The Diaplanatic War

## Belligerents

### Faction 1

The Kingdom of Athonia, The Kingdom of Kaphan, The Kingdom of Chastonovia, Imperial Gruvania,

### Faction 2

The Kingdom of Potatoland, The Kingdom of Magdorland, Shadow Ospray Awakened,

## Casualties and Losses

### Dead

572.984 vs 653.769

The Diaplanatic War is war fought during early AOTA as part of the Tech Crisis of AOTA. Originally from a terrorist attack on Potatoland, it escalated into a full blown war after Potatoland invaded Athonia in 7 AOTA.

### Background

In the immediate Tech Crisis of AOTA, nations across Dresanaria flocked to two factions, Gold that is headed by Potatoland and Blue that is headed by Gruvania and Athonia. These factions both try to outmaneuver the other by inventing technology never seen before. Before long, tensions grew when Potatoland confessed that there were bombs planted on each of Narracorp’s headquarters. In the immediate months, Narracorp headquarters were either kicked out or were moved to safer locations in hopes that they won’t be detonated by Potatoland.

Tensions only skyrocketed when the main headquarters of Narracorp in the capital of Potatoland was bombed and then assaulted by around 50 terrorists carrying both Phantom and Narracorp military technology. Around 750 civilians, employees, police, and security guards were killed in the 3 day long siege. During the siege, The Blue Faction didn’t help or react to anything other than to condemn the actions of both the Potatoland military and Terrorists. Thinking that the Blue Faction was to be blamed, The Gold Faction tried to discuss this in the world stage.

#### Diplomatic Actions

In the Unity of Nations, Potatoland argued that the Blue Faction was to be blamed after it hadn’t reacted to the incident and also condemned Potatoland for its actions, but both sides were steadfast on what they think. Gruvania argued that the terrorists were armed by both Phantom and Narracorp technology, and that the terrorists were well trained in Potatoland tactics. With none backing down, there was no one to blame, but Potatoland held a grudge for the Blue Faction and started to mobilize its troops.

### Prelude

What started as a unusual terrorist attack escelated by the blaming of the Blue Faction by the Gold Faction. Soon enough, Potatoland soon mobilized its military, even though it was heavily outnumbered by the Blue Faction. On the delegation from Potatoland to Magdorland, it too started to mobilize and moving troops into Potatoland, although only 30.000 men would get there before war starts. The Blue Faction on the other hand, moved slowly because they were not thinking of a war. Only around 500.000 men of the Athonian Military were moved near the border between Potatoland, they will have to fight against 1.000.000 men of the Potatoland Army Group Athonia.

Only did the Blue Faction realize were it too late, and Athonia was forced to rely on its Armed Forces to hold off the Gold Faction until reinforcements arrive.

### The War

#### The First Five Months

In the first of January, the offensive by the Tatonese Army Group Athonia started with airstrikes targeting key military building in Christfield. Soon enough, the main thrust by the Tatonese First Corps started advancing, capturing villages lightly defended in the Athonian frontier. The Athonian First Armored Division guarding key bridges in front of the advance of the Tatonese First Corps, began to dig up trenches and defences and managed to hold off for 3 days before being pushed back and was forced to abandon the bridges.

The Tatonese Second Corps, guarding the left flank of the main thrust, managed to overrun Athonian garrisons before being halted by the Athonian First Corps. While the Athonian First Corps were successful at halting the advanced of the Potatoland Second Corps, it was outflanked by the Tatonese First Corps and was forced to retreat to avoid being encircled. Under orders, the 3 Athonian Corps guarding Christfield were ordered to move to the frontlines after 20 days of waiting.

The second month saw intense fighting between Athonian Corps and Potatoland’s. Only by the arrival of the Gruvanian First Air Group did the Athonians managed to halt Tatonese Corps from reaching Christfield. The Air War between Blue and Gold was first being won by Gold with their KWAs, but they were soon beaten back by Athonian FA-55s that managed to shoot down 40 KWAs in the first month alone.

The Third Month saw the Athonians being driven back almost to Christfield, reaching only the outskirts of the city. With the sound of gunfire and explosions coming from the frontlines, the Royal Family declines being moved from their Royal Palace in Christfield after hearing that the sick and wounded are being treated in the Palace. The Athonian Army, by a stroke of luck, managed to push back the Tatonese Third Army and the Magdorlandian Expeditionary Force from the city outskirts.

The Fourth month saw the Gold Armies halting Athonian advance from Christfield and setting up defensive positions in hopes of making a new offensive by waiting reinforcements, but this would turn out fatal for their invasion, as the Blue Armies are arriving in Christfield in each hour. With Blue reinforcements arriving every hour, the Gold Armies decide to make a new offensive in hopes that luck would favor them. The offensive started with KWAs striking airfields, suprising and destroying many aircraft of the Gruvanian First Air Group. With 10 Corps advancing simultaneously, the Athonians were suprised and soon the much of southern part of Athonia were retaken by the Gold Armies.

In the Fifth Month, establishing strong defensive trenches surrounding Christfield, the battle-hardened Athonian Tenth Corps with the newly arrived Gruvanian Second Corps prepared for the worst, a siege. The siege of Christfield started when the Tatonese Second Army crossed the rivers and encircled Christfield, cutting of both Corps from supplies and food. The Tatonese Second Army started attacking the city from the north and managed to take the outskirts, but they were driven back by determined resistance from the Athonian Palace Guards. The defenders were further supplemented by daily supply drops from the Gruvanian First Air Group, making 300 sorties each day. On the 27th day of the siege, the northern suburbs were taken and the defenders further retreated to the south where they were expected to make a final stand.

#### Breaking the Siege

Sure enough on the sixth month of the war, The Blue Armies are capable of doing offensives when the strength of them increased to 3.500.000 million men from Chastonovia, Kaphan, Gruvania, and other volunteer groups. After a month of careful planning to relieve the siege of Christfield, it was decided that the armies would attack from three directions, the mixed Kaphan and Chastonovian Armies in the East, the Gruvanians from the North, and the Athonians from the West. With careful planning and a well enough army to relieve it, the order was given for an offensive.

There were 3 Army Groups commited to relieve Christfield, Army Group East, with 1.000.000 men from Chastonovia and Kaphan, Army Group North, with 1.500.000 men from all across Gruvania, and Army Group West, with 800.000 men from Athonia. These 3 Army Groups would attack from 3 directions and are to meet up and encircle the Potatoland First Army currently sieging Christfield. Around 3.500 Aircraft are to support the offensive, together with 20.000 tanks and 100.000 motor vehicles.

Army Group West attacked first, capturing several bridges in the first few days and capturing more than 12.000 prisoners. The second Army Group to attack was Army Group East, although the advance was slowed when KWAs started attacking supply convoys supplying the Eastern Frontline. The last Army Group to attack was Army Group North, which spearheaded the attack with Nesnarian Divisions together with Northern Divisions, this captured the outskirts of the city from the Tatonese First Army. The Gladiator tanks were effective in this type of warfare, as they could hover scattered ruins of the city without being slowed down.

The Northern Suburbs was turned into a death trap, with anti-tank weaponry stationed in long roads where there is no escape other than to move backwards or forwards. Infantry prevailed in this type of combat, but they were forced to clear room by room and take heavy losses because of that. After being slowed down, Army Group East started making very effective progress towards their objective, reaching southern Christfield ahead of Army Group West. With Army Group West being slowed down, Army Group East began to put pressure of Tatonese First Army by relieving the exhausted defenders.

When Army Group West finally arrived in the south, the entirety of the Tatonese First Army was encircled and had no way of getting supplies. Trying to relieve the pocket, the Magdorlandian Expeditionary Force was redirected from the West and ordered to relieve the encirclement, to no avail. With little to no options, the Potatoland First Army tried attacking and moving south with the Magdorlandian Expeditionary Force attacking from the North. Soon enough, a bridgehead was established and 25.000 men were evacuated through the bridgehead before being cut off once more. With no other options, the First Army surrendered on the fifth month of the offensive, taking more than 100.000 men into captivity.

#### The Offensive Continues

Following the surrender, the 3 Army Groups then advance simultaneously, being renamed Army Group South, Army Group Center, and Army Group North. In just the first month of the second offensive, much of Southern Athonia was retaken back from the Gold Armies. Outnumbered 1:3, the Gold Armies started withdrawing and fortifying rivers in hopes of delaying the Army Groups enough so that men could be called upon to serve.

Army Group South started to slow down their advance as they were advancing through mountains, thereby reducing movement significantly. Army Group North was advancing at a rapid pace, as it was fighting the rearguard of the Tatonese Second Army guarding the Northern Sector of the front. Army Group Center meanwhile, moved so much fast that they created a bulge in the center. With so much speed, the Center ordered the Northern Islands First Army to advance northwards in hopes of trapping the Tatonese Second Army trying to retreat from Army Group North.

Barely escaping, the Tatonese Second Army almost averted its destruction at the cost of the Tatonese Sixth Corps, trying to make a rearguard action but was encircled by the Northern Islands First Army. Losing 1/3 of its strength, the Tatonese Second Army went into a full retreat, leaving no rearguards to hold against Army Group North.

In just 7 months, the Gold Faction has lost 400.000 men at the cost of 130.000 men of the Blue Faction. During the escape from Athonia, airfields were overrun and just 40 KWA suits were successfully withdrawn during the escape, with the other suits being captured or destroyed. The Lancer Regiments of Gruvania were proven its worth when the Fifth Lancer Regiment successfully fought and routed the Magdorlandian Third Lancer Regiment that was trying to do reconnasaince.

#### Thrust Into Potatoland

With the materiel losses during the Second Blue Offensive, Potatoland has resolved by mass-producing cheap armor and weapons instead of the usual nano suits and bombs. The Blue Faction meanwhile, had over-extended their supply line and had to halt their offensive just before they would thrust into Potatoland, resulting in the making of trenches by the Gold Faction.

With the supply lines fixed, the Third Blue Offensive began with the terror sounds of artillery fire. Soon whole villages near the border were razed to the ground by artillery fire and many had to evacuate west of the border. While the artillery fire was endless, the advance was halted by the trenches made by the Gold Faction. With tank traps and mines, the whole land became a trap for unsuspecting Blue Faction armies. The Gold Faction tactic relies that when the first tanks are destroyed by mines, machine gun fire would erupt and would turn the whole battlefield into a slaughterhouse.

The Offensive turned into a one-sided slaughter as waves and waves of men were cut down by machine gun fire. The Offensive was halted in the first week with around 40.000 dead or wounded. As it became clear that there was nothing to prevent a slaughter other than charging into a well defended trench, it turned into trench warfare. Soon, both sides started making trenches in hopes that the other would be forced to charge into their well defended trench.

Being not able to break the deadlock of Trench Warfare through any means of direct assault, the Blue Faction resorted to planning an airborne operation conducted by the 5 Airborne Divisions of the Second Airborne Corps. These divisions are the Gruvanian Tenth Airborne, Kaphan Fifth Airborne, Chastonovian Eleventh Airborne, Athonian Ninth Airborne, and Kaphan Fourth Airborne. The divisions would be paradropped across the frontlines, and are tasked at attacking the trenches in the rear. Opposition in the landing phase would be the scattered remains of Potatoland Second Army, which had been withdrawn from the front earlier during the Third Blue Offensive.

The Landings were conducted as part of the Fourth Blue Offensive. Targeting railroad hubs and supply lines, the Airborne Divisions succeeded in landing without major losses. By the second day of the offensive, 3/4 of the railroad hubs are successfully taken with only 2.000 dead or wounded. The third day started with the Airborne Corps attacking the trenches in the rear, taking several of them but was halted by determined Potatoland resistance. Fourth say saw the breakthrough of the trenches, with the 3 Army Groups advancing and taking the trenches without slaughter.

With trenches neutralized, the 3 Army Groups advanced into Northern Potatoland. With battle turning more bloodier as Potatoland soldiers started fighting relentlessly until the last breath. In the forests of Potatoland, infantry was key in winning battles. In the first 2 weeks, the Potatoland Grand Harbour was seized and the entire Potatoland Navy captured or scuttled. Aquagrove Caverns turned into a messy free for all as both sides tried to flank the other like a game of mouse and cat, with scores of men being cut down by the other in the endless caverns. The endless forests of Potatoland turned into a never-ending nightmare, with frequent ambushes taking toll on the Blue Faction

Only when the Potatoland Army reached the outskirts of their capital did they built trenches, this time with an effective anti-air and fighter system. When the 3 Army Groups reached the defensive point, did they realized that they won’t get through this time, so they dig up their own trench and waited for the Gold Faction to attack. But the attack would never come from the Potatoland Front.

#### The Great Nesnarian Uprising

After decades of dissapearing, Shadow Ospray launches an attack on Nesnaria. With 2.000.000 Insurgents rising from Western Nesnaria, Infantry Regiments are overrun and the city after city are captured. With the growing prospect of a Shadow Ospray victory, the Nesnarian Royal Family flees to the Gruvania Islands in hopes of refuge. With 2.000.000 Insurgents against the small security force of 50.000 under the command of General Kinsley, there is no hopes of a victory rather than to evacuate the West and to set up a perimeter in the East.

Soon, hundreds of thousands of refugees flood in the East to escape brutal retaliation from Shadow Ospray. During the chaos, around 200 FA-55 Skydancers were captured after airfields are overrun. The order to evacuate all personnel was given in just a week. In just a month, Nesnaria is overrun and taken by Shadow Ospray Awakened.

News started to arrive that Nesnaria is overruned by Shadow Ospray a few days after its appearance. When news came, the Blue Armies started making preparations for an amphibious assault, although there was no unit ready to be spared.

#### The Invasion of Nesnaria

Following its take-over, Gruvanian units from the front were redirected into the coast, with the Gold Faction asking for a truce after they discovered it was Shadow Ospray who planned the whole terrorist attack. Around 200.000 Blue Soldiers were gathered with 20.000 Gold Soldiers being loaned for the invasion.

The Invasion started on the 5th of May 9 AOTA, with Blue Marines landing in Western Nesnaria. Shadow Ospray, having planning this whole war for two decades, enacted their war plan. Soon enough, the Blue Marines started to be pushed back into the sea. The battle would be lost however, if the Second Airborne Corps didn’t show up and attacked the rear of the Shadow Ospray Army. Taking over 200.000 men into captivity, the Blue Army now knows that the Shadow Ospray Army is crippled, and prepares to deliver the final blow to it.

With the Blue Armies now landing troops, they advanced through thick forests and mountains and reached the Capital of Nesnaria. With the capture of it, Shadow Ospray surrendered once more.