Southeast Asian Spring

Indonesian Regime Soldiers Defend the Barrington Hotel

### Ending

Democratic Malaysia Falls in 2042, Indonesian Truce in 2043, Fighting Continues in The Philippines to Present Day, Indochina Restored in 2042

### Place

Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines. and PNG

### Result

* Stalemate
	+ NATO+ Intervention prevents Democratic Indonesia's Fall
	+ General Perkassa's Regime ended
	+ Democratic Malaysia Falls to Eurasian Invasion
	+ Vietnam reunites Indochina
	+ People's Republic of the Philippines Declared, Islamic Insurgency Continues

## Belligerents

### Side 1:

* NATO+
* Union of Free Africa
* Oceania
* Rep of Indonesia
* Rep of Malaysia

**Supported by:**

* European Federal Union

### Side 2:

* Eurasia
* Indochina
* Indonesian People's Republic
* Malaysian People's Republic

**Supported by:**

* UAPR

The **Southeast Asian Spring** is an umbrella term used to encompass the mass series of uprisings and civil wars that tore through Southeast Asia during the early 2040s, principally caused by the weakness of many of these regimes following the Eurasian Civil War. Many of the communist governments relied on Eurasian funding and weaponry to maintain a grip on their population and could not survive the temporary lapse that occurred during the civil war. Also during this time the Philippines experienced its second Communist uprising.

## Background

The main power players in Southeast Asia, outside of Eurasia had come to be Indochina and Indonesia, both of whom cooperated and helped maintain the web of juntas and communist governments that comprised the Eurasian allied region. They were primarily opposed by the NATO+ friendly governments in Thailand and the Philippines. However under one party rule the Philippines had grown unstable as during the 2030s it had been unable to quell and Islamic insurgency in the South and a Communist one in the North.

## The Spring and NATO Intervention

The Southeast Asian Spring began in earnest when mass demonstration's against General Perkassa's military rule in Indonesia took place in late 2039, leading to violent reprisals and crackdowns by the regime. Demonstrations then carried threw Southeast Asia like a wave, then when combined with CIA supplied arms and facing violent crackdowns many of these rebellions turned into uprisings. Notably in Indonesia and Malaysia but similar scenes took place in Burma and Indochina. The declaration of NATO friendly governments in both Indonesia and Malaysia prompted immediate intervention by Eurasia and NATO. Within days sorties by both sides were being flown and Oceanian forces had deployed from bases in East Timor. Eurasia similarly ordered a mass intervention, with their stronghold in Singapore being threatened by the new Malaysia government. By the end of 2040 war was raging in nearly every SEA Nation with an estimated 30,000 combined NATO troops deployed in support of the new governments compared to the 50,000 that Eurasia had sent into the region.

## Malaysia Falls and Stalemate

In late 2041 Eurasia would launch an offensive lightning operation into the Malaya peninsula from their territory in Singapore, Eurasian paratroopers combined with a rapid armor offensive quickly overran the weak and newly created Malaysian government in the peninsula. A subsequent operation on the island of Borneo completely destroyed the Malaysian Republic and restored communist rule. Eurasian successes were matched by Democratic Indonesia capturing Perkassa during the Fall of Nusantara, however the capture of the city would be the last major territorial change in Indonesia as the overstretched and underfunded armies grinded to a halt. Despite this Eurasian successes in Malaysia caused NATO discord to shift, as public pressure against another war had caused the EFU and UFA to end involvement. By 2042 the fighting in most of South East Asia had ended, as Indochina reconsolidated control over the federation and aided in retaining Communist rule in Burma. In 2043 the Indonesian peace delegation would declare a permanent truce that remains in effect to this day.