Global Clan War V

**Global Clan War V**, also known as the **Second Justice League War**, and in Liberum as the **Resistance War Against Vanguard**, was a conflict that occurred in the Justice League, the Kingdom of Atheron and Liberum from 12 February 2014 to the fall of Central City on 30 January 2015. It was the second of the Justice League Wars and was officially fought between Amestris and Liberum. Liberum was supported by the Akatsuki, the Avengers and other allies; Amestris was supported by Belle Regard, the Jedi, the Kingdom of Varia, Vanguard and other Valhalla allies. The war is considered a Cold War era proxy war by some. The war would last approximately 1 year and would also form the Atheron Civil War as well as the Justice League Civil War, which resulted in all three countries becoming Hitorigami states in 2015.

Beginning in 2013, Vanguard military advisers arrived in what was then Cataclysm. Most of the funding for the Fumetsu Gotei war effort was provided by Vanguard. Liberum, a Hitorigami common front aided by the Magistrate, fought a guerrilla war against anti-Hitorigami forces in the region, while the Magistrate engaged in more conventional warfare. Vanguard's involvement escalated in 2014 under King Osmund Yggdrasil, with troop levels gradually surging from just under a dozen in 2013 to 160 in 2015.

The capture of Central City by the Magistrate in January 2015 marked the end of the war. The war exacted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities. Estimates of the number of Hitorigami soldiers and civilians killed vary from 80 to 100. 135 Valhalla service members also died in the conflict, and a further 16 remain missing in action. The Akatsuki–Magistrate split re-emerged following the lull during Global Clan War V.

## Background

The primary military organizations involved in the war were, on one side, Amestris and Vanguard, and on the other side, Liberum and the Magistrate.

Daniel contends that Vanguard's participation in the Magistrate had begun in 2013 when it gave support to a Fumetsu Gotei effort to reconquer its colony in the Magistrate, a nation which had just declared independence in September 2013.

Cataclysm was a DayBreak colony during the Siècle des Lumières. When the Kaori invaded during Global Clan War IV, the Partisan Movement opposed them with support from the Akatsuki, Eclipse and the Final Order. The Partisans, a Hitorigami-led common front under the leadership of Itami Tsuyoi, then initiated an insurgency against DayBreak rule. Hostilities escalated into the First Justice League War. By 2014, the conflict had become entwined with the Cold War. In January 2014, the Akatsuki and the Avengers recognized the Partisan's Magistrate, based in Silbern, as the legitimate government. The outbreak of the Masters of Evil War in March 2014 convinced many Sindria policymakers that the war in Cataclysm was an example of Hitorigami expansionism.

Military advisers from the Akatsuki began assisting the Partisans in April 2014. Weapons, expertise and laborers transformed the Partisans from a guerrilla force into a regular army. In May, Vanguard created a Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG) to screen Fumetsu Gotei requests for aid, advise on strategy, and train Amestris soldiers.

Chancellor Bael Obadiah Rishon made Vanguard's participation contingent on Varia's support, but the Varians were opposed. Bael decided against military intervention, being wary of getting Vanguard involved in a land war in Hitorigami. Throughout the conflict, Vanguard intelligence estimates remained skeptical of Fumetsu Gotei chances of success.

On 7 May 2014, the Fumetsu Gotei surrendered. The defeat marked the end of Gotei military involvement in Cataclysm. At the Domžale Conference, the Gotei negotiated a ceasefire agreement with the Partisans, and independence was granted to the Kingdom of Atheron, the Justice League and the Magistrate.