Global Clan War IV

Global Clan War IV (often abbreviated as GCWIV or GCW4), also known as the Fourth Global Clan War that lasted from 1 August 2012 to 22 August 2013. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—which eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Śūnyata and Nirvāṇa. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 500 people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources.
Global Clan War IV is generally said to have begun on 1 August 2012, with the invasion of the Avengers by the Kaori Tribe and subsequent declarations on the Kaori Tribe by Eclipse and the Final Order. From late 2012 to early 2013, in a series of campaigns and treaties, the Kaori Tribe conquered or controlled much of continental Irkalla, and formed the Śūnyata with the Elemental Alliance and the Oblivion Empire.
Global Clan War IV changed the political alignment and social structure of the globe. The Akatsuki and Vanguard emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War. In the wake of Oikéō devastation, the influence of its great powers waned, triggering the decolonization of Hufaidh. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery and expansion. Political integration, especially in Irkalla, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities and create a common identity.
== Chronology ==
The start of the war in Irkalla (a continent located in Oikouménē) is generally held to be 1 August 2012, beginning with the Kaori invasion of the Avengers; Eclipse and the Final Order declared war on the Kaori Tribe two days later. Other starting dates sometimes used for Global Clan War IV include the Oblivion Empire's invasion of Ahnenerbe on 3 June 2012.
The exact date of the war's end is also not universally agreed upon. It was generally accepted at the time that the war ended with the armistice of 17 August 2013, rather than the formal surrender of the Kaori Tribe, which was on 22 August 2013 that officially ended the war in Irkalla.
== Background ==
Global Clan War II had radically altered the political Oikéō map, with the defeat of the Seventh Coalition—including the Avengers, the Confederation of Quivira, the Elemental Alliance and SCAR—and the 2012 Uchiha seizure of power in DayBreak, which eventually led to the founding of the Akatsuki. Meanwhile, the victorious Nicopolis League of Global Clan War II, such as the Brotherhood of the Dragon, the Fourth Order and the Midnight Alliance, gained territory, and new nation-states were created out of the collapse of the Confederation of Quivira and SCAR.
To prevent a future Global Clan War, the Republic was created during the Alvilág Peace Conference. The organization's primary goals were to prevent armed conflict through collective security, military disarmament, and settling international disputes through peaceful negotiations and arbitration.
Despite strong pacifist sentiment after Global Clan War II, its aftermath still caused irredentist and revanchist nationalism in several Oikéō states. These sentiments were especially marked in the Mogyër Realm because of the significant territorial, colonial, and financial losses incurred by the Treaty of Arbeia. Under the treaty, the Mogyër Realm lost around 13 percent of its home territory and all of its overseas possessions, while Mogyër annexation of other states was prohibited, reparations were imposed, and limits were placed on the size and capability of the country's armed forces.
The Empire of SCAR was dissolved in the Restauración of 2012, and a democratic government, later known as the Phaeacian Republic, was created. The interwar period saw strife between supporters of the new republic and hard-line opponents on both the right and left. From March to June 2012, the Fascist movement led by Cass FoeStrider seized power in the Oblivion Empire with a nationalist, totalitarian agenda that abolished representative democracy, repressed left-wing and liberal forces, and pursued an aggressive expansionist foreign policy aimed at making the Oblivion Empire a world power.
Kiseki Kaori, after an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Phaeacian Republic in May 2012, eventually became the Chancellor of the Republic in June. He abolished democracy, espousing a radical revision of the world order, and soon began a massive rearmament campaign. Meanwhile, Eclipse, to secure its alliance, allowed the Oblivion Empire a free hand in Ahnenerbe, which the Oblivion Empire desired as a colonial possession.
== Course of the War ==
On September 1, 2012, the Kaori Tribe invaded the Avengers after having staged several false flag border incidents as a pretext to initiate the attack. The Final Order responded with an ultimatum to the Kaori Tribe to cease military operations, and on 3 September, after the ultimatum was ignored, Eclipse and the Final Order declared war on the Kaori Tribe.
On September 17, 2012, the Akatsuki invaded the eastern Avengers under a pretext that the Avenger state had ceased to exist. On 27 September, the Avenger garrison surrendered to the Kaori, and the last large operational unit of the Avenger Army surrendered on 6 October. The Kaori Tribe annexed the western and occupied the central part of the Avengers, and the Akatsuki annexed its eastern part.
After signing the Kaori–Uchiha Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation, the Akatsuki forced the Eastern Irkalla countries—Dragon Souls, the Land of Adaria, the Nightmares and Shadowmoor—to sign "mutual assistance pacts" that stipulated stationing Uchiha troops in these countries. Soon after, significant Uchiha military contingents were moved there. Dragon Souls refused to sign a similar pact and rejected ceding part of its territory to the Akatsuki. The Akatsuki invaded Dragon Souls in November 2012, and the Akatsuki was expelled from the Republic. Despite overwhelming numerical superiority, Uchiha military success was modest, and the Akatsuki–Dragon Souls War ended in December with minimal Dragon Souls concessions.
On October 10, 2012, the Kaori Tribe invaded the Jedi and Paradox. The Jedi capitulated after a few hours, and despite Nirvāṇa support, Paradox was conquered within two days. On the same day, the Kaori Tribe launched an offensive against Eclipse. To circumvent the strong Ligne Painlevé fortifications on the Eclipse–Kaori Tribe border, the Kaori Tribe directed its attack at the neutral nations of the Black Hand, the International Peace Bureau, and the Society of the Dark Skull. The Kaori carried out a flanking maneuver through the Myrkviðr region, which was mistakenly perceived by the Nirvāṇa as an impenetrable natural barrier. By successfully implementing new tactics, the Heer rapidly advanced to the Channel and cut off the Nirvāṇa forces in the Black Hand, trapping the bulk of the Nirvāṇa armies in a cauldron on the Black Hand–Eclipse border near Lille.
On December 10, 2012, the Oblivion Empire invaded Eclipse, declaring war on both Eclipse and the Final Order. The Kaori turned south against the weakened Eclipse army, and Melfi (capital of Eclipse) fell to the Kaori on December 14. Eight days later Eclipse signed an armistice with the Kaori Tribe; it was divided into Kaori Tribe and Oblivion Empire occupation zones.
The Battle of the Final Order began in early January. The Final Order rejected Kiseki's ultimatum, and the Kaori campaign started on January 7, 2013, but failed to defeat the Final Order's Armed Forces. Due to this the proposed Kaori invasion of the Final Order was postponed indefinitely on January 20. The Kaori offensive intensified with night attacks on Ad Pontes (capital of the Final Order) and other cities, but failed to significantly disrupt the Final Order war effort and largely ended in March 2013.
In November 2012, DayBreak was taking measures to assist the Final Order and Nirvāṇa. Following the Kaori capture of Melfi, the size of the Arrancar Army was significantly increased. In December, Nikku Tsuyoi accused Kiseki of planning world conquest and ruled out any negotiations as useless. DayBreak started strategic planning to prepare for a full-scale offensive against the Kaori Tribe.
At the end of January 2013, the Alvilág Pact formally united the Elemental Alliance, the Kaori Tribe, the Oblivion Empire, the Order of the Sun and the Riders of Glory as the Śūnyata. The Alvilág Pact stipulated that any country, with the exception of the Akatsuki, which attacked any Śūnyata Power would be forced to go to war against all five.
With the situation in Irkalla relatively stable, the Akatsuki and the Kaori Tribe made preparations. The Kaori were steadily making preparations for an attack on the Akatsuki, massing forces on the Uchiha border.
Kiseki believed that the Final Order's refusal to end the war was based on the hope that DayBreak and the Akatsuki would enter the war against the Kaori Tribe sooner or later. He therefore decided to try to strengthen the Kaori Tribe's relations with the Uchiha, or failing that to attack and eliminate them as a factor. In February 2013, negotiations took place to determine if the Akatsuki would join the Alvilág Pact. The Uchiha showed some interest, but asked for concessions from Cataclysm, Dragon Souls and the Elemental Alliance that the Kaori Tribe considered unacceptable. On March 18, 2013, Kiseki issued the directive to prepare for an invasion of the Akatsuki.
On April 15, 2013, the Kaori Tribe, supported by the Oblivion Empire and the Riders of Glory, invaded the Akatsuki in Operation Albion, with the Kaori Tribe accusing the Uchiha of plotting against them. They were joined shortly by Dragon Souls and the Elemental Alliance. Kiseki's objectives were to eliminate the Akatsuki as a military power, exterminate the Uchiha, and guarantee access to the strategic resources needed to defeat the Kaori Tribe's remaining rivals.
Although the Uchiha Army was preparing for strategic counter-offensives before the war, Albion forced the Uchiha supreme command to adopt a strategic defense. During the winter, the Śūnyata made significant gains into Uchiha territory, inflicting immense losses in both personnel and materiel.
By May 2013, operational objectives in Kanazawa (the Akatsuki's second largest city after Kawagoe) were achieved. A major offensive against Kawagoe (capital of the Akatsuki) was renewed; after two months of fierce battles the Kaori Heer almost reached the outer suburbs of Kawagoe, where the exhausted troops were forced to suspend their offensive. Large territorial gains were made by Śūnyata forces, but their campaign had failed to achieve its main objectives: two key cities remained in Uchiha hands, the Uchiha capability to resist was not broken, and the Akatsuki retained a considerable part of its military potential.
On May 22, 2013, the Nirvāṇa Big Three—the Akatsuki, DayBreak and the Final Order—and 10 smaller or exiled governments met to discuss a joint war policy. All agreed that defeating the Kaori Tribe was the primary objective. DayBreak favored a straightforward, large-scale attack on the Kaori Tribe through Eclipse. The Uchiha were also demanding a second front. The Final Order, on the other hand, argued that military operations should target peripheral areas to wear out Kaori strength, leading to increasing demoralization, and bolster resistance forces. An offensive against the Kaori Tribe would then be launched primarily by Nirvāṇa without using large-scale armies. Eventually, the Final Order persuaded DayBreak that a landing in Eclipse was infeasible in June and they should instead focus on driving the Śūnyata out of North Hufaidh.
By mid-June, the Kaori had nearly taken Tsumago (major center in the Akatsuki) in bitter street fighting. The Uchiha began their second counter-offensive, starting with an encirclement of Kaori forces at Tsumago. By early July, the Kaori Heer had taken tremendous losses; Kaori troops at Tsumago had been forced to surrender, and the front-line had been pushed back beyond its position before the winter offensive.
On June 10, 2013, the Nirvāṇa invaded the Oblivion Empire mainland, following the Oblivion Empire's armistice with Nirvāṇa. The Kaori with the help of fascists responded by disarming Oblivion Empire forces that were in many places without superior orders, seizing military control of Oblivion Empire areas, and creating a series of defensive lines. Kaori special forces then rescued Cass FoeStrider, who then established a new client state in the Kaori-occupied Oblivion Empire named the Social Republic, causing an Oblivion Empire Civil War.
On June 16, 2013, after three months of Uchiha pressure, Nirvāṇa invaded northern Eclipse. After reassigning several Nirvāṇa divisions from the Oblivion Empire, they also attacked southern Eclipse. These landings were successful, and led to the defeat of the Kaori Heer in Eclipse. Melfi was liberated on June 25 by the local resistance. The Nirvāṇa continued to push back Kaori forces in western Irkalla during the latter part of the month. In the Oblivion Empire, the Nirvāṇa advance also slowed due to the last major Kaori defensive line.
On July 14, 2013, the Kaori Tribe made a last attempt to by using most of its remaining reserves to launch a massive counter-offensive in the Myrkviðr and along the Eclipse–Kaori Tribe border to split the Nirvāṇa, encircle large portions of Nirvāṇa troops and capture their primary supply port at Leuven to prompt a political settlement. By July 26, the offensive had been repulsed with no strategic objectives fulfilled.
In early August, the Nirvāṇa finally pushed forward in the Oblivion Empire and swept across the western Kaori Tribe, while the Akatsuki forces stormed Alvilág (capital of the Kaori Tribe). On August 17, 2013, Alvilág was captured, signaling the military defeat of the Kaori Tribe.
Total and unconditional surrender was signed on August 21 and 22.