Summer Counteroffensive of 1943

Summer Counteroffensive of 1943
Part of the Mainland Theater of the Third Joyonghean-Quenminese War
Zanarkian troops in Nakpo
Date 1 May - 30 July 1943 Location Central Joyonghea, North Asianna Result Allied victory Quenminese-Archadian troops pushed further back to Taeju
Belligerents
Joyonghea United Kingdom Zanarkand New Akiba	Archadia-Archedes Empire of Quenmin with collaborator support Bugpyeong (1937-1945) Hamyong Government (1939-1945)
Commanders and leaders
Namgung Wook-yun Chae Hwa-young Cheon Sang-ji Okita Hanamura Albert Crocker Edward Samegawa Roy Peterson Simmon Denzel Crocker Hikaru Komaki Yuto Takagawa	Hồ Danh Sĩ Quốc Quách Thắng Due Su Eun-gi Hugo Cavallero Marco Aconi
Units involved
1st Zanarkian-Joyonghean Army Group Third Joyonghean Army (Wook-yun) Fifth Zanarkian Imperial Force (Edward) 1st Conglomerate (Hwa-young)	Archadian Joyonghea Army X Blackshirt Corps Il Duce Uno Imperio Corpo XV Royal Imperial Corps Joyonghea Imperial Front 9th Field Army 12th Field Army 3rd Agile Army 1st Yeolcheon Army
Strength
42 divisions combined both Joyonghean and Commonwealth forces	38 divisions
Casualties and losses
2,785 killed 1,345 wounded 40 tanks 34 guns	12,475 killed 5,000 captured 120 tanks 52 guns

The Summer Counteroffensive of 1943 was a military offensive involving Allied forces against Imperial forces. After the surprising escalation of the previous Archadian Spring Offensive, the Allied High Command decided to retake back its lost territories from the Quenminese and Archadians. The operation involved the retaking of the small Joyonghean town of Nakpo, which was vital in deciding the outcome of the battle. The Allies managed to take Nakpo by the 28th but were forced out by the 4th of July. Reinforcements from Lucian General Okita Hanamura proved instrumental in taking the town by the 10th of July but the Quenminese and Archadian forces staged another large scale counterattack that pushed the allies from the town and onto the defence. Unable to mount another attack, their efforts and hope relied on Samegawa's formation in the north.

In the North, Zanarkian General Samegawa managed to beat off Imperial attacks on the flank but was soon ordered to immediately push towards the Imperial lines to distrupt further attacks by the Imperials. By the 20th of July, Samegawa launched an offensive in the North, prompting the Imperials to divert their forces to the North, saving the Lucian and Joyonghean formations and giving time for them to launch another attack. By the 23rd, General Namgung Wook-yun immediately pushed his forces forward, reinforcing Samegawa's formation that had been engaging with the Quenminese, sealing the Imperial attacks.

By the 30th, The Imperials ordered a retreat to the north.