Third Kirpor-Desyri War

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## Conflict

In late may 1971, the Desyrian Army launched Operation Lashanghal, which was a large scaled operation that drove out almost all of the Kirpor Independent Liberation Army (KILA) out of the constested Jastanid region, forcing them to cross the Kirpor border and take refuge there. After thousands of KILA fighters arrived, they decided to set up inside Kirpopor, and then started to launch their raids on Desyria from the border. On June 2nd 1971, the rebel forces started shelling multiple desyrian military sites with mortars from Kirpopor. From this things quickly escalated, as then the Desyrian Military started shelling KILA formations and headquarters with artillery and MRLS, but then one of these missiles missed their target and hit a residental building in Garacihn. After this the Sultan of Desyria and the Emir of Kirpopor urgently met in Bostowig where the Emir demanded the immideate stop of shelling inside Kirpor territory while Desyrian Sultan demanded the cease of raids and shelling on Desyrian territory from the KILA and the disarmament of the rebels. Discussion stalled and they didn't managed to reach an agreement, so on June 3rd, the Kirpopor Military launched 27 RQ-10 Cruse missiles on desyrian military installations, starting the Third Kirpor-Desyria War.

After the first missiles were launched hit both Militaries and the KILA sprung into action. Desyria quickly returned fire with it's own OJ-3 Cruise missiles and both sides started shelling military outposts on the border. Not soon after both sides deployed their main divisons on the front line, and intense firefights broke out on the border, now supported by MBT'S and Mechanized vehicles, lasting multiple days. The desyrian airforce sprung into action too hitting kirpor military targets, with Kirpopor responding with their own strikes on Desyrian targets.

For the first week both sides couldn't really make major breakthroughs or gains, with heavy constant fighting going on all over the place. Most incursions into enemy territory were quickly repelled with quick counteroffensives, which will quickly become a common occurance in the war. Despite these setbacks, this didn't stop Desyria from launching Operation Rachanchal on June 17, which became the largest-scale operation in the war, with 2 military giants and KILA forces coming face to face. The goal of the operation carried out by the Redcleston Varachalym Guards Division and the 81st Infantry Division was to make a deciseve push into the KILA controlled area north of Garacihn, which would force the rebels to flee north and due to the threat of exploting this victory to swing north and launch further operations there could convience the Kirpor military to find an agreement with the terms propsed in the Bostowig conference.

Initially the huge scale offensive took the KILA fighters defending the border regions by surprise, and Desyria made large gains into KILA controlled territory. The Kirpor army quickly reacted tho, with both the 18th Mechanized Division and 3rd Armored Division getting deployed to the area in only 3 days, and on June 21 the Desyrian and Kirpor forces came face to face near the city of Takabh-Rakal, and what followed was the largest tank battle in history, which the Kirpor army won. Following this battle multiple smaller scale engaments took place, and the Kirpor army was able to push back Desyrian forces entirely to the border by the 26th of June.

Fighting continued for weeks throught the rest of june and july mainly in the Calachar sector, but no major gains where made, and the largest KILA incursions into Desyrian territory were sucesfully pushed back. On July 18 a ceasefire was issued by both sides, and on the same day Kirpor, KILA and Desyri leaders met in Saveroe, Guildgedi and signed the Saveroe agreement, which officially ended the war. The treaty allowed the creation of a Kirpor independence activist-led party in the contested territories and more autonomy in other areas, in exchange for KILA being disbanded, which they willingly accepted.

## Losses

### Desyria:

* 4,138 Casulties
* 87 APC Destroyed
* 35 IFV Destroyed
* 103 MBT Destroyed
* 18 MRLS Destroyed
* 6 SAM Destroyed
* 493 Logistical Vehicles Destroyed
* 1 Dock Landing Ship Sunk
* 8 AS Aircraft Lost
* 3 CAS Aircraft Lost

### Kirpopor:

* 2,948 Casulties
* 68 APC Destroyed
* 46 IFV Destroyed
* 57 MBT Destroyed
* 7 MRLS Destroyed
* 8 SAM Destroyed
* 218 Logistical Vehicles Destroyed
* 12 AS Aircraft Lost
* 2 CAS Aircraft Lost
* 1 Naval Strike Aircraft Lost

### KILA:

* 678 Casulties
* 12 APC Destroyed
* 1 SAM Destroyed
* 156 Light Weapon Systems Destroyed
* 64 Logistical Vehicles Destroyed