date 22 January 1931 (1931-01-22) - 12 April 1951 (1951-04-12) (20 years, 2 months and 21 days) Location Hiakemiria, Major Kistavich, Anagonia (Continent), Nordurland Result Hiakemirian Front: Non-decisive victory for the Triple Pact, owing to the collapse of the Korean Democratic State and the removal of Marquesan from the conflict. Kistavich/Anagonian Front Decisive victory for the Triple Pact, with Kaskaida forced to surrender and large amounts of territory taken from it by Anagonia. See Results of the Great War (Esvanovia)
Belligerents
Triple Pact Korean Democratic State Anagonia Meridon (post-1941)	Marquesan League Marquesan Aquillina Janpian Empire (Until 1941) Kaskaida Sarda (?) Aureumterra
Commanders and leaders
Main Triple Pact Leaders Reginald Lancaster Anagonian GW Leader Kurokawa Isao (pre-1945) Ogata Katsu (post-1945)	Main Marquesan League Leaders ??? (fill out later) Yasuno Struveschteka Janoschpe

The Great War (1931-1951), also known by a variety of other names depending on the role of individual nations within it, was a global conflict between the Triple Pact and Marquesan League throughout a period of twenty years. Fighting took place on all continents excluding Nivalia, making it, as of the current year, the only war to have belligerents on every majorly-inhabited continent. It would be one of the deadliest wars in history, in both civilian and military casualties (especially due to the severe spread of disease within its wake), and has variably claimed the title of most deadly.

The war can generally be traced to diplomatic tensions between Anagonia and its associated allies, most especially the Korean Democratic State, and Marquesan with its own associated allies, most especially Kaskaida. Ongoing games of influence between the two powers in East Hiakemiria, and the loss of the Chamorro Islands to Kaesong a mere three years earlier had set the stage for conflict, which was catalyzed due to the murder of a Marquesan tourist in the Korean Democratic State. A lack of means for diplomacy to occur and preexisting desire for conflict to continue upon both sides would lead to attempts at peace failing to materialize, eventually causing Marquesan to declare war directly upon the Korean Democratic State, drawing Anagonia into the conflict due to pre-existing pacts of mutual defense, this initial series of events spiraling to a far greater extent with the entry of Kaskaida into the conflict owing to pre-existing nationalist tensions with Anagonia, causing other powers to eventually join the conflict. The conflict was a highly dynamic one, with pre-existing strategies based on the ground conflict which occurred in the Nachmere War being found inadequate to the conditions of the Kistavich/Anagonian Front.

The war would occur in periods of heightened conflict across a larger period of 20 years, being the longest modern conflict in history fought between actual states, eventually ending with both peace treaties between the primary powers in each faction which were formed after the Atomic Bombing of Fuzan and the elimination of Kaskaida after its attempts to extend the conflict via the Battle of Patria.

Names

The first recorded use of the term "Great War" would be by an Anagonian newspaper in 1921, citing that the then-ongoing attempts at diplomacy in the wake of the 1931 Incident had the potential to spiral into "...A war so Great it will leave the world shaken forever", later being used as a title for memoirs in the immediate aftermath of the conflict by several previous officers in many militaries. It has occasionally been described as the "War to Eclipse all War", although this turn of phrase has generally fallen out of favor with the conflicts of the modern period.

Background

Political Conflict over East Hiakemiria

In the wake of Kaesong's independence in 1890, and the latter Chamorro War, the traditionally dominant geopolitical position of Marquesan in East Hiakemiria would find itself in flux, with the Anagonia aligned Korean Democratic State presenting a threat to Marquesan's remaining holdings in the region.

Prelude

1931 Incident

Main Article: 1931 Incident

The 1931 Crisis was a series of events leading to the lynching of a Marquesan tourist in the Korean Democratic State.

Progress of the Conflict

Hiakemirian/Marinan Front

Janpian Naval Front

In December 1933, aircrafts from the Korean Democratic State launched a surprise attack against a Janpian fleet stationed at the Unschon Isle, with the objective of halting Marquesan influence among the Janpian aristocrats, and to act as a precautionary strike against the Janpian military build-up in the area. Following this event, the Janpian Empire declared war against the Korean Democratic State in the now infamous Luhrenschan Declaration. Regardless, the opening attacks resulted into a major loss of carriers for the Janpian Empire, forcing them back to a battleship-centered doctrine. This was also regarded as an eye opener for the Imperial Command at that time, which inspired some younger members of the navy branch to develop the Decisive Battle Doctrine to cope from the attacks. Eventually, the doctrine was not adopted by the Imperial Navy, and it was only utilized during the early years of the Janpian Civil War, when the Union Fleet utilized it at the Battle of the Janosche Sea. During the battle, the Union Fleet managed to destroy the last remnants of the Janpian Imperial Fleet by launching a single decisive strike, which prevented the northern and southern imperial taskforce from linking up.

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Kistavich/Anagonian Front

Patria

Main Article: Battle of Patria

Aftermath

See: Korean Civil War, Janpian Revolution (insert other major historical events after the GW here)

Formal End of the War

Of the original four combatants (Anagonia, the Korean Democratic State, Kaskaida, and Marquesan), only two (Marquesan and Anagonia) would be involved in the diplomatic discussions arranged to organize an end to the war, with both Kaskaida (owing to a belief that a continuation of the conflict would be generally favorable) and the Korean Democratic State (no longer possessing a state apparatus to send a diplomat). Meridon would pay a pivotal role in arranging peace in the conflict despite its later entry into such.

Casualties

there were probably a lot

At least 3

Technology

The Great War would see the development of the jet engine, nuclear armaments, and other key military and industrial technologies throughout the 20 years it occurred.