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The Burgerwherian Invasion [SPNA]

[Skonlandan Peoples National Archive] [SPNA]

Archived May 19th 1987

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On March 12th 1983 the Skonlanda Peoples Defense Forces launched Operation: Red Lightening in which an invasion of the remnants of the Northern Corporate Zone, known as Das Burgerwher, was launched where the Skonlanda Army and Skonlandan Aerial Operations Command both launched combined arms assaults on the cities of Hamburg, Rostock, and Stettin. The initial invasion was a success and the SPDF established a foothold in the Burgerwher. Although, upon uniting the separate invasion forces and pushing south, the SPDF reached the city of Berlin in which an unexpected variable caused the invasion to halt in its tracks. The Royal Schlachtschiff Squadron successfully held Berlin, thus ending the southern push of the invasion. The 34th Peoples Militia were unsuccessful in taking the city, and were pushed back to the surrounding countryside. This spiraled into a counter attack led by the infamous Volkskommandant Jackson Smith in which the invading forces were entirely driven back and only narrowly escaped at the Battle of Stettin in which the Skonlandan Peoples Navy evacuated 900,000 of the original force of 1,400,000 soldiers.

The failure of Red Lightening resulted in the current ruling faction of the SPSP, the Centralists, being voted out of office in favor of the Anarchists who have held power ever since. The Skonlandan Office of Foreign Affairs also adopted a position of cooperation with Burgerwher which remains to this day. Many also believe this event is one of the reasons the United Landon Confederation was founded as the Skonlandan Military Command officially recognized Burgerwher to be a nation with a Level 2 Threat Rating rather than a Level 4 Threat Rating as was initially calculated.

Events Took Place March 12th 1983 - October 9th 1984

The People's Federation of Skonlanda

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