Balearic War

Combatants| * Carthage
* Ottoman Federation
* San Marino (Partial Support)
* France (Until Day 4)

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:* Regno Di Savoia
* Modern Republic of Egypt
* Atlantic Republic (Until Day 4)

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:* Vikingland

Commanders| * Khalifa (Carthage)
* You (Ottoman)
* Gen. Québécois (San Marino)
* Willi (Savoia)
* Erme (Egypt)
* JK123 (Vikingland)

The Balearic War was an armed conflict between the Allied Nations of Carthage, the Ottoman Federation, and San Marino, against the Communist nations of Catalonia, Vikingland, and Egypt, for control over the Balearic Islands.

## Prelude

Before the conflict started, the Punic Republic of Carthage had already begun an expansion campaign, and captured Algiers, Tipaza, and Oran, from its Tunisian heartland.

Originally, the Balearic Islands were an NPC nation, before being conquered by Catalonia. When this was discovered, the Carthaginian Commander in Chief, Amina (Khalifa), sent envoys to Barcelona. There, the envoys stated the following:

*From the Senate of the Punic Republic of Carthage, to the People's republic of Barcelona, we send you this envoy.* *We send you this envoy to raise a concern we have.* *The Balearic Islands, Islands which are over 1500 square Kilometres, is in your possession, and because of it, we express our own desire to control the strategic island.* *We send this envoy to ask you, will you keep it, or end your possession of it and hand it to us?*

*Signed, the Senate of the Punic Republic of Carthage*

To which the Catalonians responded:

*Dear diplomats, dear Carthaginian senators and government officials and dear People of Carthage* *Difficult thought the decision may be, we will try to salvage your issue, and hope that you know how adversely a war will affect both our countries. In this sense, we hope that no war breaks out. If these are your goals, though we officially state that no land that our Holy nation deserves will be given without the fight of our people. We also have to say that in the event of war, we wont hesitate to bring our allies of Barcelona Pact, who have both stated their support towards us, and we will also give the Romans the opportunity to ally with us because of our common enemy.* *As we already said no land belonging to the Peoples Republic of Catalonia will be given or sold without conflict. If you hope to use this 'strategical location' you can of course ask us for participation, otherwise, if you used it only for having a reason to invade us, you shall face the consequences. If you decide war is the way to go, go on, have the official declaration of war done and follow the protocol. Your aggression shall not pass!*

From there, Carthage declared war on Catalonia.

## War

### Day 1

After Carthage declared war, they immediately moved over 12 aircraft to Algiers, while sending 2 carrier task force teams to Algiers and the strait of Gibraltar. The latter was meant to prevent any reinforcements from Vikingland, who had begun indirectly supporting Catalonia, reaching the Balearic Islands.

In that same day, Egypt declared war on Carthage, despite the latter's best attempts to prevent a war against an eastern foe.

### Day 2

Reinforcements from Vikingland reached Gibraltar, but were not allowed entry. However, due to their superior numbers, they managed to get the Carthaginian ships out of the way and they proceeded to Gibraltar. Because of this, the task force moved to Northern Spain for future operations into Spanish territory.

### Day 3

After Amina attempted to negotiate an alliance with the Atlantic Republic, it failed, and the Republic instead declares war on Carthage. In respond, Carthage was able to gain over 20 aircraft from Regno Di Savoia as a reserve force, originally planned to launch an offensive into the Atlantic Republic, but the plan never takes place.

### Day 4

Carthage, despite not doing much damage, sends peace terms to Catalonia, which they eventually accept the next day.

Carthage convinces the Atlantic Republic to withdraw their declaration of war against Carthage in exchange for a joint invasion of France.

#### Battle of Paris

Not much took place, Carthage destroyed government buildings across Paris.

#### San Marino's Entry and Limited Involvement

On **10 February 2022**, during the Presidential Election, President Air France 2281 has opened a vote, along with Representative of the House of Commons, Rep. Heritage-Daxton and Senator Buck, that the nation would **assist Carthage and to stop the spread the communism in Europe and North Africa to avoid a Cold War**. By unanimous votes, San Marino was officially in the war, but was limited the participation due to the elections. The Sammarinese Armed Forces, under the command of **General Nation Fleurdelisé (Québécois)**, has instructed to commence an airdrop with the A400M and a Cessna 208 to supply the Carthaginian Forces. Gen. Fleurdelisé also sent the SMN's First and Second Fleet, which involved in the **Incident in the Mediterranean Sea** as it was intercepted by the **Vikingland Naval Forces** when going to Algiers. The incident was resolved quickly when the Carthaginian Air Force, San Marino Air Force, and the San Marino Naval Aviation drove the ships away.

### Day 5

Carthage plans a full scale offensive against Catalonia, however, the latter ends their nation and hands the Balearic Islands to Carthage.

## Aftermath

Carthage gains the Balearic Islands and secures the Western Mediterranean.