War of the End-Times

### Outcome:

Decisive ICO/Rygard Pact victory:* Dissolution of the Fulcrum and simultaneous empowerment of the International Cooperation Organization
* The Rygard Pact security alliance is largely eclipsed by the ICO, but retains influence in maritime trade issues
* ICO occupation of the Socialist Republic of John, closure of Project: Permanence, Project: Animus, and other illegal operations
* ICO occupation of the Di'Aamascene Region
* Start of De-Johnization and De-Fulcrumization
* Restrictions and reparations ordered on the Second Republic of Polmaria, Lemetiate of Airolia, and Kanorian Empire, with significant consequences for each
* Liberation of Vestrax and Gresia
* Aastersen-Baxter Compromise of 1961
* Other effects

Belligerents|  **Fulcrum*** Socialist Republic of John
	+ Gresian Autonomy
	+ Vestraxi Autonomy
* Third Kingdom of Polmaria (initially)
* Kanorian Empire (initially)
* Lemetiate of Airolia (Until 1958)
* Kherfiyyan Worker's Republic
* Adeno-Holraesi Federation
* Fulcrum-Republic of Motezor
* Fulcrum-Republic of Vyariux
* Fulcrum-Republic of Kariq
* Fulcrum-Republic of Eirstad
* Kingdom of Sova
* Soeslateral Socialist Republic
* Confederation of the Steel Lance
* Second Republic of Polmaria (1957-1958)
* Fulcrum-Republic of the Mirtonnes (1958)

 **Alliance to Restore Polmaria** (Until 1957)* Jabeyrack
* Republic of Staptonsburg
* Jazberk
* Republic of Polmaria
* Kurvack

Clan Aastersen-Vasport Franco's Legion

* Fulcrum Tactical Oversight Committee - Yulea (1960+)
* Fulcrum Aetherspace Innovation Initiative
* Union of O'Lear
* Affiliated Freylan Commonwealth
* Republic of Balvala
* Sultanate of Kherfiyyah
* Zenshan
* Republic of Olastvod
* Rasvetla Slobia
* Republika Volkdon

 **International Cooperation Organization (1958+)*** Lemetiate of Airolia (1958+)
* Principality of Volleryn
* Republic of Regit
* Ospheros Dominion
* Montelan Federation
* Kingdom of Prithania
* Second Republic of Polmaria (1958+)
* Courcelles Provisional Government
* Gresian Provisional Government
* ICOAE
* Republic of Olastvod
* Great Holy Caliphate of Kagrabad
* Federal Republic of Cardia
* Federal Republic of Carosthania
* Peacekeeping Arm
* Tranquility Corps

The **War of the End-Times**, also referred to as the **War to End All War**, **Third Helinskan Great War**, and **First Yulean War**, was a global war centered around the Rygard Pact's conflict with the Fulcrum.

## Timeline

### Preparations

* The O'Leary 13ᵗʰ Naval Legion, under the command of Gen. Prince Warran Tyrus ("The White Storm"), began "scramble training" in Tygellos to prepare for deployment against the Fulcrum in Ospalar in mid-1956.
* After the Socialist Republic of John refused to withdraw from Ospalar, the Rygard Pact declared war on the Fulcrum. Mobilization was declared in Zenshan first, and it sent naval flotillas toward Helinska. Fulcrumite Socialist and other pro-Fulcrum political parties were collectively banned in the member-states of the Rygard Pact.
* Multiple Nelson-II ICBMs are launched from Fulcrumite silos at various O'Leary ports and military bases in the Blackrock Chain and Katavia. This first strike renders O'Leary naval and marine forces in East Helinska combat ineffective for the time being.
* General mobilization was declared in the Union of O'Lear. The 5ᵗʰ, 13ᵗʰ, 18ᵗʰ, and 21ˢᵗ Naval Legions (headquartered at Heliograol, Tygellos, Lear, Courolojord, and Courienta, respectively) began to receive new recruits. Troops from the County of Katavia were organized into the 23ʳᵈ Naval Legion in late 1956, under the command of Hamish O'Malley.
* General mobilization was declared in the Affiliated Freylan Commonwealth and the Republic of Balvala, who simultaneously co-authored the Treaty of Northern Cooperation on Force-Generation, Organization, and Security Affairs, usually shortened to the Northern Treaty. This document essentially merged the armed forces of Freylan and Balvala for the course of the war.
* The O'Leary 13ᵗʰ Naval Legion was conveyed from Tygellos to northern Ospalar, where it joined the Ospalan V Army Corps and a group of O'Leary and Kherfiyyan military advisors to form the Rygard Battlegroup East. Ospalan Foundational-General Yavilos Kuriskeer served as overall commander, and Warran Tyrus served as his deputy and field commander.

### First operations

* General mobilization was declared in the Sultanate of Kherfiyyah and Province of East Kherfiyyah, who subsequently collaborated to invade the Kherfiyyan Worker's Republic with the support of the Rygard Pact.
* The Valeronian Army of the Interior and Laronian National Liberation Army declared war on the Fulcrum. Guerrilla warfare against the Kanorian Empire escalated.
* The Confederation of the Steel Lance declared itself in support of the Fulcrum by joining the FSEC, sparking the Second Steel Lance Civil War. The secessionist Republic of Olastvod then declared support for the Rygard Pact and nearly destroyed the entire CSL, which was only saved by a quick deployment of Airolian and Adeno-Holraesi forces.
* First major battles between Rygard Pact and Fulcrum forces in Ospalar.
* O'Leary forces assault the Polmarian Duchy of Aquilon to secure control of the Laron Delta, restrict Fulcrum forces in Ospalar, and potentially re-install a monarch favorable to O'Lear. The nearby Lemetiate of Lyrinae undergoes a succession crisis before joining the Fulcrumite Third Kingdom of Polmaria.
* Concurrently, the largely-uninvolved states of Jabeyrack, Jazberk, Staptonsburg, Kurvack, and the Republic of Polmaria unite under the Alliance to Reunite Polmaria, a Fulcrum-aligned military organization. Jabeyrack pulls out its handful of remaining soldiers in Ospalar but does not make peace.
* Operation Northern Thunder, a full-scale invasion of the Kanorian Empire by the Affiliated Freylan Commonwealth and Republic of Balvala, commences. They receive extensive aerial and logistical support from other members of the Rygard Pact, especially Ospalar and O'Lear, and coordinate with the Valeronian and Laronian resistance movements.
* The Jabeyrack-led Alliance to Reunite Polmaria merges into the Second Republic of Polmaria. This new Polmaria refuses to leave or withdraw its support for the Fulcrum and begins military operations against the Third Kingdom of Polmaria.
* Following renewed offensives by both the SRJ and Third Kingdom of Polmaria, the small and already overstretched Ospalan military begins to feel the pressure. The Polmarian Royal 1st Army, alongside Sovan King's Infantry forces, retake Kalaroos despite heavy but ultimately ineffective resistance. Most of Ospalar's war-winning aircraft lay at their airbases without fuel, leaving the skies almost uncontested.
* Johninian forces under Battlegroup Harbinger are able to secure a beachhead near Askalis thanks to extensive FJNC and Polmarian operations in the Strait of Amastis. From there, Johninian forces are able to effectively mount an assault on the capital, taking it within days. The Polmarian 5ᵗʰ and 11ᵗʰ Naval Infantry land near Faltara to link up with Battlegroup Harbinger, securing the entire southern Ospalan coast.
* Johninian Battlegroup Pareidolia lands in northern Selton, quickly pushing through to Urtuuksa and cutting off the Ospalan advance into Polmaria. The Kingdom of Sova and Third Kingdom of Polmaria both advance, crushing or routing the encircled Ospalans.
* Battlegroups Pareidolia and Harbinger meet at Hallivi, threatening to split Ospalar in two. A long, drawn-out siege commences.
* After intensive fighting through the Ospalan mainland, the provisional government issues an unconditional surrender to the Fulcrum following the Siege of Hallivi. Ospalan army remnants continue partisan resistance, but they lack any unifying force.
* Due to Kherfiyyan troop mismanagement and a surprisingly well-armed KWR, the Rygard Pact's intended lightning attack backfires and the KWR counterattacks. All of East Kherfiyyah--with the exception of Kirlan, which is besieged--is occupied, along with a substantial amount of Ostahim, linking the KWR to the SRJ and other Fulcrum member-states. Kirlan's only ally, Kokinos, did not intervene until later as then-Chairman Stavros Siantos had been busy purging opponents in the KSWP
* In Merelaux, the final CSL remnants are crushed by Olastvod; Fulcrumite forces are left with no option but to retreat. A government-in-exile is established in Airolian territory and Area 84 remains under FAII military jurisdiction.

## Conclusion

*Main article: Treaty of Courienta*

The war ended with the 1961 Treaty of Courienta, which had representatives from almost every nation in Helinska and many other Yulean states. It disbanded the Fulcrum and its agencies, the Socialist Republic of John (SRJ), and Soeslateral Socialist Republic (SSR), replacing them with directly-administered ICO territories. Independent governments were established in Ospalar, Gresia, and Vestrax, following years of military control and *de facto* annexation by the SRJ. The new ICO overseers in the former Johninian territories were required to use state funds as restitution for the years of occupation. De-Johnization and de-Fulcrumization, including the disbandment of all remaining Fulcrum-Republic governments, was officially mandated by the treaty. Notable clauses include the immediate closure of Project Permanence and the transfer of all remaining Johninian mechs to Vestraxi or ICO control. Several of these mechs later ended up in O'Leary hands.

The treaty ended the Rygard Pact occupation of the Second Republic of Polmaria, preventing them from entering a multinational military alliance without the permission of the ICO Security Council. Limits were also placed on the armed forces of Republican Polmaria at the request of Ospalar. It also agreed to put an end to its support for Clan Aastersen's ambitions on the O'Leary throne.

The territory of the Fulcrum-Republic of Vyariux, under the joint occupation of the Rygard Pact and ICO, became a temporary ICO jurisdiction alongside the Di'Aamascene Accords. FAII locations were taken over by the ICO to prevent escapes into orbit and to provide more evidence of Project Permanence for the trials.

Conversely, all territory remaining under Fulcrum control, as in Rasvetla Slobia, was returned to its original owners.

The former Fulcrum member-states of Kanoria and Airolia were also required to pay hefty sums and assist in the international reconstruction efforts after the war. They were spared harsher punishment due to their voluntarily leaving the Fulcrum mid-war.

The government in exile housed in Area 84 surrendered after the signing of the Treaty of Courienta left their major allies eliminated. The government officials hiding within Airolian territory were slowly allowed to take up administration roles within Olastvodian lands after the surrender of Area 84.

## List of major campaigns and battles

* Fulcrum–Ospalan War
	+ Battle of Faltara
	+ Second Battle of Askalis
	+ Razing of Marnilas
	+ Siege of Hallivi
* Fulcrum–Slobian War
* Kherfiyyan Reunification Operation
* Freylan-Balvalan invasion of Kanoria (*Operation Northern Thunder*)
* Valeronian resistance movement
* Gresian resistance movement
* Vestraxi resistance movement
* Kith resistance movement
* Ospalan resistance movement
* Johninian resistance to the War of the End-Times
* Defiance of the Princes (*Prinzkrieg*)
* Second Steel Lance Civil War
	+ First and Second Battles of Aladora
	+ Operation Stellaris
	+ Siege of East Edovalk
* Coup of the Roses
* Fulcrum–Kanorian War
* Kanorian Fraternal War
* Operation Tronebærer
* Kherfiyyan Civil War
* Di'Aamascene campaign
	+ Battle of the Cathedral of St. Malh
	+ Battle of Vyariux
	+ Battle of Apothegm
	+ Battle of Fort Montbarrois
	+ Battle of Fort Aitern
	+ Second Battle of Fort Kirchzarten
* Southern Polmarian campaign
	+ Prince Olivier's War
	+ Operation PALLBEARER

* Liberation of Ospalar
	+ Second Battle of Faltara
	+ Countersiege of Marnilas
	+ Third Battle of Askalis
* Jabeyracki campaign
	+ Siege of Jabeyrack City
* Operation Undercurrent
* Fall of the Fulcrum-Republics
* Vestraxi campaign (*Liberation of Vestrax*)
* Gresian campaign (*Liberation of Gresia*)
* Fulcrumite Schism
* Quaternian uprising (*Revolt against the Tyranny of the Rygardist Occupiers*)
* Franco Isla's uprising
* Mistad uprising
* Johninian campaign
	+ Battle of Mirhafen
	+ Second Siege of Axiom Transit Hub
	+ Retaking of Mistad
	+ Siege of Reverence
	+ Battle of Equilibrium

## References

1. ↑ Polmarian-ICO System adopted, eventual creation of the Republic of Airolia, and Imperial Conference of 1972 respectively
2. ↑ *Notes on the War*; Cyran Virwenys