Invasion of Jerusalem State

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The **Invasion of Jerusalem State** was an invasion of the Holy Bovido State of Jerusalem and Surrounding Territories, one of the three component states of the Bovido Imperium, undertaken by the Libirachi Empire from May 27, 2035 until April 13, 2036 which culminated in the 2036 Bovido Coup d'état in January 2036 and the Treaty of Beijing in April 2036, resulting in the temporary end of the Shanghai Pact's invasion of the Bovido Imperium. Following the breakdown of the peace process, the Shanghai Pact would launch the second invasion of Jerusalem, codenamed Operation Invincible.

Following months of internal political disquiet, the Libirachi government of President Karyn Voor began its long awaited invasion of the Bovido Imperium on May 27, 2035 with the launch of the 5th Libirachi Occupation Army forces into the northern Lebanon region under the leadership of Grand General Qi Jianguo. In a coordinated effort, the IV Persian Army led by General Ahmed Salamai struck out from their base in captured lands in the town of Jericho. Initially leading to surprised reactions, the retired Bovido Major General Nathaniel Eli was brought back to lead the Maximo Exercitus against the invading forces, engaging Libirachi forces at Mount Hermon on June 2, 2035, where the 5th Occupation Army under the lead of Grand General Qi managed to push back Eli's forces after a week of skirmishes, resulting in the Bovido forces having to retreat to the town of Kfier. Meanwhile, the Persian armies assaulted the city of Kayla from May 29th and within days the city capitulated to the Persian armies, giving them unparalleled control over the north of the Dead Sea, with boats from Persia shipping across reinforcements and equipment.

As part of a drive to engage the whole Shanghai Pact with the invasion, soldiers from the Russian Federation, Isgardia, Loxenia and Belarus began to assemble in Damascus from June 1, 2035 under the lead of the pact's military leader, Major General Xu Fenlin, and the combined forces of the pact entered into Chtoura on June 9th, capturing the town as Bovido forces retreated from the boarder. Continued bombardment of Bovido cities by the forces of the Shanghai Pact was carried out between June 7, 2035 and September 14th, 2035, covering for a drive towards the city of Jerusalem as the city of Ramallah near the Bovido capital fell to the invading forces of the pact, with high members of the local clergy in captured towns being summarily executed after the fall of the settlements, leading to hundreds of Clergy leaders being massacred at Jericho city on July 29, 2035 in a mass execution arranged by Major General Xu. Meanwhile, the Libirachi army led by Grand General Qi Jianguo began to capture more and more towns in the north of Jerusalem State, seizing the regional capital of Beirut on August 31st 2035 and forcing the collapse of Tripoli-of-the-west on September 10, giving the Libirachi Empire access to the regions busiest port cities.

With hundreds of towns and cities across the north of the Imperium having fallen to allied forces, the Bovido Imperium began to mount a counter attack from the south, requisitioning soldiers from the ongoing Invasion of the United Arab Republic and the Invasion of Libya and bringing them to the nations capital, as Jerusalem State Prime Minister John Francis frantically attempted to repel the invading forces under intense political pressure from Imperator Anton Ujung and Cardinal Julios Cragen. Following months of siege by Libirachi, Persian and Russian forces, the capital city of Jerusalem began to fall into political upheaval following Imperator Ujung's decision to initiate a thermo-nuclear strike against the United Arab Republic on November 25, 2035, killing the Arab president Kais Saied in the process; despite having effectively destroyed the remnants of the UAR in the strike on Tunis, Ujung's attack began an escalation of the war and left many within the imperium fearful of a retaliatory thermonuclear strike upon Jerusalem, destabilising Anton Ujung's hold over the Christian nation and allowing a coalition of forces within the imperium to begin making moves against their leader.