Battle of Tanegashima (IC)
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Battle of Tanegashima | |||||||
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Part of the Imperial Crisis | |||||||
Royal Marines Commando in Tanegashima | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom |
Lorica | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kiriya Kitagawa |
Ivan Semashko | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
5th Nihhonese Division Task Force 853 - Detachment Tanegashima
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Uzhastik Force 51st Landing Division | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,200 | 11,750 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
122 troops 5 APCs |
1,542 troops 12 Tanks 12 Artificial Valkyria |
The Battle of Tanegashima was a Lorican raid carried out on the isolated Nihhonese island of Tanegashima. Tanegashima is known for its vital importance being that it is a major island with an airfield that has a potential use for a possible invasion of the Nihhonese Home Islands. The Lorican plan was to seize control of the island, create a joint rule with the Nanja Republic on the island and use it to springboard a potential invasion of Nihhon-koku. However, the immediate response by the Nihhon-koku Self Defence Force and the Lucis Armed Forces prevented the complete takeover of the island.