Second Baltic War
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April 29, 2011 – June 8, 2011
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Location
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Europe (The Baltics)
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Result
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- Belarus occupied by ABC forces
- Ukraine occupied by Turkey
- Russia divided between ABC, ONE, and Turkish occupation
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The Second Baltic War was a conflict in the Baltic regions that started on April 29, 2011, consisting of member-states from four different alliances and a number of independent nations. It was the second major war directly focused in the pan-Baltic regions, the proceeding being the First Baltic War.
The war started in the independently aligned country of Belarus, which had been under occupation by the Alliance of Baltic Countries (ABC) in the weeks leading up to the war. In addition to ABC, the war would also eventually draw in neighboring countries from the EDEN, Terra, and ONE alliances.
At the time of the war, three of the four involved alliances had long been embroiled in full conflict throughout the New World, though it would be the first time that ABC would engage with allied nations.
With the inclusion of military action by ONE, Terra, and EDEN, the Second Baltic War would become yet another front in the much larger global conflict known as World War V.
Background
The Second Baltic War was a direct result of the First Baltic War, in which the newly formed Alliance of Baltic Countries invaded and successfully conquered the nation of Belarus. After weeks of occupation, Belarus finally liberated Homelskaya and quickly sought assistance from its friendly neighbor-nations in order to push back the aggression of ABC members, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, in a continuing attempt to regain Belarusian independence.
In a related action, Estonia had also launched an attack upon Finland in the days before the official outbreak of the Second Baltic War, bringing yet another EDEN country into the war. Sweden, at the time also an EDEN member, engaged the war to assist Finland in an attempted region swap in order to prevent Estonian advances deeper into Finland, and at the same time expand the Swedish border with Russia.
In response to the Belarusian and Finnish pleas for assistance, the countries of Ukraine and Russia would also engage ABC forces. Ukraine was a member of the EDEN alliance, while Russia was a member of Terra. The inter-alliance cooperation would be another in a long list of joint Terra/EDEN actions that had been conducted since the beginning of World War V.
The War Begins
Both Ukraine and Russia would launch simultaneous attacks upon occupied-Belarus, however, would eventually expand their operations to include an attempted invasion of ABC regions. Ukraine would at first focus on southern Belorussian liberation, while Russia would attack occupied Belarus from the north.
Shortly after the initial attacks upon the occupied Belarusian regions, ABC nation Estonia, would initiate a counter-attack against Russia in the Leningrad Oblast.
Meanwhile, ABC itself would seek the assistance of neighboring Sweden, who had recently become a new ONE-allied country, leading to a Swedish attack upon Russia. This would be the first time that Sweden engaged as an official member of the ONE alliance, and the first time that ABC formally cooperated with ONE during the war. Sweden continued largely peaceful relations with Finland during this time, though eventually they clashed with advancing EDEN-allied Chinese forces in the coming weeks.
Though much of Belarus would be liberated by Ukrainian and Russian forces, the initial attack upon ABC would meet with failure. Furthermore, Sweden would begin to make headway into the Russian homeland.
Map of Second Baltic War shortly after China entered the conflict, showing
the liberation of Finland, and Sweden began suffering losses to joint
EDEN/Terra attacks. - May 5, 2011
At the same time, Finland had suffered repeated attacks by Estonia in the interim between the First Baltic War and the Second Baltic War. The geographical position of Finland had made it difficult for EDEN member-states to provide assistance. As a result, Finland would have to bear the attacks with little support from its allies as EDEN pressed its engagements in other theaters in Central Europe. The situation had been complicated by the fact that Sweden had previously been a member of EDEN, and had only recently left that alliance to join ONE, however, Sweden did not engage with Finland as an enemy throughout the entire war.
After Homelskaya had been liberated by Belarusian resistance forces, Ukraine would be the first nation to formally come to their aid by proposing a natural enemy proclamation against ABC-allied Lithuania on April 28, 2011. Lithuania would then immediately reciprocate the proposal with one of its own. On April 29th, Russia would declare Latvia as it natural enemy, and Estonia would propose one against Russia. The following day both Latvia and Sweden would declare Russia at their natural enemy, and the stage was set for an full multi-front war in the Baltic.
China Enters The War
In response to the entry of Sweden into the war, China would then enter the war through original Russian regions that had been occupied during the Serbia-Russia War in an attempt to support its allies in the region. China would make slow advancements into Swedish held territories in the coming days, eventually facing a strong Swedish defense in Norrland and Sameland.
As China pushed further into Swedish held territories, ABC nations were forced to contend with Russia forces on their own. As a result, Latvia would be temporarily conquered by Russian forces on May 12th, 2011.
Meanwhile, in the Western Baltic, the countries of Norway and Denmark took the Chinese invasion of Sweden as an opportunity to reclaim some of their territories which had previously been under Swedish control, liberating them by resistance wars.
China bit deep into Sweden, but ultimately was ejected from the theater after repeatedly winning and then losing territories in the Northern Baltic. The Chinese impact did manage to push Sweden back to its original regions. This ultimately would lead to Estonia initiating a war against Finland, as Lithuania, Latvia, and Turkey pressed the attack deep into the Russian mainland.
Turkey Enters The War
About the same time that China's involvement in the war began to escalate, Ukraine's border with enemy ABC nations had been closed by Belarusian resistance wars, effectively closing the Ukrainian front. As a result, Ukraine shifted its forces to the south, focusing instead upon Turkey. On May 12th, Ukraine and Turkey both declared each other as a natural enemy. The following day, Ukraine launched a naval invasion across the Black Sea, targeting the region of Black Sea Coast of Turkey. This would initiate a separate conflict known as the Ukraine-Turkey War, which would ultimately lead to the defeat of Ukraine and set the stage for the Turkey-Russia War in the coming days. This new war would have a tremendous effect upon Russia's ability to combat ABC forces and result in a substantial loss of Russian territory.
The Turkey-Russia War would become the dominate front in the latter part of the war as Russia was pushed further east. With Finland occupied by ABC forces, Ukraine occupied by Turkey, and China removed from the theater, this left only Russia as the final opposition to joint ABC, ONE, and Turkish domination of the theater.
Russia would be conquered on 8 June 2011, effectively bringing the war to a close.
Battles
Day 1255
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Attacker
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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28 April 2011 Day 1255
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Homelskaya
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Day 1256
Day 1257
Day 1258
Day 1259
Day 1260
Day 1261
Day 1262
Day 1263
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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6 May 2011 Day 1263
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Kurzeme
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6 May 2011 Day 1263
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Lapland
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Day 1264
Day 1266
Day 1267
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Attacker
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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10 May 2011 Day 1267
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Dainava
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Day 1268
Latvia Falls!
Day 1269
Day 1270
On May 13th, 2011, with no mutual border with ABC nations, Ukraine began an independent military action against Turkey, leading to the Ukraine-Turkey War. From this point onward Ukraine would no longer be involved in the Second Baltic War and eventually be conquered by Turkey in the days to follow.
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Attacker
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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13 May 2011 Day 1270
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Vidzeme
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13 May 2011 Day 1270
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Louna-Eesti
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Day 1271
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Attacker
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Defender
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Result
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14 May 2011 Day 1271
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Gotaland
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Day 1272
Day 1273
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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16 May 2011 Day 1273
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Zemgale
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Day 1274
Day 1275
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Attacker
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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18 May 2011 Day 1275
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Zemgale
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Day 1278
Day 1279
Day 1280
Day 1281
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Attacker
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Region
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Defender
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Result
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24 May 2011 Day 1281
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Latgale
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24 May 2011 Day 1281
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Kaliningrad
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Day 1282
Day 1283
Day 1284
Day 1285
Day 1286
Result
The war was a major set-back for EDEN and Terra, resulting in the wiping of Ukraine, Russia, Finland, and Belarus. Swedish expansion would be mitigated, but with few remaining enemies in the region it held a strong position as a dominate power in the Baltic. ABC would also greatly expand its borders and solidify its position as unified power in the region. Turkey would reap the rewards of conquering not only a large portion of Russia, but also much of Ukraine. Even Poland would expand its borders by securing the Leningrad Oblast and portions of Ukraine.
With control of the region under its belt, ONE and its ABC and Turkish aligned powers could refocus its priorities to maintaining control of the Balkans, as well as begin yet western incursion during the Second ONE invasion of France and a possible attack upon the remaining Terra powers in the Americas.
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