British War of Independence

* The British Empire gains Independence
* Queen Elizabeth II is named as Head of State of The British Empire
* Partially Successful Imperial Evacuation but with Heavy Casualties
* Low British Losses
* Imperial Navy humiliation at the hands of the Royal Navy

Combatants| * The British Empire
	+ Scottish Monarchist Front
	+ Ulster Men of The Queen (Northern Ireland)

Supported by:* The Republic of Ireland

Commanders| * Queen Elizabeth II (As Political Leader)
* General Nick Carter (As Military Leader)
* General David Eastmann
* General Andy Hadfield
* General John Lorimer
* Admiral Prince Edward
* Admiral of The Fleet Philip Mountbatten
* General Carsten Jahnel
* General Ernst Reinhardt (Invasion Troops)
* Admiral Andreas Klause

Forces| * 25,000 British Army Personnel
* 50,000 Monarchist Rebels
* 52 Royal Navy Warships (Including 3 Aircraft Carriers)
* 15,000 Invasion Troops
* 5 Aircraft Carriers + 35 Escort Ships
* 8,000 Irish Soldiers

Casualties| * 2,009 British Soldiers
* 3,651 Monarchist Rebels
* 3,500 British Sailors
* 8,564 Invasion Troops
* 5,309 Irish Troops
* est. 16,000 Naval Personnel

The **British War of Independence** ,commonly known as **The British Uprising** and less commonly as **War of The British Empire**, was a war fought between The Imperium and The British Empire and it's alliance of monarchist rebels. The War was fought from the 18 June 1998 to 21 October 1998. The War was a resounding British Victory and even at the Wars' outbreak, Imperial Command knew it would turn into an evacuation.

## Prelude

British Independence had been a long coming thing. Since the Inception of The Free Atlantic States in 1942, The British wished for British Independence once again. Churchill, Thatcher, David Stirling and many other British Politicians in the last 60 Years have pledged this but to no success. When rule from The Free Atlantic States switched to the Atlantic Imperium, Independence was impossible.

However a major political shift would occur when in 1992 with the retirement of Ronald Reagan and the election of Bill Clinton. His election would see a rise of British Independence Movements and small scale uprisings which were enough to force him to evacuate the British Isles. In doing so, two things occurred, the Irish declared Independence and The Imperium invaded and occupied The British Isles. The Imperium however, installed a Military Government under British General Nick Carter. The British Imperial Military Government allowed the British Military to finally have partial power over their country but the 15,000 Garrisoned Imperial Troops proved to be an obstacle.

But, The Gulf War would take an escalation in 1993 with the introduction of the Coalition and The Imperium would withdraw troops from Britain to send to The Gulf, the garrison would fall from 15,000 to 5,000. This allowed the British Government to start supplying and preparing Monarchist Cells across Britain and begin preparing for an uprising. They also began removing Pro-Imperian Generals and leaders along with those who would oppose the Monarchist Rule and give the Imperial Forces an upper hand.

General Carter also made some much needed improvements to the British Royal Navy in order to defeat an Imperial Naval Attack. He made sure his best soldiers were sent to The Gulf for training and to be experienced on how The Imperial Soldiers fought as British Soldiers were now fighting under The Imperial Banner.

The British Forces had successfully prepared , trained and organised two large Monarchist Cells in Northern Ireland and in Scotland to relieve pressure from The British Armed Forces. These Two Large Cells made sure to suppress opposing groups in their region and to unify the people under the Queen.

The last stage for uprising was made in 1996, General Nick Carter and Admiral of The Fleet Prince Philip visited the Queen and convinced her to pledge leadership and support of the Uprising and for her to agree to become Head of State of a new British Empire once victory was achieved. She responded by agreeing with reluctance but for the British People.

The British knew that it was going to be a hard fought battle and that they'd need something to happen in The Imperium ,such as a war, for them to have a better chance of success. But in March 1998, a miracle happens which guarantees British Victory, The Emperor's Death. With Behrmann's collapse of The Economy and remodelling of the Armed Forces, it had left the Imperium weak and unable to respond to the many catastrophes across it's realm and it's now weakened army was spread thin. Only 4,000 Soldiers had returned to Britain since The Gulf War and this was not nearly enough.

## The War

On the 18th of June 1998 , Battle of Trafalgar Day, The Queen announced in a Public Broadcast that the British Empire was now to be formed and was to declare immediate independence from The Imperium, she urged the nation to fight for Britain and to defeat The Imperial Occupiers. General Nick Carter then announced his support for The Queen and the new regime on a Public Broadcast and said that the British Military Government would recognise The British Empire as sole sovereign state of The British Isles.

In London, The Battle for London would begin with General Carter and his 1st British Liberation Army consisting of 1 Parachute Regiment, 1 Coldstream Guards and 1 Royal Anglians charging the Imperial Occupation Command Base in Vauxhall. The Battle for the IOCB would last from the 19th of June to the 8th of July and would see the retreat of Imperial Forces under General Jahnel of The Imperial Occupation Forces from London. He would lead his 3,291 strong force from London to Bristol to establish a rendezvous point for all Imperial Forces across the country. The Battle for London would end on the 11th of July.

The Second Largest Imperial Base at the Edinburgh Barracks would be assaulted by a force of 30,000 Scottish Rebels of the Scottish Monarchist Front on the 6th of July. The 2,000 Man force were forced to surrender to the Scots after 546 deaths among the Imperial side. The remaining 1,453 soldiers would be taken south and transferred to General Hadfield's 3rd Army consisting of 1 Highlanders, 1 Scots, 2 Yorkshire and 2 Para. General Eastmans' Force of 2 Anglian, 1 Yorkshire and The Royal Tank Regiment were moving across Northern England.

On the 14th of August, General Jahnel would order the retreat order to Bristol which his men had now secured. However, across Britain, British Army troops and Monarchist Loyalists had began closing down on the small companies of Imperial Forces across the country. In Liverpool on the 16th of August, the 500 Man Imperial Force was sieged at Altcar Army Base by a force of 300 Paratroopers who killed the whole garrison. Liverpool would be liberated in a day. But a saving grace would be announced by Josef Behrmann for the Imperial Ground Forces on the 17th. The Republic of Ireland would enter the war and were nearing Belfast. He also announced a rendezvous deadline of the 30th of August, he then said the Force must then move to Dover where a small Imperial Force will have landed to secure the area for an evacuation.

In response to the Irish March on Belfast, The British Forces ordered the Ulster Men of the Queen to stall The Irish Army for 2 PARA to travel from Liverpool to reinforce the defence of Belfast. The Paras would arrive on the 19th and the Irish Army would begin their attack on the 24th.

## The Evacuation

By the time the evacuation was ordered, The whole of the British Isles ,except Cornwall up to Bristol and South Hampton were under Imperial Control. The fall of Cardiff on the 27th marked the last Imperial garrisoned city in Britain to fall. The British Forces were completely dominating The Imperial Forces and had managed to subdue Imperial Airpower. Behrmann refused to send any additional Imperial Aircraft as well.

On the 30th, the deadline for Imperial Forces had been reached. General Jahnel's Initial Force of 3,291 had only been raised to 3,451, only 160 additional soldiers had reached the rendezvous point out of 9,000 men stationed in Britain. This was a catastrophe for Imperial Forces. At 4am on the 31st, The Imperial Navy Taskforce reached Dover and the 1,000 strong Imperial Advanced Force took back Dover. General Jahnel's force would begin the March to Dover.

The British Forces had previously been unaware of the evacuation and had thought it would take longer. General Nick Carter's Force moved from London to intercept the evacuating force while General Eastman's Force would retake Bristol and the Cornwall Region. General Hadfield in Scotland was ordered to split his forces with General John Lorimer who was placed as commander of the Irish Front. On the Irish Front, The British would end the Battle of Belfast and send the Irish Forces in a retreat where they would win a vital battle at Armagh and then go onto capture Dublin on the 9th of September and end the war in Ireland.

Despite British Efforts, the Imperial Force had reached Dover on the 5th of September. The Imperial Army had set up a 3,000 strong defence ring surrounding Dover where Imperial Naval Ships were ready to evacuate Troops , guarded by 35 escort ships and 5 Aircraft Carriers with 12,000 more Soldiers available to be deployed. As the Imperial Forces began evacuating, General Nick Carter's Army attacked the Defensive ring and began breaking through.

The Imperial Forces landed their reserves and the now 15,000 strong force was holding onto Dover. This 15,000 Force was an invasion force as Behrmann wanted to recapture Southern England for more reasonable negotiation terms. On the 9th of September, Carter's force broke the attack and begin withdrawing to London when Eastman's Force arrived and prevented a fall of Hastings. the 1st Army then reorganised at Canterbury to defend the City.

The Two Armies then launched an offensive on the Imperial Line and forced them back closer to Dover on the 13th. The Imperial Battlefleet outside Dover was beginning to become an obstacle for The British Forces and a plan was devised to split the Royal Navy in half and attack the Imperial Fleet from both sides. Under the command of Admiral Prince Edward and his Father Admiral Prince Phillip, the two fleets left the Naval Base Clyde and Edward sailed south and Phillip sailed North to travel around Britain. By October, the fighting on the frontline had halted but the Two fleets were in position.

Unknown to The Imperial Fleet, The Royal Navy had perfect aerial strike range on the fleet. On the 5th of October, General Carter's Forces fell back to Canterbury to draw The Imperial Forces further inland and Eastman's Force now supported by Hadfield's fell further to Brighton. Then at 2AM on the 6th, The Battle of the Dover Strait began. 350 British Hawker Harrier and 200 British Typhoons descended on The Imperial Fleet and within minutes had delivered fatal strikes on two of the Aircraft Carriers and heavily damaged another. The Imperial Light cruiser and destroyer escort then opened anti-air fire on the British Aircraft, illuminating the sky with tracer rounds.

The British Aircraft then hit and sunk 7 of the Imperial Escorts before the Imperial Airforce could launch from the two remaining aircraft. A dogfight broke out above the fleet with the British Typhoons engaging the Imperial Hades Air Superiority Fighters. Edward and Phillip then moved the fleet into an attack formation and ordered their Cruisers and Destroyers to hit the Imperial Fleet from the sides. This attack crippled the Imperial Escort Ships and many supply ships were destroyed.

On the Ground, The Imperial Generals were informed of the Naval Battle taking place and had stood on the straits to watch the Dogfight and witnessed the sinking of the INS Goliath Aircraft Carrier, the biggest Aircraft Carrier in the fleet. They ordered all Imperial Forces to begin leaving Southern England and informed Josef Behrmann of the Battle taking place. Behrmann decided to sue for peace and gave the green light on the evacuation.

The now weakened Imperial Force began rapidly retreating to Dover in order to get on one of the remaining Imperial Transport Ships to return to Calais. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy continued to hammer into The Imperial Fleet who had formed a corridor to protect the Convoys. The Royal Airforce had dominated the Imperial Airforce who had lost most of their aircraft. Two of the Aircraft Carriers had retreated for repairs with one being sunk during the retreat leaving a single aircraft carrier, The INS Aerial Defender , a modernised 1950 Aircraft Carrier.

On the 8th, The British Army began closing in on the Forces retreating from Dover and began shelling and bombing Dover. By that point , only 5,000 of the 13,000 remaining Imperial Force had been evacuated so The British Army decided it was time to move in and crush Dover. Soldiers were still being evacuated as the rear-guard fell and fighting broke out on the beaches and on the piers as The British Soldiers stormed Dover on the 10th and killed thousands of the evacuating Imperians. Many tried swimming out and would drown or be drifted back to the shore. 6,564 Imperial Soldiers were killed and another 1204 would be taken prisoner with only 5,232 of the Invasion Force being evacuated.

The Battle of the Dover Strait would come to an end on the 17th of October after the Imperial Fleet evacuated in humiliation, losing over 75% of their force. Josef Behrmann would announce the surrender of The Imperium and the acceptance of British Independence on the 21st of October 1998, ending the war.

## Aftermath

The main obvious aftermath was the British Independence and establishment of The British Empire. The British Empire ,unlike those in the Middle East, rose out of their Independence struggle as a strong and powerful nation. With the strong position the British were in, they began to gain influence across the falling Imperial Realm and began carving out their own Empire in the African Lands being left by The Imperium. They would annex South Africa and most of Italy's North African holdings which were British before the War of Liberation.

The Imperial Navy came out of the war weakened and humiliated. The Navy had lost over 28 of their ships, 3 of which being Aircraft Carriers. The Pride of the Imperial Navy, the newly launched INS Goliath was sunk and Admiral Klause was humiliated. The Imperial Army also suffered heavily both in the Garrison Rendezvous effort and with the Invasion and failed evacuation. The Failed Evacuation of Dover was an Imperial Military disaster and showed them just how powerful the British are at sea, land and in the air. The Battle of the Dover Strait was known as "*The Revenge of Dunkirk*" as the British Army finally inflicted a catastrophic victory on The Imperial Forces during an evacuation similar to that of Dunkirk in the 40s.