NationStates Jolt Archive

The plan had been on the drawing board for years. Proposed in secret by the Minister of Military Affairs directly to the Emperor, the proposed Operation Saber would help expand the Empire greatly and further propel Avadria onto the global scene. It was quickly approved by the Emperor and Minister Kurgen went to work drawing up the plans.

Minister Kurgen had already chose Field Marshal Erwin Troda to lead the assault, seeing him as the best man for the job, despite the conflict between the two. Field Marshal Troda was a young, charasmatic, leader who was well respected by his troops and feared by his enemies.

The plan called for a multi-pronged invasion of the Netherlands, with one force assigned to seize Amsterdam in the west and another to attack from the north of the country. Aiding those forces would be paratroopers from the Imperial Fallondjaega Korps deployed in scattered areas around the south. Within a day of the initial attack, the invading forces would be sent to Belgium and replaced by fresh soldiers to assit in policing the Netherlands.

The invasion of Belgium would see another three pronged attack, this time using a much smaller sea-born force, attacking the Northern coast, while the other group would invade from the North, crossing over from the Netherlands. As well the IFK would see deployment again, dropping in behind enemy lines to help with the assault. Upon seizing Belgium, the nation of Luxembourg would be invaded with little reistance presumed.

Finally after seizing the two other nations, the final wave of soldiers would be deployed in the region. Then the Avadrian forces would begin to put pressure along the French border, finally making a move to push through and seize enough territory to basically cut Europe in half.

The invasion of France is ruled as being the most difficult part of the plan and presumably will see the most lives lost, however victory is predicted. Seeing as it is not the plan to seize all of France, once the objectives of the operation are met, a peace treaty will be proposed to the French as a means to seal Avadria's territorial gains in writing.

Minister Kurgen was now only days away from seeing his plan realized. Soldiers began to prep and get ready to leave, the extent of the plan not yet revealed to either them or the public. All the average person knew, was that war was coming.

I think I'd like to get involved, whever you decide to start.
you might want to get a few more people though.

OOC: Even though this is in DA's earth... I would like to fight as the defending nation(s). I'll just use my own technology, although population and such will be the same as the respective nations that you are attacking.

I'd like to have a bit more experience fighting defensive wars, since most of my recent RPs have been aggressive manuvers.

OOC: Thanks for the interest, but for times sake, I think I'm just going to do a series of summary posts for each area conquored. Maybe at another period of time I'll revisit it and expand on it.

OOC: i would assist you but my nation is already involved in something else and my military is not large enough yet to fight two wars at once.

For future reference, once i am large enough, i will help.

Would you consider an alliance since we are very close to eachother?

-- Jonathan

OOC: We wouldn't accept assistance anyways. And I'll get to the topic of alliances once the land has been offically conquored

(Figured I should revive this)

The day of the invasion was at hand. IFK units had already been deployed behind enemy lines and the invasion force was enroute towards their destination. The initial force was set and at approximately 13:28 the first recorded shots were fired.

Those shots (as reports claim) were fired by Lieutenant Erik Nolan of the Imperial Fallondjaega Korp's 21st Sturmgruppe, somewhere on the outskirts of Utrecht in the Netherlands.

It was only ten minutes later that the invasion force touched down in Haarlem and IJmuiden and the fullscale invasion of the Netherlands began, the invasion of Belgium coinciding with it.

Amsterdam was seized early on in the conflict due to the fact that it is so close to the landing sight, an obvious part of Kurgen's plan. The Hague was also quick to fall, the former International Court of Justice being converted into the planning center for the policing of the Netherlands-Belgium border. However there was still a great deal of country left to seize and the soldiers deployed in the Netherlands went on to bring order and liberate the nation in roughly two-weeks time.

At the same time as war broke out in the Netherlands, Belgium was being attacked by Avadrian forces. The operation happened in a fashion much similar to that of what was going on in the north. A coastal based invasion, supported by paratroopers deployed inland, and the captial being seized early on. Then the rest of country would slowly follow as the military pressed onward towards the eastern border.

However France recognized the aggressive trend and sought to prepare themselves for the inevitable invasion by the Avadrian military. Troops from each side were already being placed on the Belgium-France border, prepared to face each other at any moment.

The IFK was called into action again, this time being dropped enmasse behind the French forces along the border. Soon the French were fighting a two-front battle against the Avadrian's that they knew was a lost cause. Upon defeating the French forces at the border, the Avadrian's advanced southward, acquiring numerous territories from the French, despite the fact that they were locked in fierce conflict in the western half.

After one month of fighting and considerable casualties on each side, a peace agreement was offered that allowed Avadria to retain territory gained in the conflict (with the addition of Corsica) in exchange for a cease fire and agreement not to attack Paris or engage in any military actions beyond the new border.

With that more soldiers were called in to police the newly acquired land in France, while others were shuffled towards Corsica, which would serve as the staging point for the coming invasion of Tunsia.