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
Commanders and leaders
Anthony William David O'Connor Robert Stirling	"general"
Strength
1938-1945 550,000 initial invasion. 1,200,000 overall.	1938-1945 100,000 initial invasion. ~100,000 initial invasion. 2,000,000 overall.
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

The Khalistan campaign was a military campaign involving the forces of the Allies; the Anglian 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.

On July 17th 1938 the Menghean-Dayashinese invasion of Portcullia begins. RAF light and medium bombers attack IMA and IDA ships off the coast but due to lack of proper escort are forced to switch to night time raids to reduce losses. 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 following day an attack from the 4th Battalion 30th Sikh (Frontier Force), 1st Battalion 5th Queen Anne’s Own Rifles and a company from the Royal Portcullian Regiment try to break through to one of the landing areas and almost succeed but the attack is repulsed by a strong Axis counter attack.

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 occur 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.