The Weiss Civil War

The Weiss Civil War was the war that took place during the Second Revolution. It was the first war on the Eastern Continent that involved Yuldustani ground forces. It was a humiliating defeat for Dovena and Ypsidavia.

## The Weiss Civil War

### Result

Humiliating defeat of Ypsidavia and Dovena

### Territorial Changes

Loyalist Government of Weisendorf Destroyed, People's Republic of Weisendorf Established

### **The Second Revolution**

Mass protests started in Haselau. Communist iconography of Ludendorff, slogans calling Kasche a corporate dog, a bourgeois bootlicker being shouted and flown from the protests and UWH. A man walks forward with a megaphone and stands atop a stopped bus. He begins to yell into the microphone, reading an impassioned speech about how capitalist Dovena sold the secrets of Weiss countrymen for profit, how this is what capitalism brings.

Then, a gunshot. Two. Three. The man collapses on the bus, dying not a moment later from his wounds. The protestors are **ENRAGED.** Scores of gunshots from communist and anti-communist sides in the protest rang out, as police completely lost control over the situation in Haselau. The Weiss Army, not an hour later stages a full blown mutiny against the Weiss government. Yuldistani High Command, seeing what's about to happen makes a decisive move and slams 12 divisions through the Weiss border. In the south, civilians do not resist the advancing Yuldistani Army- many march with them, even Weiss Army units roll alongside them. Yuldustani Intelligence along with the ISB then initiated Operation Red Truth, where the entire lid of Kasche's constitutional crisis was blown open. This press was heavily censored by Ypsidavian and Dovenese media.

The protestors declare the Second Revolution, setting up the newly founded People's Republic of Weisendorf under the leadership of Fritz Lowe. Mass defections and mutinies of the Weiss military are seen, changing sides to the revolutionaries. The numbers are staggering. 60% of the army, 95% of the Navy and 55% of the Air Force were in open revolt of Kasche's government, defecting to the People's Republic of Weisendorf.

### **The Weiss Civil War**

Kasche in response to this declares emergency powers, and mobilizes the remaining loyalists in the army. Dovena and Ypsidavia send in scores of troops to assist, and a standoff line is created in the middle of Haselau as the Yuldustani Army and the Weiss Red Army meet up with the Weiss Loyalist Army, and the Dovenese and Ypsidavian armies. A bloody standoff ensues, with communist forces gaining little bits of ground at large losses of troops. Eventually capturing Haselau and establishing a trench line at the Northern Provinces, the Yuldustani Army and the Weiss Red Army split into two army groups to deal with the counterrevolutionaries. The Weiss Red Army drove out the last of the Ypsidavians in the pocket to the north, forcing them to flee across the interstate they invaded from. Diverting their attention to the combined Dovenese-Ypsidavian force to the east holding the border, they dug in and prepared to swiftly end this terrible war.

The Yuldustani Army, out of a fit of rage for the Dovenese, orchestrated a massacre of Dovenese POWs near Chofort. Weiss Red Army troops were seen running to stop the massacre, but it was too late. An estimated 500-1,000 POWs were murdered.

### **Operation Juno**

After a series of failed attempts to stop the conflict, the Weiss loyalists completely giving up on the flight and Kasche being couped by the group of 6 army officers, Dovena and Ypsidavia continued to hold the line. Weiss high command drew up Operation Sennfeld, which was a massive planned artillery bombardment followed by a series breakthrough attempts on Dovenese and Ypsidavian eastern lines.

The bombardment began. A sustained mix of shells and rockets, followed by bombing runs hammered Dovenese and Ypsidavian lines, shattering the fighting spirit of the troops and making it incredibly difficult to defend their positions. After a small break in the bombardment, the Weiss Red Army and Yuldustani Army slammed 24 divisions total through the Dovenese and Ypsidavian lines, performing fast pincer movements to encircle large swathes of troops as others retreated. Army reserve units stormed ahead, chasing withdrawing soldiers to the borders where they came from, and putting down any stragglers. Thus, the Weiss Civil War was won by the communists. What was a disasterous defeat for Dovena and Ypsidavia, and a national humiliation and embarassment for them as well cost them over 400,000 soldiers killed or captured.