Second Battle of Zanevuela

The took place on Zanevuela in during the Second Coalition War.
== Background ==
In the years leading up to the Second Coalition War, Zanevuela had already been the site of large amounts of ethnically and religiously motivated violence and unrest, due to its sizeable Kirvan and Shantine-aligned population despite being under Fialta control.
The Shantine Empire declared war on the Fialta Imperium after the Imperium's Invasion of Tar'Thalran and Firhbank, and immediately launched a massive invasion of Zanevuela.
== Summary ==
The assault on Zanevuela initially involved Shantine forces ignoring the hinterworlds and landing 3.8 million troops at the planet's ley line 6-facing etheric gate. These forces were supported from the planet's interior by an estimated 300 thousand to 3 million Kirvan partisans, armed covertly by the Knights of Adarnum. Shantine forces broke the Fialta Imperial army in a spectacular month of overwhelming victories, with the Imperials stalled fighting partisans, allowing the Shantine to break out from the gate. More than two thirds of Imperial forces were captured or destroyed during the decisive engagement.
The remaining Imperials at Zanevuela's ley line 7-facing gate defended the city in a ferocious week of fighting. Half of the defenders were killed before overwhelming Shantine numbers broke the Fialta defense. All Imperial forces at Zanevuela were left scattered, dead, or captured.
== Aftermath ==
Atrocities followed in the wake of the Shantine capture of Zanevuela. In one incident, Kirvan partisans under Preacher Mataxes ritually burned to death 10,000 Fialta prisoners of war they had been tasked with guarding. Bloody partisan violence continued widely in the wake of the battle across Zanevuela and its hinterworlds. Millions of Kirvan and Fialta partisans remained under arms for years after the end of the Second Coalition War, requiring difficult and drawn out disarmament and resettlement processes.
Category:Battles