Khalistan campaign

Khalistan campaign
Part of the Meridian War, Pan-Septentrion War
Date August 1938 - September 1944 (6 years, and 1 month) Location Khalistan, Azbekistan Result Allied victory
Belligerents
New Tyran Dominion of Khalistan	Greater Menghean Empire Dayashinese Empire Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Anthony William David O'Connor Robert Stirling Dhian Singh Harpal Bajwa Jasveer Narindra	"general" "general" "general" "general" "general" "general"
Strength
1938 300,000 initial invasion. 140,000 initial invasion. 1940-1942 46,000 80,000 - 100,000	1938 100,000 initial invasion. ~100,000 initial invasion. 200,000 1940-1942
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

Background

The Khalistan campaign was a military campaign involving the forces of the Allies; the Anglian Crown Empire and the Dominion of Khalistan which fought against the invading forces of the Greater Menghean Empire and Imperial Dayashina, who were supported by collaborationist independence movements, the largest being the Azbekistan Revolutionary Army that fought to establish an independent Azbekistan free from Anglian and Khalistani rule. The Crown Army in Khalistan had an initial strength of 550,000 with 250,000 being troops recruited from Khalistan and Azbekistan. General Anthony William was Commander-in-Chief of Khalistan Land Forces with General David O'Connor, and Lieutenant-General Robert Stirling. It was one of the longest continuous campaign in PSW and both Menghean and Dayashinese holdouts would continue to fight several years after the war.

The campaign would also see the start of the Azbekistan Liberation War. More than 110,000 Azbekistanis in the Crown Army would defect, throwing the Anglian battleplan into disarray. Several bases are overrun and supply lines are attacked. Large scale uprisings occurred in Al-Basrah and Asmara quickly swelling the rebellion’s ranks. Long standing ethnic tensions and conflict between Khalistan and Azbekistan see atrocities committed by both sides during the war.

Landing in Portcullia

Main article: Battle of Portcullia (Pan-Septentrion War)

On the 15-16th of June, the Imperial Menghean Navy and Imperial Dayashinese Navy inflicted a decisive defeat on the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Portcullia Strait, opening the way for a Menghean-Dayashinese invasion of Khalistan and Portcullia in 1938 and 1939.

On July 17th 1938 the Menghean-Dayashinese invasion of Portcullia began. RAF light and medium bombers attack IMN and IDN ships off the coast but due to lack of proper escort are forced to switch to night time raids to reduce losses, as Meridia was a lower priority theatre, the RAF had comparatively few modern aircraft to challenge the Axis. The joint Menghean-Dayashinese landing immediately ran into fierce Anglian resistance, who had established artillery and machine gun nests overlooking the beaches which made progress difficult, but the Axis forces were able to create several beachheads that would be gradually expanded but sustain heavy casualties.

The Axis forces quickly made sweeping advances into central Portcullia and fended off several Allied counterattacks, but their advance was briefly checked at the Battle of Anderson Point, which allowed the Crown Army to evacuate some of its remaining forces on the island and civilian personnel to Khalistan. Within four weeks, Portcullia was lost to the Axis powers, which would be used as a staging area for the invasion of Khalistan.