Albertville War of Independence

Prime Minister Brit of the RoP declares war on the Kingdom of Albertville

UNB

Prussia

Brit

Tsar

Kai

The Kingdom of Albertville was established on the 28th of May 2020, after rising tensions between the King and the Prime Minister. On the late evening of May 28th, The ROP Prime Minister Britannia declared war, and immediately the ROP attacked Albertville and many raids took place during the war- the 2nd ROP Contean division left Albertville in ruins after a failure to listen to orders. Albertville was Rebuilt on the 30th May 2020 after the war. It lasted from 22:48 GMT on May 28th 2020 until 17:31 GMT on May 29th 2020. The war started the long crisis known as The Second Split.

## History

### Beginning

High level tension had been growing across the server in May 2020 due to the Grand Crisis of May that had thrown the server into a catastrophe with the relatively popular Government of the Labour Party and its Centre-Left coalition, losing the support of Socialists with the General Strike that occurred and the mass demonstrations organised by the union Solidarity. The recent Ballhaven massacre was also fresh in the memory of players on the server, and eventually things tipped over. King James I of Polynesia had been politically active during the May crisis and had critised the Prime Minister over his lack of action towards the striking workers. The Royal Family would move further and further towards being a politically radical group. King James also believed that the RoP had become a way too powerful force on the server and were too dominant to allow any other group to seriously cause it harm. He also believed Brit's Government had gone relatively economically right wing and favoured the business class over the poor and needy on the server. Belg would declare his own city where the Royal Palace was located an independent state as a culmination of all of these events, which would effectively start the war.

### **End**

The end of the Albertville War of Independence was relatively messy. The Kingdom of Albertville had surrendered well before combat had actually ceased. This was due to poor communication between both sides. King James had officialy surrendered to the RoP forces as they were bombing Albertville completely, but Albertvillois forces continued fighting after the surrender, before they would surrender 10 minutes later after a short battle in Königsberg, which would result in the complete collapse in their morale. When the word of the surrender reached Prime Minister Brit he ordered ColonelKai refrain from using war planes to fully destroy Albertville. Kai would ignore these orders and combat between Kai's forces and other RoP soldiers took place in which Kai was defeated. Kai escaped to a new island named Oclaria where he would officialy declare the start of the Nation of Bluefield. Wanting to avoid a repeat of the many failures that occured on the field during the Albertville War of Independence, Brit accepted their independence with a treaty that limited much of the new nation's freedom.

### **Who Won?**

Officially the Kingdom of Albertville disbanded and surrendered at 17:31 GMT on the 29th of May 2020 with the 1st Albertvillois Division finally surrendering and disbanding shortly after, officially making the war a complete Polynesian Victory. However the war led to the start of the Second Split in which the first half would see a massive failure of the RoP with it being on the backfoot of the period until the War of June 18th. The war also resulted in a massive dip in support for the governing Labour Party, due to the war being hugely unpopular with the many dramatic losses seen in the fighting but also how damaging it was to the city of Albertville, with it being completely destroyed.

## Key-Figures

### **Attackers - The Republic of Polynesia**

Britannia

Wolos

Tsar Putin

Beer

Prussia

### Defenders - The Kingdom of Albertville

Belg

UNB

New Nethy

## Each Faction

### **The Defenders - The Kingdom of Albertville**

Having only just got independence, the kingdom was a ragtag rebel state lead only by the hopes and dreams of its Leader King James and his followers. Their nation did not have the brilliant strategic PVP minds of the RoP, which had experienced generals such as ColonelKai and Tsar. However the nation's generals developed new strategic guerilla warfare styles on the server. Economically, Albertville was a lot poorer than the RoP, as well with their army not having enchanted diamond armour, but instead using non-enchanted weapons and even at some points using iron.

**The Attackers - The Republic of Polynesia**

The RoP were in

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## In Depth List of Battles: Explained

### Raid of the Palace

* Tsar

Winner: ROP

Deaths: 0

Battle info:

Tsar lead an intense bombing campaign over the Royal Palace to damage morale of the New unstable Albertville government to force them into an early surrender before actual fighting had taken place.

### Battle of Downing Street

* Commander UNB

Winner: Albertville

Deaths: 0

Battle info:

Albertville launched an assault on 10 Downing Street during early hours, as revenge for the Palace attack. The battle caused intense anger amongst Polynesian citizens, as the attack was performed by revolutionaries for Albertville who had run away from the RoP. Smaller millitia groups fighting for Albertville would become Albertville's main fighting force when it came to smaller attacks like this, changing the direction of the conflict. This was the first time that unorganised rebel groups would fight in city conditions on the server, creating a whole new style of guerilla warfare. These tactics would not be supported by the Albertvillois government itself, who were training its forces to perform line battles in armour unsuited for actual combat with the well armed RoP Army, so these guerilla fighters performed the bulk of damage done.

### Attack on the BBL

* Commander UNB

Winner: Albertville

Deaths: 0

Battle info:

Following the destruction of 10 Downing Street the second early hours attack performed by the guerilla forces was an attack on the BBL, a large company owned by Deputy Prime Minister Tsar, a huge supporter of the war. This attack changed the entire war, this war was not just about states, it was also about the people in them. The war would create a huge toxic atmosphere where these type of attacks would thrive. The attack would be a huge economic loss for BBL setting the company back however these attacks on local business would only cause more and more people in the RoP to fight against the perceived Albertvillois threat. The battle played out poorly for support for Albertville across the RoP. Many had been against the war, seeing Albertville as a poor city state nation that was being bullied by the much larger RoP. However, the guerilla attacks on Downing Street and now personal property soured this view and division increased heavily.

### The First Battle of Parliament Street:

Winner: ROP

Deaths: 2

Battle Info:

With the success of Albertville's guerilla attacks, Albertville positioned their 2 garrisions currently positioned into RoP territory in Parliament Street in order to capture it, which would shut down the RoP chain of command and create confusion amongst the ranks of the RoP. Seeing this attempt, Prime Minister Brit and General Beer of the 3rd RoP Easterton Division led a small but well armed force to launch a counter-attack the invaders. The Albertvillois attackers were outmatched in the fighting. Their equipment was poorly made and was simply off-hand armour and tools. These percieved good weapons were no match for specifically made RoP weapons. Alongside these issues Albertville had not properly prepared for combat, had limited supplies and seemingly only brought the basics. This first battle showed just how outmatched Albertville was in the conflict and set the scene for further events. It was around this point that Albertville's Government began to crumble under the pressures of the conflict and the fact that reality was soon catching up to them. This meant RoP forces would begin to enter Albertville.

### The Battle of Parliament:

Winner: RoP

Deaths: 3

Battle Info:

With Albertville's forces completely out of the RoP, The Albertvillois government began to go blank on orders, leaving the now regrouped garrisons the opportunity to take the war into their own hands. They decided it would be the best course of action to launch a new bombing campaign of the RoP Parliament. This would further destroy RoP morale and would hopefully drag the war on for longer, giving Albertville the time they needed to regroup their forces, get better armour and fully supply their forces for war with the RoP. The attack went as planned and they destroyed offices and the parliament building itself. However, the sounds of the bombings alerted the Polynesian Government, who then sent the RoP 3rd Division, who defeated the Albertvillois forces in a decisive battle, forcing them into fleeing whilst many were killed or captured.

#### The Raid of Albertville AA Guns and Key Locations:

Winner: RoP

Deaths: 0

Battle info:

With Albertville's forces giving up on all offenses for the coming days, they settled down to defend the state. However defensive actions would not last long, as immediately after the conclusion of the battle of Parliament, which saw 2 Albertvillois garrisons defeated in one huge blow, the RoP began a bombing campaign to siege Albertville. Their main goal was to stop another Albertville offensive into the country. To do this, Prime Minister Britannia ordered the Polynesian 1st Division to destroy key bridges and other facilities such as outposts that imposed a danger to the RoP. With these destroyed Prime Minister Britannia, alongside General Beer, personally lead garrisons to destroy AA guns. With this, Albertville was completely defenseless, other than foot soldiers left over from the previous offensives, leaving it fully vulnerable for an RoP offensive.

### Conquest of Larnwick

* Commander UNB
 Albertvillois 2nd Division
* Commander Jeffrey
* Commander Beer

Winner: ROP

Deaths: 0

Battle info

RoP forces now secured from any threat were able to peacefully retake the province of Larnwick, capturing the headquarters of the state, the Royal Palace, and raised the RoP flag. It was around this time that Belg, King of Albertville, would quit Polynesia, leaving the fledgeling state in the arms of civilian militias and the remains of the army. Nobody officially took over, and UNB along with New Nethy both deserted Albertville to try and negotiate for peace.

### Conquest of Central Albertville

* Commander UNB
 2nd Albertvillois Division
* Commander Jeffrey
* Commander Beer

Winner: ROP

Deaths: 0

Battle info

Albertville city centre was now in a state of panic and had been evacuated by locals. It was around this time that the RoP 2nd Division arrived to the front. Under the command of Deputy Prime Minister Tsar they destroyed the city entirely.

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