Hundred Days Offensive (WW3)

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*This is about the Hundred Days Offensive during World War 3. For the one during World War 1, check Hundred Days Offensive (WW1).*

* Collapse of the Eastern Front

The **Hundred Days Offensive** was a series of massive Estraen offensives that played a large part in ending World War 3. Beginning with the Battle of Slupsk, the Estraen forces managed to push the combined Prussian and Holy Roman back, gaining much more land ever since Estraeland's entry to the war in 2062.

The Prussians tried to orderly retreat out of the area to avoid encirclement but due to the rapid advance of Estraen troops, they were quickly overrun and overwhelmed. This resulted in the collapse of the entire Eastern Front and played a decisive factor in the ending of World War 3.

## Background

After numerous failed offensives by Prussia and Estraeland to make significant gains on the Eastern Front, both sides had entered into 3 years of static trench warfare with no major offensives ever being attempted due to the massive loss of life it would bring and little gain. As early as 2063, Estraeland began planning for an offensive which would collapse the entire Eastern Front and knock out Prussia from the war entirely.

When Greatland was gaining momentum in the west and knocking out the European Coalition one by one, Estraeland decided to begin the offensive in August 2065. Estraen troops present in the East had increased from 5,9 million to 6,8 million after a new wave of conscription in Estraeland and a minor withdrawal of troops from the Holstein Theatre. These troops were also fully equipped thanks to massive amounts of military and economic aid from Greatland.

## Battles

### Advance in Pomerania

#### Battle of Slupsk

The Estraen offensive began on August 9th 2065 with the Battle of Slupsk as their forces moved in with the Grey Artillery to shell them and later overwhelmed the defenders. Through the careful planning that Estraeland had done for the past 2 years, the battle took the Prussians by surprise as they were shocked and most of them quickly fled. Reinforcements from the Holy Roman Empire failed to arrive in time and had to retreat further back as Estraen troops achieved stunning progress, advancing onto the town of Szczecin.

#### Battle of Szczecin

The Battle of Szczecin was the longest battle of the offensive as Estraeland failed to breakthrough the combined Prussian and Holy Roman defenses made in the city. Fighting lasted for a month as urban warfare was brutal and Estraeland suffered 90,000 casualties in the city. After a massive bombing campaign and frontal assault into the city by Estraen troops, the Prussian and Holy Roman troops were forced to retreat.

### Brandenburg

After the Estraen troops had cleared out all of Pomerania and captured it, they moved onto Brandenburg to potentially capture Berlin and force Prussia out of the war. However, reinforcements from the Holy Roman Empire managed to halt Estraen troops at the Oder River as only minor gains across the river was made. In October 2065, Greatland and Estraeland coordinated an offensive together from both the East and West which collapsed both frontlines and forced Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire out of the war.