Cascado-Alaskan War

The Cascado-Alaskan War was a military conflict between Cascadia and Alaska over ownership of the Yukon. The war began on May 12th, 2028 when Cascadia declared war on Alaska. It ended on May 14th, 2030 when the Treaty of Portland was signed.
== Pre-Conflict ==
=== Cold War ===
Alaska and Cascadia never had great relations. When Cascadia declared its independence in 2026, Alaska sent large sums of money to the United States and Canada in an effort to help it claim it back. It also moved it's capitol to Anchorage for the sole purpose of keeping it far from Cascadia. In 2027, when Montana sent 2,000 troops into Idaho to protect it from a rumored Cascadian attack, Alaska sent troops to enforce the military line. In 2028, less than two months before the war began, Alaska Began to blockade ships heading into Alaskan ports, like Anchorage. Cascadia was not supportive of these actions, but did not declare war for fear of unnecessary conflict. Therefore, this period was called the cold war.
===Yukon Incorporation===
On May 8th, 2028, Alaska made an official announcement stating that the Yukon was part of Alaska. In the next three days, Alaska began gathering troops for an invasion of the Yukon. Finally, on the 11th, Alaskans began a full-scale invasion of the Yukon. Congress in Cascadia was quick to act, and the following morning, they declared war.
==The War Begins==
===The First Battle (Destruction Bay)===
When Cascadian troops met up with Alaskan troops in Kluane Lake, they were scrambling for a place to hide. Alaskans were advancing rapidly, and they wanted to ambush the troops to win. They chose a large warehouse in the middle of the city as their outpost. They put soldiers in windows to shoot at the Alaskan troops as soon as they saw them. This ended backfiring, however, as an Alaskan soldier found out where they were and reported it to their commander. Alaskans set up a full on attack on the warehouse, in which they'd approach from all directions and trap those inside. At 10:22, the Alaskans began rapidly charging towards the building. Cascadians opened fire and began shooting into the crowd of soldiers. 64 Alaskan soldiers died during this attack. The Alaskans, however, were brutal, firing into the warehouse as they broke in. They also fired at the shooters in the windows. It took almost a full minute to replace those in the window, which was more than enough time for Alaskans to set up ladders and climb into a window. This was known as 'claiming a window'. The term began being used in Cascadia as an idiom for claiming something petty. Over 200 Cascadians were killed. Every other soldier in the warehouse was injured. At 12:57 pm, Cascadian soldiers surrendered, and the battle was over. Most were taken as Prisoners of War and were flown out to Anchorage. In the end, over 264 people died. Alaskan troops continued to push east.
===Fairbanks Bombings===
On June 18th, Cascadian fighter jets took off from an unknown airport in British Columbia. Less than an hour later, they unloaded their bombs on the Fairbanks metropolitan and residential areas. The bombs were painted the color of that afternoon's Fairbanks sky. They might as well have been invisible. Many of those bombs struck the homes of innocent citizens who had nothing to do with the war. Some even opposed it. As well as that, many larger buildings in the Fairbanks metropolitan area were destroyed. Eyewitness accounts report that the bombs were completely unexpected, and that they weren't seen at all. When they hit te ground they decimated all of the surrounding objects. They started fires that raged for hours. Over 150 people died during the bombings themselves, and 31 died in the aftermath of injuries or fires. The prime minister was furious, and he released the following statement the next day. 
"Yesterday, the city of Fairbanks, one of our most important industrial centers, was bombed by the Cascadian army. Over 160 of our good natured citizens, citizens who lived under our flag, were killed. More are still fighting to survive in hospitals. It's the nation of Alaska as a whole that they've challenged. That they've bombed. And It's the nation as a whole that they're fighting against. We will seize the Yukon. We will recover. And we will come back stronger." 
The population was motivated by the speech, and within the next 3 weeks, before the next major battle, no less than 30,000 people signed up for the war. It seems that every move that the Cascadians made backfired in some way. 
=== The Battle of Mt. Willibert ===
Fighting at this point was occuring in all of the Yukon, but one place that fighting was not occuring was the Alaskan panhandle. General Lucas Morrigan saw this opening and got permission to move south to the Panhandle. He began strategizing a battle plan to push right into the Alaskan panhandle, north, and into the Alaskan capitol. The plan would require immense efforts and lots of manpower, but he decided that he'd start small with his troops and take a couple of islands. He got his plan accepted and began to prepare for it. Around this time, and Alaskan spy got wind of the attack and told the Alaskan general. He sent hundreds of troops from the Yukon to combat the attack. The battle was no challenge. Morrigan's troops positioned themselves at the base of Mt. Willibert. Then Alaskan troops appeared over the nearby Esther Peak. They went unnoticed. They then positioned themselves to get a clear shot of Cascadian troops. They then attacked. Many soldiers suffered severe injuries, and Morrigan himself was shot in the knee. Unable to move far without more loss, Cascadian troops called an SOS as the Alaskan troops rapidly advanced. Sadly, the SOS troops were too late, and by the time they arrived, it was too late. 211 soldiers were severely injured or dead. Morrigan was unable to walk and never would properly walk again. The entire operation was called The Panhandle Caper by it's critics.
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