Scania War

## Scania WarPart of the **War on Fascism**

Clockwise from top-left: German soldiers wading and capturing the flooded Aarhus; Scandinavian soldiers entering Scania; German aircraft carrier Raeder shortly before capsizing because of the Hell Rain

### Date

20 January - 6 July 2023
(5 months and 17 days)

### Result

* German and Scandinavian victory
* low-intensity insurgency against German rule

### Territorial changes

* Scania reintegrated into Scandinavia
* Denmark reintegrated into Germany

## Belligerents

**From 14 June:** Germany Mittelafrika:* Kamerun
* Namibia
* Togo

 Mitteleuropa:* Åland
* Dutchland
* Gotland
* Hungary
* Volga Germany

 Ryukyu Samoa

**Supported by:** British Empire |  Denmark Scania

## Commanders and leaders

### Concurrent

Ararat War
Wars of the Horn

The **Scania War** (Danish: *Skåne krig*, Swedish: *Skånekriget*, German: *Schonenkrieg*) was a protracted armed conflict that began on 20 January 2023 when Scandinavia invaded Danish-controlled Scania, which had been annexed by Denmark on 26 December 2021. The region had been a Danish UN mandate since the end of the Scandinavian War in 1961. The annexation was against international law, starting public outrage and an international crisis, while additionally making the eventual Scandinavian invasion legal because of provoked aggression. The war lasted until the Danish surrender on 6 July 2023.

Both Denmark and Scandinavia had started mobilizing their troops after the UN-brokered deadline had ended on 18 January, with *Riksledare* Edvard Nordström threatening Denmark with an invasion. This invasion materialized in the early morning of 20 January when Scandinavian troops began crossing the demilitarized zone that demarcated the Danish-Scandinavian border. The Scandinavians were able to take the Danish occupants by surprise, eventually capturing the entirety of Scania within less than two months. For 3 months, the war devolved into a gridlock with the German navy controlling the strait between Scania and metropolitan Denmark, leading to an halt of direct combat.

The second phase of combat began when Germany intervened on the side of Scandinavia and invaded Denmark on 14 June. Germany, justifying the intervention with defending international law and a supposed desire of the Danes to reunite with Germany, Denmark was part of the Reich from 1867 to 1918, began air raids and commanded Reichswehr troops to occupy the Scandinavian country. Despite heavy floods and thunderstorms, Denmark surrendered after less than a month and a general government was established. On 20 August, a plebiscite was conducted with the majority of Danes voting for a *Anschluss* to the German Reich, and the military administration was civilized with Denmark becoming the 17th Freistaat. Nevertheless, the Second *Alldeutsche Reichsdeputation* has agreed to continue the occupation until at least 2025.

The Scandinavian invasion of Scania divided the international community, with many nations like Rome condemning the fascist People's League of Scandinavia and pledging support behind Denmark, in accordance with the "No Deal" principle of Meleism. The first phase of the war saw restrained reactions from the UN members as Scandinavia legally defended its own territory but condemnations of the war increased following Unternehmen Oldenburg. Zarexium tried to pass a resolution in the UN Security Council to uphold Denmark's territorial integrity but it was vetoed. Regarding foreign politics, Scandinavia remained a rogue state, however Germany was further alienated from Europe, returning to more Eurasianism, while German-Roman relations were at its lowest since the Cold War. Domestically in Germany, the war split the political landscape between proponents and opponents of the war and alliance with Scandinavia, culminating in the 2023 German government crisis.