Second Korean War
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The Second Korean War was a brief but violent conflict during the Nazi war on Earth. It occurred in two stages: the first was fought between the Greater German Space Reich and South Korea with Coruscanti air support and resulted in the conquest of the South; the second involved a Coruscanti counter-invasion with later participation by the Eastern Union. The campaign ended with the capture of Nazi headquarters outside P'yongyang and the death of CG-X.[1]
Overview
The Korean campaign was a badly-belated response to the Combine Bloc's original strategy to lock Coruscant in a two-front war. It was devised by Frank Horrigan in early 2010, soon after the Space Nazis had secured their foothold in Europe.[2] In October 2011, Kim Jong-il granted the Space Nazis permission to establish field headquarters ten miles south of P'yongyang, secretly hoping to use the Nazis as advance shock troops to weaken the South and allow North Korea to annex the peninsula.[1] The North never officially declared war, and the extent of P'yongyang's participation remains unknown.
Although Coruscant was aware of the base since October 2011,[3] it did not begin intervention until the 2012 invasion of South Korea. By the time it began deploying ground forces, Seoul had fallen and the southern peninsula was effectively conquered by the Nazis. Despite rapid victory against South Korea, the underequipped Nazi expedition was vastly outgunned by Coruscanti forces and was forced into an equally rapid retreat.
With the prospect of a unified Korea out of P'yongyang's hands, Kim pulled a double-face, claiming the Nazis had invaded the North to force its compliance. Once Nazi forces were sufficiently depleted, the Eastern Union joined in the ground attack and served as an intermediary to secure Northern support in a raid on Nazi headquarters. The main base fell in November 2014, and CG-X was executed by Kirill Gedeonin.[1]
Strategic failures
Horrigan's original plan was a large-scale incursion to use both Koreas and coastal China as a springboard into Japan.[2] By the time the operation finally launched, however, the Enclave was defeated, available manpower was drastically reduced, and the mission was re-rationalized as an opportunity raid.[3]
The field officers exhibited confusion as to the mission's objective, as well as skepticism toward its feasibility. Several expressed concerns that the Enclave's defeat rendered the operation pointless if not suicidal; Nikita Brezhnev lambasted both Breen's and Hickten's leadership, yet insisted CG-X see the mission through without providing strategic advice or aid.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=13563822#post13563822
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=8941449#post8941449
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=10968348#post10968348
- ↑ http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=11542842#post11542842
