Boreal War

Boreal War
From top to bottom, left to right: ENEMY tanks during the CAMPAIGN Trench warfare during the CAMPAIGN Urban warfare during the Battle of Teurek Qymish pilots running to their aircraft Torpedoed ENEMY ship in the Battle of SEA Pattern of contrails left by Qymish and ENEMY aircraft after a dogfight
Date DAY MONTH 2329 – DAY MONTH 2340 (11 years, NUM days) Location Northern Hemisphere of Basis Result Nagur Pact victory (see Aftermath of the Boreal War)
Participants
Nagur Pact: Qym Astamon Thyon Tamodia Gosaria and others...	Great Alliance: Riuden Zandomia Holaria Prugundy and others...
Commanders and leaders
Main leaders of the Nagur Pact: Bacha XVI (2332–2340) Bacha XV (2329–2332) PERSON PERSON PERSON PERSON	Main leaders of the Great Alliance: PERSON PERSON PERSON PERSON
Casualties and losses
NUM–NUM million deaths (military and civilian)(see Casualties of the Boreal War)

The Boreal War (DAY MONTH 2329 – DAY MONTH 2340) was a global conflict almost exclusively fought in the Northern Hemisphere of Basis.

Background

Political and military alliances

The structural reasons that explain the outbreak of the Boreal War include strong nationalism, the rise of imperialism, and the expansionist ambitions associated with them, such as Holarian irredentism, previous unresolved conflicts (NAME War and Holaro–Thyonese War), to which are added economic rivalries, a complex system of military alliances developed between the different Darochian and Meranian countries during the early 24th century following the tumultuous 23rd century, which notably saw the Qymo–Thyonese Wars and the OCEAN War.

In Meran, a shift in alliances between the great powers occurred in the decade before the war. Qym, whose historical rivals were in Southern Meran, particularly Prugundy and Thyon, signed a non-aggression pact with the latter in 2323. That same year, Prugundy, a long-standing Thyonese ally, allied with Holaria, a long-standing Qymish ally and Thyonese rival, as well as with the Darochian great power of Riuden. Two years later in 2325, the three powers signed a new alliance treaty with Zandomia that became known as the Great Alliance.

In response, the Nagur Pact was signed on DAY MONTH 2327 in Nagur, County of Nagur, Qym, by the representatives of Astamon, Gosaria, Imendia, and Qym. After several diplomatic overtures and personal visits by King Bacha XV to Polamdi, Thyon officially joined the pact on DAY MONTH 2329 along with Tamodia, while a Holarian military build-up was ongoing at their respective borders.

Prelude

• Holaria wants Tamodia; threatens Thyon and Qym.
• Prugundy fears Qym and it allies with other countries in Meran and Daroch, forming the Great Alliance.
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Legacy

Memorials

Thousands of memorials were built after the war to commemorate specific battles or casualties in general.

The Boreal War Memorial in Teurek is the largest memorial in Qym, commemorating the fierce Battle of Teurek. It holds the remains of 75,000 identified Qymish soldiers and over 125,000 unknown soldiers, honoring 200,000 soldiers in total. U/C

See also

• War aims of the Boreal War