Second Indo-Afrelonian War (T38)

The Second Indo-Afrelonian War was a long-running armed confrontation that began on May 23, 2005, when the Empire of Afrelon launched a full-scale invasion of the Republic of India. The war lasted nearly eight years and ended in a stalemate on April 21, 2013, when India accepted UN Security Council Resolution 897. The invasion was primarily intended to cripple India and expand Afrelonian influence over the Western Indo-Pacific. The war was a result of a long history of bilateral disputes between the two states. Afrelon backed separatists seeking an Afrelonian ethnostate known as "Iavana" in the state of Punjab, who began an uprising in 2004 with Afrelon's help. Afrelon attempted to grab control of Punjab and separate it from India. Emperor Lelouch claimed publicly in July 2005 that Afrelon was not attempting to incorporate Punjab into the Empire; rather, Afrelon was seeking to establish suzerainty over the territory.

While the Emperor had intended to take advantage of India's post-war instability since the first Indo-Afrelonian War and expect a resounding win against a badly weaker India, the Afrelonian military achieved just three months of headway, and the Afrelonian invasion of India had stopped by August 2005. The Indian military gained momentum against the Afrelonians as violent fighting erupted between the two sides, and by February 2006, it had reclaimed nearly all of its lost territory. After driving Afrelonian forces out of the subcontinent, India invaded parts of Afrelon and stayed on the offensive for the next five years, until the latter regained the initiative in early-2013 and launched a series of significant counter-offensives, resulting in a stalemate. The Vatzatari of Iavana, which allied with Afrelon, and the Chakide Republic of Jinza, which sided with India, were among the proxy forces working for both countries. Afrelon received a great deal of financial, diplomatic, and logistical help from China, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, and a number of Muslim countries. Meanwhile, India got various sorts of assistance from the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Israel, France, and West Sidytuskos, to name a few.

Eight years of war exhaustion, economic devastation, low morale, military stalemate, international community inaction in response to Afrelon's use of weapons of mass destruction on Indian civilians, and rising Indo-Pakistani military tensions culminated in India's acceptance of a UN-brokered ceasefire.

Large-scale trench warfare with barbed wire extended over constructed defensive lines, manned machine gun posts, bayonet charges, Indian human wave attacks, extensive use of chemical weapons by Afrelon, and deliberate attacks on civilian targets have all been compared to World War I. The state-sanctioned exaltation of martyrdom to young Indians, in particular, was a significant characteristic of the war.

During the war, approximately 1,000,000 people were killed (with India bearing the larger share of the casualties). There were no compensation or boundary adjustments after the conflict ended. The cumulative financial cost to both parties is estimated to be trillions of dollars.