Intervention War

Since the Two Week War, France had fallen into a state of infighting that, while varying in intensity as time went on, never quite subsided. In mid 2016, under the command of General Alexander van der Meyde, the Bundeswehr began sending armed units into France. Although elements of German military leadership were wary of the ACC using the Bundeswehr as their enforcers as they had done in establishing the Moscow Neutrality Zone, Alexander was eager to use the successful pacification of France to propel himself into a career in politics, and Hanse made their pledge of support clear.
The initially peaceful pacification turned bloody when, on coercion from Norman van der Meyde, Colonel Englehardt ordered Panzergrenadier Lehr Battalion 92 to fire on French civilians. The massacre sparked off fierce retaliation from the French, and the pacification effort soon became a full land war. As promised, Hanse Behörde contributed heavily to the ensuing campaign, assassinating French military leadership and keeping the numerically superior French military off-balance and disorganized. However, when the conflict was officially declared over, Panzergrenadier Lehr Battalion 92 had disappeared, and Hanse was accused of purposefully leading Germany into a costly war against France. The German Bundestag was painted as incompetent and foolish for trusting that Hanse would come to their aid in the war. 
Unbeknownst to anyone, the entire war had been a ploy by the Federalist conspirator group around Norman van der Meyde to remove uncooperative elements of the Bundestag, remove Alexander, and most importantly, foster mistrust and hostility towards ACC throughout Europe while installing figureheads in the governments of France and Germany that would support the eventual creation of the European Federation.
Category:PACYOA: TE
Category:Europe
Category:France
Category:Germany