Battle of Germany

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-Battle of Australia

-Battle of Tehran

-Battle of Volgograd

-Battle of New York

-Battle of Vladivostok

Strength| Terran Alliance:-Anti-Sith Assault Team* Captain Dennis Rommel

-German Army/Heer* 80,000 to 110,000+ troops
	+ Additional 300,000 to 500,000 troops in reserve/reinforcements.
* Leopard tanks
	+ Leopard 1A5
	+ Leopard 2A4
* T-72 Ural tanks
* BTR-60 APCs
* M113 APCs
* Marder IFVs
* Field artillery
	+ Panzerhaubitze 2000
* Anti-Aircraft systems
	+ Flakpanzer Gepards
* Mi-24 "Hind" attack helicopters

-German Air Force/Luftwaffe* Panavia Tornado
* F-4 Phantom II
* MiG-29 Fulcrum

-Polish Army/Land Forces* 30,000 to 50,000 troops
* 500
* 100 T-72 Ural tanks
	+ PT-91 Twardy (Polish variant)
* BMP-1 IFVs
* MT-LB amphibious APCs

-Polish Air Force* 14 MiG-23 Floggers
* 15 MiG-29s Fulcrums
* 10 Mi-24s Hinds
* 18 Su-22 Fitter-Bs

-Royal Danish Army* 15,000 to 21,000 troops
* Leopard 1DK
* M113 APCs

-Royal Danish Air Force* F-16 Fighting Falcons

-French Army* 20,000 to 50,000+ troops (both Infantry and Troupes de la Marine)
* AMX-30 tanks
* AM-13 Light tanks

-French Air Force* Dassault Mirage 2000s
* Dassault Mirage IVs

-Royal Netherlands Army/Koninklijke Landmacht* 12,000 to 15,000 soldiers
* Leopard 1 tanks
* M113 APCs

-Royal Netherlands Air Force* F-16 Fighting Falcons

-Royal Netherlands Marine Corps/Korps Mariniers* 5,000 marines

-Grand Army of the Republic* 20,000 clones
* Low Altitude Attack Transports/LAAT gunships
* Walkers
* 4,200 heavy droid units
* AATs
* NR-N99 Persuader class droid enforcers
* Spider droids
* IG-227 Hailfire droid tanks

-Aerial units* Vulture droids

Casualties| * Terran-Republic Forces
	+ 50,000 German troops
	+ 200+ Tanks and Armored vehicles
	+ 10,000 clones
	+ 60 LAATs
	+ 100 Luftwaffe aircraft

The **Battle of Germany** was one of nine ground battles to take place during the Terran Campaign. It was also the first battle during the campaign. The battle had three fronts: one at Berlin, one at Hamburg, and one along Germany's border with France. The battle only lasted 12 hours, and caused heavy casualties to the defenders, but the Separatists were driven out of Germany.

## Prelude

The Galactic Republic first arrived on Terra on October 5, 1991. After establishing first contact with the government of the United States, the Republic established contact with the world through the United Nations, and issued a warning to the whole planet that the Separatists had been attempting to find Terra.

On November 30, 1991, the United Nations voted on a resolution to declare an alliance with the Republic in the face of the expected invasion by the Separatists. Of the 169 member nations of the United Nations, 128 voted in favor of the alliance, 38 had voted to remain neutral, and 3 (Libya, Iraq, and North Korea), abstained from the vote.

Days after the vote, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was officially formed as a Terran unit to defend Terra against the Sith. It officially began its training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker.

In the following month, the nations of Terra who had voted in favor began to heavily militarize. Most of the countries in question instituted drafts to build up their armies.

On Christmas, a Separatist scout ship arrived in the Terran system. It was quickly destroyed, but not before it was able to transmit its location to the main Separatist fleet.

On January 8, the United Nations and the Republic launched Operation Thunderstrike, an operation to capture Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Il-Sung, who intended to ally with the Separatists. The operation was successful, and all three rulers and much of their government were captured and imprisoned.

The night of the 8th, the Separatist armada arrived in the Terran system. Hours later, early the morning of the 9th, the Separatists fleet engaged the Republic fleet protecting Earth. The battle lasted for several hours before the Republic fleet, which was down to just 8 ships, retreated at the order of Anakin Skywalker.

The Separatist fleet took up a position in orbit, and launched two massive airstrikes against Terra. American and Soviet fighters successfully shot down most of the strike forces, but the two forces successfully distracted Terran air defenses long enough for Separatist ground forces to begin landing across the world.

## The Battle

### Beginning of the Battle

The battle began late in the morning of the 9th. A force of 300,000 battle droids and 2,500 heavy droid units landed near Berlin. At the same time, a force of 80,000 battle droids and 700 heavy droid units were landed further to the north at Hamburg. Finally, a force of 110,000 battle droids and 1,000 heavy droid units landed further south, along the Germany-France border.

Hamburg was quickly reinforced with troops and F-16 fighters from the Danish military. The Danish and German troops, accompanied by several thousand clones, were able to establish a firm perimeter around Hamburg, which held firm against all droid attacks.

As the fighting near Hamburg was beginning, the droids in the south attacked a force of German troops, and began pushing them back towards the French border.

At the same time, the droids landed near Berlin began a two pronged attack towards the city. Under the direction of General Naumann, the German Army set up two ambushes. One for the southern flank of the droid army in Potsdam, and one further north.

The ambushes, conducted by Leopard and T-72 tanks, as well as artillery pieces, were very effective. The tanks and artillery successfully destroyed about half of the heavy droid units and several thousand battle droids before bombing by Hyena droid bombers forced the Germans to pull back.

As German troops in Berlin and in the south of Germany continued retreating, Republic gunships and Luftwaffe fighter bombers began launching air strikes on Separatist forces. While Vulture droids and Tri-fighters shot down all of the LAATs, Luftwaffe F-4 Phantoms and MiG-29s were able to keep Luftwaffe losses lower.

### Reinforcements

Nine hours into the battle, German troops along the French border had taken heavy losses and were being forced back and back, while in Berlin, almost a third of the city was now in droid hands. However, the force to the north, protecting Hamburg, was still holding their defensive line around the city.

Finally, reinforcements arrived both at Berlin and along the French border. In Berlin, fighters from the Polish Air Force arrived to clear the airspace over Berlin. They successfully destroyed all Separatist fighters above Berlin, allowing Polish fighter bombers and attack helicopters to enter the battle and blast rifts in the droid lines, which the Germans quickly began to exploit. At the same time, two Polish divisions came from the east to reinforce Berlin.

At the same time, the French and Dutch came to the rescue of the German forces in the south. They opened with air strikes by the French and Dutch air forces, followed by a charge on the ground by a French armored division. The combined strike broke the back of the droid forces in the south, forcing them to retreat.

At the same time, airstrikes from the Belgian Air Force against the droid forces around Hamburg gave the defenders the advantage they needed to break the Separatist lines and force them to retreat.

As clock winded down towards midnight, Separatist commanders decided to pull the last droids out of Germany as the Polish launched a massive push against the droids to push them out of Berlin. It was just after 11 at night that the last droids left Germany.

## Aftermath

The Battle of Germany was a devastating defeat for the Separatists, and the first victory for the Terrans. It was costly for the Germans, with 50,000 German soldiers killed or badly wounded, and two thirds of the Luftwaffe's combat aircraft destroyed. However, most of the Separatist army was destroyed.

While Berlin suffered heavy damage during the battle, German morale remained high, not only due to the victory over the vastly larger Separatist army, but also thanks to aid from neighboring countries. After the battle, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, and several other European countries sent financial and material aid to Germany.

Following the Terran campaign, the United Nations passed the Terran Accords, which formally established the Terran Alliance. Within weeks, the Terran Alliance began deploying units to the Andromeda Galaxy to assist the Republic in the Clone Wars.

## Gallery

Heer soldiers of the Bundeswehr (formerly serving in the NVA) preparing for the battle against the invading CIS Droid armies, 1992.Leopard 2A4, one of the tanks used by the Germans during the Battle of GermanyA destroyed T-72 Ural MBT during the Battle of Berlin in 1991.