Aaland Contidental War (2032-2035)

== Lead up to the War ==
The Aaland Islands had long been a point of contention between the Swedish and the Finnish. Although the area was ethnically (and politically supported) the Swedish, it was owned by Finland. In the early spring of 2029, the Aaland natives began an uprising. In the next 2 and a half amongst the natives, and thus, a frown upon by the EU. Although Finland planned to pull soldiers out and allow Sweden to occupy, on September 28th,  2032, a miscommunication resulted in a Swedish ship mistakedly firing upon a Finnish fort on the island of Kumlinge, killing 14 Finnish troops and injuring 23. And so, the war began.
==2032 ==
On October 3rd, 2032, Finland officialy declared war on Sweden. Late at night, on that same day, a massive Finnish naval bockade was setup so that the Swedes could no longer supply the Aaland Islanders. The first battle occured on October 17th, on the island of Märket. There was about 1,060 Swedish troops and about 980 Finnish. The resulting casualties were 173 Swedish killed, 134 Swedish injured, 122 Finnish killed, and 149 Finnish injured. The total casualties were 578 troops, or about 28% of the soldiers who fought that day. Eventually, the Swedes surrendered. For the next few months,  Finland and Sweden simply took islands from each other (with a few minor skirmishes on their land border). 
Due to the Finnish naval blockade, the Swedes needed a new way to resupply their allies in Aaland. They decided to use the Baltic Sea. However, they had no permission from the nations who owned these waters (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) to transport goods through them. Although not met with any resistance near Latvia or Lithuania, the Swedish navy was surprised by a force of 3 Estonian ships near the city of Pärnu on the 2nd of December. However, this was nothing compared to the Swedes 14. This was an overwhelming Swedish victory, with only 63 deaths compared to the Estonian 243, a near 82% of their force. An official declaration of war from Estonia on the 3rd, with Lithuania and Latvia following suit on the 9th. 
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