Eight Years War

Combatants| **Eporan:** Cynedrycan Empire Branderland Trekkish EmpirePortiria Latinia

**Anphilos:** Cynedrycan Erandia  Neue Branderland  Centium  Torusia Chimakum Alliance

**Hezrana:** Cynedrycan Indaesia Company | **Eporan:** Kingdom of Vizelia Holy Venesian Empire Kingdom of Gelsand Duchy of Myrn Albantera Flondarian Republic

The **Eight Years War** (1758–1766) was a global conflict involving most of the major Eporan powers and many smaller Eporan states, as well as nations in Hezrana and Anphilos. The most powerful belligerents in each of the opposing alliances were the Cynedrycan Empire and Vizelia, with both seeking to establish global pre-eminence at the expense of the other power. Along with Albantera, Vizelia fought Cynedryca and Branderland both in Eporan and overseas with land-based armies and naval forces, while Cynedryca's ally Branderland sought territorial expansion in Eporan and consolidation of its power along with colonial gains. Long-standing colonial rivalries pitting Cynedryca and Branderland against Vizelia and Albantera in Anphilos and West Indaesia were fought on a grand scale with consequential results. In Eporan, the conflict arose from issues left unresolved by the War of the Galavarian Succession (1740–1748). Branderland sought greater influence in the Guthic states, while Galavaria wanted to regain Ilmtal-Weinstraße, captured by Branderland in the previous war, and to contain Branderlandish influence.

## History

### Eporan Theater

#### Vizelian Campaign

The Vizelian Campaign was the largest of the war and deadliest in the war. It saw the Vizelian invasion of Hessunland countered by a joint Cynedrycan and Branderlandish coalition.

#### Central Eporan Front

The Battle of Kläudorf was fought in between Branderlandish and Galavarian forces in Kläudorf, located in modern day Galavaria. Beginning in January 1759. it was one of the major events of the Eight Years War in Central Eporan. The Battle of Kläudorf resulted in a Branderlandish victory and the start of campaigns in eastern Galavaria by January 1760.

#### Gellic Campaign

The Gellic campaign was marked with initial difficulties by the Coalition, Trekkish forces failed to make gains in Fortress Gelsland, the rivers in the South and the forests in the Duchy of Agnland made it difficult for the Trekkish forces to traverse. This led to a Gellic victory in the 1st Campaign of Agnland, Trekkish forces were driven back to Eastern Turgia, after a decisive battle in Svenby in 1758. The Gellic Campaign saw limited Cynedrycan involvement, but was primarily fought between Treko and Gelsand.

#### Southern Eporan Front

Myrn first joined the war on behalf of Vizelia, offering to provide troops to the Vizelian effort and help launch a naval assault against Melia in hopes of the exchange of an island occupied by Vizelia in the Akrifan Sea.

Latinia, a major trading hub with a relatively large navy, planned to attack another Vizelian island and launch an offensive against Myrn. They blockade the island and start an assault, successfully taking it. Myrn in response initiates fighting on the border of Latinia. The Myrnian cavalry managed to defeat Latinia and push them out of the city of Magna Roma and succeeded in capturing it.

From Magna Roma, Myrn attempted to try for Justinia but were repelled by the city's well built defenses. Casualties sustained on the earlier siege of Magna Roma only further weakened the Myrnian effort. They then launched a naval battle to take a port on the Latinian occupied island. Failing this, Myrn instead invaded the smaller island, managing to capture a nearby port and attack the regional capital. When the Vizelians retreated from their attack on Melia, Myrn not wanting war with Cynedryca, and loosing more islands, would offer a peace offer to Latinia.

### Anphilos

#### New Belles Campaign

The New Belles Campaign (1762) was the most pivotal campaign in the New World during the 8 Years War. It marked the culmination of several disasterous Cynedrycan attempts to take Vizelian towns within the regions. Despite New Belles being much smaller in population than Cynedrycan Erandia, the colonial garisson fielded by the Vizelians dwarfed that of the Cynedrycans.

In one famous incident in 1759, the Vizelians and their Indian allies successfully sieged a Cynedrycan fort, forcing the commander to surrender. The Vizelian Indian allies broke the terms of surrender and attacked the Cynedrycan surrendered column, scalping soldiers and slaughtering and enslaving the women and children.

When the Earl Ceteham Fōrwin Sudcombe became Prime Minister in 1760, he significantly increased Cynedrycan military resources and spending in the colonies at a time Vizelia was transferring their strength to Eporan to fight Branderland.

In 1761, the Cynedrycans launched a campaign into New Belles, proving ultimately successful and capturing the territories. Vizelia ceded New Belles to Cynedryca at the wars end as part of the Treaty of Belles.

Under Cynedrycan colonial rule, many of the major tribes in New Belles would be pushed to reservations or outright slaughtered, with the colonists taking vengeance for the attack on the surrendered forces during the war. The colonial government encouraged the Chimakum to replace the aforementioned tribes and established a hierarchy with Widonic and Chimakum at the top and all other natives below.

### Outcomes

#### Gelsand

Gelsland made peace with the Coalition at the Peace of Redskilde, where Duke Radetzky, representing the King's council of King Frederick VI presented a white flag to Cynedrycan forces under General Burgrīc Ingram. Gelsland was by far the most fortunate out of its counterparts, surviving the threat of annexation and loss of territory, but the loss from the war took a toll on Gelsland's economics and harmed the reputation of Frederick VI's court. Later, House Boremund, which had reigned since Jon Boremund (who became Jon I), would be toppled in 1773 by his own council, in favor of House Von Kluck.