Great Reclamation War

Coalition victory - states of Angelica and Yokoze liberated and imperial holdings of Kaldanian Empire dismantled

## Belligerents

**Coalition Forces:**

Imperial Republic of Shingō

Angelican Independence Forces

Yokoze Militias

**Imperial Union:**

Empire of Kaldania

Ankika Commissariat

## Commanders

**Coalition Forces:**

Prime Minister Kōsuke Yoshida (January 347 - January 351)

Prime Minister Hikaru Nakajima (January 351 onwards)

Supreme Coalition Commander Hideyoshi Yamamoto

Acting President Nisoraki Visona

General Harinak Bosran

Militia Leader Jirō Arima

**Imperial Union:**

Chancellor Josef Schulz

Emperor Philipp von Brandt

Field Marshall Richard Schmidt

Acting Governor Narokan Vinasi

Garrison Commander Rosik Marinak

## Casualties

**Coalition Forces:**

~89,000

**Imperial Union:**

~147,000

The **Great Reclamation War** or **Continuation War** was a regionwide conflict that lasted from 347 to 351 G.E. and is considered to be a continuation of the Second Tōkai War. It involved the Imperial Republic of Shingō, the then-unrecognized Independent State of Ankika, and dispersed rebel groups in Yokoze against the Kaldanian Empire and its satellite states. Prior to the involvement of the Shingō and greater numbers of Yokoze militants, the conflict would primarily be fought between armed members of the Angelican independence movement and the Kaldanian military. With aid coming from Shingō in the form of weapons and munitions shipments and informal volunteer brigades, Angelican independence forces were able to take back the entirety of Angelica's pre-Second Tōkai War territory by 341, and subsequently began their push into the occupied territory of Yokoze. The direct involvement of Shingō in the conflict would not come until 347, when the nationalist, pro-war Innovation Party won a plurality of seats in the Shingōan Parliament shortly after the Hirono Bridge Bombing, a terrorist attack perpetrated by a Kaldanian nationalist group with intent to kill the Emperor. With public pressure mounting, the Shingōan Liberal and Libertarian parties eventually agreed to a limited military engagement in the ongoing conflict.

The Great Reclamation War is considered to have officially begun on 1 January 347 with the Shingōan proclamation of a state of unrest in the regions of Angelica and Yokoze and the nation's subsequent entry into the conflict. The combined Shingō-Angelica-Yokoze forces would take back the entirety of Angelica and Yokoze's pre-Second Tōkai War territory by July of the following year and the already-undersupplied and fledgling defenses of the Imperial Union would be forced into a full-scale retreat. As invading forces began their push into the Southlands and other regions contiguous to the Kaldanian homeland, the unstable imperial government would begin its efforts of suing for peace. By this time, the general public in Angelica, Shingō, and Yokoze had grown tired of the war and were generally content with the territorial gains made in the past year; however, nationalists leaders in each of these states would push for the continuation of the conflict and directly advocate for a full-scale invasion of the Kaldanian heartland. In Shingō, however, nationalist Prime Minister Kōsuke Yoshida and his fellow party members would be voted out of power and replaced with members of the Liberty Party. Liberty Prime Minister Hikaru Nakajima would subsequently seek to negotiate and end to the conflict, and negotiations would take place throughout the remainder of the year. On 16 March 351, the conflict would officially come to a close as peace terms were formalized between all involved nations in the Treaty of Atsuki. These terms effectively liberated the nations of Angelica and Yokoze and they would soon undergo the process of forming domestic governments independent from foreign rule. The territory of the Southlands would also be transformed from a client state into a semi-autonomous satellite state of Kaldania.

    **Pre and Post-War Regional Maps**

\*Note: Full territorial extent of some nations not shown on both maps\*