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Second War of Greater Holdinia Summary
Date: June 2007 - November 2008
Locations: Holdinia
Result: St Samuel & Allies victorious. Emergence of the United Federal Kingdom of Saint Holden
Deaths (approx.)
Military: STS - 112,461, S/Hol - 287,349
Civilian: 44,321
Total: 444,131
Main Combatants
St Samuel & Allies Southern Holdinia & Allies
St Samuel
Abu Omar
Calizorinstan
Samah Island
Abu Hana
Lariya
Di Maria
Della Cruz
North Ossiana
South Ossiana
Mount Francis
Bevanbrook
Port Derbyshire
Barrington Hill
Fort Booth
San Nicholas
Fort Glendale
St Eades
Los Kanteena
Viallia
Isle of Louis
Newton Island
Cefai
St Matthews
Charles Island
St Denise
Fort Bradley
St Liam
Taylors Hill
St James Bay
Southern Holdinia
Mount Klaka
Esslmenont
Tuffinica
Moodiqa
Shadiaq
Maleeqa
Sherifidan
Salehstan
Morsey
Vanagos
Dorney Islands
Nomisca
Stock Island
Trasconia
Erdna














The Second War of Greater Holdinia was a regional military conflict which lasted one year from 2007 to 2008. The war came about at the collapse of the Union of Saint Holden and resulted in the creation of the United Federal Kingdom of St Samuel.

Build up to the war

The build up to the Second War of Greater Holdinia had a long and complicated history. The main factors that led to the war were the Stevens Bay conflict, oil disputes between St Samuel and Southern Holdinia and the collapse of the Union of Saint Holden.

Southern Holdinia Trade Embargo

On the 25th of May 2007 the Union of Saint Holden voted to impose a full trade embargo on Southern Holdinia, against the will of a number of member nations. The reason for the embargo was Southern Holdinia's support for Fellini occupation in Stevens Bay. The trade embargo strongly damaged some of the neighbouring countries economies and led to growing tension within the union.

Collapse of the Union of Saint Holden

On the 2nd June 2007 Fort Glendale, Taylors Hill, Di Maria, Goddard Isles, Abu Hana, Esslemont, Mount Klaka, Tuffinica, Savilliana and Fort Booth removed themselves from the Union of Saint Holden over the handling of the Stevens Bay conflict. The conflict in Stevens Bay had taken a turn for the worse and disagreements over the future of Stevens Bay had given rise to cracks in the unity of the Union of Saint Holden.

After the 10 nation pull out from the Union of Saint Holden, St Samuel declared the union a dieing and antiquated union and removed itself from the union signalling the end of the Union of Saint Holden on the 10th of June 2007.

Oil Disputes

After the finding of large deep sea oil reserves off the coast of South Ossiana, by Southern Holdinian scientists, the Southern Holdinia government lay claim to large portions of the oil fields. St Samuel strongly opposed Southern Holdinia's claims and talks over the oil fields ended without a conclusion.

On the 4th of June 2007 Southern Holdinia and South Ossiana cut off diplomatic ties and tensions rose over the under sea oil fields. St Samuel and Southern Holdinia reached an all time low, with St Samuel foreign minister accusing Southern Holdinia of supporting rebel terror groups in Stevens Bay and attempting to steal oil from other countries in the region.

Stevens Bay conflict

The Stevens Bay conflict has a deep history of inter-tribal rivalry and these problems erupted into war in 2007. The collapse of the coalition government led to a civil war with Fellini's fighting against Ossia, Jordini Muslims and Stevinian Curt's. An international task force led by [St Samuel] and including support from Bevanbrook, Samah Island, Mount Francis, Della Cruz, Port Derbyshire, Fort Booth, Abu Omar, San Nicholas, St Eades, Mount Klaka, Port Robertson, Port Thake, St James, Fort Bradley, Calizorinstan, Angaor, Kurona, Tolvan, Siap and UK2.

The international task force was successful in containing the conflict and by the end of May had suppressed Fellini forces and occupied all of Stevens Bay. Rebel fighters continued to fight the international task force.

On the 12th of June it was revealed that soldiers from Shadiaq were supporting the Fellini rebels and receiving arms from AANAN.

Other Factors

On the 7th June 2007 Pro-Union of Saint Holden, Southern Holdinian politican and presidential candidate, Youri Innsbruckheim was found murdered in a hotel room. His political party, Democratic Peoples Party of Southern Holdinia (DPPSH) accused President Wolfgang Von Deissman of Southern Holdinia to be behind the murder. This led to DPPSH supporters clashing with police in Southern Holdinia.

Tensions rise further on the 14th of July after South Ossiana allow St Samuel forces to base themselves in South Ossiana to prevent any attack by Southern Holdinia. On the same day 12 South Ossian sailors are taken prisoner by Southern Holdinian forces after there patrol ship is seized after being accused of straying into Southern Holdinian waters.

Combatants

St Samuel & Allies

  • St Samuel
  • Abu Omar
  • Calizorinstan
  • Samah Island
  • Abu Hana
  • Lariya
  • Di Maria
  • Della Cruz
  • North Ossiana
  • South Ossiana
  • Mount Francis
  • Bevanbrook
  • Port Derbyshire
  • Barrington Hill
  • Fort Booth
  • San Nicholas
  • Fort Glendale
  • St Eades
  • Los Kanteena
  • Viallia
  • Isle of Louis
  • Newton Island
  • Cefai
  • St Matthews
  • Charles Island
  • St Denise
  • Fort Bradley
  • St Liam
  • Taylors Hill
  • St James Bay

Southern Holdinia & Allies

  • Southern Holdinia
  • Mount Klaka
  • Esslmenont
  • Tuffinica
  • Moodiqa
  • Shadiaq
  • Maleeqa
  • Sherifidan
  • Salehstan
  • Morsey
  • Vanagos
  • Dorney Islands
  • Nomisca
  • Stock Island
  • Trasconia
  • Erdna


Arab Alliance of non-aligned Nations

On the 13th of June 2007 Shadiaq, Moodiqa, Maleeqa, Sherfidan and Salehstan formed the Arab Alliance of non-aligned Nations (AANAN) in order to oppose those Arab countries that had shown allegiance to St Samuel. AANAN soon allied themselves with Southern Holdinia and sent 25,000 millitia men to Stevens Bay, to fight against the Jordini Muslims who they believe had turned to St Samuel.

The Second War of Greater Holdinia Timeline

On the 15th of June 2007 Southern Holdinian and AANAA forces amassed in Tuffinica as they prepared to launch an invasion into Stevens Bay. The next day the combined Southern Holdinian, Tuffinican and AANAN force invade Stevens Bay over running the south of the country.

Meanwhile the Southern Holdinian air force began bombing South Ossiana.

Prime Minister De Molay announced that he was sending 200,000 St Samuel troops to move to Stevens Bay.

On the 19th of June 2007 AANAN forces launched attacks on Lariya as reprisals to joining with St Samuel.

20th of June 2007, Mount Klaka and Esslemont allign themselves with Southern Holdinia.

Outright war erupts between Southern Holdinia and St Samuel on the 22nd of June. The main theartres of war being Stevens Bay, Lariya and South Ossiana.

23rd of June 2007 - Fierce naval battles between St Samuel and Southern Holdinia take place around the island regions.

24th of June 2007 - St Samuel forces begin large offensive on Esslemont.

26th of June 2007 - Southern Holdinia invades Savilliana and set out deadlines for St Liam, Fort Bradley, St James Bay and Taylors Hill to join them.

30th of June 2007 - Southern Holdinia launch offensives on St Liam, Fort Bradley and Taylors Hill.

2nd of July 2007 - 100,000 St Samuel troops arrive in St James Bay to support them against Southern Holdinia.

5th of July 2007 - St Samuel and St James Bay launch counter offensive in Fort Bradley against Southern Holdinia forces.

6th July 2007 - St Samuel launch invasion on Mount Klaka.

7th of July 2007 - St Samuel begin bombing campaign on Southern Holdinia.

9th of July 2007 - Large St Samuel ground force invade Moodiqa.

10th July 2007 - St Samuel forces launch invasions on Shadiaq, Maleeqa and Salehstan.

15th July 2007 - St Samuel forces launch invasion on Sheifidan

21st July 2007 - Salehstan forces surrender to St Samuel forces. Sporadic fighting in Salehstan continues.

22nd July 2007 - Calizorinstan declares it's support for St Samuel and pledges millitary support.

24th July 2007 - St Samuel step up operations in Stevens Bay.

26th July 2007 - Calizorinstan forces send 15,000 troops to bolster it's peace keeping forces already in Stevens Bay and a further 10,000 troops to South Ossiana where a force of 30,000 St Samuel soldiers are fighting against a Southern Holdinian invasion force.

27th of July 2007 - The Federation of Angaor pledges it's support for St Samuel.

1st of August 2007 - 10,000 Angaorian soldiers arrive in Stevens Bay. [[St Samuel send a further 80,000 troops along with 5,000 troops from Calizorinstan.

2nd of August 2007 - St Samuel, South Ossian and Calizorinstan forces are victorious in South Ossiana, having routed the Southern Holdinia forces and took 4326 Southern Holdinian prisoners.

3rd of August 2007 - 864 St Samuel civillians reported dead and a further 3622 injured after a day of violence which saw Southern Holdinia targeting civillian structures. The worst hit areas were the De Vere and Saint Claire provinces after Southern Holdinia launched hundreds of missiles from Esslemont. The St Samuel air force also fought valiantly against the Southern Holdinian airforce who attempted to cause mayhem in the south of St Samuel.

5th of August 2007 - St Samuel launch Operation Khaki Flame with a huge force of 150,000 St Samuel troops, supported by 10,000 Calizorinstan troops and 8,000 Angaor troops into Esslemont.

6th of August 2007 - St Samuel and Moodiqan rebels are successful in Moodiqa, after Moodiqa's government forces surrender.

7th of August 2007 - Large numbers of Southern Holdinian and AANAN forces begin surrendering to allied forces.

10th of August 2007 - Southern Holdinia strikes with SCUD missiles on Goddard Islands. St Samuel deploys Patriot missiles to St James Bay and St Liam.

14th of August 2007: Sherifidan forces surrender to St Samuel.

22nd of August 2007: Southern Holdinia troops begin blowing up Tuffinican oil wells.

29th of August 2007: Southern Holdinia forces invade the town of Narravium in Fort Bradley. Southern Holdinia forces are soon engaged by St Samuel troops and artillery.

11th of September 2007: Southern Holdinia forces are driven out of Fort Bradley. Allied Forces win the Battle of Narravium.

17th of September 2007: A bombing raid by St Samuel forces kills 400 Southern Holdinia civilians in an air raid shelter.

28th of September 2007: Allied Forces invade Southern Holdinia with a large scale invasion on the Aramira Province.

15th of October 2007: A Southern Holdinia SCUD missile hits St Samuel barracks near Ossia, Stevens Bay, killing 28 St Samuel troops.

26th of October 2007: President Wolfgang Von Deissman orders the withdrawal of Southern Holdinia troops from Stevens Bay. About 10,000 retreating Southern Holdinia troops are killed when Allied aircraft bomb them.

28th of October 2007: Allied troops re-take Southern Holdinia controlled land in Stevens Bay.

1st of November 2007: The St Samuel Army engages the Southern Holdinia Rhino Division in several tank battles in Southern Holdinia.

6th of November 2007: Southern Holdinia forces launch large scale invasions in Taylors Hill and Savilliana. Allied forces pushed back as far as St James Bay borders.

10th of November 2007: Esslemont focres surrender to St Samuel, small pockets of resistance continue to fight allied troops.

14th of November 2007: Fiearce fighting continues in Maleeqa and Moodiqa as local militias resist St Samuel troops.

19th of November 2007: A 20,000 strong Allied force launches invasion into Tuffinica.

18th of December 2007: Tuffinican forces surrender to St Samuel.

24th of December 2007: Maleeqa government surrender to St Samuel, local militia's continue to fight St Samuel forces.

4th of January 2008: St Samuel begin large scale bombing campaign on Southern Holdinia millitary complexes.

16th of January 2008: Southern Holdinia forces pull back to Southern Holdinia and prepare for a last stand on home soil.

21st of January 2008: Moodiqa government surrender to St Samuel, local militia's continue to fight St Samuel forces.

25th of January 2008: President von Deissman rejects the offer of a conditional surrender from St Samuel.

1st of February - 15th May 2008: The Battle of Southern Holdinia, a two and a half month long battle fought mainly between the air forces of Southern Holdinia and St Samuel. By mid-May the Southern Holdinia Air force had all but been crippled by the Royal St Samuel Air Force, but at a large cost.

26th of May 2008: President von Deissman once more refuses to surrender to St Samuel.

3rd of June 2008: Allied forces invade Aramira Province for a second time and by the 28th of June push Southern Holdinia forces out of the province.

6th of July 2008: Allied forces launch a two pronged invasion into the Kurenburg Province and Lombarda Province.

18th of July 2008: General Jurgen Husch-Bermann of the Southern Holdinia 41st Division surrenders to Allied forces in the Lombarda Province.

25th of July 2008: 36 civillians killed and 87 injured in Saint Maria, St Samuel in the Contradi Shopping Centre bomb blast as Southern Holdinia begins terror campaign targeting St Samuel civillians.

28th of July 2008: 112 civillians killed and 347 injured in Solina, St Samuel after three bombs explode at train stations in Solina.

7th of August 2008: St Samuel forces step up operations in Southern Holdinia and launch a third ground strike into the Mercadier Province.

12th of August 2008: Allied forces launch invasion into the Southern Holdinia Saxonia Province and after five days of fighting and huge losses pull out.

18th of August 2008: 104 civillians killed as Southern Holdinia terrorists blow up St Samuel civillian Flight 912.

21st of August 2008: 19 civillians killed in St Maria, St Samuel after bomb blast at Yeomans Night Club.

28th of August 2008: Large scale surrender of Southern Holdinia forces in Lombarda province.

4th of September 2008: 37 civillians killed in Marienburg, St Samuel after bomb blast at an Italien resturant.

7th of September 2008: Shadiaq government surrender to St Samuel forces.

15th of September 2008: Southern Holdinia forces in Kurenberg Province and Aramira Province.

21st of September 2008: Allied forces invade the Nizucia Province and Catalonia Province.

4th of October 2008: Allied forces launch a second invasion into the Saxonia Province.

8th of October 2008: Nizucia Province falls to Allied forces.

11th of October 2008: Royal St Samuel Air Force begin a five day bombing campaign on Southern Holdinia capital city, Havantdorf.

19th of October 2008: The 9th Royal St Samuel Armoured Division reach the outskirts of Havantdorf. The Battle of Havantdorf begins.

22nd of October 2008: 3,500 Paratroopers from 2nd Royal St Samuel Infantry Division are air dropped in south Havantdorf.

2nd of November 2008: The west of Havantdorf is over run by the 13th Royal St Samuel Mechanised Division.

19th of November 2008: Major-General Heinz Klauzmann surrenders his troops to Allied forces in Havantdorf.

20th of November 2008: The Southern Holdinia Rhino Division makes one last stand in central Havantdorf.

22nd of November 2008: 17th Royal St Samuel Kings Infantry Division and St Samuel Royal Marine Corp storm the Presidential fortress in Havantdorf, President von Deissman is taken prisoner.

24th of November 2008: Major-General Maximus Di Santano of the 7th Royal St Samuel Queens Infantry Division receives the unconditional surrender of the Southern Holdinia Rhino Division.

Aftermath of the war

With the Allied victory over Southern Holdinia forces on the 24th of November 2008, talks got underway in Saint Maria between leaders from all over the Holdinian Isles and former members of the Union of Saint Holden. On December the 2nd 2008 leaders signed the Saint Maria Accord which created one Holdinian state, under the United Federal Kingdom of St Samuel.

Southern Holdinia

A large military peace keeping force remained in the former Southern Holdinia state and after the Saint Maria Accord the region was divided into seven new provinces, Catalonia Province, Nizucia Province, Kurenberg Province, Mercadier Province, Saxonia Province, Lombarda Province and Aramira Province.

Stevens Bay

Stevens Bay was divided into seven new provinces giving the different ethnic groups more power in its respective federal provinces. The new provinces were Northern Ossia Province, Southern Ossia Province, Jordinia Province, Fellistina Province, Lusitania Province, Stevens Bay Province, and the Curtistan Province.

Casualties, civilian impact, and atrocities

War trials

The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the The Second War of Greater Holdinia, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Southern Holdinia or ICTSH, is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute serious crimes committed during the The Second War of Greater Holdinia, and to try their alleged perpetrators. The tribunal is an ad-hoc court and is located in Ajaman, Abu Omar.

It has jurisdiction over four clusters of crime committed during The Second War of Greater Holdinia: grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws or customs of war, genocide, and crime against humanity. It can try only individuals, not organizations or governments. The maximum sentence it can impose is life imprisonment. Various countries have signed agreements with the UN to carry out custodial sentences. The Tribunal aims to complete all trials by the end of 2009 and all appeals by 2010.

Indictees

  • Former President Wolfgang Von Deissman - Genocide, Crimes against humanity, Violations of the laws or customs of war & Grave breaches of the Geneva conventions of 1949
  • Commander Boris Heisch - Unlawful treatment of prisoners in Southern Holdinia area in Stevens Bay
  • General Hugo Schwarzer - For his part in ethnic cleansing in Stevens Bay
  • Commander Franz Birkovic - Murder, rape and persecution in eastern Stevens Bay
  • Commander Reinhard Neuman - Involvement in the Utothika massacre
  • General Jurgen Kausmanan - Persecutions against the Muslim civilians of Stevens Bay
  • Commander Heinz Elk-Daubermann (Commander of Black Operations) - For his involvement in Terror Operations on civillian targets.
  • Former Minister Andreas Kelk - For his role in harassment, abuse, expelling, capture, imprisonment, murder, and torture of Savillianan civilians from the villages surrounding the Gorbia region