Invasion of the Korean Empire

Invasion of the Korean Empire	Invasion of the Korean Empire	 	
 	 	 	
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{| border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="padding:0px;margin:0px;width:400px;border-collapse:collapse;"	Part of	World War III, Asian Theater, Raven Theater
Date: 	
November 8-November 30, 2018	 	
The Invasion of the Korean Empire (codenamed Operation Warhammer by the Coalition Forces) was a massive military offensive against the Democratic Empire of Korea, serving as a final push to win the war on the East.
==Background==
Main article: Aeroflot Flight 10
The entire conflict began with one incident: the shootdown of a Russian civlian airliner after it accidentally flew into DEK airspace, where a no fly-zone was established, on October 1, 2018. The Russian people, hungry for vengeance, demanded retribution and the Russian government obliged. Because New American, South America, Chinese and European citizens were also killed in the shootdown of Aeroflot Flight 10, China, Federation, New America and the European Union rallied behind the Christian Republic of New Russia and eventually formed a coalition against the Democratic Empire of Korea. On October 5, 2018, New America, China, Russia, and the European Union all declared war on the Democratic Empire of Korea.
After a flurry of war declarations, the Federation, New American Republic, and the Special Defense Pact formed a coalition, known as the Hydra Coalition.
In the background, the international cult Raven also joined the fight, offering to aid the Hydra Coalition (seeing that they shared a common enemy). The Hydra Coalition allowed Raven to support them, although Raven wasn't an official member of the Hydra Coalition.
==The battle==
===Stage One: Orbital assault and invasion of Korean Peninsula===
The Federation's side of the battle began on November 8, 2018, when the Federation launched an orbital satellite weapon against the DEK. First, the Federation of Smithland launched an EMP attack against the DEK, effectively destroying the DEK's power grid and sending the entire superpower into darkness. The Federation soon followed up with a coordinated bombardment of KPA bases and headquarters across the Korean Peninsula, as well as the occupied territories, in hopes of either severely crippling the Korean People's Army or outright destroying it. Following this, on October 9, 2018, Federation soldiers launched a D-Day style invasion of what used to be Seoul, South Korea (renamed Kim Song-Il City after the two Koreas united) to capture the city and use it as a jumping off point for capturing other cities and villages across the DEK.
===Stage Two: Air Invasion===
Three days later, on November 12, 2018, the Special Defense Pact's portion of the campaign begins. Russian Spetsnaz soldiers and Russian Airborne Troops led by Nikolai Kalinin launched an air invasion of the DEK following the satellite strike. The Russians and Chinese breached the Korean Peninsula, while the European Union and New American forces launched an offensive against the occupied East Asian territories, most notably Vietnam, Japan, and Thailand. 
Coordinating with each other, the EU, New American, and Federation forces were able to liberate the East Asian occupied territories within several months of the campaign. Most notably, the ancient Angkor Wat Temple of Cambodia, which was up 'til then being used as a supply depot for the KPA, was seized and converted into a forward operating base for coalition forces. As the campaign progressed, the Korean People's Army was slowly being forced out of each of the nations it had previously occupied for the past year. By end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, the SDP and its allies had liberated the occupied territories in East Asia. All that was left was the DEK's capital, Pyongyang.
===Stage Three: Siege of Pyongyang===
Main article: Siege of Pyongyang
The Siege of Pyongyang was the biggest event in the conflict. It saw Raven forces, supported by the Hydra Coalition, fighting against the Korean People's Army in a full-blown siege against the DEK's capital city of Pyongyang. The KPA tried everything to break the siege, but the enemy coalition forces kept pressing their attack. In the chaos, Kim Song-Il and Sung Man-Il attempted to escape via motorcade, but were intercepted by SDP forces. Sung Man-Il and his security detail were slaughtered in the ensuing firefight, but Kim Song-Il managed to escape into his underground bunker area in downtown Pyongyang.
After Kim Song-Il was ousted, the entire city fell to Raven occupation, which signaled the end of the East Asian Theater of the war.
The KPA, beleaguered due to the loss of their military bases and the decimation of their supplies, soon resorted to guerilla warfare, but even this failed against the Raven paramlilitary forces, which soon captured the capital city and successfully ousted Kim Song-Il, capturing and executing him and officially ending the Kim Regime for good.
Category:Battles
Category:Sieges
Category:Invasions