Burr War

Burr War
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Crytillians
Period
who knows - never lmao
Location		Great North, Kolus, Kafrica,
Result		Coalition negotiated victory
Territorial Changes		Burr federation dissolved, Surnay temporarily subjugated by Zokesia
Belligerents
Burr fed loyalists			Coalition
Neo-muhattan empire Crytil Stahlsieg			Kathern Calador Zalkent Zokesia Phoenia Orion Nuvastia Wuste Sahrland the hive
Strength
a wizard			the demons of babylon
Casualties and Losses
All forces destroyed			celestial heaven

The Burr War was a conflict fought between () by a loose alliance of Burr Federation loyalists and a nearly globe spanning coalition.

Background

To be done (asami on crack selling drugs to kids)

Surnic expansionism was later cited as a reason for the secession. A number of crisise began leading up to the Burr war relating to Surnic colonial nations.

StahlSieg Defection

The economic recovery of Zokesia was not without its opponents, however. With economic recovery came political reform, and the StahlSieg were increasingly on the outside of political decisions. Approaching the 2140 elections they were nearly nonexistent in key government meetings, and flames of rebellion were stirring in the diehards of the Zokesian Military and SS, as the 2140 budget was slated to slash the once great Zokesian military to nearly nothing - to fund more Green projects, but in their eyes to strip Zokesia of her great power status.

The flashpoint came following the breakup of the Burr federation the Zokesian Green Government was quick to condemn Surnay and begin preparations for war. However, the actions have caused a violent backlash by the StahlSieg, the old right-leaning paramilitary branch of the Zokesian Military. After many operations with the Surns, the SS has made a firm stance opposed to the Zokesian government and now threatens politics repercussion if surnay is declared a hostile enemy. The Zokesian government stands divided as to the next course of action, as the Green Party and the Ss’s political figures argue in parliament, but on the battlefield the SS has made the first move- while the Zokesian military sits prepared but defensive the SS has moved into strategic locations across the Surnish Pirate State, declaring “enclaves” in the port cities around Katrina, of Zokesian-Surnish control above all, and in the state of Juno in Surnay. These city-state areas are now entirely under Stahlsieg control and looks to be a move to establish its own supply and logistics to draw from in support of Surnay should a war start.

The crisis in Zokesia drastically worsened over the next few days, as the ultimatum with Surnay approached, the StahlSieg broke out into open rebellion across Zokesia. The political situation in the capitol went from bad to worse as session after parliamentary session ended in fistfights and shouting curses between the greens and the old guard of right wing coalition leaders, who had now taken the side of the much more powerful Stahl Sieg. It’s leader, Heinz Studer, declared the Zokesian Greens an enemy of the people after a bill was attempted to be passed by greens banning paramilitaries in Zokesia and outright censoring right wing news sources and parties. The final straw in the tension was when StahlSieg General Thomas Wurtz was dragged out of his house in Ward by an angry mob of Greens and hung from a tree to death. The Stahl Sieg quickly turned General Wurtz into a martyr for their cause and in turn tried to rush the Presidential palace, but fierce fighting drove them off before local forces arrived and they were forced to withdraw to the countryside.

Course of War

Seccession

On date 2141 Kathern, Calador, and Zalkent seceded from the Burr federation. Mere hours later Crytil reaffirmed to Surnay it would stay loyal to the Burr federation. As a speach was prepared for the Crytillian public, Surnay declared the Burr federation dissolved and the creation of the Neo-Muhatten empire.

“	The path ahead is full of hazards, but we shall continue upon it. To our west lie the puppets of the Kromans and their ilk. Across Kerbin nations under their sway shall surely be deceived into taking up arms for their twisted goals. But do not fear the foreign devils! We shall go our way into battle accompanied by the spirit of the thousands of martyrs, our forefathers who fought and died to combat the Kroman menace across the world. And in this battle we shall break these traitors and bring salvation to the Burric people, for righteousness, and for justice. May Zversky and Tochna's blessings be upon the Crytilian nation. Follow the light."	”
—Marshall Takamori.

The Zokesian Civil War

Over the course of the next week one by one all 10 active StahlSieg units banded together to pledge allegiance to Reichscommander Studer, who had set up his headquarters in the Surnish province of Juno. Reichscommisariat Juno thus became the “legitimate successor state to the Grailreich” and was declared the Second Reich of Zokesia. The Zokesian Greens mobilized the armed forces but many amongst the ranks had defected along with the Stahl Sieg, and only half the remaining forces could be mustered to defend her interests and now apparent legitimacy. In Sur-Krakain and Forseti the borders, sea lanes, and air lanes were shut off to prevent any and all travel in the hopes of catching Stahl Sieg defectors, but rioting and minor coup attempts were occuring in every city in both of the principalities. Then the news that Schrschnell and the Zokesian Navy had completely defected sounded the first shots of the civil war, as the battleships Morser, Konig, and Notilian sailed past the government house in Ezekielgrad firing high explosive 16” shells onto the city. The fleet then sailed through Nautilus and out into the waters of the Southern Sea. It was the final result of years of economic hardship, weak left rule, and lingering pro-Grail ideals that suddenly ignited the nation.

A Zokesian Lafayette-Class corvette patrols the Mamb, 2142.

In a matter of hours the most peaceful state in Kolus became a war zone as Stahl Sieg companies and Zokesian regular clashed over the control of the main port city. The Prince of Scheschnell, Wayne II, who pledged allegiance to the SS in the opening stages of conflict fled north to Zok and has been in hiding since, as large parts of the principality fall to pro-Zokesian militias and regular forces. Only a handful of SS troops fight on in the port proper, as the naval units that recently defected from Zokesia fire indiscriminately on the city. The fate of Schrshnell is not known but the fighting has alerted thousands of citizens to the polarizing nature of the struggle, and many are becoming more and more gavinized to the Green Zokesian struggle. It is only a matter of time before Schrschnell returns to Zokesian control, but at a phyrric cost to the citizens of the nation. Stahl Sieg has made themselves very unpopular in the eyes of southern Zokesians but a great number are still dissatisfied with the Greens and refuse to support them fully, neither siding with democracy nor authoritarian military rule. Zokesian president John Kallan Kurrman said this about the crisis, on Christmas Eve, 2141:

“To the people of Zokesia I send a message of strength in these trying times. Many of us those at home and abroad have felt the repercussions of the treason which has rooted itself out so recently and threatens our very survival. Men and women who sat shoulder to shoulder with you yesterday are now declaring intent to kill maim and murder all you know and hold dear. It was not too long ago that the greatest disagreement between neighbors was the dog had taken a leak where it shouldn’t have. Now, molotovs are thrown from houses next door. This is not the Zokesia you and I know and love. This is an artificial crisis created by the Stahl Sieg - warmongers out to create pain and suffering at anyone’s cost. You all know that for many years greens and conservatives did not get along, and I myself was reluctant to work with the Greens, even after they won the majority vote and began putting their policies in. But we sensible people solved our differences peacefully and continued the tradition of Zokesian Excelence and solidarity. No other nation is like Zokesia in the world - with unadulterated freedom, political liberty, economic success unparalleled, and patriotism above all - standards higher than all and history deeper than any - and there never will be another. The nation has been through tough times, and those abroad are scattered in their homes as far as Sur-Krakain and Forseti, or Bayconn island, but we all sing the same anthem and swear the same oath - to preserve our little nation, for our children’s children too. The stahlsieg and its supporters are not Zokesians - they are foreign thugs hired decades ago in time of need and who have held onto their spot of importance for far too long. We will drive them out once and for all and spill their blood in the name of freedom! Zokesia is and always will be a free land and it is up to all of us, everywhere, to ensure she does not fall. There is no other nation in the world to flee to - Zokesia is the last great bastion of freedom on Kerbin, and her demise will spell the death of liberty for a thousand years to come.”

Zokesian Z-80 II "D" Variants Flying over Schrschnell, en route to strike Stahl Sieg positions, 2142

Battle of Schrschnell

As the war continued into 2142, the front in Schrschnell was driven back closer and closer to the shores - the Stahl Sieg fighting for every house and apartment block as they slowly were whittled down by dozens of Phoenian units. The fighting lasted far longer than anyone in the Coalition expected, with fierce resistance followed by tactical withdrawals deeper into the city. The Stahl Sieg knew they were fighting a losing battle and continued to delay, relocate, and slow Coalition forces until the inevitable occurred. Often, a single company of StahlSieg troops - and in one case a single Rhodie IX - made last stands against company-sized elements of Phoenian mounted infantry and tanks. Fighting completely cut off, surrounded, and alone, these battle hardened veterans knew they would not survive the battle and yet fought on with fanatic intensity. In the end, though, months of street-to-street fighting left scores of heavily damaged Phoenian vehicles and the complete annihilation of the Stahl Sieg in Schrschnell. Every fight was to the last man, even down to the few piers, depots and warehouses on the waterfront itself, where just a few feet of sand separated the SS and their destruction. The fighting ended when the last Rhodie IX "Der Flieger" drove into the waters off the Schrshnell coast and fought a doomed battle against five Phoenian tanks before succumbing to their hailfire. The Stahl Sieg of Schrschnell could not know it at the time, but their legendary sacrifice was what the Reichskommisariat Juno needed - time to build up and take the fight to the heart of Zokesia.

The offensive in Juno opened with a bang - the Zokesians had seen the northern front as a very real threat due to the Stahl Sieg's proximity to the capitol of Zokesia - Ezekielgrad - and had asked for Orion's support in reinforcing the thin northern line from the onslaught of Stahl Sieg troops. The waves of units from Juno, however, sent the Zokesians reeling, and in a fortnight the forces of the Stahl Sieg were on a march to pincer the 100 Orion tanks in the center of the line. Only in a mad dash did they manage to set up a defense of the salient between them and Zokesia, and thanks to Elohiem pilots fighting a near suicidal battle to keep the skies clear the few units remaining could withdraw in an orderly fashion, but as the winter set in the lines became quiet, and at any moment the Stahl Sieg's renewed assault on the only army between them and the whole of Zokesia was bound to come when spring thawed the snow.

Operation Redbuck

CVN-21 ZNS Emperor Zeroth undergoing sea trials offshore Freetowne Shipyards, Zokesia, 2142

The Stahl Sieg's war with Zokesia was not going well. Abandoned by Surnay and finding themselves the last power fighting in Zokesia, the seasoned death squads of the Stahlsieg knew the chances of liberating their homeland under the black banner were gone. Despite the offensive in the north, their enemies grew stronger with each passing day, and the noose of supply and reinforcements to the Coalition was getting tighter and tighter on Juno. Food was in short supply and the fuel and ammunition needed to carry on the fight was no longer reliably coming in from Surnay. A nation that barely supported 90,000 people was now home to almost twice that in standing army, and it was beginning to break the little nation's back. Juno was just a staging base, Studer knew that - it meant nothing to the volunteers who came from across the oceans, across thousands of miles of Kerbin to fight here. They could give it up and fight another day. For all the Stahlsieg's valiant efforts in the south, they could not repeat such a slaughter in Juno. Something had to be done to get the Stahl Sieg out, and fast. Their only ally left was in the north, hundreds of miles away and accross a blockaded ocean.

The operation was codenamed "Redbuck" - Redeployment Directly Bolstering Under Cyrtillian Keeping - and it was a daring plan. The Stahlsieg had no navy left after the Battle of Valenia Straits, and there was no land route to Cyrtil they knew of. An opportunity presented itself when the Zokesians announced the retirement of their aging Thunderchief class carrier, the *Gordon S. *. The ship was big enough to fit nearly the whole StahlSieg army and get them to Cyrtil in one trip, but it was on its way to the breakers yard in Ezekielgrad. The plan was hatched to get the few remaining SS sympathizers in the Zokesian navy to board her under the cover of darkness and sail her to the Mamb, where the SS would drive their entire army and onload. It was ludicrous to believe this could work - the entire army's existence would be placed on the ability to steal an ex-flagship, drive across an entire nation, and then sail through an enemy blockade bigger than the Zokesian navy.

The master forger for the SS, Rudolph Hander, began drafting up fake orders for the *Gordon S. * began writing up fake orders for all SS officers on the Gordon S. - only a handful would be needed since the ship was mostly in the hands of the breakers now. The crew change the night of May 25th saw 8 "Officers" and 20 "Sailors" - all of them SS men - onto the Gordon S. . A notification to the Zokesian navy was also sent, indicating the ship was instead going to be broken up in Schrschnell, where the newly liberated dockyards could provide faster service - this would put the Zokesians at ease if an old ship disappeared out of their port for a few days. It should arrive in Schrschnell in a week anyway, and it wasn't on the active roster anymore, why should they care? Unbeknownst to the Stahlsieg, the Zokesian military was going through a chaotic restructuring, trying to bring imported desgins up to production, and the Zokesian high command could not care less about old equipment - it would have been preferable to sink it to save costs if it was an option in the eyes of the Zokesian admirals - and so the old ship left Ezekielgrad port flying the Zokesian Naval Ensign, headed south.

The travels of the Gordon S. and its flight to Crytil.

Three hours into the journey, the Captain, SS-Oberofficier Hans Beck, ordered a turn hard starboard and out to sea. The skeleton night shift meant only a few civilian workers were on board, and the four or five construction workers were more than aware they should not be moving at all - let alone sailing west - and tried to make a statement to the Captain who immediately locked them in the brig. With the ship sailing out to sea and the Zokesians unaware, in two day's time it would be at the Mamb.

The second part of the plan was more tricky. The entire Stahlsieg army - 100 or so Rhodies and 40 support vehicles - had to drive across a now hostile nation and arrive at a predetermined location on the banks of the Mamb where they could be loaded up and sailed out. If this massive column was detected, it would spell the end of the plan and the air power of the Coalition would make quick work of the retreating ground units. the 14th SS. Belasrien would leave first, establish predetermined security checkpoints in Surnay-sympathizing villages, and ensure locals were not aware the SS was passing through. They were local boys, and the people they met were more than happy to see their loved ones and fellow countrymen return, under the auspices of "a fresh start" and were more than happy to host them in their homes and look the other way if a few roads were blocked off for "Construction work" that the alleged ex-SS men were going to undertake. The front in Zokesia had not moved in months, and the Zokesians were beginning to plan an assault on the line, so the Stahlsieg had to keep up the illusion of a force. 20 Rhodies and a dozen support vehicles were ordered to drive at full speed back and forth, radio chatter intensified, and maneuvers by convict legions digging fresh entrenchment and fortifications proceeded the weeks before the operation. The buzz caused the Zokesians to believe the Stahlsieg was still active in the area and kept their heads down in the planning of a counteroffensive. The move of the Stahlsieg occurred at 10pm, May 26th, and the column arrived in northern Drekevak by sunrise. Concealed with camo netting and in deep wooded forests that characterized Drekevak, they were perfectly concealed form areal observation. They continued the next night, and by the morning of May 28th they had reached the beach they had to be picked up on. Their hearts rose and men cheered when the giant grey silhouette of the Gordon S. came into view around the cliffs of the Mamb.

The onload took eight hours, and by the end the Stahlsieg was getting worried their ruse might have been blown. Local fishing vessels and a Zokesian cutter had spotted the Gordon S. but had not made radio contact. Now time was their enemy- and they still had to run the Kathern Blockade. The final deception took place the night of May 30th and 31st - the two nights in Kathern waters. The blockade had been impending but the Stahlsieg also knew that two Zokesian vessels had been granted access to Bayconn island to patrol Zokesian interests in the area - and so under the new callsign BB-01 Baskien, the Gordon S. challenged Kathern vessels at the maximum distance possible - hoping the foreign vessels did not know the difference between a carrier and a battleship. The route taken was southwest and sailed along known Zokesian military routes - and luck was on the StahlSieg's side once again - the understrength Zokesian navy was without coastal patrol vessels, and unbeknownst to the Stahlsieg the entirety of the fleet was deployed away from home waters save a single Thunderking carrier - there was no one to challenge their route to Cyrtil. The Gordon S. landed in Southern Cyrtil, with the Stahlsieg High Command, 68 Rhodie MBTs, 12 Badgers, and 22 Chaparaal AAA trucks - and a fully functioning fleet carrier. The operation was a complete success.

The Zokesians discovered on June 1st their carrier was missing when it failed to report into port in Schrschnell - a massive search was done by airborne forces, but it was too late. The Zokesians were furious and demanded the heads of the naval forces on watch that night - only to find that there were none on record, since there was only the CVN-21 Emperor Zeroth in Zokesian waters, and she was down in Schrschnell, not Ezekielgrad. The Zokesians immediately ordered an offensive into Juno, where they discovered only burned out tanks, destroyed infrastructure, and abandoned positions. The Federal State of Juno was reliberated on May 10th, but the Zokesians had missed the opportunity to fully wipe out the last of the Stahlsieg, thanks to the success of Operation Redbuck.

Zalkent Bank Heist

Upon reaching Crytil, the 20th SS. "Ryoma Pasternak" Crytilen began a series of operations in Zalkent on the sider of Crytil. Unfortunately, the equipment they had managed to bring was horribly outdated and in poor repair - and lack of suitable replacements in wartime Crytil meant the Stahl Sieg suffered heavy losses on the eastern front, fighting outnumbered with the Crytilians against multinational forces armed with cutting edge technology.

By 2145, the Burr war was all but over; Crytil had fought the coalition to a draw, and the nations of the former Burr Federation were free and independent - with one exception. Zalkent had erupted into a civil war starting in the death throes of the Burr War - Stahl Sieg divisions fresh from the retreat from Juno were propping up a pro-Crytilian military dictatorship. The brief conflict was decidedly one-sided - with SS Zalkent being virtually wiped out in a series of battles. As the coalition closed in on the last remaining troops of 20th SS. "Ryoma Pasternak" Crytilen, the survivors beat a hasty retreat over the Crytil border, where men and material could be regrouped and rebuilt. The war in Zalkent was lost, but the Stahl Sieg's freedom of movement in Crytil meant they could abandon the small state, and live to fight another war.

To rebuild, they knew they would needs vast sums of money. The bank of Zalkent's remaining gold bullion was being stored in a large underground mine complex in the west, just 45 miles from the Crytil border. The gold, paper money, and war loot accumulated, valued at about $4.5 million, was to be loaded up for safekeeping in Crytil, but the SS had other plans. SS Unterofficer Tanner Keitzen ordered his twenty kerbals to load the gold onto trucks and head southwest, into Crytil. The trip took two days and was perilous, with multiple Zalkent recon elements getting within half a mile of the convoy. Once over the border, however, the loot was driven into the mountains in the north of the Crytilian peninsula, where it was buried for safekeeping, before the Stahl Sieg troops turned east to formally intern with the friendly Crytilian government. Several attempts were made by the Coalition to extradite the SS but to no avail. The gold sat two months in the mountain forests in Crytil before Keitzen and his men returned to claim it, where they divvied it up amongst themselves. Kietzen paid the men their long awaited backpay plus extra, and took a small cut for himself, before loading the rest up into trucks and meeting in the dead of night with Kotter Skorzen's Stahl Sieg Transports and sailed to Nautilus. Approximately $3.2 million was taken into Stahl Sieg coffers, the rest being either taken by the looters or remains hidden in the Crytillian mountains. {Draft}