2nd Union War
The Second Union War, started as a war between the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Komi Republic, which would escalate to become much larger than the first.
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| Timeline: 2075-2076 | |||||
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| Russian SFSR,
Karelia (2076) | Komi Republic,
Udmurtia, Republic of Russia |
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| Fifth Reich (Support) | |||||
Background
See more: 1st Union War
War
On the 3rd of June, 2075, the RSFSR declared war on Komi after the he had obstained from responding to prior ultimatums. By the 29th of June the Red Army had marched north long the Northern Dvina river and captured Bereznik.
Foreign Intervention
On the 16th of July Udmurtia joined the war on the side of Komi, and he also managed to convince the not so enthusiastic Republic of Russia to join as well, after the Republic rationalized that he would have to conquer RSFSR sooner or later anyway. With his morale taking only a minor hit since he had anticipated the possibility of the Republic joining, the RSFSR continued his advance until he reached the defended river Pineaga where most of the army of Komi had been stationed along. He then split his army in two, one consilidating the south of Komi, particularly his small land strip south of the Northern Dvina, including the Russian m8 highway for supply. The second army group meanwhile, marched north, capturing the village of Belush'ye and subsequently cutting the Komi Republic in two on the 6th of November. Due to this, Komi would lose control over his eastern lands which would fall under the control of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Republic of Russia, the frontline vaguely following the Pechora river.
White Offensive
Over the course of the following spring, the Republic of Russia would launch the White Offensive, pushing Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic back considerably. This offensive also included a few minor encirclements, one in the village of Khodovarikha, one in Volonga, one in the entirety of the Kanin Peninsula and one in Tsenogora, where a quarter of the initial northern army group was crushed due to being unable to cross the Reka Mezen' river. In total half of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic's northern army group would be lost, around 60 % of them taken as POWs and the rest getting killed. Two smaller encirclements would also be made in April and May, one in Koida and one in the forest west of the village of Pinega. During this offensive Karelia would join the war as an ally of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on the 21th of March, breaking the short stalemate between him and Komi forcing Komi to retreat back to just his capital of Arkhangelsk where he would hold out for a while. The Republic of Russia would push all the way into Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic propper, capturing the village of Sogra.
Operation Turnaround
On the 3rd of June, exactly one year after the start of the war, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic would use his southern army group to launch an offensive into core Republic of Russian territory, going through the undefended wasteland east of Kotlas, quickly capturing Kirov and spearheading north all the way to the Arctic Sea coast where he captured Chernaya, effecitvely rendering all the forces used in the White Offensive encircled. The Republic of Russia would manage to encircle Kirov and take back the city with the use of his local border guards in the region. This however did nothing to stop the western advances made the Red Army towards closing the encirclement and subsequently crushing half of the Republic's military. In order to save himself from such a devestating defeat, the Republic of Russia sued for peace, in effect giving up much more land than the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ever occupied over the course of the war, his borders now stretching past the Ural Mountains, now all the war to the Ob River.