Egelian Communist Revolution

This is the known history of the Communist Rebellion in Egelion, the year 2856.

For more information about the war, see Egelion-UKSR War.

Communist Rebellion and the UKSR
A resurgent KCCP would, by 2851, take control of Nou Endralon, Dolgaria and Trigunia, forming the United Keris Socialist Republic. Egelion was able to withstand pressure by the UKSR until October 2856 when the Caille-based communist militant group Caille Byltingarkenndur Vörður (Caille Revolutionary Guard) attacked Nordland and Northmoor. While the Northmoor attack was minor and quickly stopped, the attack in Nordland led to the bombing of SDLP headquarters, the death of Prime Minister Franklin Smith and the seizing of Callean governmental institutions. The CRG declared an independent Caillean socialist state, the Lýðveldið Sosialism Caille (Socialist Republic of Caille). The UKSR immediately declared recognition and support of the new Caillean government, putting it at odds with the Republic of Egelion.

Most of the fighting in the war was contained in the cities of Nordland and Northmoor. While the attack in Nordland led to the successful seizure of the city by rebels, similar attacks in Northmoor were less successful. Violence in Northmoor was brief, and was quelled within a few days. The seizure of Nordland was complete when Commander Josea San Juarez declared a full withdrawal of the Egelian Army from the city. While Commander San Juarez claimed that the retreat was tactical and not a sign of forfeiting the city, it was the first sign that the rebellion would not be quickly quelled.

After the seizure of Nordland, the CBV launched a second attack on Northmoor, initiating the Second Battle of Northmoor. The battle began a string of battles that would see Northmoor repeatedly change hands between the communists and Egelion. While news reports had stated that the rebels had seized anywhere from a third to half of the city of 10 million, Interior Minister Sarah Smith had largely dismissed such reports. The Egelian defense began to weaken, however, and after a two week long battle, rebels took full control of Northmoor as well. The loss of the battle by Egelian forces created what became known as the "Red Corridor" between Northmoor and Nordland, including the territory in between. The control of the Callean rebels rarely extended beyond this point, but the Egelian army was unable to take back any territory.

Reports soon began to tell of aircraft being flown by the rebel groups. As the rebels were unable to capture any Egelian military planes, the Egelian government saw this as final proof of interference by the UKSR. The government soon began to shift its focus on militarizing its boarder to prevent supplies being sent to the rebels. The Egelian navy was also moved to the Caillean coast in order to establish a blockade. The blockades effectiveness was almost immediately clear. Attacks from the rebels stopped within a week and governmental forces soon stormed back into Northmoor only to find undermanned positions and a weak resistance. Colonel Alyssa Jacobs, commander of the forces retaking the city, proclaimed the lack of resistance was a sign of the rebel's poor planning and inability to keep the territory they captured. These claims were substantiated by the fact that the Egelion Air Force had great success against rebel aircraft and the rebels were pushed soon only in control of downtown Nordland.

General Josef Farkas, Supreme Commander of the Egelian Forces, soon became the hero of the war. His planning quickly turned around the war and declared that the end of the rebellion was near. While publicly denying a protracted guerrilla war in the Caillean forests, General Farkas was privately in protracted meetings with the Egelian government figuring out how to quickly end the war before the UKSR fully mobilized. While the rebels had little domestic support, the UKSR saw them as a primary tool for a full scale communist revolution in Egelion. These fears were magnified by the fact that, after the re-capture of Nordland, the leaders of the rebellion fled to New Endralon.

In 2859, the UKSR claimed that the Egelian Air Force attacked the boarder town of Iliescu in New Endralon. UKSR government officials claimed 70 dead, and threatened Egelion with war. Egelion's official position was that the attack came from within the UKSR boarder. In 2860, war between the two powers began with a massive invasion by the UKSR. Roughly 3.4 million soldiers flooded the borders of Amateria and Caille. General Farkas, who had been a national hero the previous year, soon became a national pariah as Egelion forces were quickly overrun.

Return to Peace
The Eigth Egelion Republic was formed in 2873. Following the Egelion-UKSR War, Egelion restructured itself and was renamed the Federal Republic of Egelion.