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| conflict    = Melasian Crisis
| conflict    = Melasian Crisis
| partof      = the [[Great Game (Aurorum)|Great Game]]
| partof      = the [[Great Game (Aurorum)|Great Game]]
| image      = {{multiple image|border=infobox|perrow=2/2/2|total_width=300
| image      = AN Assembly Crisis.jpg
|image1= Attack-at-battle-of-kursk.jpg
| caption    = Session of the [[Assembly of Nations]] in January 1942 addressing the Melasian Crisis
|image2= Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H26353,_Norwegen,_Kampf_um_ein_brennendes_Dorf.jpg
| date        = {{start date|df=yes|1941|5|10}} – {{End date|df=yes|1943|9|5}}  ({{Age in years, months and days|1941|5|10|1943|9|5}})<br><small>Establishment of diplomatic mission between Cuthland and Mascylla on 5 September 1943</small>
|image3= St.-Lambert-surrender.3.jpg
|image4= Ciężkie_działo_artyleryjskie_na_pozycji_pod_Leningradem_(2-862).jpg
|image5=USS_Bunker_Hill_hit_by_two_Kamikazes.jpg
|image6= The_British_Reoccupation_of_Malaya_SE5878.jpg}}Clockwise from top left: {{flatlist|
* Mascyllary soldiers in Melasia during the [[Battle of X]]
* Mascyllary infantry retreat from [[Battle of Kingsworth|Kingsworth]], January 1943
* Cuthish artillery in action against Mascyllary forces near [[Battle of Wathfield|Wathfield]]
* Melasian guerilla fighters enter [[Jürgenshafen]], August 1943
* Mascyllary battleship MSS ''Orkan'' burns following the [[Battle of the White Sea]]
* Cuthish troops guard Mascyllary prisoners of war following the [[Battle of Alderport]]
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| date        = {{start date|df=yes|1941|5|10}} – {{End date|df=yes|1943|9|5}}  ({{Age in years, months and days|1941|5|10|1943|9|5}})
| place      = [[Cutish State|Cuthland]], [[Mascylla]], [[Temaria]], [[White Sea (Aurorum)|White Sea]], [[Melasia]], Sea of Banat
| place      = [[Cutish State|Cuthland]], [[Mascylla]], [[Temaria]], [[White Sea (Aurorum)|White Sea]], [[Melasia]], Sea of Banat
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| territory  =  
| territory  =  
| result      = Cutho-Melasian victory
| result      =  
* Melasia gains complete independence
* End of the unipolar order in Berea established after the Great War
* Gradual begin of {{wp|decolonization}}
* Start of the [[Kenlongese War]]
* [[Cuthish–Mascyllary enmity]] reemerges as the primary geopolitical issue in [[Berea]]
* [[Cuthish–Mascyllary enmity]] reemerges as the primary geopolitical issue in [[Berea]]
* Establishment of international relations between Cuthland and Mascylla
* Establishment of the [[Berean Defence Treaty Association]] and [[Mageiros League]]
* Establishment of the [[Berean Defence Treaty Association]] and [[Mageiros League]]
* Beginning of the [[Great Game (Aurorum)|Great Game]]
* End of Mascyllary influence of Melasian internal and international affairs
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| combatant1  = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Cuthish State|Cuthland]]<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} [[Melasia]]<br>'''Supported by:'''<br> {{flagicon image|FlagCommieDulebia.png}} [[People's Republic of Dulebia|Dulebia]]<br> {{flag|Erytheria}}<br> {{flag|Rovina}}
| combatant1  = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Cuthish State|Cuthland]]<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} [[Melasia]]<br>'''Supported by:'''<br> {{flagicon image|FlagCommieDulebia.png}} [[People's Republic of Dulebia|Dulebia]] (1941-1942)<br> {{flag|Erytheria}}<br> {{flag|Rovina}}
| combatant2  = {{flag|Mascylla}}<br>'''Supported by:'''<br> {{flag|Albeinland}}<br> {{flag|Lavaria}}
| combatant2  = {{flag|Mascylla}}<br>'''Supported by:'''<br> {{flag|Falland}}<br> {{flag|Lavaria}}
| combatant3  =
| combatant3  =
| commander1  = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Wilfred Newbury]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Elfric Mendenhall]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Wybert Melling]]<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} Boaty McBoatface
| commander1  = {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Wilfred Newbury]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Elfric Mendenhall]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} [[Wybert Melling]]<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} Wilhelm Keller<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} Gustaf von Baumann
| commander2  = {{flagicon|Mascylla}} [[Monarchy of Mascylla|Maximilian I]]<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} [[Prime Minister of Mascylla|Ernest Rähner]]<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} Albrecht von Marburg<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} Georg Hernach<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} Karl von Clasewitz
| commander2  = {{flagicon|Mascylla}} [[Monarchy of Mascylla|Maximilian I]]<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} [[Prime Minister of Mascylla|Ernest Rähner]]<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} Albrecht von Marburg<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} Georg Hernach<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} Karl von Clasewitz
| units1      =  
| units1      =  
| units2      =  
| units2      =  
| units3      =  
| units3      =  
| strength1  = '''1,882,000'''<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} 1,882,000<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} X
| strength1  = '''1,895,800'''<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} 1,882,000<br>{{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} 13,800
| strength2  = '''1,135,400'''<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} 1,135,400<br>{{flagicon|Albeinland}} X<br>{{flagicon|Lavaria}} X
| strength2  = '''1,135,400'''<br>{{flagicon|Mascylla}} 1,135,400
| strength3  =  
| strength3  =  
| casualties1 =  
| casualties1 = {{flagicon image|Melasia Flag (1913-1967).png}} 3,860 military killed, wounded or missing<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cuthland.png}} X<br>
| casualties2 =  
| casualties2 = {{flagicon|Mascylla}} X
| casualties3 =  
| casualties3 =  
| notes      =  
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The '''Melasian Crisis''' ({{wp|German language|Hesurian}}: ''Melasien-Krise'', {{wp|Anglish|Cuthish}}: ''X''), also known as the '''Great Crisis''' or '''Mid-Century Crisis''', was a major military conflict that lasted from 1941 until 1943.  The conflict was initially a {{wp|Guerilla warfare|guerilla war}} in [[Mascyllary Melasia]] between [[Mascylla]]ry colonial forces and pro-independence [[Melasia]]n insurgents, later spreading to the [[Telmerian Peninsula]] and igniting a large-scale {{wp|Conventional warfare|conventional war}} between Mascylla and [[Cuthish State|Cuthland]]. The crisis was the first major {{wp|Great power|great power}} confrontation since the [[Great War (Aurorum)|Great War]], and is widely considered by historians and international relations experts to be the closest that the [[Aurorum|world]] has come to the outbreak of a [[Second Great War (Aurorum)|Second Great War]].
The '''Melasian Crisis''' ({{wp|German language|Hesurian}}: ''Melasien-Krise'', {{wp|Anglish|Cuthish}}: ''X''), also known as the '''Great Crisis''', '''Mid-Century Crisis''' or '''Melasian War''' ({{wp|German language|Hesurian}}: ''Melasienkrieg'') in Mascylla, was a confrontation between the [[Cuthish State]] and [[Mascylla]] in [[Berea]] following a Mascyllary intervention in the politics of the state of [[Melasia]], which resulted in armed confrontations both in Melasia and, briefly, in Berea. The crisis is often considered the closest the [[Great Game (Aurorum)|Great Game]] would come to a full scale war, comparable in scale only to the [[Great War (Aurorum)|Great War]] of the first half of the century.
 
After several years of internal instability, Melasia would formally receive independence from Mascylla in 1921, however, the terms of the conducted treaty left the country bound to its former metropoly. Following a shift of the international politics of Melasia in the 1930s and 1940s under its President Wilhelm Keller, the country began to break its relations with its former metropoly, Mascylla, and a totalitarian regime began to gain power within the country. Melasian international activity, especially its close relations with Cuthland, started to threaten the Mascyllary colonial presence in the region. Following a complete violation of the Independence Treaty of 1921 by Keller, Mascylla declared war on the country and attempted an attack on its capital. The Mascyllary fleet conducted a naval blockade of the country with the intention to starve its economy and enforce negotiations on its own terms.


X
Mascyllary actions were recognised as intervention in the Melasian internal affairs by a number of countries, namely Cuthland. As a result, a full-scale mobilization was conducted in the country. On 16 May, 1941, Mascylla was given an ultimatum to stop all hostilities against Melasia by the Cuthish delegacy in the Assembly of Nations, which was ignored by Mascyllary officials. Four days later Cuthland declared war on Mascylla with limited action across the northern border of the countries. In the same time, Mascyllary troops in Melasia saw direct confrontation with the local militias and the small regular army of the country. With the escalation of the conflict becoming imminent, a meeting in the Council of Nations was convened by the Valimian President Eemil Hyvälempi in an attempt to regulate the crisis and stop the hostilities in Berea. Following almost two years of negotiations, with several restarts of the armed hostilities in Melasia and on the Cutho-Mascyllary border, Mascylla was forced to leave Melasian territorial waters, while the Cuthish territorial gains in Mascylla were rejected. Agreements on several points, however, were not reached: the proposed demilitarized zone on the Cutho-Mascyllary border was vetoed by several communist countries, namely Dulebia, leaving the border dispute in Berea open. Formally, the crisis ended on 5 September 1943, with the establishment of the first diplomatic mission between Cuthland and Mascylla since the end of the Great War.


The Melasian Crisis had wide reaching effects that led to a major realignment of the international system for the first time since the Great War. Cuthland reemerged as a {{wp|Great power|great power}}, leveraging its newly minted alliance with Melasia to establish the [[Mageiros League]] as a counterbalance to Mascyllary influence. Mascylla and its allies subsequently founded the [[Berean Defence Treaty Association]], laying the groundwork for the [[Great Game (Aurorum)|Great Game]] as these two alliances, along with the [[not!COMINTERN]], emerged as the primary geopolitical blocs during the second half of the 20th century. The effectiveness of the [[Assembly of Nations]] in deescalating and ending the crisis was widely praised by world leaders, firmly establishing the organization's credibility as a fixture in the geopolitical landscape and a major force for international peace and cooperation.
The Melasian Crisis had wide reaching effects that led to a major realignment of the international system for the first time since the Great War. With Cuthland reemerging as a {{wp|Great power|great power}}, Berea would see an end to the unipolarity established after the Great War, with the [[Mageiros League]] emerging as the new equivalent of the Central Alliance from the first decades of the century, leading to a new round in the Great Game. As a result of the poor communication between the former Armala Coalition members during the crisis, and in a responce to the rising tensions on the continent, the [[Berean Defence Treaty Association]] was formed by several countries and was tasked with the protection of peace one year after the end of the crisis. The crisis also showed a deterioration of the relations between Cuthland and several communist countries and the shift of communist diplomacy towards the former Armala League Berean nations. The swift actions of the international community is often credited as the main reason why the crisis did not escalate into a major armed conflict, as was the case only three decades earlier. The actions of the Assembly of Nations is seen by historians as the peak of international diplomacy in the 20th century and an ethalon of diplomacy in times of crisis.  


==Background==
==Background==
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[[Category:Conflicts Aurorum]]
[[Category:History of Melasia]]
[[Category:History of Melasia]]
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[[Category:Melasia]]

Latest revision as of 22:10, 1 May 2022

Melasian Crisis
Part of the Great Game
AN Assembly Crisis.jpg
Session of the Assembly of Nations in January 1942 addressing the Melasian Crisis
Date10 May 1941 (1941-05-10) – 5 September 1943 (1943-09-05) (2 years, 3 months and 26 days)
Establishment of diplomatic mission between Cuthland and Mascylla on 5 September 1943
Location
Result
Belligerents
Cuthland
Melasia
Supported by:
Dulebia (1941-1942)
 Erytheria
 Rovina
 Mascylla
Supported by:
 Falland
 Lavaria
Commanders and leaders
Wilfred Newbury
Elfric Mendenhall
Wybert Melling
Wilhelm Keller
Gustaf von Baumann
Mascylla Maximilian I
Mascylla Ernest Rähner
Mascylla Albrecht von Marburg
Mascylla Georg Hernach
Mascylla Karl von Clasewitz
Strength
1,895,800
1,882,000
13,800
1,135,400
Mascylla 1,135,400
Casualties and losses
3,860 military killed, wounded or missing
X
Mascylla X

The Melasian Crisis (Hesurian: Melasien-Krise, Cuthish: X), also known as the Great Crisis, Mid-Century Crisis or Melasian War (Hesurian: Melasienkrieg) in Mascylla, was a confrontation between the Cuthish State and Mascylla in Berea following a Mascyllary intervention in the politics of the state of Melasia, which resulted in armed confrontations both in Melasia and, briefly, in Berea. The crisis is often considered the closest the Great Game would come to a full scale war, comparable in scale only to the Great War of the first half of the century.

After several years of internal instability, Melasia would formally receive independence from Mascylla in 1921, however, the terms of the conducted treaty left the country bound to its former metropoly. Following a shift of the international politics of Melasia in the 1930s and 1940s under its President Wilhelm Keller, the country began to break its relations with its former metropoly, Mascylla, and a totalitarian regime began to gain power within the country. Melasian international activity, especially its close relations with Cuthland, started to threaten the Mascyllary colonial presence in the region. Following a complete violation of the Independence Treaty of 1921 by Keller, Mascylla declared war on the country and attempted an attack on its capital. The Mascyllary fleet conducted a naval blockade of the country with the intention to starve its economy and enforce negotiations on its own terms.

Mascyllary actions were recognised as intervention in the Melasian internal affairs by a number of countries, namely Cuthland. As a result, a full-scale mobilization was conducted in the country. On 16 May, 1941, Mascylla was given an ultimatum to stop all hostilities against Melasia by the Cuthish delegacy in the Assembly of Nations, which was ignored by Mascyllary officials. Four days later Cuthland declared war on Mascylla with limited action across the northern border of the countries. In the same time, Mascyllary troops in Melasia saw direct confrontation with the local militias and the small regular army of the country. With the escalation of the conflict becoming imminent, a meeting in the Council of Nations was convened by the Valimian President Eemil Hyvälempi in an attempt to regulate the crisis and stop the hostilities in Berea. Following almost two years of negotiations, with several restarts of the armed hostilities in Melasia and on the Cutho-Mascyllary border, Mascylla was forced to leave Melasian territorial waters, while the Cuthish territorial gains in Mascylla were rejected. Agreements on several points, however, were not reached: the proposed demilitarized zone on the Cutho-Mascyllary border was vetoed by several communist countries, namely Dulebia, leaving the border dispute in Berea open. Formally, the crisis ended on 5 September 1943, with the establishment of the first diplomatic mission between Cuthland and Mascylla since the end of the Great War.

The Melasian Crisis had wide reaching effects that led to a major realignment of the international system for the first time since the Great War. With Cuthland reemerging as a great power, Berea would see an end to the unipolarity established after the Great War, with the Mageiros League emerging as the new equivalent of the Central Alliance from the first decades of the century, leading to a new round in the Great Game. As a result of the poor communication between the former Armala Coalition members during the crisis, and in a responce to the rising tensions on the continent, the Berean Defence Treaty Association was formed by several countries and was tasked with the protection of peace one year after the end of the crisis. The crisis also showed a deterioration of the relations between Cuthland and several communist countries and the shift of communist diplomacy towards the former Armala League Berean nations. The swift actions of the international community is often credited as the main reason why the crisis did not escalate into a major armed conflict, as was the case only three decades earlier. The actions of the Assembly of Nations is seen by historians as the peak of international diplomacy in the 20th century and an ethalon of diplomacy in times of crisis.

Background

Prelude

Course of the war

Melasian front

Telmerian front

Naval war

Aftermath

Impact