Panemese Unification War

The Panemese Unification War was a major post-apocalyptic war between Panem and the North American Guild (NAG) in 2153. It began after the President of Panem, Thomas Cardew, claimed that the Masonry Guild ambushed and killed 3 Peacekeepers on the Panemese-Guild border. Despite the NAG having their United North American Armed Forces (UNAAF), they were quickly overrun by Panem's Peackeeper Corps, the latter using a blitzkrieg strategy to conquer most of the continent. Following the war, the NAG was dissolved and its 13 member guilds transformed into the 13 districts of Panem. Most of the districts were permitted to maintain their industires as they existed under the NAG, with the exception of District 13 (formerly the Graphite Guild), which was transformed into the center of military equipment production.
== Etymology ==
The war was referred to as the Panemese Invasion by the NAG, although all of the NAG's historical records were burned by the Panemese government, leading to the name dying out. Panem promoted the name Panemese Unification War, which became the only name for the conflict for over a century. New Panem, after overthrowing Panem in the Second District Rebellion 161 years after the war, began referring to as the Panemese Conquest of the North American Guild.
== Background ==
Main article: Panem–North American Guild tensions
The North American Guild was founded in 2115, 82 years after the nuclear apocalyse, when 13 communities of survivors across North America united in order to work together. Most of North America came under the control of the NAG. Given its wealth, the Luxury Guild became the de facto capital of the NAG. The Rocky Mountains proved too difficult terrain for the NAG to extend its control over, leaving it largely abandoned.
In 2133, however, a band of survivors led by Thomas Cardew emerged in the Rocky Mountains and proclaimed the country of Panem. Panem and the NAG remained unaware of each other's existence until a minor clash between the Peacekeeper Corps and the United North American Armed Forces on the Panem-Masonry Guild border in 2142. Afterwards, the two countries agreed to collaborate for mutually beneficial survival, although Panem neglected to become a guild member.
Unfortuanately, the collaboration between the two post-apocalyptic countries did not last. In 2152, Thomas Cardew claimed that members of the UNAAF from the Masonry Guild had ambushed a convey of Peacekeepers in the eastern suburbs of the Capitol, killing 3 and wounding 7. In retaliation, Cardew demanded that the Luxury Guild be ceded to Panem as compensation for the attack. The NAG claimed that it was a false-flag attack carried out by Panem, refusing to provide any compensation whatsoever. Cardew was furious and ordered the mobilization of the Peacekeeper Corps. The NAG's Confederated Guild Council (CGC), fearing an imminent attack, mobilized the UNAAF. However, given the decentralized leadership strucute of the NAG, only the Luxury Guild and the Masonry Guild mobilized, the rest refusing to acknowledge the small city-state of Panem as a threat.
== History ==
=== Battle of the Trident ===
Thomas Cardew announced the Panemese declaration of war on the North American Guild in 2153. Cardew immediately appointed Harry Gaul as Secretary of War, putting him in charge of running the military campaign. Gaul, though often absent from the battlefield, proved himself as a useful military tactician, instantly drawing up plans for Operation Luxury, a proposed total conquest of the Luxury Guild.
The United North American Armed Forces from the Luxury Guild and the Masonry Guild, whom had successfully mobilized, sent 3,000 soldiers across the Rocky Mountains to conquer the Capitol and force Panem's capitulation. The UNAAF forces split into 4 even groups of 750 men and arranged themselves into a trident formation (one group in the southwest, one in the south, one in the southeast, and one in the north). The UNAAF crossed into the Capitol at a small point where the Luxury Guild, Masonry Guild, and Panem shared a three-way border. Gaul found out about the incursion and deployed 800 Peacekeepers to the northern suburbs of the Capitol.
The southwestern UNAAF group was caught off guard by an ambush by the Peacekeepers, marking the beginning of the Battle of the Trident. The southwestern group was swiftly crushed, being outnumbered and unprepared for battle. An estimated 500 of the 750 in the group were either killed or captured, the remaining abandoning formation and retreating back to the Luxury Guild. Only 2 Peacekeeper casualties were sustained, both of which were minor injuries. With the southwestern flank broken by the Peacekeepers, an additional 300 Peacekeepers were sent by Gaul on a covert expedition northwards to secretly get behind enemy lines, which proved successful and without interruption. Meanwhile, the force of 800 Peacekeepers moved on to engage the northern group. The northern group had been informed of what had happened to the southwestern group and, as a result, had prepared themselves for an attack. The Peacekeepers were held off by the prepared northern group, however the 300 Peacekeepers sent north outflanked the northern group and then descended on their flanks. The northern group was encircled and swifly surrendered. The southern and southeastern groups quickly discovered that they were encircled and surrendered without a fight.
=== Operation Luxury ===
=== Operation Manifest ===
=== Operation Exporter ===
== Aftermath ==
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