The third battle of Earth

The third battle of earth was fought from March 7th 2569 to December 20th 2569. It is the first battle of the Great earth civil war. It took place in the entire sol system but focused mainly on Earth, with Mars being untouched by the battle happening nearby. Using the complete lack of a real commander in charge at the beginning of the battle, the Global order launched its rebellion with the goal of destroying the head of the confederation to make a quick peace and take control. This rapid battle would turn into a battle of attrition where both sides would try to force the other to evacuate the planet. The global order hoped that by giving more time for the rest of their forces to rebel they would be able to send reinforcements and commit more loyalists to the fight.

Poor communication delayed the confederation response until April 10th where the admiral of the third strike fleet, Antony hall, arrived with fresh reinforcements; with his arrival the loyalists dug in their position and controlled 35% of the planet, mostly Asia and Oceania.

In early June the global order decide to launch a massive offensive with 7 000 000 men to take control of the Indian sub-continent; this operation went on for 23 days before they called off the attack. The next day the confederation received reinforcements and launched a counteroffensive and in a wipe out encirclement destroyed the 98th infantry regiment. For their bravery and making a last stand lasting 12 days, the Regiment received a post death medal from the president of the confederation.

Being forced to leave the planet after more months of intense fighting, without being able to evacuate their soldiers, this maneuver destroyed moral in the global order ranks, with the last pocket of resistance surrendering during April 2571

## Strategic developments

Shortly after the end of the psychic wars and the Treaty of Eldoenne, riots started in the streets of Earth. Those riots were against in the harsh treatment Earth received after this war, having to pay massive debts for all the damage done during the war. The population suffered a massive economic crisis due to the war and were on the brink of social chaos.

### Battle of Alpha Primaris

The third battle of Earth is a direct reaction by the people of Earth after the disastrous defeat of their last force during the psychic wars. All generals which survived the battle had a massive hatred to the government and wanted revenge for them not helping them in a critical moment. The final blow for the generals was given when the admiral ship was lost to the Eldoenni empire and renamed.

### Treaty of Eldoenne

After the treaty was signed, many veterans felt abandoned by the republic and wanted a new political movement to take power; the global order responded and started secret recruitment for those who felt left out and wanted change.

### Tactical developments

The Confederation is at the weakest it ever has been since the end of the war; between 75% and 85% of its soldiers have been demobilized and production of arms was almost stopped. On the other hand the rebellion were buying massive amounts of weapons from the Dominion to fight and their numbers were being bolstered by an immense wave of veterans, giving them a quality advantage against the Confederation and the element of surprise.

## Prelude

### Global order plan

The Global order Headquarters had one goal: take the planet over as quickly as possible before the confederation could gather large enough forces to boot them out. They had smuggled through a massive stock of small firearms to achieve that goal; it is estimated that in a single day, more than 20 000 weapons entered warehouses on earth. For the attack, the army was divided into three groups; Group North, Center and South. They were given specific areas to take control of, and since the order had a massive grip on the American continent, they thought it was impossible to meet a massive resistance.

### Last-minute disaster

4 hours before the battle started, a veteran was captured by loyal forces and they were forced to tell them what was happening; with that information the generals which were in the area had time to prepare defenses until the closest high officer could join with reinforcements.

### Emergency preparations.

The loyalist forces started preparing defensive lines where soldiers dug trenches and all available assets were gathered. To hide the fact that they had discovered the plan, they portrayed it as army training for an eventual expansion out of the confederation. This course of events changed plans for the global order and made a 15 hour delay. This provided more than enough time for the loyalists to prepare to fight a 2 vs 1 battle at the start.

## The battle

### First phase

#### March 7th - March 22nd : trench battles

The battle started with a massive artillery barrage from the global order and airstrikes, causing minimum casualties to the loyalist forces which started sending counter artillery strikes with more devastating effect since the artillery were in the open as they didn't realise they'd lost the element of surprise. When the first wave of soldiers had hit the first line of defense they were advancing at a pace of 5 kilometers (3 miles) per day. On the 21st a breakthrough was accomplished causing the loss of the European continent to the rebel forces; on the American continent, the amazonian forest made it hard for the rebellion to take control of the Brazilian coast, forcing them to launch countless waves to gain only a few kilometers every few day. The most ground gained during that phase in Brazil was 8 kilometers in one day with 150 000 casualties.

#### March 23rd - May 8th: battle of Istanbul

After losing Europe, loyalist commanders launched a counter offensive to recapture Istanbul and create a beachhead in the Balkans. During the battle the 22nd "black thunder" tank regiment became legends by fighting their way out of a potential encirclement and killing the commander in that area: Commander Joseph Delgado. With the loss of the commander the global order had to rethink their plan, and their offensive stopped creating a stalemate in the area and making the city fall into loyalist hands.

#### May 9th - June 23th : Battle of Western Europe and the Indian sub continent

The Global order launched the 4th elite infantry regiment with the 1st army to take Western Europe, this battle would last for two months with few breakthrough and none able to destroy the Loyalist defensives lines. At this time around the Global order ship started firing at the loyalist position. Forcing them to fall back on the 22nd of june. At the same time on the 1st, the Loyalist had to defend themselves against massive globalist waves.

### Second phase

#### June 24th - July 1st: Nuclear destruction

After seeing that their last foothold in europe had been lost, the loyalists decided to launch a massive nuclear strike on the global orders' positions; with control of these nukes they were able to destroy at least 30% of the enemy forces in Europe. But those strikes would start to make Earth's water evaporate at a great scale, creating a new frontline.

#### July 2nd - September 7th: Battle of the Atlantic Rift and the Pacific channel

The Loyalists in Europe decided to hold their ground in the new Atlantic canyons and regrouped all of their forces in that area. Meanwhile in the Pacific trench battles took place which would last until the end of the war.

### Last Phase

#### September 8th - November 11th : Crusing tides

The newly arrived loyalist fleet launched a counterattack and started taking back lands taken since the beginning of the battle. This wave of new soldiers would demoralise the Globalist and force them to retreat massively into better positions; on the 11th of November, a withdrawal of the planet is ordered to not lose soldiers early in the fight.

#### November 12th - December 20th: Destroying remnants

Despite the Globalists receiving orders to retreat, some pockets continued to resist, especially the Himalaya pocket which would last until the 20th of December with more than 100 000 surrendering.