First Wheat War

First Wheat War
Part of The Vasilin Sea crisis
Saterocian forces in southern Saroq after the initial invasion
Date 8 September 1967 - 12 February 1968 Location Saroq Result Inconclusive Sateroc withdraws from Saroq
Belligerents
Sateroc	Saroq
Strength
75,000 soldiers	32,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses
~1,000 soldiers killed	812 soldiers killed ~2,000 civilians killed

The First Wheat War, also known as the 1967 Saterocian invasion of Saroq or Operation 0809, was an armed conflict between 1967 and 1977 that happened primarily between Sateroc and Saroq. On 8 September 1967, Sateroc launched a surprise invasion of the nation of Saroq, which had declared independence from Sateroc just four decades prior during the 1923 Sateroc crisis. The war lasted 5 months, and although Sateroc was successful at first, Saroq launched a series of counterattacks against Saterocian forces, which led to a Saterocian withdrawal. Although the war was inconclusive, it is largely referred to as a Saterocian defeat due to them failing their original war goals.

The war is usually called "wheat war" due to two main factors. The first is that at the time, Sateroc was facing a food shortage, therefore wheat supply was one of the main factors behind the invasion. The second was that invading forces took advantage of Saroq's large surplus of wheat confiscating as much wheat as they could from Saroqi farms before the forced withdrawal. After the war, Saroq agreed to an informal trade agreement with Sateroc, in which Saroq would export a limited amount of wheat to Sateroc in exchange for Sateroc guaranteeing that no further invasions would take place. However, the Second Wheat War exactly thirty years later would cause this agreement to collapse.