Battle of Mongar

Battle of Mongar
Part of the Nepali-Bhutania Campaign of the Second Europan War
Lucian troops near the Mongar Oil Processing Plant
Date 30 June - 27 July 1943 Location Mongar, Bhutania Result Allied Victory Imperials lose vital oil supplies. Quang plans out the Manas River Offensive to regain the upper hand
Belligerents
United Kingdom New Akiba Nihhon-koku Gallia-Bruhl Zanarkand Basel-Ebel Taoyuan Utarapunjab State Kingdom of Gorkhali	Empire of Quenmin Archadia-Archedes Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance Rumania
Commanders and leaders
Archibald Sugiyama Tsukuyo Kushineda Kaoru Samonji Friedrich O'Connelly Leslie Oliver Morshead Kurt Friedricks Song Li-jen Tarvinder Samdarani Singh Sukhdarshan Buhar	Mạc Hiếu Quang Kiều Dũng Quang Phó Minh Duyên Vương Thị Lệ Alexander Sundermann Jannick Liebehenschel Guiseppe Gavallero
Strength
6 Infantry Divisions 3 Armoured Divisions 2 Artillery Brigades	7 Infantry Divisions 4 Armoured Divisions 1 Artillery Division
Casualties and losses
13,097 killed or wounded	32,574 killed or wounded (13,147 died from disease)

The Battle of Mongar (30 June - 27 July 1943) was a battle that took place in and around the Bhutanian industrial city of Mongar, which was well known for its oil processing plant that has known to fuel the Imperial War Effort since the start of the Middle East Campaign in 1936.

Allied forces under Field Marshal Archibald Sugiyama intended to deny the city and cut-off the Imperials from its oil supplies. At about the same time, Allied forces in the south were preoccupied with occupying and marching towards the Manas River. On the other hand, Quenminese Marshal Mạc Hiếu Quang strongly defended the city at any costs to prevent the oil production facilities falling into Allied hands. As such, Mongar turned into a month of bloody urban warfare until on the 20th of July, when troops of the 1st Maoru Battalion lead a charge to the oil production facilities and engaged the Imperials in an aggressive close quarters engagement. Attempts were made by the Imperials to retake Mongar in 24 July under the command of General Kiều Dũng Quang but all further attacks to Mongar were blunted when elements of the Taoyuanese Free Corps under the command of General Kang Geming engaged elements of Quang and Sundermann's forces outside of Mongar. Coupled with Brigadier Tsukuyo Kushineda's reinforcing of the Taoyuanese forces, Quang was left with no choice but to call off the attack.

The loss of the oil fields and the production facilities prompted Marshal Quang to plan the Manas River Offensive in a last bid to turn the tide of the war in South Asianna. It called for a preemptive strike against Allied forces in the south consisting of mostly Bethausians and Estharian forces. In the later stages of the offensive, the loss of Mongar became felt that Generals Phó Minh Duyên and Jannick Liebehenschel had forced several armoured units to retreat from the battle. In addition, ERUAC forces under General Brian Regnitz engaged with Quang's rear, consequently prompting the Imperials to retreat from the Manas River and call off the attack.