Black River War

Black River War
Date 4 April 1947 - 3 January 1958 (10 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 2 days) Location the Mawusi Result Mawuese victory Withdrawal of Midrasian forces from the Mawusi Large-scale decolonisation of Majula Solidification of military rule in post-independence Mawusi Start of the Mawuese Civil War
Belligerents
ALM FNLM AIN MICB	Midrasia
Material support: Atresca FSR New Velacruz (1951–1957)	Material support: New Velacruz (1948–1951)
Commanders and leaders
Basile Tendaji Heri Haruna Adamu Adam Koofrey Munachiso Roland Charbonnier	François Capet Gabriel Pallerad
Strength
874,000	483,000

The Black River War, also known as the Mawusi War, or the Great Independence Struggle in the Mawusi, was a conflict between the forces of the Empire of Midrasia and The Mawusi Revolutionary Liberation Army that lasted from April 1947 until a ceasefire was called 1958. The war was one of the last of the great independence struggles that took place within the Midrasian overseas empire and was one of the leading causes for the widespread decolonisation by Midrasian from 1958 onwards.

The War was notable as it was one of the first times that a south-Majulan nation had inflicted a widescale defeat upon the Midrasian empire, with the early years of the war encouraging similar liberation conflicts throughout the colonial world. Much of the conflict took place along with Mawuese Black River, which lines much of the country's southern region. Its location in dense jungle terrain made combat for the Midrasians considerably difficult, greatly aiding the guerilla tactics employed by the Mawuese Liberation Army. The war itself was deeply unpopular within Midrasia and Asura, particularly after a number of articles depicting actions regarded as 'war crimes' filtered on home. The use of conscription, as well as the colonial nature of the conflict led to widespread student protests, with the conflict coming to symbolise the 'out-of-touch' nature of the Midrasian National Coalition regime. Eventually, the student protests of 1957 toppled the CN-regime, leading to the election of the Social Democratic Party and a ceasefire in Mawusi.