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[[Category:Battles of the Second Europan War]]
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Commonwealth Gallia1.jpg|22px}} [[Blaine Sanderson]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Commonwealth Gallia1.jpg|22px}} [[Blaine Sanderson]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Commonwealth Gallia1.jpg|22px}} [[Kotamarou Furakawa]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Commonwealth Gallia1.jpg|22px}} [[Kotamarou Furakawa]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}} [[Leslie Oliver]] <br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}} [[Leslie Oliver Morshead]] <br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}} [[James Tozawa]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Zanarkand and Besaid 3rd Version.jpg|22px}} [[James Tozawa]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Basel.jpg|22px}} [[Kurt Frediericks]] <br/>
{{flagicon image|Commonwealth of Basel.jpg|22px}} [[Kurt Frediericks]] <br/>
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{{flagicon image|Bethausiaflag.png}} [[Yarzar Htun Tun Yaza]]<br/>  
{{flagicon image|Bethausiaflag.png}} [[Yarzar Htun Tun Yaza]]<br/>  
{{flagicon image|Bethausiaflag.png}} [[Sein Khine]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Bethausiaflag.png}} [[Sein Khine]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|2000px-Flag of the Republic of China.svg.png|22px}} [[Song Li-jen]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|2000px-Flag of the Republic of China.svg.png|22px}} [[Kang Geming]]<br/>


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{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Thạch Hung Sõn Chiến]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Mạc Hiếu Quang]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Kiều Dũng Quang]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Kiều Dũng Quang]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[Phó Minh Duyên]] <br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Victor Sazabio]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Victor Sazabio]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Giovanni Filiberto]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Giovanni Filiberto]]<br/>
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{{flagicon image|Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.svg.png|22px}} [[Alberto Ricci]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.svg.png|22px}} [[Alberto Ricci]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Cristian Alexandrescu]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Cristian Alexandrescu]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Catina Dumitru]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Catrina Dumitru]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Constantin Antonescu]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Constantin Antonescu]]<br/>


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| units1      = {{flagicon image|Great_Lucis_and_Accordo_-_Tristain.jpg|22px}} [[Lucis 11th Army Group|11th Army Group]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Erebonian Flag.jpg|22px}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Rubrum1 T E.jpg|22px}} [[Second Erebonian and Rubrumian Imperial Force|2nd ERUIF]]<br/>  
{{flagicon image|Erebonian Flag.jpg|22px}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Rubrum1 T E.jpg|22px}} [[Second Erebonian and Rubrumian Imperial Force|2nd ERUIF]]<br/> {{flagicon image|Bethausiaflag.png}} [[Free Bethausian Army of the East|FBAE]]<br/> {{flagicon image|2000px-Flag of the Republic of China.svg.png|22px}} [[Taoyuanese Free Corps]]<br/>
{{flagicon image|Bethausiaflag.png}} [[Free Bethausian Army of the East|FBAE]]<br/>
| units2      ={{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[North Asianna Expeditionary Front]]<br/> {{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Archadian 5th Army|5th Army]]<br/> {{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Ramuncian Second Army|2nd Army]]<br/> {{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[First Mechanised Corps (Ramuncia)|1st Mechanized Corps]]
| units2      ={{flagicon image|Quen minh 691036.jpg|22px}} [[3rd Imperial Army Group]]<br/> {{flagicon image|Archadia-archedes 931556.jpg |22px}} [[Archadian 5th Army|5th Army]]<br/> {{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[Ramuncian Second Army|2nd Army]]<br/> {{flagicon image|RamunciaFlag.png |22px}} [[1st Mechanized Corps]]
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==The Battle==
==The Battle==
===First Phase: Fall of Gardiz===
{{main|Battle of Gardiz}}
===Second Phase: Closure of the Afghania-Nepali Road; Imperial Forces totally surrounded===
{{main|Battle of the Afghania-Nepali Road}}
===Third Phase: ERUAC Forces clash with Quenminese and Archadian Armour===
{{main|Battle of St. Maria}}
===Fourth Phase: Bethausian forces hold Hill 745===
{{main|Battle of Hill 745}}
===Fifth Phase: ERUAC Forces relieve Bethausian forces on Hill 745; Closure of the Khost Pocket===


==Aftermath==
==Aftermath==


===Analysis===
===Analysis===

Latest revision as of 16:24, 8 July 2023

Khost Pocket
Part of the Middle East Campaign
ERUACforcesKhost.jpg
ERUAC troops near Khost, 1942
Date23 November - 24 December 1942
Location
Pakistania, West Afghania
Result

Tactical Allied Victory

  • Imperial Retreat to Indiae
  • Midgardian forces taken out of the war
  • 3/5ths of the forces trapped in the pocket surrender
Belligerents
Erebonian Empire
Rubrum
United Kingdom
* Nihhon-koku
Gallia-Bruhl
Zanarkand
New Akiba
Basel-Ebel
Free Bethausia
Taoyuanese Provisional Government
Empire of Quenmin
Archadia-Archedes
Rumania
Ramuncia
Commanders and leaders

Archibald Sugiyama
Tsukuyo Kushineda
Alan MacDonald
Friedrich O'Connelly
Blaine Sanderson
Kotamarou Furakawa
Leslie Oliver Morshead
James Tozawa
Kurt Frediericks
Brian Regnitz
Magnus Craig
Frederick Vander
Elliot Testarossa
Owen Ouellet
Peter Ardur Rashia
Zaw Sein Arkar
Naing Thuta Maung
Yarzar Htun Tun Yaza
Sein Khine
Song Li-jen

Kang Geming

Mạc Hiếu Quang
Kiều Dũng Quang
Phó Minh Duyên
Victor Sazabio
Giovanni Filiberto
Guiseppe Gavallero
Enrico Ancelotti
Vincenzo Casa
Alberto Ricci
Cristian Alexandrescu
Catrina Dumitru

Constantin Antonescu
Units involved

11th Army Group

2nd ERUIF
FBAE
Taoyuanese Free Corps
North Asianna Expeditionary Front
5th Army
2nd Army
1st Mechanized Corps
Strength
at least 27 divisions at least 25-27 divisions

The Khost Pocket or Battle of the Khost Pocket (23 November - 24 December 1942) was a decisive engagement during the last stages of the Middle East Campaign of the Second Europan War. A pocket was formed around Khost, which trapped almost 75% of the Imperials forces in an encirclement by the Allies. The battle is also referred to as the Battle of the Khost Gap (after the corridor which the Imperials sought to maintain to allow their escape). The battle resulted in the destruction of nearly 3/5ths of the Imperial forces, which opened the way to Indiae and South Asianna for the Allied armies.

Background

Prelude

Operation Curtains

The Battle

First Phase: Fall of Gardiz

Second Phase: Closure of the Afghania-Nepali Road; Imperial Forces totally surrounded

Third Phase: ERUAC Forces clash with Quenminese and Archadian Armour

Fourth Phase: Bethausian forces hold Hill 745

Fifth Phase: ERUAC Forces relieve Bethausian forces on Hill 745; Closure of the Khost Pocket

Aftermath

Analysis