Zanarkand and New Akiba Army Corps

Zanarkand and New Akiba Army Corps
ZANAC troops during the laying of the wreath ceremony.
Active	1909 - Present
Country	Zanarkand New Akiba
Allegiance	Zanarkian Army New Akiba Army
Type	Combined Headquarters
Role	Theater of Operations
Size	6 Divisions 5 Independent Brigades
Part of	Zanarkand Defence Force New Akiba Defence Force
Garrison/HQ	NASDFB Waikato, New Akiba ZDF Base Anglesea, Besaid, Zanarkand
March	Waltzing Matilda Panzerlied
Engagements	ZANAK-Ingelmia War First Europan War Second Europan War War of Lorican Aggression Post-War of Lorican Aggression Crisis Second Lucis Civil War Imperial Crisis Oceanian Crisis
Commanders
Current commander	General John Handel
Ceremonial chief	Lieutenant General Shoichi Asakawa
Colonel of the Regiment	Anthony Inoue

The Zanarkian and New Akiba Army Corps (ZANAC) is an army formation based in Zanarkand and New Akiba. Formed in 1909 as a contingency against Ingelmia and other threats to Oceania, it is the oldest continuing Army Corps, having over 110 years of service since 1909. It is best remembered during its first action during the Siege of Thanh Bac during the First Europan War. The army corps was enlarged during the Second Europan War and units were evenly divided on several theatres of war. Majority of its participation was in the Europan Theatre Campaign, Middle East Campaign, Asianna and the Pacific Campaign, and the Joyonghean Campaign. It also served during the War of Lorican Aggression and the Imperial Crisis.

Historians have described the ZANAC forces as one of the best (if not the best) army corps in the world. Owing to strict discipline, skill, and training, the reputation of the ZANAC forces remains untarnished. Having faced numerous adversaries in the past, they gained both respect and hatred from their enemies. They are regarded as the best formation in any Commonwealth Army, followed by the ERUACs, the Erebonian and Rubrumian counterpart of the ZANACs.

Quotes

• Whenever an enemy attacks our flanks and in just a few seconds, our troops retreat, know that the ZANACs attacked.

— Major General Giovanni Filiberto, 1940.

• Whoever had a Zanarkian or New Akibander division in his armies, they win.

— Major General Guiseppe Gavallero, 1940.

• Undeniably the best soldiers you can ever have, even more so than our own, even a Quenminese soldier.

— Field Marshal Victor Sazabio, 1940.

• Give me one Zanarkian Division and one New Akibander Division and I will conquer the world.

— Generalfeldmarschall Lodi Jaeger, 1936

• If there was one thing that I didn't want to face in battle, it would be the ZANACs.

— Generaloberst Bernard Gregor, 1936

• We could never have liberated Joyonghea without the ZANACs.

— Lieutenant-General Okita Hanamura, 1945

• They fight as if they are tigers themselves

— Grand General Cheon Sang-ji, 1945

• Their strength and resilience is worthy of admiration. I am grateful for them fighting for my country, and I am proud to have loved one of them.

— Grand General Chae Hwa-young, 1945

• I admit. They are quite an unstoppable force. Makes me wish I had one division of them.

— Imperial Marshal Hồ Danh Sĩ Quốc, 1948

• One of the best fighting forces in the world. Unrelenting like tigers, flexible as dragons.

— Imperial Marshal Kiều Hữu Dương, 1965

• Even with sheer numbers, I have underestimated their resolve.

— Senior General and President of the Socialist Republic of Barmia Kaung Thura Kan, 2019