Deathburn War for Independence

The war for Deathburn's Independence started January 18th, 2001 and ended on November 3rd, 2001.

## Build up

Deathburn had been under the control of the United States since 1970 when protests broke out in 2000. Deathburnians thought that they were now capable of controlling the territory for their own, and they felt they didn't need the US over top of them. The United States did not respond fondly to these protests. Protesting citizens in Dogi were pepper sprayed and tear gassed and many were injured. Over 300 people were arrested in the event. These events made Deathburnians even angrier. Now protests had broke out in Hampton, Duckolo, Fansville, Bumbo, and Timber, upon more. The riots in Fansville, resulted in a death, after a police officer had mistaken a flip phone for a gun in a pocket and shot first. This lead to an outbreak of Deathburnian rebels, starting on January 18th, therefore starting the war for independence.

## Events

The war lasted 290 days and had an interesting course of events.

### Rebels start the invasion

Rebels stormed the streets in Fansville. After about three weeks Dogian rebels followed in suit. By March, the rebels in Fansville had taken a lot of the area, and Hampton started to have rebels. Soon after, rebels would start up in Duckolo. After a few months the only casualties had come from civilians, and there had been no military battles. In late March, General Smokey Dawson led Dogian forces into Hillbury. So far the United States had done nothing about the conflict. Rebels from Duckolo had now spread into Dubble.

### The US gets involved

On April 4th, the rebels declared independence, causing the United States to finally intervene. They sent troops into Fansville where they chased out the rebels. No casualties were suffered. A few days later, rebels started taking land in Dockville and Dalvin. On April 15th, the US sent more troops to make rebels flee in Fansville. On May 1st more rebels had been chased out in Fansville. Despite these successes for the US, the rest of the rebels were doing very well. Rebels had also started in Timber. Rebels had been making lots of success in Dalvin, so the US tried to stop it May 6th. The battle is known as the "Raid of Central Camp" in which the US raided rebel camps and the first military casualties of the war took place. All of these casualties were against the rebels. About six people were injured and around twenty were captured. General Dawson and his crew had been making immense success in Hillbury, where the Deathburnians rolled through with no one in the way. Rebels had also committed the first killings in the war, when they shot a hundred innocent people in the Dogi Massacre. From May 21st to May 23rd, the "Battle of Fansville" took place. The US ended up getting back all their land in Fansville. This had been the first deadly battle of the war with about 150 deaths and a US victory. Around this same time the US fought in the "Battle of the Creek". This took place in Timber and lasted a few days. The US was winning the battle at first but rebels ended up winning by using strategy. A few days later, the deadliest battle in the war took place. This was the "Battle of Bumbo Bridge". Rebels from Bumbo were trying to expand into Fansville when they encountered US troops. This encounter took place at Bumbo Creek. Deathburnian rebels used the tactic of hiding underneath the bridge and coming up with stealthy attacks. The battle lasted about 20 hours on May 29th, and it was very deadly. The US suffered about 200 deaths, while Deathburn suffered around 130. Many more people were also injured. Rebels went along the streets of Dockville and many citizens had to escape.

### The war intensifies

In June, the United States sent troops to Dalvin, which was part of the "Battle of Dalvin". They won back land there. Once again rebels made their way into Fansville, but the US chased them out. Later in June, the US launched a fairly successful attack on Hampton. They pushed the rebels out of the area, but the rebels just went to new land. This is known as the "Battle of Western Hampton". Though the US was having some successful battles, it wasn't looking to good overall. Dogi, Hillbury, Duckolo, Bumbo, Raccoon Town, Dockville, Duckolo, Dubble, and Conners Forge were almost entirely controlled by the rebels. However, the central area remained close to the US. The United States knew lots of work was to be done, so they sent attackers to Candleton, Hillbury, and Dogi. In the "Farmside Battles", the US reclaimed some of their territory in Hillbury. This battles started in July and lasted into much of August. In the end, the US was once again pushed out. In these battles about 300 deaths were recorded, although no one single battle was even close to the casualties in the "Battle of Bumbo Bridge". Their invasion of Candleton was a success, however the invasion of Dogi did nothing. Later in July, the rebels had invaded Cruiztown, along with Fansville once again, and Jimmytown. When August came around the rebels had a great amount of land. The US did gain back their Jimmytown territory eventually, but other than that not much progress was made. In August, the United States decided to put lots of troops and resources in the Northwest. In the "Northwest Campaign", the US defeated rebel forces from Dalvin, Dockville, and Kelson. The “Northwest Campaign” lasted all the way into November, not ending until the war was over. These battles had a total death count of about 1,100, but still no one battle had more casualties than the "Battle of Bumbo Bridge", although one battle came close with only about ten less casualties.

### The US starts to struggle

The US also won some other minor battles, but could overcome the rapid rate that the rebels were expanded. It also didn't help that a majority of Deathburn's population was rebels, which made it very hard to combat. During all of this the US was also dealing with the 9/11 attacks that had recently affected them. The US started facing a huge deficit, but kept fighting anyway. Later, the US military was becoming exhausted. Along with this many soldiers were dying and lots of resources were being wasted. The US decided that it wasn't worth fighting any longer and had negotiations with the rebels. The territory of Deathburn was given independence and fighting came to a stop on November 3rd.

## Aftermath

When granted independence the rebels stuck with the name "Deathburn". The name had originally been given to the territory because no one thought it would be possible to live on a floating surface. They combined the words "death" and "burn" for a place where they thought no one could live.

### Casualties

The war was not all that bloody. Deathburnian commanders were usually careful to make sure their soldiers were not shooting civilians, though it sometimes slipped passed like the Dogi Massacre. The total death count for the war was about 3,125 people. The United States had 1,000 military deaths. There were also 400 civilian deaths. The rebels faced 1,725 deaths while fighting. Along with this, about 3,000 people were wounded and about 1,000 were taken as prisoners of war. With all that, about 7,125 casualties occurred in the war for independence.