The Empire in WW2

### Location

Inecuria, South and Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, South China Sea

### Result

Nesarian Empire forced out of Asia,
Parts of Inecuria surrender to Allies,
Nesarian Empire resists occupation,
Imperial War for Independence follows

### Attackers

Axis Powers, Asian Elements:
Nesarian Empire
Japanese Empire
Anti-Western Asian Rebels

### Defenders

Allied Powers, Asian Elements:
United Kingdom
British Raj
Kingdom of Thailand
Republic of France
Republic of Portugal
Kingdom of the Netherlands
United States
Republic of China
People's Republic of China
Soviet Union

The Nesarian Empire was involved in the **Second World War** on the side of the Axis powers, declaring war on the Allied nations the day after Germany launched its invasion of France and the Low Countries. Germany and the Empire had made an informal agreement to unite against the west as early as 1938, but did not officially restore their old alliance until the 12th of May, the day after the Imperial declaration of war.

The radical traditionalist and outspoken revanchist who ruled the Empire, Emperor Adrion, was determined to avenge the Empire's humiliating defeat in the First World War, and was eager to reclaim the lost Asian territories which had been conquered by the Europeans in the 1847 Treaty of Singapore and 1919 Treaty of Haguun. Adrion's intervention in the next great war was something the Allies clearly saw coming, and they began mobilising their Asian territories as soon as the war against Germany began.

Unlike the previous war, the Japanese were an ally of the Empire rather than an enemy - though historians characterise the alliance between the Empire and Japan as being more akin to a non-aggression pact than a true alliance, as the two remained somewhat hostile to one another and rarely co-operated. Japan and the Empire had competing imperial ambitions in the same regions, and Adrion continued to lay claim to the island of Hainan, which had been forcefully ceded to the Japanese in the 1919 Treaty of Haguun. Historians typically lay most of the blame upon Japan for the tensions, citing the Madia Incident as the most egregious example, when Japanese forces had to be threatened at gunpoint to turn away from Madia by Imperial vessels.

Exactly how and why the Empire lost the war is still hotly debated by historians. The Empire experienced both greater heights of success and worse depths of defeat in WW2 than in WW1; it was initially far more successful at reclaiming its Asian territories than in the first war, but was eventually forced back to Inecuria through sheer military might - unlike the first war, where the Imperial military situation was stable and only collapsed because of the greatest subterfuge operation in history.

Most historians believe the main culprits to be the increased manpower and industry of their enemies compared to the first war; not only did the Empire face more enemy nations at once, but these nations mobilised their resources on a far greater scale than before, and the relatively poorly industrialised Empire was unable to match their strength. Many western historians also point to the effectiveness of American naval doctrine and their prolific use of aircraft carriers, which was often able to defeat the more traditional battleship-based Imperial Navy even when outnumbered. The lack of co-operation with other Axis powers - especially Japan - is also frequently given as a reason for Imperial defeat; many historians argue that the Americans would have faced much greater difficulty in their Pacific campaign had Imperial forces joined with the Japanese to defend the Pacific islands.