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Coalition Navy Scores Massive Victory in Anantonese Ocean
The World Congress Military Coalition scored a stunning victory in the Anantonese Ocean, as a joint Hutorian, Istalian and Vanukean Fleet was able to draw out and thoroughly destroy the Hulstrian Reichmarine’s main Battlefleet. The battle plan, codenamed Operation Spring Ring, involved a joint task force of Frigates and Destroyers poking their noses close to the Hulstrian’s main port, luring out the bulk of the Battle Fleet, in pursuit. No sooner did the Hulstrians thought they caught their quarry before a pair of Hutorian Sentinel class Submarines, believed to be the HMHS-Leviathan and HMHS-Aslan, put a spread of torpedos into the Vendetta, the flagship of the Hulstrian Navy, and its primary air defence platform. With their chief air cover gone, Vanuku’s Fleet Fleet, the 1st Strike Group of the Istalian Navy, and the 3rd Carrier Battlegroup of the Hutorian 2nd Fleet, pounced, unleashing a frenzy of Fighter Bombers from their respective carriers and cruise missiles from Cruisers and Destroyers. The short but exceedingly sharp engagement, only lasted a short time, but losses for the Hulstrians were near total, with of their Fleet put underwater. The remaining Hulstrian ships that had remained in port, were attacked by a wave of Cruise Missiles launched from the Coalition Navy that disabled shore defences, radar stations and port facilities, effectively ended the Reichmarine as a viable combat force. Vice Admiral Amelia Shaw, commander of the Hutorian 2nd Fleet, has stated.
“This is an immense victory and gives the International Military Coalition total naval supremacy against Hulstria. We can now offer total naval support for our advancing ground forces, and we will aid in making sure this war is as short as can be humanly possible.”
Cruise Missiles Launched from Istalian Cruisers
Coalition Naval Supremacy has been effectively ensured since this conflict has begun from the overwhelming number of Hutorian and Istalian Ships that have been enforcing the naval blockade against Hulstria, with the arrival of Vanuku’s legendary First Fleet, merely adding salt to the wound.
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Hutorian Marines make landfall in western Hulstria
The Kingdom of Hutori has officially made landfall in western Hulstria as the 1st and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Forces, managed to carve out a beachhead along the coastline under intense naval bombardment and air support from the Coalition Navy off the coast. Under the overall command of Major General Ian Miller, the 1st MEF made landfall near Falkensgrad, in the southern postion of Bodenvaria while 2nd MEF landed in central Karsland near Altenbach. Attempted Hulstrian counter attacks were beaten back by a combination of the dug in Marines, air support grinding down concentrations of troops as they advanced, and intense naval bombardment from the escorting fleet off the coast.
Marines of the 6th Marine Expedionary Regiment in Western Hulstria
Brigadier General Alexander Winthrop, commander of the 1st MEF, stated he was surprised that the Hulstrians hadn’t put more effort into removing the beacheads, but he was hardly surprising, considering the overwhelming force that was present in the north, and the ongoing issues with the Septembrists and Communists in the eastern portions of the country. The Marines are currently holding positions in their established beacheads, though its expected that any further arrival of force by Coalition forces may encourage the Marines to advance beyond being simply a thorn in the side of the Hulstrian Army and needed to keep forces watching the 40,000 Marines currently encamped on the Hulstrian coast.
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Coalition Air Forces launch Operation Crimson Lightning
In an overwhelming show of force, the International Coalition launched Operation Crimson Lightning, a massive air assault, throughout all of northern and western Hulstria, by both allied air forces in Kazullia and allied naval air forces off the coast from the coalition navies. The Operation began with a massive missile bombardment from both Destroyers and Cruisers off the coast and the dreaded HB-22 Emancipator Bombers of the Hutorian 6th Bomber Wing, that targeted the Hulstrian Air Detection systems, Airfields and Command & Control centres, effectively blinding the Hulstrian’s picture of the air in the north and western portions of the nation. This was followed up with a stunning blitz by allied Fighters and Fighter Bombers, as they pushed hard into Hulstrian airspace, clearly a bloody path of any Hulstrian Air Forces assets still flying, effectively grounding them, continuing to targets remaining Air Detection and Command & Control Centres, giving total air supremacy to the International Coalition. General Keith MacMaster, overall commander of the Hutorian Air Forces in Dovani, and de-facto commander of all Coalition Air Forces operating over Hulstria, issued a statement.
“The success of this operation can not be understated. By denying the Hulstrian the Air, we now have total freedom to move within Hulstria, to harass and support our brave soldiers on the ground and bring an end to the Nimitz Regime. This was done to show to Nimitz that he is entirely outclassed by the forces arrayed against him, and to seek terms before he brings the entire nation down around him.”
HB-22 Emancipator Bomber Launching a Missile
Operation Crimson Lightning served the dual purpose of both gaining air supremacy for the Coalition, but also blinding the Hulstrians from seeing the arrival of Kazullian and Hutorian Airborne forces, 1st “Brandr” Airborne Division and the 6th Airborne Division respectively, who have landed in Septembrist held territory, giving the Septembrists an addition 50,000 hardened and heavily armed combat troops, both to spearhead further assaults and to resist any Hulstrian counter attacks while awaiting the arrival of further troops from the north.
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Coalition Launches Operation Rolling Thunder
The long awaited Coalition ground offensive has begun, as General Paul Driscol, Supreme Commander of the World Congress Military Coalition, confirmed that Operation Rolling Thunder has been launched. Operation Rolling Thunder has been in the planning method for months, as more and more nations committed troops and material to the war effort against Hulstria. With the success of troops working in Ostland going extremely well, and the arrival of Dorvische and Alorian combat forces, in addition to the awaited 160,000 additional combat troops from Hutori proper, following the Air Forces Operation Crimson Lightning, Rolling Thunder went into effect shortly there after.
Troopers of the Hutorian 7th Air Cavalry Regiment moving into the Field
All told 505,000 total Coalition forces smashed into the combined Hulstrian lines, including numerous elite Armoured formations, after an overwhelming artillery barrage that utterly smashed the opening defences of the Hulstrian border positions. The Coalition’s First Army Group, comprising 280,000 Troops, and made up of a combination of Hutorian, Dorvische, Alorian and Kazullian forces, aimed their strike against the Handenberg border as the main hammerblow. Meanwhile to the west, the Coalition’s Second Army Group, made up of 225,000 troops was made up of a combination of Hutorian, Dorvische and Kazullian forces, smashed into the northern Bodenvarian border. The overwhelming scale of this offensive, sent shock and awe throughout the Hulstrian lines, as Great Hulstrian Divisions surrendered wholesale, while tougher Hulstrian regular formations attempted to retreat in order in the face of such a massive allied offensive that has long been in the waited.
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Hulstrian Counter Offensive in Ostland Thrown Back
The expected Hulstrian counter attack against the Allied 5th Army in Ostland was beaten back, just south of Rudolphstadt, in northern Ostland. Harassment by the 18th Airborne Brigade behind Hulstrian and Ostlander lines, along with allied air supremacy, and the superiority of Coalition armor, ground the "elite" 2. Armored Division to pieces long before the engagement had begun. Even should the Hulstrians have wanted to commit more, the arrival of Istalian forces in New Verham, forced them to abort a full commitment of battle against the 95,000 Allied troops pressing in from the north, and forced them to divide their forces and aim into the south against the 130,000 Istalian and arriving Vanukean forces that are arriving daily and preparing their own strike against Ostland and Hulstria's southern flank.
Lieutenant General Ryan MacMannis, the Hutorian Commander has meanwhile continued aggressive pursuing the the Hulstrians and Ostlanders, with the arrival of the 10. Panzergrenadier Division from Dorvik directly assisting his own 1st Armoured Division's drive to the south, with the hope of a double pincer attack against the Hulstrian Army in Ostland and dealing a deathblow directly to the Ostlander Regime all in one swoop.
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World Congress Military Coalition Order of Battle Northern Front – 690,000 Troops
General Paul Driscol – WC Supreme Allied Commander
Allied I Airborne Corps – 50,000 Troops (Kazullian Lieutenant General Hans Jager) – Deployed in Mitrian
- 6th Airborne Division (Hutori) – 20,000 Troops
- 1st “Brandr” Airborne Division (Kazullia) – 30,000 Troops
I Marine Corps – 40,000 Troops (Hutorian Major General Ian Miller) – Deployed along Hulstrian West Coast
- 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (20,000 Troops)
- 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (20,000 Troops)
First Army Group – 280,000 Troops (Hutorian General Henry Thompson) – Deployed against Handenberg
- Allied 1st Army - 140,000 Troops
-- Hutorian II Corps - 40,000 Troops
-- Hutorian IV Corps - 40,000 Troops
-- Kazullian I Corps - 60,000 Troops
- Allied 2nd Army – 140,000 Troops
-- Alorian I Corps - 50,000 Troops
-- Dorvische II Armeekorps - 50,000 Troops
-- Hutorian VI Corps - 40,000 Troops
Second Army Group – 225,000 Troops – (Hutorian General Erika MacDonald) Deployed Against Bodenvaria
- Allied 3rd Army – 110,000 Troops
-- Hutorian III Corps - 40,000 Troops
-- Hutorian VII Corps - 40,000 Troops
-- Kazullian 1st Armored Division - 30,000 Troops
- Allied 4th Army – 115,000 Troops
-- Hutorian V Corps - 40,000 Troops
-- Dorvische I Armeekorps - 75,000 Troops
- Allied 5th Army – 95,000 Troops – (Hutorian Lieutenant General Ryan MacMannis) Deployed Against Ostland
- Hutorian I Corps - 40,000 Troops
- Kazullian 18th Special Division - 30,000 Troops
- Dorvische 1. Panzergrenadier Division - 25,000 Troops