After securing his and the National Salvation Military Council's rule in the Kivonian Republic, Dictator August Reinhardt implemented 9 /17 of the popular Reforming Acts. With this every one expected peace for decades. But there will always exist ambitious people, too ambitious...
On the 14 of February 4599 an assassination attempt was carried out on the life of Dictator August Reinhardt. As soon as the council members Miranda Lippstadt and Ludwig Fort got news of the assassination from another council member, Felix Louis, believing the Dictator to be dead, they suspiciously moved their 4th and 8th Armies to capture important cities around the nation. On the 15th February Lieutenant General Miranda Lippstadt moved her 4th Army towards the Republic's capital, Kivonia, and was surprisingly met by the 2nd Army headed by the newly appointed Major General Dieter Delvental. Lippstadt declared that the Dictator had died of an assassination and that she and Lieutenant General Ludwig Fort were securing the future of the Republic so that the "Conspirators" that had supposedly killed Dictator Reinhardt, wouldn't be able to seize power. But another surprising revelation came to light when Major General Delvental revealed that Felix Louis which had allied himself with Lippstadt and Fort in the planning of the coup, had actually betrayed the two and revealed the coup plans to Dictator Reinhardt. The plan was to kill Reinhardt and after seizing power through military means Lippstadt would be declared Dictator and Fort would become Consul; Head of Government. Shocked to learn that the Dictator was alive, Lieutenant General Lippstadt attacked the 2nd Army on the 15th of February, suffering many losses and realizing that she couldn't win the battle, retreated with her forces to Fort St. Celendus in the province of Tarkut, to regroup with the 8th Army led by Lieutenant General Ludwig Fort. And so with the Battle at the Kivonia Field, the Lippstadt Rebellion began...
The Situation of the Lippstadt Rebellion in February 4599
Blue: NSMC government forces
Red: Rebel forces