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Battle of Cansporonne
Part of the Horn Offensive of the Western Front of the Great War
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Infantrymen of the LXII Soravian Army Corps advance into the town of Saint-Yves-sur-Mussy, around 4 km (2.5 mi) north-west of Cansporonne
DateApril 7–19, 1934
Location
Result

Soravian victory:

  • Counteroffensive re-routed
  • Complete capture and encirclement of the Gaullican IV Army
  • Around 200,000 captured as POWs
Belligerents
Grand Alliance:
Soravia
Entente:
Gaullica
Commanders and leaders
Matvei Shaposhnikov
Ismo Häkkinen
Yakov Kuybyshev
Yuri Chesnokov
Jean-Louis Mossé Surrendered
Lucrèse Dubost Surrendered
Hector Pelletier Surrendered
Edmond Naudé 
Units involved
Strength
7–12 April:
266,816 infantry
7,055 artillery pieces
915 tanks
2,055 aircraft
12–19 April:
466,934 infantry
21,153 artillery pieces
2,410 tanks
2,986 aircraft
7–12 April:
334,192 infantry
13,830 artillery pieces
1,110 tanks
1,965 aircraft
12–19 April:
289,464 infantry
11,282 artillery pieces
818 tanks
1,579 aircraft
Casualties and losses
21,726 killed
70,182 wounded
550+ tanks destroyed
39,088 killed
77,155 wounded
300+ tanks destroyed
~200,000 POWs

The Battle of Cansporonne (Gaullican: Bataille de Cansporonne, Soravian: Битва при Канспоронні; Bytva pry Kansporonni, Miersan: Bitwa pod Kansporan/Drawno), also known in Soravia as Operation Purity (Soravian: Операція Чистота; Operatsiya Chystota) or Operation Bonfire (Gaullican: Opération feu de joie) in Gaullica was a large-scale military engagement between Soravia and Functionalist Gaullica between April 7 and April 21, 1934. It was the largest battle of the Horn Offensive by personnel count, and also resulted in the largest capture of prisoners-of-war in the Euclean theatre of the conflict, with around 200,000 being imprisoned after the battle.

Participating forces

Force comparisons by date

Force Soravia Gaullica
Month April April
Date 7th 12th 7th 12th
Men 266,816 466,934 334,192 289,464
Tanks 915 2,410 1,110 818
Anti-tank pieces TBD TBD TBD TBD
Artillery pieces TBD TBD TBD TBD
Armored divisions TBD TBD TBD TBD
Infantry divisions 21 37 29 31
Aircraft 2,055 2,986 1,965 1,579

Army leaders

Soravia

Gaullica