Late May, Early JuneThe presence of the Dorvish Armed Forces within the main centers of Ghacrow and Doressa prevent the absolute taking of the mainland, however the Dorvish Republic did not officially declare war on Malivia until June 10th, 4337. The Malivian forces pushed heavily into the Darnussia mainland while the Dorvish Armed Forces built up primarily around Doressa in late May, early June. In concordance with the Luthorian Armed Forces, a joint headquarters was established with Dorvish Inspector-General and Chief of Staff, now named Deputy Commander-in-Chief as the head of the joint headquarters, he was subsequently promoted to the rank of General Field Marshal (Dundorfian: Generalfeldmarschall) the highest officer rank within the Dorvish Armed Forces and traditionally reserved for wartime appointments only. State Chancellor Wilhelm Franz von Bahr personally worked with the Ministry of Defense and Supreme General Staff to see to it that the renown General was promoted. Now
Generalfeldmarschall von Rohr-Mauss worked alongside Luthorian General Edgar Black who is serving as the Deputy Commander of the Joint Headquarters.
Order of Battle of the Dorvish and Luthorian ForcesNorthern Front - Ghacrow (Headquarters)1. Panzer-Division (General der Panzertruppe Valtin zu Völksau-Heusmann)
2. Panzer-Division (General der Panzertruppe Maximilian Orndorff)
12. Panzergrenadier-Division (General der Panzergrenadier Marko Kamphaus)
14. Panzergrenadier-Division (General der Panzergrenadier Jörn Kuchler)
11th Armored Brigade (Brigadier General Lewis Hudson)
2nd Armored Brigade (Brigadier General Cassius Summers)
17th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier General Raiden Chen)
20th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier General Erik Guzman)
Southern Front - Doressa (Headquarters)23. Panzer-Division Regismund (General der Panzertruppe Volker Theodoric von Rohr-Mauss)
10. Panzergrenadier-Division "Heilige Dorvik" (General der Panzergrenadier Florian Karlheinz von Färber)
17. Panzergrenadier-Division (General der Panzergrenadier Maximilian Wilhelm von Bahr)
19. Panzergrenadier-Division (General der Panzergrenadier Henning Doebrich)
9th Armored Brigade (Brigadier General Adam Pearson)
20th Armored Brigade (Brigadier General Kian Sharp)
21st Infantry Brigade (Brigadier General Emmitt Vinson)
22nd Infantry Brigade (Brigadier General Jeremy Ratliff)
Reserve - Narikaton500. Grenadier-Division (General der Grenadier Vitus Fleige)
Mid June, beginning of the Dorvish offensiveGhacrow, Darnussia - The decision of the Joint HQ was to rapidly land a combined Dorvish-Luthorian force at Ghacrow, which was not originally the plan which lead to some confusion between Dorvish and Luthorian forces, which allowed Malivian forces to several small suburbs on the eastern portion of the city at the outbreak of the war. The resulting attack on the eastern portion of Ghacrow landed heavy losses on the Dorvish and Luthorian forces on the Northern Front however were ultimately repulsed and kept on the outskirts of the Ghacrow. Primarily the 14th Panzergrenadier Division and the Luthorian 11th Armored Brigade suffered losses and were withdrawn to be re-organized on the island of Narikaton. The Dorvish and Luthorian forces repulsed the attack primarily made by the Malivian forces and were able to mount a counter-attack which was the first action of the war by the Dorvish-Luthorian joint headquarters.
The joint Dorvish-Luthorian offensive wouldn't begin until shortly after the morning of 15th where a joint armored column consisting of the 10th Panzergrenadier Division "Sacred Dorvik" led by General of the Panzergrenadiers Florian Karlheinz von Färber and the 11th Armored Brigade led by Brigadier General Lewis Hudson directly, attacked Malivian positions on the early morning of the 15th and routed Malivian troops, consisting of mostly infantry and lightly motorized troops. Panzer Battalion 11 "Sacred Dorvik" conducted a flanking maneuver alongside the 1st Armored Battalion and broke Malivian troops who were ill-prepared for fighting armored vehicles. Dorvish and Luthorian forces conducted Northwestern flanking maneuver directed at taking back the Northern portion of Darnussia, mostly directed of taking smaller cities of the Darnussian mainland. Lead by the 2nd Armored Brigade and the 1st Panzer Division, the Luthorian and Dorvish forces faced little opposition. Intelligence reports and reconnissance flights primarily placed Malivian forces in the southern portion of Darnussia where the Southern Front, headquartered out of Doressa was.
Fierce fighting took places however in Scharna and the city of Brocindo where Malivian forces in the Northern Front had concentrated themselves. Strategic and tactical command was coming out of Kraw and the Dorvish and Luthorian forces were keen on capturing Kraw as it held the strategic importance of ending Malivian control of Darnussia. However Dorvish and Luthorian forces were successful in establishing a new defensive line (referenced in the map above).
Doressa, Darnussia - Dorvish and Luthorian forces in the southern portion of Darnussia faced a less harsher battle, the Dorvish had already begun staging at Doressa by the time of the Malivia advance and prior to the declaration of war the Malivian advanced stopped, they built up their forces primarily at Rumbrel which became their primary area of operations in southern Darnussia. Dorvish forces, spearheaded by General der Panzertruppe Volker Theodoric von Rohr-Mauss and the 23. Panzer-Division
Regismund conducted operations with the Luthorian forces that focused on capturing Rumbrel, the Dorvish and Luthorian forces were successful and the Battle of Rumbrel was a victory for the Northern Council allies despite facing mounting losses due to the heavily fortified positions of the Malivian's in Rumbrel. It was at this point that the Northern Council made the decision to conduct bombing operations against the Malivian homeland, underneath the umbrella of the Northern Council, Hutorian and Kazulian forces, sent as a small expeditionary force underneath the Northern Council's Joint Headquarters, conducted an aerial campaign against Malivia, targeting strategic locations. Northern Council losses were light compared to the damaged impacted by the aerial campaign of the Northern Council Forces. Dorvish and Luthorian forces were assisted by operations of Hutorian and Kazulian forces, though limited in their scope, they were successful in assisting their Dorvish and Luthorian allies. The Dorvish conducted a breakthrough operation directed at capturing the large city of Hamden and were successful.