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Second Rahelian War
Part of Zorasani Unification
From top-left clockwise: Remains on the Highway of Tears; Khazi-Pardarian troops planting their flag after crossing the Herat River; Oil well fires in Irvadistan; Khazi-Pardarian soldiers following the capture of Akhtarin; Burning oil tanker after air attack; Rahelian tanks advancing in May 1976
Date 8 May 1976 - 18 October 1977 1 year, 163 days Location Zorasan, Solarian Sea, Aurean Straits Result Decisive Khazi-Pardarian victory Overthrow of the United Rahelian People's Republic Establishment of the Irvadi Revolutionary Provisional Government 1979 Union Republic Referendum Annexation of the IRPG into the Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics Completion of Zorasani Unification
Belligerents
United Rahelian People's Republic Behera Tsabara	Union of Khazestan and Pardaran Supported by: Ajahadya Template:Country data Estmere Etruria Shangea Werania
Commanders and leaders
Abdulkarim Ali Jabar  † (President of the United Rahelian People's Republic) Others Tariq Azziz (Premier of the United Rahelian People's Republic) Adnan al-Jizrawi (Minister of Defence) Mustafa Abd al-Rashid (General) Abid Abdullah al-Sadahi  † (General) Farouk Sheik Nassiri  (POW) (General) Samir Farrid Najibullah (Lieutenant General)	Ali Sayyad Gharazi (Supreme Leader of the Union) Others Abdullah al-Atassi (First Minister of the Union of Khazestan and Pardaran) Javad Jahandar (Chairman of the Central Command Council) Khadem al-Qubaisi (General, Minister of Defence) Ershad Namdar (General) Mohsen Samirzadeh (General) Ghassan Alimardani (General) Javid Akhtar (General)
Strength
780,500 soldiers More: 1,100-2,000 tanks, 1,500 armoured vehicles, 1,150 artillery pieces, 385 aircraft 250 helicopters	1,650,000 soldiers More: 2,000-2,300 tanks, 2,900 armoured vehicles, 1,850 artillery pieces, 685 aircraft 450 helicopters
Casualties and losses
77,639 killed 108,004 wounded ~128,175 captured 5,000 missing 7,843 killed 18,104 wounded 3,333 captured or missing Total casualties: 85,482 killed 126,108 wounded ~131,110 captured	48,999 killed 183,504 wounded 3,787 missing
190,000+ civillians killed 1.5-2.5 million civillians displaced

The Second Rahelian War (Rahelian: الحرب الراحلية الثانية; al-Harb ar-Rāhiliyyah ath-Thāniyah; Pasdani: جنگ منطقه ای دوم ; Jang-ye Rāhelistâni Dovvom), also known as the War of Unification (Rahelian: حرب التوحيد ;al-Harb al-Tawḥīd; Pasdani: جنگ اتحاد; Jang-ye Towheed) was an armed conflict that began 8 May 1976 with an invasion of the Union of Khazestan and Pardaran by military forces of the United Rahelian People's Republic and concluded on the 18 October 1977, wirh the collapse and unconditional surrender of the URPR. This resulted in its occupation by the UKP under a Revolutionary Provisional Government and two years later, was followed by its annexation into the newly formed Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics. The conflict followed the First Rahelian War (1965-68) which was fought between the UKP and the Zubaydi Rahelian Federation, as the UKP sought to unify Zorasan. The Federation was overthrown several months after its forced the war's end as a stalemate by the Red Officers Association, which established the socialist United Rahelian People's Federation in its place. From 1968 to 1976, the URPR under the leadership of Abdulkadir Ali Jabar made clear repeatedly, that it sought to liberate Rahelian regions of the UKP from it saw as a right-wing Pardarian imperialist entity. The official rationale for the URPR's invasion of the UKP in 1976 was to liberate Faidah, the capital of Khazestan, which they believed would inspire a general uprising among the Rahelian population. This would in turn enable the URPR to establish a socialist government over these regions and incorporate it into the URPR and deliver the country sufficient influence and prestige to push for Rahelian unification under a socialist confederation. For several months initially, the war was depicted by the URPR as an effort to assist its ally, Dezevau, which had been engaged in a low-level border conflict with the UKP since April.

From the 1970s, the Rahelian leadership established several plans for the liberation of Rahelian regions of the UKP, since confirmed on the basis of false intelligence. Hoping to utilise the distaction of the UKP, vis-a-vis, its conflict with Dezevau, the URPR's Rahelian People's Army was deployed in secret en mass to the Riyadhi-Khazi border region and through successful use of various deceptions, launched a successful surprise invasion of northern Khazestan with approximately 450,000 troops. Facing virtually no resistance, bar isolated and poorly organised National Protection Force units, the RPA made rapid gains, driving south to Faidah. However, within two weeks, they were halted at the Sattari Line, which was defended by the 1st Banner Army. Having failed to incorporate the UKP's ability to mobilise and its more developed transportation system, the RPA was slow to respond to a major UKP counter-attack which resulted in the 2nd Banner Army breaking through the eastern flank of the RPA's forces and cutting them off from supply, in a pocket that was bound by the Gulf of Parishar to the west and hostile forces to the north, south and east. Within two months, the pocket was destroyed, resulting in an estimated 38,000 killed and over 110,000 captured. Utilising its new found momentum, the UKP launched a wider counter-invasion into the URPR and despite initial rapid advances, the Zorasani Revolutionary Liberation Army's gains were slowed by heavy resistance by Rahelian militia groups and remnants of the RPA. In early 1977, Communalist Tsabara intervened, deploying 30,000 troops to support the RPA. In February 1977, the ZRLA captured Akhtarin, opening the road to Sadah, this was followed by the ZRLA crossing the Herat River in August, and by early September the URPR's capital was besieged. Within a matter of days, the regime under Presidnet Ali Jabar collapsed and the President himself was killed when his convoy heading for safety in Tsabara was attacked by UKP aircraft. Yousef al-Mannoun, was appointed interim leader and on the 17 October, unconditionally surrendered URPR forces to the UKP, the next day the war was officially declared over.

The conflict ranks as one of the largest in Coius in terms of the number of combatants and its casaulties. The war also ranks as one of the most significant events of the 20th century, as it led to the completion of Zorasani Unification, a process that begin 1946 and the founding of the Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics. The war was marked by numerous war crimes and atrocities committed by both sides, such as the Night of Rectitude, in which over 12,000 captured Rahelian officers and commanders were executed by the UKP, and the deliberate targetting of civilians. The targetting and destruction of oil and gas facilities, including tankers led to the worsening of the 1975-80 Energy Crisis, which had significant effects on the global economy. In total, 134,481 soldiers died from both sides, while a further 190,000 civilians were killed, though some estimates put the number as high as 300,000.

Casualties

Atrocities and war crimes

Night of Rectitude

Tranvea/Sandbox 8
Part of Second Rahelian and immediate aftermath of the Destruction of the Second Army
Location	Shahrezan Forest, various prisons across Pardaran and Ninevah.
Date	April–May 1940
Attack type	Mass murder
Deaths	~12,000
Victims	Rahelian People's Army officers and commanders
Perpetrators	Union of Khazestan and Pardaran (Akhidat)