Battle for Morocco

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The **Battle for Morocco** was a conflict as part of Operation Avestor, a campaign in the Conquest of Africa, which took place from February 15, 2034 and was part of a Bovido Imperium invasion of the United Arab Republic.

With the first wave of Maximo Exercitus Imperium (MEI) forces departing from Belém port in the Pindoraman region of the Bovido Imperium on February 9th, 2034, the operation got underway, with the naval forces of the Pindoraman region being conducted by Commandant Major Jair Bolsonaro whilst Major General Michael Clod commanded the ground forces of the MEI for the attack. Landing on the beaches of Nouakchott in the United Arab Republic on February 15th, the MEI began its assault on the city with a coastal bombardment from *Ujung-class* aircraft carriers, whilst the carriers' compliments of *BZ-99* Bombers and *Buller-AZ15* class mid-range bombers attacking the Arab army's costal barricades, whilst *Ezra II class* landing craft brought infantry forces down to the beaches and shores of the nation to begin a ground assault on the city of Nouakchott.

Meanwhile, the Bovido 5th Fleet began a landing at the city of Dakhla further to the north on February 16th, with the *Ujung-class* flagship Korban leading the assault upon the coastal defences of the region under the command of Fleet Admiral Yamori against Commander Dakoy of the Dakhla regiment, with the *Ezra II class* landing craft of the 5th Fleet devastating much of the local ground forces in the region as the Moroccan state forces began to become stretched out with the multiple fronts that the Bovido armed forces had opened up in the defences of the region. As the Imperium continued to land infantry in the port of Dakhla, the Korban's compliment of *AKL-17 "Caanan"* *class* jet fighters began to attack the city's air defences and destroy roads into the city, making it next to impossible for the forces of the United Arab Republic to mount a successful defence. Similar scenes erupted in the city of Nouakchott as the superior Bovido forces began to take over the city, with provincial government forces surrendering on February 26, 2034 as it became clear that President Kais Saied had refused additional support to back up the region, instead pronouncing in a February 24 speech that "we will suffer losses but our heart and spirit remains, the Bovido can't break that and so long as the spirit remains, we shall fight back", in a speech widely regarded as conceding defeat in the region.

As the Bovido 3rd and 5th Fleets began to secure territory along the Moroccan coast, the 9th Fleet begun it's own assault on the town of Laayorne on February 20th, catching the region by surprise as the underequipped local police forces failed to hold out against the incoming Bovido forces, and quickly the landed armed forces managed to overrun the city, with regional forces surrendering quickly on February 21st to prevent unnecessary loss of life. With settlement after settlement falling to the incoming Bovido armies, President Kais Saied tasked General Abdel Bennani with an operation to push back the Bovido forces from the region; taking command of the IX Ground Corps, General Bennani launched an assault on the advancing Bovido armies as they began to assault the region, sending forces to combat the 2nd Bovido Army at Oudane where the forces of the Bovido Imperium attempted to gain control over a regional government facility where Bennani's forces were based.

Despite this counter attack, the Bovido forces pushed forwards further into the state of Morocco, seizing the cities of Marrakesh and Safi as Major Bolsonaro's forces ran rampage through the United Arab Republic, forcing President Kais Saied to cancel a planned visit to the state for fears of safety. With the fall of General Bennani's forces at the Battle of Oudane, the Bovido forces took control over the Southern Morocco Command Base, effectively ending the UAR's ability to retake the region with the loss of it's major forward base in the region. Now forced into retreat, Bennani and the remnants of the IX Ground Corps fled the region to the city of Fes, effectively transforming the A2 Motorway into the worlds largest defensive fortification as the governments and local armed forces of Casablanca and Rabat also fled their regions to the growing fortifications as the naval forces of Bovido Admiral Yamori bombarded the cities.