Gondar-Lilac War

### Outcome

FVRC-Zheph-Boignia Military Victory, Coalition Territorial Gains, Coalition-FVRC Postwar Settlement

### Civilian casualties

Minimal War Casualties, See Lilac Genocide

In 1969 The Gondar-Lalian State launched an unprovoked invasion of the FVRC intent on expanding their regime of genocide. In the opening weeks of their invasion the Gondari forces took the FVRC totally by surprise and nearly captured the entire southern area of the country, save for a small pocket around Bouldad. FVRC troops were totally unprepared for any kind of military engagement, many soldiers were away from their units, supplies and fuel were absent, and in many cases, divisions retreated from engagements without firing a single shot for a lack of ammunition.

### Counteroffensive

Unbeknownst to the invaders, the FVRC government had negotiated a secret mutual defence pact targeted at Gondari Aggression with Boignia and Zheph. While the main portion of Gondari Forces pushed into Southern Lilac terrritory, Zheph and Boignian forces counterattacked along their front. While Boignian forces were wholly ineffective, Zheph troops, with Mech support were able to launch a salient offensive into the exposed western flank of the front. During this offensive, the FVRC detonated a nuclear weapon over a Gondari Troop concentration near the prewar border between Gondar and the FVRC. Following this detonation, and thanks to a combination of information warfare and the the threat of total encirclement the Gondari forces collapsed into a total rout.

### Gondari Defeat and Coalition Arrival

With the war effectively over, the international community which had previously turned a blind eye to the Gondari Lilac Genocide and their invasion of the FVRC (with the exception of notes of diplomatic protest) now decided to opportunistically intervene. Following this turn, the Phalanxist leader of the Lalian territory of Gondar Lalia unilaterally declared independence from Gondar-Lalia and sought to preserve his rule (and life) by changing his collaboration from Gondari to Coalition.

The coalition forces were able to deploy into Lalia and the core areas of Gondar with incredible speed while the entirety of the Gondari Army was still conducting its retreat from the north. Simultaneously to this invasion, Sistan a previously subjugated state also declared independence, alongside Lautag, Namen, and Villach. Much to the dismay of both the Lilac Vanguardist alliance, and the Coalition, the Prince of Sistan declared that his country would not align with either of the invading forces, but would rather enjoy close diplomatic and religious relations with Adamar.

Tragically the Prince of Sistan, a unifying figure of the nation, was brutally assassinated shortly after the end of the war by unknown assailants. No concrete evidence has been revealed, however the leading theory relating to forensics on the weapons used, and individuals who were in the area suggests that it may have been a group of Kenshi Officers either acting independently or on orders from the Coalition who were dissatisfied to see a strong and unified Sistan out of the control of their land grab and so close to Kenshi.