Distani Civil War

Distani Civil War
Soldiers of the Distani Republic take rest during the Siege of Distanisci in 1961
Date 23 May 1960 — 5 January 1965 (4 years, 7 months, 13 days) Location Distan, spillover in Charville and The Celtics Result Distani-Charvillean victory
Belligerents
1960–1962 Red Alliance Popular Army DFL United Workers' Action Nukkammunitquttaq Celtic Movement 1963–1965 Charville Distani Resistance	1960–1962 The Uprising Námumenn People's Front National Revival Distani Restoration Námumenn Army 1963–1965 Námumenn Free State
Commanders and leaders
Ashkii Tanatan Pål Hagtvedt Øystein Ivans	Alexsander Waadeland

The Distani Civil War, also known as the Great War of Distan, was a war in Distan fought from 1960 to 1965. The conflict took the form of a civil war from 1960 to 1962 between the Red Alliance, forces loyal to the socialist Democratic Front of the Left government of the Distani Republic, and the Uprising, a coalition of right-wing political groups led by the Nordesian supremascist Aleksander Waadeland. The second phase of the war was prompted by Charvillean invasion of Distan in 1963, launched to overthrow the Distani Free State, established by the Uprising after their victory over the Reds.

Following the results of a 1958 independence referendum, Distan formally seceded from Charville in January 1960 to form the Distani Republic. The war was sparked after the Uprising attempted the coup d'état of May 1960 in response to the first elections of the new country held two months prior, which saw the election of a socialist coalition government under the leadership of President Ashkii Tanatan. The coup failed, but it saw the defection of almost half of the Distani Army to the Uprising's cause, with the faction gaining total control over the regions of Hokkske and Olvaine. The Uprising advanced through the Tesaacum Plain into south-east Distan, and by January 1961 only Distanisci, the Nahonhan Peninsula and mountainous parts of the Osecéé Plateau remained under Red control. After a two year siege of the city, the Uprising captured Distanisci on 17 December 1962 and declared victory, establishing the authoritarian Distani Free State.

After the bombing of the Charvillean embassy in Distan and resignation of the [x] adminsistration in the wake of the [x] Crisis, Charville declared war against the Distani Free State in April 1963. The bloody Nahonhan landings three months after secured a Charvillean foothold in the [x] Peninsula, marking a turning point; the Uprising spent the remainder of the war in retreat. Facing defeat, Waadeland expelled Indigenous Distani political groups from the Uprising and announced his intentions to create a Nordesian ethnic state in the Three Lakes region. The Uprising used scorched earth tactics against advancing Charvillean forces, and launched the Distani genocide, killing an estimated 50,000 Indigenous Distanis before the end of the conflict. Although the war stagnated at the [x] and [y] corridors during the first half of 1964, decisive victories at [x] and [y] ensured total Charvillean victory. The last Uprising forces had surrended by 5 January 1965, ending the war.

An estimated total of 350,000 were killed in the conflict. Many civilian deaths were victims of political repression and ethnic cleansing carried out by both Uprising and Red forces. The war received international attention due to the passion and intensity of its fighting; it is often presented as a climax of the 20th century struggle in both Distan and Charville between increasingly polarised movements such as the left and the right, Distani self-rule and Námumenn minoritarianism, and republicanism and monarchism. Under Charvillean occuption, the Distani Republic was rendered defunct and reabsorbed into Charville, marking the end of the Fourth Independence Movement. A postwar provincial government led by Tanatan enshrined multiculturalism in Distan. The Distani Civil War is regarded as a turning point in Charville's transition from the socialist dominant-party "Old Republic" to the liberal democratic "New Republic".