User:Brant/Acadian Civil War

The Acadian Civil War was a major military conflict which took place in Acadia, its overseas territories, and many other countries around the Antarctic. Lasting for two years, from 2040 to 2042, the conflict was extremely deadly, and resulted in thousands of deaths on both sides. The Acadian Civil War began in 2040 when the Socialist Party, which by that time had become increasingly popular, overthrew the government after a brief rebellion. Despite this, the colonies refused to join the Socialist Republic of Acadia, and the old Acadian allies joined the colonies. The main war ended in 2042 after the invasion of Acadia, but continued in other parts of the Antarctica against socialist Acadia's allies.

Background
The roots of the civil war can be traced to over 20 years before, during the presidency of Brant Esser. During that time, the Conservative Party, which held a majority in Parliament, banned communism and socialism completely. Though the signs had not been seen at the time, the ban only made their teachings more popular, and also angered the communist regimes of Antarctica, which supported the two far left parties. The ban on the socialist party was eventually lifted in 2018, but the ban on the communist party remained until 2028, ten years later.

As the older generation, which had fought in the Antarctic Revolution and founded Acadia began to grow old or die out in the 2030's, the newer generation came to dominate Acadia, a generation that grew increasingly leftist, and bore resentment against the ideals of the Republic of Acadia. This generation began to vote left, and the leftist bloc in Parliament gained a majority in Parliament in the 2035 elections, a first in Acadian history. However, the Presidential Palace was still dominated by a Conservative, along with the High Court.

After the leftist failure in the 2040 to win more seats in Parliament or to place a leftist in the Presidential Palace, the leftist populace rebelled. Within days, the leftists took control over the whole island, including the government district, and placed a temporary military government. Though the old government officials and many prominent Acadians were promised safety, almost all, including the old President Brant Esser, fled to Gilneas after receiving intelligence that the leftist military government was trying to assassinate them.

Eventually, a few months later, fraudulent elections were held, and Parliament became filled with socialists, along with the Presidential Palace, which now finally had a socialist in it. This marked the founding of the new Socialist Republic of Acadia, which replaced the military government. The Acadian colonies however, which were still mostly right wing, refused to accept what they saw as a puppet government of the communist regimes of Antarctica, and instead joined the Acadian government in exile that was living in Gilneas. Seeing this, socialist Acadia declared war on the colonies, and was joined by East Pengolia and North Joseon the next day.

War in the colonies
The socialist alliance quickly drafted plans for an invasion of the colonies, hoping to end the war fast and cement socialist Acadia's rule. However, their hopes were quickly dashed when the United Provinces and Liguria joined the colonies, which now called themselves the Second Acadian Republic. Despite the help, East Pengolian forces were quickly able to overrun the Acadian colony of New Caseusopolis, as it was very small and too far away from the other colonies and their allies to be defended. On the contrary however, a North Joseonan and East Pengolian invasion of Alexandria failed.

East Pengolian forces soon launched an offensive into the Alinorian islands in late 2040, but similar to their invasion over 20 years before, the invasion failed, as Alinor was a much larger colony in population, and its colonial soldiers were quickly able to defeat the invading East Pengolians. Meanwhile, socialist Acadia began to draft soldiers from its population, creating an army of around 1,000,000, to prepare to invade the United Provinces. The socialist government also created the Peoples' Guard, a brutal, elite force of around 10,000, to maintain control on the mainland.

In the winter of 2040, fresh, new socialist forces aided East Pengolia in the invasion of Alinor, which was more successful this time. Socialist forces forced their way through the Alinorian islands, committing numerous atrocities along the way, before reaching the defenses of Alterac, the largest and most populous island. There, the island was defended by numerous colonial and Freezelandian soldiers. The resulting battle of Smithsburg was extremely deadly, resulting in thousands of deaths on both sides, but ended in an Alinorian victory.

Around the same time, 600,000 socialist forces attempted to invade the United Provinces through Penland, but badly underestimated the strength of the United Provinces forces. The socialist forces were defeated after multiple battles, and nearly the entire force was decimated. Only a handful of the original force returned to Acadia or East Pengolia, tired and injured. The invasion of the United Provinces however, provoked the wrath of the United Provinces, which soon prepared, along the the unoccupied Myrish and Tyroshi colonial soldiers, to invade Acadia itself.

In Acadia, a small group of armed right wing militia began to rebel against the socialist government, and soon took control of major parts of Acadia. The socialist government deployed its Peoples' Guard for the first time, aided by hundreds of Acadian socialist soldiers. Though the militia were defeated after a few days, and all its arrested members tortured and killed, it was an excuse for the socialist forces to commit atrocities in Acadia over the next few weeks. The brutal Peoples' Guard continued to torture and kill Acadian civilians over the next few weeks.