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Great War (Kylaris)

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The Great War
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From top, clockwise: A damaged Gaullican Sartoux Division tank in occupied Catherby, the Estmerish Navy at the Battle of X, Narozalican cavalry marching through xx, the destruction of the Insert :notYamatoLevelBattleship in the Battle of xx, Etrurian troops in Badiwaya, Estmerish soldiers tend to wounded Senrian soldiers after the [Battle of xx].
Date2 February 1927 (1927-02-02) – 12 February 1935 (1935-02-12) (8 years and 10 days)
Peace treaties
Location
Result

Grand Alliance victory

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Belligerents
Commanders and leaders

The Great War, sometimes known as the World War, was a global total war originating in Coius that lasted from February 2, 1927 to February 12, 1935. The vast majority of the countries in the world, including all of the world's great powers, ultimately joined the conflict, fighting in either the Grand Alliance or the Entente. Sometimes described as "the war to end all wars" due to its scale and devastation, the conflict led to the mobilization of [tbd] million military personnel, making it the largest war in Kylarite history, and saw its major participants throw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort. The Great War was also one of the deadliest conflicts in Kylarite history, with an estimated [tbd] million combatants and [tbd] million civilians killed during or as a direct result of the war. The war was marked by the introduction of mechanized armies, the development of chemical weaponry, the first usage of large-scale air combat (including the widespread use of strategic bombing), mass starvation and population displacement, and large-scale atrocities such as the Senrian Genocide.

The immediate cause of the Great War was the military repatriation of Sakata from Xiaodong by Senria on November 17, 1926, known as the Second Sakata Incident. Senria refused demands from Xiaodong to return the city to Xiaodongese control; in order to bolster their positions, Senria and Xiaodong brought their allies of Estmere and Gaullica, respectively, into the dispute. An interlocking web of alliances within Euclea subsequently turned the dispute into a worldwide crisis. By the start of 1927, Euclea and Coius were divided into two main coalitions, the Grand Alliance - consisting of Estmere, Werania, Etruria, Narozalica, and Senria - and the Entente - consisting of Gaullica, Amathia, and Xiaodong. As countries moved towards a war footing and began to mobilize, the crisis escalated rapidly, eventually breaking into outright war with the Xiaodongese invasion of Senria, following by Xiaodong and Gaullica's declarations of war upon Senria, on February 2, 1927. This, in turn, brought the rest of their allies into the conflict.

The conflict expanded into the Asterias with [something involving marirana or satucin or vilca or whatever, right?] [course of the war; entente victories mostly from 27 to 30, estmere's collapse]

[the tides turn in 30-31 or 31-32, with swetania joining, senria pushing back, etc.; from 31 on it's the alliance doing the pushing; they win in euclea and the asterias, then force senria to end its war with xiao] The war ended as a conclusive victory for the Grand Alliance over the Entente, with the former largely being able to impose terms upon the latter in the subsequent peace treaties.

The Great War was a significant turning point in the political, economic, cultural, and social climate of the Kylaris. It is considered the end of the tbd 1800s-1920s historiographic period; its end, meanwhile, is held to mark the start of the Great Game and of decolonization in Kylaris. The end of the war saw numerous political and territorial changes, including the collapse of Functionalist Gaullica, Sotirian Marirana, and the Xiaodongese Empire; the devastation of the conflict also led to the collapse of the Kingdom of Estmere shortly after the war's end. Meanwhile, the balance of power in the Asterias shifted [somehow] and Senria emerged as the foremost power in southern Coius after centuries of Xiaodongese preeminence. In spite of the creation of the Community of Nations in order to prevent future conflict, rifts between the Euclean Allies would lead to the Solarian War only a decade years later.

Background

Political and military alliances

Estmerish Prime Minister H. H. Arterbury consistently worked to undermine Gaullican authority despite attempts to cool tensions

In the lead up to the Great War, the Euclean powers attempted to maintain a balance of powers. The five leading Euclean powers were Gaullica, Estmere, Werania, Etruria, and Narozalica, with all but the latter being among the foremost global powers. Among these states emerged a complicated network of alliances, between these powers and other states, most often in Euclea. The balance was threatened by Gaullican attempts to establish a global hegemony, the rising tensions between Senria and Xiaodong, and the collapse of the global economic system.

  • Gaullican attempts to establish colonial hegemony, semi-result of collapse of its traditional ally in Narozalica?
  • Anti-Gaullican Pact of Estmere, Werania, and Etruria
  • Tensions exasperated by Senria-Xiaodong and how that impacted the alliance webs
  • Four Powers Agreement and attempts to defuse rising tensions

Euclean arms race

  • everyone, build boats
  • !Washington Agreement limits the capacity for the Four Powers
  • most everyone ignores it

Political unrest and economic downturn

Conflicts in Coius

[tbd rework pending]

Prelude

Hennehouwe Crisis

Second Sakata Incident

Senrian troops during the Second Sakata Incident.

Combatants

Grand Alliance

Entente

Progress of the war

Euclean Theatre

Northern Euclean Front

Southern Euclean Front

Western Euclean Front

Coian theatre

Southern Coian Front

Bahian Front

Badiwayan Front

Satrian Front

Asterian theatre

Asteria Superior Front

Asteria Inferior Front

The War At Sea

Solarian Sea and Gulf of Assonaire

Mazdan Sea

Honghai Sea, Bay of Bashurat and Coral Sea

Coast of Bahia and Banfura Sea

Vehemens Ocean and Arucian Sea

Lumine Ocean

Men of the 2nd Battalion, Saque Rifles, pose for a photograph with a Nuxican flag taken as a souvenir, March 1930

Aftermath

[peace treaties, decolonization, related subsequent conflicts go here]

Impact

Casualties

War crimes and genocide

The corpses of Senrian civilians killed by Xiaodongese forces as part of the Senrian Genocide.

Production and the home front

Advances in technology and warfare

Legacy

Memorials and cultural memory

Historiography

Propaganda