2009 González Archipelago Conflict
Part of González Archipelago Dispute
From left to right: A Narsoran Leopard 2 prepares to fire on torisakian positions. Soldiers of 63rd Parachute Regiment of the torisakian army stand guard in the city of Teñal on the 15th. A pair of NNAF F-16E's in route to the isle on the 14th. A neighborhood of González Isle City after being bombed by the Narsoran National Air Force on the 16th.
Date December 9, 2009-December 16, 2009 (1 Week) Location González Isle, Torisakia Result Decisive Torisakian victory. Narsoran forces suffer heavy losses. González Archipelago remains part of Torisakia.
Belligerents
Narsora	Torisakia
Commanders and leaders
President Timothy Giles Nicolás Ramiro Gen.Micheal W.Nelson	President Steven Douglas Eslard Juhledhel
Units involved
Narsoran National Military	Torisakian Armed Forces
Strength
5,000	25,000
Casualties and losses
37 killed in action, 78 wounded	15 killed in action, 11 wounded
110-140 civilians killed.

The 2009 González Archipelago Conflict nicknamed Operation Ciclón by the Narsoran National Military is a conflict that erupted in late-2009 after military forces from Narsora attempted to retake the Torisakian controlled islands of González Isle.

Background

The island chain known in Narsora as the González Archipelago was annexed by the country of Torisakia in 1973. Since that time the narsoran government made numerous threats to retake the island, and in early-2009 the military began planning an operation to do such.

Conflict

In December 2009, the Narsoran government began Operation Ciclón via an amphibious assault by approximately 1,000 marines in order to secure the nearby Nuevo Lucía Airbase, after an 8 hour battle torisakian forces were pushed back to the city of Teñal and the airfield was captured. Despite landing almost 5,000 troops on the island and the prescence of naval ships in the area, the narsorans were unable to use airpower for the first four days of the operation due to the effective air defense system put in place by the torisakians and only managed to capture around 500 sq.mi of territory and a few small towns. On the 14th, troops of the Narsoran Army reached Teñal; a city of around 105,000 people and found it defended by 25,000 troops from the 5th Armoured Division and 63rd Parachute Regiment. During the nearly two day battle, 25 narsoran troops would be killed and 5 torisakians would be killed, mostly due to the torisakian military's air superiority. On the 16th, the narsorans surrendered and agreed to withdraw from the island.

Aftermath

The conflict further strained relations between the two countries and resulted in near large scale conflict in 2014. The conflict is widely known as a military disaster in Narsora, partly due ill planning, bad intelligence and lack of combat experience by narsoran troops and commanders of the operation. The operation was condemned by many foreign powers, who even contemplated sanctions against the country, by the torisakian central government in Tokai and Narsora drew the ire of both González Isleans and mainland Torisakians. The failure of the operation lead to then President Timothy Giles to dismiss then Minister of Defense Nicolás Ramiro and was one of numerous reasons for the 2010-2011 5-A Protests and resignation of President Timothy Giles in 2011.

Controversies

The Narsoran military was accused of human rights violations by targeting non-military installations, namely for the bombing of the cities of Teñal and González Isle City.