The Craudoan Tetrad War

The Craudoan Tetrad War was a conflict between Drighton, Berusferg and Kluatau against Ocli. The war lasted for four years.

 Location
 Belligerents
Berusferg, United Kingdom, United States
 Result
 Casualties and losses
1 Missing

# Timeline

## Pre-War

Having been taken over by the Oclian Communist Party back in 1945, Saamuel Levandi, the new head of state for Ocli, held an antagonizing speech during a rally at Tilted Towers. He had claimed that Kluatauan mercenaries had shot and blown up a civilian railway train, and used this as an excuse to villainise the Kluatauans. Riots held by Oclian nationalists were initiated in major cities in Kluatau. Dek Bedriah, Kota Vencelo, Keti Ukisan, and Tolecurong reportedly had the most violence on the streets.

### Kluatauan Evacuation

The evacuation of civilians from Dek Bedriah during the Tetrad War was enacted on May 1st 1952 and ended on June 26th 1952, nicknamed **Operation Running Bird**, it was designed to protect women and children from the risk of Oclian bombing raids by moving them to the countryside, and at some points even split families apart to decrease the risk of entire dozens families being wiped out in one raid if they were to stay together. This was called the Sole Survivor Familial Policy. Introduced during the Second World War, the Kluatauan Government decided to enact this not on just siblings serving in the same military branch, but to families.

This resulted in children from the city spending years without parental/sibling guidance or accompany, which led to some families adopting children who had evacuated from the city.

The effort began on May 1st, 1952 and ended on the 26th of June that same year, officially relocating ~1,000,000 women and children from the capital. It successfully and substantially decreased the death rate in the city; however some families resisted to move, thinking that they weren't in any danger.

Dek Bedriah and multiple other province capitals, at the end of the evacuation, had 657,000 vacant houses.

On the 25th of June, 1952, Ocli sent a wave of 84 rocket bombs, detonating in major towns and cities around Kluatau. The day after, 40 more would be launched, and on the first day of the invasion, 57 more for invasion preparations. However, on June 1st 1952, faulty wiring from a rocket bomb launch site detonated the weapon much too early, resulting in the death of 5 Kluatauan civilians in Dek Bedriah.

## 1952

At approximately 7.30 pm, June 22nd 1952. Oclian forces crossed the border into Apiatu, Drighton by land, sea and air. The Oclian high command was planning to invade Kluatau through Apiatu and smash through the Kluatauan borders at Dek Bedriah, and to send a message, they invaded on Saamuel Levandi's birthday. Initially failing at the frontal attack of Dek Bedriah, they succeeded in the Oclian occupation of Apiatu and encircled most of Kluatau, cutting off Drish supply lines. Drighton had surrendered Apiatu to the Oclians by withdrawing troops from the province, allowing entrance to Oclian troops into the country, gaining access to North-western Kluatau. Kluatau was indignant over Drighton’s choice, but did somewhat understand as there was a large civilian population stationed in Apiatu, and pulling out of major cities was a much better choice than allowing civilian estates to be falsely bombed. Despite this, Drish guerrillas, not under the control of the Drish Army, took refuge in jungles. They did not follow the rest of the Drish Army in retreating to Mainland Drighton, and were holding out against Oclians. However, the guerrillas were unsuccessful in resisting against Oclian invaders as they had been largely outnumbered.

The first battle at Dek Bedriah started off as a small firefight with small arms fire, but within minutes turned into a full battle, lasting for 4 continuous days. The attack started off with Oclian troops marching into No Man’s Land with a rolling barrage advance, the Kluatauans at the ready. After two days of Oclian bombings, Kluatauan forces were already stationed at the border prior to the invasion. On the fourth day, the Oclians retreated back to No Man's Land and were stationed there until further notice. During this stalemate, both sides took time to restock on weapons and munitions.

## 1952 - '53

The battle at the Drish-Klut border was a swift and decisive victory for the Oclians, taking Shailah, Bukit Darah and Kota Beliteng in Tiavaru in just a month, but struggled to take the rest of the region of Liverar-Dracon, Drorlo and Balconah, countered by Kluatauan forces who fought back ferociously as the Oclians got closer towards the capital, and stayed at a stalemate until 1953. The Apiatu occupation would last some time and would be stationary, as Ocli did not have plans to move further into Drighton. Oclian forces and Drish forces occasionally shouted slurs at each other from across the Apiatu river which connected to the mainland.

The Oclians finally took the province of Drorlo and Balcona after launching the biggest airborne operation in Craudoan History, Operation "Up High". Operation Up High consisted of about a thousand paratrooper planes and 18,000 troops. By mid-1953, Ocli had captured the Drish province of Apiatu and half of the entire Kluatauan region of Liverar-Dracon. However, they had trouble capturing the rest of the Tiavaran towns of Kerlih, Menteri, Talisal, Putri Jalian, Kihat and the province's capital, Malsarih, due to ferocious fighting by The Kluatauan Volunteer corps, The Drish Army and multiple Berusian fighting forces. This resulted in a stalemate until 1954. Tiavaru would not fall intil then.

After the purposeful killing of a Berusian child in Kluatau, Berusferg reluctantly joins the war. To many surprises, Berusferg held off Ocli's invasion of Berusferg and managed to supply Kluatau with weapons and munitions. Oclian forces pushed through Berusferg’s border after 3 months through the Berusian and Drish island of Athyna by land and sea, and occupied Berusferg until further notice. The Kluatauan military and its militias were all alone in the fight. With Drighton and Berusferg being held behind, the Kluatauan Army could only wait to see the turn out of the war. By the end of 1953, Ocli had captured the Drish province of Apiatu, half of the entire Kluatauan region of Liverar-Dracon and the entirety of Berusferg.

## 1954- '56

On November 10th 1954, Ocli finally broke in to Tiavaru and took the entire region of Liverar -Dracon, and eventually started their conquest in the region of Kitco and captured Sturtz and Tubialo, and were on their way to Siegbir when a crucial military convoy was ambushed by Drish commandos at dawn. This halted the war for only a month, and would set some time for reparations.

Drighton enters the war with a bang after re-organizing their armies and taking Apiatu back in just 2 months, liberating Berusferg in early 1956, leaving Ocli stranded in Kluatau. The Drish forces launched a surprise attack towards the unsuspecting Oclians. There had been rumours in the Drish trenches that the Oclians had been stripped of their ammunitions to be given to the frontlines, and no will to fight. Hearing this, Drish officers took advantage of the 1 month stalemate caused by the commandos in Kluatau to re-organize and launch an all out attack on the bridge. Rumours were true; The Oclians were found with about only 2 magazines total for their standard issued rifles as they had to prioritize the frontline soldiers in Kluatau, and did not think Drighton would have attacked. After the brutal 2 month Drish liberation of Apiatu, the Drish marched all the way to Berusferg on foot, in which they called the Victory March. By early 1956, Ocli had lost occupation the Drish province of Apiatu and the entirety of Berusferg, but captured the entirety of the Kluatauan region of Liverar-Dracon. including more than half of the region of Kitco, with Siegbir in the middle of a siege.

## British, Commonwealth and American Intervention

For a last ditch attempt for reinforcements in late 1956, Kluatau called out to the British Commonwealth and the United States. Both the British and the Americans were planning on landing in Berusferg to stop the spread of communism in Asia. However, this was deemed unsafe due to underwater mines planted by Oclian forces when they occupied Berusferg.

The Americans would land on the (now) Drish Nuclear Testing Island (then called Hasiv) from South Vietnam during their campaign in the Vietnam War from 1955 to 1975. The British Commonwealth forces would come in from British Malaya to the Straits of Styiu during their campaign in the Malayan Emergency from 1948-1960. Both forces landed in Mainland Drighton and met up in Grenner, where a parade was held whilst on their way to the Kluatauan Frontlines on the 6th of April, 1956.

With the liberation of Berusferg and Apiatu, Ocli was completely cut off from their mainland, with the Kluatauan border blocking them and holding strong, and fighting two front battles. Kluatauan communication lines were down and Kluatau started to ration food. Ocli had taken Makroma, Kakroma, Siegbir and Porta Makroma, encircling the Kluatauan forces at the capital. The fiercest fighting broke out on the 7th of September 1956, leaving many dead and more wounded. By mid-1956, Ocli had captured the entirety of Liverar-Dracon and Kitco, with only one province left to capture in Rombulaco, Dek Bedriah.

As the gates of Dek Bedriah were in sight and within reach, thousands of Oclians marching valiantly towards the enemy’s capital, they received new orders from army command. Fall back, give it all up, retreat. Drighton, Berusferg and the British had firebombed Tilted Towers to hell, and many had died. The British and the Americans had landed in Kluatau, and was there to keep the spread of communism in Asia at bay. Drighton, The United States and the British threatened to bring nuclear war into the matter and Ocli retreated, burning Kluatau down with a scorched earth tactic.

The Western Allies (UK, US) aided in the liberation of Kluatau, and shelled Oclian positions. With their help in the Battle for Kakroma, The Battle for Balcona, The Battle for Tubialo, The Island Hopping Campaign of the Kluatauan Western Islands and especially The Battle for Dek Bedriah, Kluatauan, Drish and Berusian forces were able to pull through.

## 1957 and Post War

The war ended on New Years of 1957. The four countries formed an alliance a few years later, swearing to not invade or threaten other Craudoan nations. The war had taken its toll on everyone in Craudoa, Oclian reparations would be called off and the communist party toppled, but Saamuel Levandi still head of state.

The Fold Four Union would be formed in late 1960, and it sought to bring peace in Craudoa. At this moment, the four nations of Craudoa do not have anything against each other, and they mainly focus on their main target, The Zero Organisation.