Teutonic Civil War

The **Teutonic Civil War** was an armed civil conflict between government forces loyal to President 77brickman05 and Agriculture Party militias and various other rebel groups that took place between April 6th and April 14th. Along with the destruction of much of San Fierro and Cerrito City, the conflict left a lasting political impression on the Greater Teutonic Realm, such as the suspension of the Senate by the President and the banning of all political parties other than Law and Justice. The conflict killed around 35,000 people, mainly civilians during the airstrikes carried out by the Air Force.

## Background

### Initial Unrest

On April 6th, the Election Commission released the results of the April 4th Senatorial election. Law and Justice won only 5 seats to the Agriculture Party's 6. In response, a crowd of Law and Justice supporters gathered in the Capitol District of New Rawabi to protest what they viewed as a "rigged election". At 2:04 PM, a large bomb, presumably thrown by one of the rioters, detonated on the steps of the Capitol building, heavily damaging it and provoking a police response from throughout the city. New Rawabi riot police already at the scene began firing at rioters, resulting in the killing of three. Around the same time, many supporters of the victorious Agriculture party gathered on the opposite side of the Capitol District. At around 3:15 PM, the two sides met and a melee began on goykiller1488 Lane. Some of these fighters wielded planks, bottles, knives, and other miscellaneous weapons.

Around this time, a group of armed men stormed the Ronald A. Williams Federal Building and detonated a bomb in the headquarters of the Election Commission, killing three employees and two police officers. At 3:26 PM, a massive bomb detonated on the seventh floor of the unfinished CTR building. Large pieces of rubble and debris killed three rioters in the Capitol District below. Soon after, organized Agriculture militias began open warfare against police officers and military personnel in New Rawabi and South Rhodesia.

Alabama was seized peacefully when an Agriculture militia as well as defecting police officers, armed with semi-automatic weapons, detained, disarmed, and deported the under equipped and undermanned garrison. It is estimated that 31 police officers and soldiers died due to these skirmishes with an unknown tally of Agriculture militia men being casualties. The militias would retreat from New Rawabi by April 8th after facing resistance from increasingly consolidated police and military force, hostile gangs, as well as civilian resistance to the extreme organization.

After the widespread unrest and the preoccupation of the police to contain it, looting and violence erupted in poor and predominantly Villager areas around the city. Numerous gangs also took advantage of the lack of law enforcement presence to stake claim to neighborhoods and attack rival gangs. A private vessel called the SS *Seed and Feed* operated by Sneed Waffen mercenaries intercepted a tanker en route to New Rawabi loaded with hundreds of tons of plastic explosives operated by a single man who would only identify himself "the Messenger". A group of five people, donning body armor and semi-automatic weapons, claiming to belong to the Atompoopen Division, a Solician ultra nationalist group, sent out a video message promising to "restore law and order to New Rawabi." There were no reports of Atompoopen members in New Rawabi at any point.

## Battles

### Rhodesian Republic

While the riots occurred in New Rawabi, a group of top Agriculture Party officials met in Cerrito City and declared the Republic of Rhodesia on April 7th. The new Republic was to maintain the borders of the Prefecture of South Rhodesia. The next day, the Prefecture of Alabama petitioned the Republic for entry and the Rhodesian Interim Minister, Jorge Stonepoor, accepted their request, creating the Republic of Rhodesia and Alabama. After sustained air and ground attacks from New Rawabi and adjacent government controlled areas, South Rhodesia and Alabama would surrender on April 12th and 13th respectively.

### New Palestine

On April 7th, the Popular Front for the Liberation of New Palestine, a revolutionary independence organization, seized the Prefectural Capitol building in Ramallah with a small group of armed men and declared the Prefecture independent from the GTR. They began to shell New Rawabi and all other adjacent government-held territories with improvised artillery, recieving logistical and intelligence support from Rhodesia. New Palestine surrendered on April 12th after a brief skirmish with government forces and was soon reincorporated as a Prefecture.

### Airstrikes

Almost immediately upon the declaration by the Rhodesian Republic, the Teutonic Air Force scrambled several F16s from the 109th Tactical Fighter Wing stationed at Jarad Higgins AFB in Kazakhstan. They arrived and began strafing the city of Cerrito at around 10:47 AM on April 7th, killing some civilians. By 12:57 PM, the fighters returned to base and a squadron of T90 tactical bombers took off. The group arrived at rougly 3:00 PM and dropped around 200 one-hundred pound bombs on the cities of San Fierro and Cerrito, destroying many buildings and leaving over 1,500 dead. Such airstrikes continued for several days before the ground invasion was to commence.

### Invasion of South Rhodesia

On April 10th, after four days of virtually relentless airstrikes, the Teutonic Armed Forces began a full scale ground invasion of Rhodesia. Around 40,000 troops from the Army, Naval Rangers, and several hundred Civil Guardsmen crossed the Rawabi Gulf across the Iron Gate Bridge or by boat into San Fierro. The forces were subject to little resistance upon landing (makeshift mortars were fired at the transport vessels, severely damaging one boat, killing one and injuring three) but were soon met by the 10,000 strong Army of Rhodesia, a hastily created force of untrained conscripts, militia members, and several hundred soldiers who had defected from the GTR. Modern equipment was limited and the only armor available was a handful of APCs seized from warehouses as well as modified civilian trucks and vans. They primarily used outdated surplus AK-74s and M14s.

Only a small portion of the actual Rhodesian forces met the landing troops at the beachhead, however, various traps and mines were sprinkled along the landings and three strategically placed machine gun nests caused significant delays and snags in the invasion process, killing dozens of advancing troops. The Teutonic troops, however, eventually overran the smaller and more ill-equipped force, advancing street by street, clearing houses and buildings in brutal guerilla warfare. Several hundred government troops died in these operations in contrast to the mere dozens of dead Rhodesian fighters. By noon the next day, they had reached the primary obstacle of the campaign, the University of the Greater Teutonic Realm. GTRU had become heavily defended and around 400 Rhodesian troops had entrenched themselves inside.

Several methods including tear gas, sarin, and flamethrowers were used to attempt to flush out the force but these proved ineffective and the order was given for troops to move into the building to clear it. Some 900 Teutonic troops were killed in the attempt but after around three hours, most of the building was cleared. There was a single holdout in the cafeteria that lasted until the late evening, two purported brothers that killed 43 advancing soldiers in the span of several hours. Eventually, at around 8:15 pm, they made their escape through a garbage chute after planting explosives across the room. They were never seen again and are presumed dead. No Rhodesian prisoners were captured. The Teutonic authorities declared the city to be "clear of hostile and subversive forces" and hoisted the flag off the Gant Building, the tallest in San Fierro.

After the government victory in San Fierro, the leading general, Giorgio D. Shatton, was emboldened and began an invasion of Cerrito City on April 12th. A small amphibious invasion force was diverted to New Palestine where they were no Teutonic causaulties during the brief skirmish and surrender. The Teutonic force swept quickly through the similarly under-defended city. Around 2000 Rhodesian men and 700 Teutons died in the push through Cerrito City. At 11:37 AM on April 12th, the banner of the GTR was hoisted over the partially destroyed Cerrito City Federal Building. Soon after, Rhodesian authorities delivered a notice of surrender to the Teutonic commander. The messengers were promptly shot.

### Alabama Prefecture

While South Rhodesia surrendered on April 12th, the relatively untouched and peaceful Prefecture of Alabama, which had also seceded, did not surrender until the next day when after the massing of troops on the border and teletype negotiations by the Army, they agreed to a peaceful and conditional surrender. On April 13th, Alabama officially surrendered without a fight as GTR troops marched into New Birmingham as it agreed to be reincorporated into the GTR. Following the surrender of Alabama, all organized and serious threats to the Greater Teutonic Realm were neutralized and the war was formally brought to a close on April 14th, 2021.

## Post-War and Treaty

Immediately after the surrender of Alabama, the President ordered the Senate to be "temporarily suspended until the unrest has been dealt with". The same day, the Election Commission officially revoked all election participation licenses for all political parties except Law and Justice. This created some minor unrest among New Rawabi's politically active opposition, most notably Alternative for GTR activists, but this was quickly suppressed by local riot police. Reconstruction efforts immediately started in much of the country. A war crimes tribunal was established for captured rebels and processed hundreds of cases, most resulting in no conviction.

The UN and International Monetary Fund have established commissions to deliver foreign aid to assist the GTR in reconstruction efforts. After the brief control of parts of New Rawabi by street gangs, the President ordered a new crackdown on gangs and other types of organized crime, most notably in the form of an anti-riot bill passed via emergency powers attained by 77brickman05. This conflict also partially caused the unrest that led to the Dexistanian snap elections of 2021.