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10 Days War
An anti-aircraft crew of the Verteidigungsstaffel fire their FlaK 18 at incoming enemy aircraft
Date 17 January 1913 - 27 January 1913 Location Hundermenschen Result Rotgeheiman, Hundermenschen, and The Goryevdre Islands victory
Belligerents
Hundermenschen Rotgeheim The Goryevdre Islands	Porant Volsvakia The Grand World Order
Commanders and leaders
Kinsten Wiebe Burchard Schnitzer Florian I Reiner Mäder Bernhard Schlessinger Siegfried Feilhaber James Harrison	President of Porant Grand Commander Athena Agatha Griffith
Casualties and losses
Military Dead: 100,000 Civilian Dead: 300,000 Total Dead: 400,000	Military Dead: 250,000 Civilian Dead: None Total Dead: 250,000

The 10 Days War was a conflict that began when Porant declared war on Hundermenschen due to the latter's lack of a democratic form of government. A "domino effect" resulted as several more nations were pulled into one of two sides. Initially, it seemed as if the attacking armies were going to be victorious, but as Hundermenschen called upon allies to assist, the invading forces were repulsed and forced to agree to peace out of fear of invasion themselves.

The short ten-day war inflicted hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides. Hundermenschen received the most casualties out of all, due to their nation being the battleground in nearly all engagements.

Background

Porant was a strong country both politically and militarily that advocated strongly for democratic forms of government. The strong ties they held throughout their region and the world enabled them to meddle in matters globally, influencing foreign governments and decisions made in distant lands. Porant eventually took notice of Hundermenschen, a gigantic nation led by an autarch. Porant wished to flex its political muscles and demanded that Hundermenschen resort to a more democratic government, to which they received a negative reply. Tensions rose between the two nations as Porant repeatedly demanded for democratic rule in Hundermenschen. Hundermenschen continued dealing with its own internal issues (Hundermenschen was going through an intense drought at the time of this crisis) and ignored the barrage of threats from Porant.

Porant decided enough was enough and that matters had to be dealt with by force. Porant declared war on 17 January 1913 at 10:49 a.m.

Opening Hostilities

Porant Strikes First

Porantan Naval Forces began moving towards Hundermenschen a mere hour later. This was the beginning stage of Operation Groundforce, which the President of Porant personally designed. It entailed the Navy moving alone to the Northern Coastline of Hundermenschen, bombarding the cliff fortifications from the sea. Porant naval strength numbered two aircraft carriers, seventeen destroyers, two submarines, and fifteen military transport ships. This naval force was to be reinforced by the Porant Air Force which was tasked with overseeing the transport of troops onto the beach and up the cliffs.

The naval force assigned to invading Hundermenschen arrived at its destination around 3:20 p.m. The bombardment commenced immediately. The lightly-defended cliffs on the Northern Coastline sustained heavy casualties during the ensuing bombardment. The Porant Air Force arrived around 6:00 p.m. and immediately, along with the military transport ships, began ferrying troops onshore. Offloading troops sustained significant casualties due to the remaining defenders, although these losses were not substantial enough to halt progress. A beachhead was established by 8:30 p.m. Once word had been received by Hundermenschen High Command that such high damage had been done, several Hundermenschen Army Groups were assigned north, tasked with repulsing the invasion.

More Nations Join

After the initial strike on the Northern Coastline, Hundermenschen High Command realized the daunting task they were presented with. Luckily, The Goryevdre Islands realized the dire situation and came to assist. The Goryevdre Islands declared war on Porant and mobilized its Coast Guard and International Reaction Force. The latter was deployed to Hundermenschen the next day.

Porant was not without her allies, either. The Union of Socialist Republics of Volsvakia, a trade partner of Porant, declared war on Hundermenschen. Volsvakia justified the act by claiming Hundermenschen to be a threat to international business.

Fighting Continues

Arrival of the Volsvakians

Late in evening on January 17th the first vessels of the 7th Shock Fleet of the Volsvakian Navy began arriving in the waters off the Northern Coastline. A large force of nearly forty ships - which was comprised of two aircraft carriers, several battleships and cruisers, several frigates, over a dozen destroyers, and many more transport ships - began to reinforce the already present Porantan forces. The flagship of the Volsvakian Navy, the VNS Gegemoniya, led the Volsvakian 7th Shock Fleet. Volsvakian Admiral Yuri Verchenko immediately contacted the Porantan commander and organized a meeting to begin planning for the next phase of Operation Groundforce.

Rotgeheim Joins the Fight

Hundermenschen, realizing the humongous threat now looming over, contacted a new ally. Rotgeheim was alerted to the ever-growing threat of annihilation that Hundermenschen faced and announced internationally on January 18th, 1913 that they would be intervening on the defending side. The Verteidigungsstaffel, a quick-reaction force separate from the military of Rotgeheim, was immediately and hastily sent to Hundermenschen. Nearly 300,000 troops were sent within the first two days. Rotgeheim Naval Forces and Air Forces were mobilized and sent around the Western Coast of Hundermenschen. Their responsibility was to destroy the navies of Porant and Volsvakia and eliminate any attempt at allowing them to further reinforce the troops already ashore.

First Engagements of the Verteidigungsstaffel

Breaching the Porantan Defensive Perimenter

The nearly 300,000 troops of the 1st VS Panzer Army (German: 1. VS-Panzerarmee) embarked upon the trek to engage the Porantan forces in the beachhead on the Northern Coast. The II VS-Panzerkorps (composed of the 1st VS-Panzer Division Kaiser Florian von Horn, 5th VS-Panzer Division Wiking, 11th VS-Panzergrenadier Division Selbstständigkeit, and 16th VS-Panzer Division Sturm) spearheaded the advance at the Porant forces. Unbeknownst to the Rotgeheim troops, however, the Porant forces had advanced nearly 50 km outside of the beachhead and were established in a spherical defensive position around the landing site.

The first engagement occurred early in the morning of January 20th, 1913. The 5th Reconnaissance Battalion of the 5th VS-Panzer Division Wiking encountered infantry (later revealed to be an infantry regiment) in a small village and fighting broke out between the two sides. The Rotgeheim troops radioed for help and nearby troops of the 2th Panzer Battalion of the 1st VS-Panzer Division Kaiser Florian von Horn arrived at the battle scene. Porantan forces were quickly outnumbered as the technologically superior Rotgeheiman troops poured into the battle zone. The combined infantry and armor assaults by the 1st VS-Panzer Division and the 5th-VS Panzer Division allowed for the encirclement and destruction of defending Porantan forces. A 12-long incision was made into the Porantan defensive perimeter by the II VS-Panzerkorps and more troops poured into the surrounding area, drawing a definitive line between the two opposing factions.