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The Antarctic War on Terrorism, also known as the Antarctic War on Tyranny, is a large-scale currently ongoing war involving many Antarctic countries either through fighting in the war or supplying one of the combatant sides with military, medical or intelligence aid. It technically started 23rd September, 2014, when the Newdeal Civil War began, but it can officially be said to have began 1st November, 2014, when the Short War began. It eventually spread to a large scale Antarctic war involving tons of nations. Although most of the terrorists/scarerists are not allied whatsoever, they were all deemed as enemies during a 2014 UAN resolution.

In December 2015 the war escalated with the terrorist attacks on South Pole City on November 30, 2015. The US president stated his country will fight to the death to end those terrorists once and for all. Simon McClark, Brant Esser, and president of USA Spike Hike convened in Shiverpool and both agreed the war will go against all forms of terror existing in the world; and that they will fight crime as well, dragging walrus armies directly into the war on terror.

On August 10th, 2016, Little Penland and United Provinces signed a ceasefire, which on August 24th, 2016 was turned into a formal peace treaty, officially ending the war in Penland. Small insurgencies and battles continued in Penland up until the end of September, by when resistance to the UP in Penland died out as polls carried out by the UP government showed 66% of Penland's population agrees with the peace treaty.

The last few months of the war, before September 24th, 2016, were very quiet and uneventful mainly because the counter-terrorist operation proved to be very effective. By the end of September, most terrorist groups gave up fighting. East Pengolia and the Western Union previously held talks together in which they would outline cooperation between the two regarding economy, therefore establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations. An embassy was opened in East Pengolia's capital and East Pengolia would have an economic boom after the end of the war and after East Pengolia outlined its interests in friendship with the UP; with the golden age for East Pengolia ending in 2021.

Prelude to the War
Finally, in late 2014, it was acknowledged by the UAN that terrorist activity in Antarctica had increased significantly in recent years. Margate and Snowiny put forward a proposal that would entitle those nations under attack to use military force to stop the attackers, and arrest them if possible, no matter what UAN nation they could be found in. Only one nation voted against, while all others voted for or abstained. Thus, the "Antarctic War on Terrorism" officially began.

9/23 Attacks
Around 5:07 PM in Winsburg, on September 23rd, 2014, a huge, loud explosion happened inside the Penguin Bank office building and headquarters in Snowiny. Almost immediately, fire trucks, police and ambulances arrived to the scene. Over the next few minutes, the situation got worse as tons of smoke was released into the air and the building is burning even faster and the fire is getting bigger.

At 5:20 PM, a second explosion happened at a Veggie Emporium in downtown Winsburg.

In the meantime, at 5:46 PM, a bombing happened during a soccer match between Frankterre and Austiceia. All the players and the audience was immediately evacuated as the northern side of the stadium started rapidly burning. At 5:59 PM, the northern side of the stadium collapsed while people were still trying to evacuate.

Hostages were taken in another Veggie Emporium restaurant, in Greenfield around 6:33 PM. 32 hostages were reported to be held, including 5 staffers, one of them the very manager of the Veggie Emporium restaurant there, Arnold Henderson. Henderson was killed around 10:47 PM when the police assaulted the restaurant and attempted to free the hostages (20 were freed, 12 were killed). There was another mass shooting ongoing at Parie around 6:39 PM, but the perpetrators (Nexonan and Puffalian nationalists) were quickly brought down and apprehended.

There were no more attacks after those; the Penguin Bank Snowinian headquarters collapsed around 7:15 PM after two hours of burning. The downtown Winsburg Veggie Emporium fire was extinguished by 8:00 PM, with only 4 deaths.

Meanwhile, right after the first attack, Robert Smith refused to leave the government building as he believed the bombing was not a terrorist attack; at 5:23 PM, after the second explosion, he and the government were evacuated to an undisclosed location outside Winsburg. Robert Smith spent the entire night there, and the next morning, he made a press statement stating that Snowiny will get revenge for those barbarian attacks, and that Snowinians should forever remember this great tragedy and pay respect to their lost ones. The Frankterran president was also furious with the attacks and stated "that Frankterre is not afraid of those terrorists".

At 5:04 PM on the next day, the final stats for how many penguins died in the attacks; there were 109 deaths and 197 wounded in Snowiny and 193 deaths and 264 wounded in Frankterre. Both countries declared 1 month of national mourning, and the Snowinian king kept Snowiny at the highest state of alert for 2 weeks. The perpetrators of the attacks were revealed to be Puffalian and Nexonan terrorists striving for the liberation of their homelands.

Two Battles of Deste Sevrin (Jan 13 - Feb 23, 2015)
On January 13, tensions rapidly escalated in the Toplica Region of Penland in the east. The town of Deste Sevrin was besieged by Penlandian insurgents, leading to the First Battle of Deste Severin, with 5,000 Penland troops facing 24,000 Snowinian troops. Snowinians were wrecked in disaster, and quickly withdrew to the outskirts of the northern village of Hasbrew. On the morning of January 15, over 100,000 Snowinian troops arrived on the scene, facing about 25,000 Penlandian irregulars. The battle was extremely bloody, and lasted 39 days, becoming the longest recorded battle taking on a single place, with no breaks. The battle finally ended after the 39 days, with 70,000 dead Snowinian troops (with 37,000 dying of hunger and no-sleep) and all the Penlandian irregulars killed (500 tried to retreat, but got followed and killed by the Snowinians).

The 39-day battle was nicknamed "The Nightmare of Sevrin" and was deemed a national tragedy, and Snowiny's biggest military defeat in over 400 days. Though the battle was won by the Snowinians, most Snowinians refuse to call it a victory because of what happened during the battle. This military defeat was considered humiliating by penguins worldwide, both that support and dislike Snowiny, and by some national leaders as well. A national day of mourning was called on Feburary 24th and a rally took place in the Emperors' Avenue in the Snowinian capital (The Emperors' Avenue was the original mansion of the former Osloven emperors, where they lived). People carried banners "NO TO TERRORISM", "END WAR", and Snoss, North-Joseonan, and Zhouese flags were burnt. This caused an international shock.

Acadia joins the war
Acadia became one of the first countries to join the fight against terror, sending around 10,000 soldiers into Penland in February 2015 as a show of good faith to Snowiny, as negotiations were going on about a possible alliance and entry to the Western Union, but also for the high command to test the new technologies and tactics of the Acadian Defense Forces, which had gone a long way since the last major war. These soldiers were crucial to the front at the time, when there were fewer soldiers fighting against Little Penland. By March 2015, the number of Acadian forces in Penland had grown to about 15,000 soldiers.

Aid to Terrorists by Snowzerland, North Joseon and East Pengolia
Snowzerland, North Joseon and East Pengolia have been secretly giving aid to the terrorists for war. On 26th January, 2015, the Snowinian Informative Service (SIS) agents operating in Snowzerland discovered this and the Snowinian government quickly denounced the aid providers, and claimed them to be provoking a "larger war". These countries reluctantly admitted they aided terrorist groups and they said they would stop, but this was a bluff. They did not stop aiding the terrorists. Agents have not yet found out that they are still aiding the hostiles.

Operation: Put This to an End
On April 24th, 2015, Snowiny, Margate, Frankterre, Shops Island, Rusca and Acadia started the Operation: Put This to an End. The idea was to finally end months of pain, suffering and war in one operation. The most high tech military equipment was used by all the countries and Snowiny and Frankterre are currently collaborating to make a large new bomb missile with very high tech powers. The operation has began at 4:20 PM Snowinian time and it is currently ongoing pretty well with rapid victories in Penland, Nexon and Munijoch. The missile project between Snowiny and Frankterre is not yet finished and it is expected to take a month or two to finish the first one, after learning the entire formula for it, then produce tens of thousands of them within the next 3 months after that. With the need to produce tens of thousands of the bomb missiles, hundreds of new factories and jobs will be opened as well all around the participating countries AND the Circular Powers.

Shops Island had originally tried to stay out of the war, only sending military equipment and humanitarian aid where it was needed. But, on April 20th 2015, a terrorist attack was carried out in Vonkouver by the NNM. President Lavender realized that he could no longer stand idle to the threat of terrorism, and mobilized the military (that which was not already on Planet 1984) for the war.

Bombs Finished, May 2nd 2015
The bombs have been finished by Frankterre and Snowiny. Thousands of large, outstanding bomb missiles with very high tech powers were released. The first ones have been shot at Puffalia and Puffarus, then at Bow Tieland Liberation Movement bases. After two days, both surrendered. All Circular Powers have been given those bomb missiles and are attacking Penland, Puffepelago and other terrorists. The mission is succeeding so far.

Treaty of Zurich
On 2nd December 2015, Margatian President Frederick Mueller made a deal with Snoss Kaiser Swiss Ninja regarding trade and diplomatic relations between the two nations, and the Snoss also announced their support for the anti-terrorist cause of the War on Terror; however they refused to send troops or conduct airstrikes. This resulted in improved relations between the counter terrorists and the Snoss.

January Crisis

 * Main Article: 2016 January Crisis

In late November of 2015, the Red East Pengolian Terrorists carried out a series of attacks in South Pole City, which left 250 dead, the worst terrorist attack in USA history. Over the next few months, the USA, Margate, Shops Island, United Provinces carried out airstrikes on terrorist bases in East Pengolia, which killed the REPT leader. However, as East Pengolia was supporting the terrorists, they said that an East Pengolian official was killed, and gave the USA and Margate an ultimatum. The countries rejected it after intelligence found otherwise.

On January 5, a Snowinian fighter jet was shot down by East Pengolian jets, killing all three on board. That same day, three terrorists were apprehended carrying three undetonated bombs near where the Western Union new capital talks took place in Acadia. In return, the United Provinces blockaded the East Pengolian coast, and Western Union countries placed sanctions on East Pengolia, nearly destroying its economy. The UP gave East Pengolia an ultimatum, which they accepted, to save their economy. On January 21, the crisis was considered over.

Tropicalian Support
Following the Tropicalian entry into the war, over 100,000 soldiers were deployed in top battlegrounds across Antarctica. This has heavily boosted anti-terrorist morale in Penland, where the arrival of 25,000 fresh, new soldiers to replenish the ranks of the many tired 185,000 Western Union forces currently deployed in Penland, who have been fighting almost nonstop since 2014. This has also been crushing for the terrorists, as they have also been fighting since 2014, and whose numbers are depleted. Little Penland forces, numbering around 30,000 only have been pushed the farthest south in months, and it is expected that the arrival of the Tropicalian troops will be the final nail in the coffin for Little Penland.

Asiapelago Battle
16 days after the attack in Tropicalis, the terrorists took advantage of the incoming troops headed for the battles against Little Penland and revealed to have allied themselves with members of S.H.A.R.K. and the Puffalian Liberation Movement when they hijacked a few military battleships and wreaked havoc on a nearby military base and nearly brought a city to ruins. Support from the nearby country of Gernomia came just in time when the ships attacked a small town on the coast of one of their islands. Several more refugees fled from the damage and destruction of their hometown and headed for other nations while the terrorists were being beaten back. The island was retaken but the terrorists fled. Tropicalian troops retook the battleships and returned to fight in the war against Little Penland and the military of Gernomia decided to lend a helping flipper.

Ongoing War in Penland
The Penland Independence Movement and Nexonan Resistance launched massive and destructive attacks onto Penland and placed their troops over there. The governor of Penland (who is loyalist to the UP and is a Snowinn by ethnicity and is unpopular with Penlandic penguins), Bob Emerald, declared a state of emergency. Terrorists started a massive bombing campaign against major Penlandic cities and the war in Penland never got more powerful and brutal than before. McClark declared a state of emergency and ordered the military be mobilized and sent to Penland to battle the terrorists. The battle is not going well and large parts of Penland are occupied. Little Penland then proclaimed the Independent State of Penland. According to the statistics of the 16th of June, over 55,000 penguins have been killed since this part of the war started, which is a massive death toll for the Penland area which has a population of around 3,000,000.

List of Terrorist Attacks carried out during the War
Main Article: List of Terrorist Attacks during the AWOT
 * 1) Venerito, Penland Train Bomb Attack (December 12, 2014)
 * 2) 2 SSFR attacks in Parie (January 2015)
 * 3) January 2015 Sealien Terrorist Attacks (January 25/26, 2015)
 * 4) February 2015 SPC Attacks (February 3, 2015)
 * 5) February 2015 Acadia Attacks (February 8, 2015)
 * 6) 2015 Vonkouver Terrorist Attacks (April 20, 2015)
 * 7) May 2015 South Pole City Train Attacks (May 3, 2015)
 * 8) November 2015 SPC Attacks (November 30, 2015)
 * 9) May 2016 Golden City Attacks (May 1, 2016)
 * 10) May 2016 North Polar City Attacks (May 2, 2016)
 * 11) May 2016 Winsburg Attacks (May 3, 2016)
 * 12) July 2016 Tropicapolis Attacks (July 18, 2016)
 * 13) August 2016 Mcdonalds City Attacks (August 23, 2016)
 * 14) September 2016 Munijoch WhiteBlood Genocide (September 30th, 2016)

Trivia

 * As it was never targeted by terrorists, Ed Island declined to aid other countries in the war, citing that it would be a drain of resources.