Alanna Island War

The Alanna Island War was an armed conflict fought between Alanna and Ypsidavia, Weisendorf & Galway. Despite never having technically declared war on Alanna nor participated in the invasion of Alanna, Weisendorf is considered to have had a role in this conflict for partaking in a special operation in Alanna to rescue Ypsidavian President Max Hays. This conflict is considered to be apart of a wider world war between the Free World Union and states siding with them and the Sun Coalition states.

### Background

Before the conflict had started, tensions with Alanna and the rest of the Sun Coalition states had been on the rise for a while between states apart of the Free World Union and those aligned towards them. Following Ceren Dovena taking over mainland Dovena, it seemed inevitable that a global war was coming closer every day despite the best efforts at diplomacy.

### The Detainment of Max Hays & Start of the Conflict

Max Hays, the president of Ypsidavia, was on a charter flight on the way back to Ypsidavia after learning that Ceren Dovena had made incursions on Ypsidavian territory after falsely claiming that Ypsidavia's secession from Dovena was illegitimate. As his blimp neared Alanna Island, an incident occurred in-flight that caused the flight to go out of control and force an emergency landing at a military base in Alanna. When the blimp landed, Max Hays was detained by Alannian authorities and sent to a prison complex on an island to the west of mainland Alanna. Just as they were taking him away, Hays sent out a radio communication that Alanna was detaining him.

Once news reached the rest of the Ypsidavian government back in Clarkton, Vice President Nina Prosser took over presidential duties and she demanded the immediate release of Max Hays, stating that his detainment is being seen as an act of war. When Alanna refused, Ypsidavia & Galway quickly declared war on Alanna. However, Alanna soon released an official statement that if Ypsidavia started invading Alanna, Max Hays would be executed. This initially halted the offensive into Alanna.

### Operation Valkyrie

Once the Government of Weisendorf got news of Max Hays' detainment in Alanna, they quickly formulated a special operation in Alanna to find and rescue President Hays. Once President Hays' location had been determined with high confidence, a team of seven commandos was sent to Galway to board a submarine to get to the island where Max Hays was being held in a prison.

Initially, it was unclear how the team would be able to extract the president from the prison, with most of the obvious options leading to them getting caught and putting all of them and Max Hays in extreme danger. However, upon noting the ventilation system on top of the prison and instructing the others to put on their gas masks, one of the commandos went onto the roof to put knock-out gas through the vent. Once guards were knocked out, they were given a narrow window to bust out Max Hays and escape.

Once Hays was busted out of the prison, the commandos rushed him out to a waiting submarine. One of the commandos was killed in a shoot-out with the Alannian Military while the others along with Max Hays narrowly avoided an explosion as they boarded the submarine. The submarine quickly sped away from the island and made its way to a waiting Weiss ship after the submarine had obtained damage from the explosion.

### The Invasion & Capture of Alanna

Once word got through that Max Hays was successfully extracted from the island prison in Alanna, the invasion of Alanna was finally green-lit. As the invasion started, however, Alanna started launching its entire missile capacity at Galway. Although most of the missiles were successfully intercepted before they could hit their targets, some managed to hit their targets in Cantrelly and Eching, causing severe structural damage. One missile hit the Galwayan capitol, killing the Vice President of Galway.

As Galwayan forces pushed into Alanna from the south and east and Ypsidavian forces pushed in from the north, Alanna started to bomb-out its own cities as their military came under heavy fire from both countries. At the same time, Galwayan and Ypsidavian naval forces started to close in on the Alannian side of the island, while other naval forces went to quickly capture the same island where Max Hays was being held. At one point, Alanna used a chemical weapon against Galwayan troops, killing those downwind of the detonation. However, with the Alannian military suffering heavy casualties and the continued self-destruction of towns and a military base, both Ypsidavian and Galwayan troops were still able to quickly approach the capital city. Being surrounded on all three sides, Alanna bombed-out the palace and areas within the capital city before ultimately surrendering.

### Aftermath

#### Alanna/Aianna

Following the surrender of Alanna, it was placed under Ypsidavian control and a military occupation of the country began. Extreme damage was evident across Alanna and a humanitarian crisis was under way due to the lack of food, housing, and medical care. Aid workers from Ypsidavia Blue-H and other international relief organizations poured into the country to assist in relief efforts. Field hospitals were set-up and the Ypsidavian military started handing out food to civilians.

Housing needs would soon be addressed as a new apartment building model was designed for Alanna and placed around the capital city, along with new single-family housing designs. Rebuilding efforts would commence quickly once a clear plan was put into place, and life would gradually start to return to a sense of normalcy despite the ongoing Ypsidavian occupation in Alanna.

After a while, elections in the country led to the Aianna Aequalist Coalition taking over power and Alanna got renamed to the People's Republic of Aianna, becoming a communist country. The Ypsidavian occupation of Aianna ended after the election results were finalized, and Aianna was left to govern themselves.

#### Galway

In Galway, significant damage occurred in Cantrelly and Eching following Alannian missile attacks. Like in Alanna, relief organizations poured into the region to help those impacted by the bombings. Fairly quickly, Cantrelly and Eching were able to get back up on their feet amid quick rebuilding efforts.