Difference between revisions of "Battle of Sumpfland Valley"
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On the HNA side, large numbers of APC's, light armor, and infantry moved into the valley and dug in, expecting the attack. They established hardened Anti-Air positions and anti-tank positions high up in the mountains overlooking the valley. | On the HNA side, large numbers of APC's, light armor, and infantry moved into the valley and dug in, expecting the attack. They established hardened Anti-Air positions and anti-tank positions high up in the mountains overlooking the valley. | ||
==The Battle== | ==The Battle== | ||
| − | Early in the morning the Heimar armored forces moved into the valley and attacked the HNA positions, while the Infantry forces took up the rear and moved in to capture the NBC facility. At the opening of the battle, several Heimar tanks became entrenched in the thick mud and ditches in the valley, as the valley had experienced a large blizzard just a week before the battle, and the snow had melted, creating a swampy, muddy terrain. Many of the trapped tanks were destroyed by HNA TOW missiles, but Heimar began to quickly destroy the HNA positions. By 9 a.m. Heimar picked up momentum and began cutting down the HNA forces with relative ease. By mid-afternoon, the remaining HNA forces withdrew after suffering heavy casualties, and the NBC facility came under Heimar control. | + | Early in the morning the Heimar armored forces moved into the valley and attacked the HNA positions, while the Infantry forces took up the rear and moved in to capture the NBC facility. At the opening of the battle, several Heimar tanks became entrenched in the thick mud and ditches in the valley, as the valley had experienced a large blizzard just a week before the battle, and the snow had melted, creating a swampy, muddy terrain. Many of the trapped tanks were destroyed by HNA TOW missiles, but Heimar began to quickly destroy the HNA positions. By 9 a.m. Heimar picked up momentum and began cutting down the HNA forces with relative ease. By mid-afternoon, the remaining HNA forces withdrew after suffering heavy casualties, and the NBC facility came under Heimar control. Heimar then sent two more Brigades to reinforce and occupy the valley, and a force of attack helicoptes moved in to finish off any HNA forces in the valley. |
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
| − | In the day following the attack Heimar's forces had cleared the entire valley of HNA troops, and advanced toward the retreating HNA front. In total nearly two dozen Heimarn tanks were disabled or destroyed, and 100 infantrymen killed, bringing the total to 158 K.I.A., and about 650 wounded. The HNA suffered nearly ten times as many casualties, with several dozen destroyed IFVs and light armor, and hundreds of dead infantry, a total of about 1100 dead, and 2000 wounded. Heimar gained control of the NBC facility in the valley, and it is expected to be shut down or destroyed. | + | In the day following the attack Heimar's forces had cleared the entire valley of HNA troops, and advanced toward the retreating HNA front. In total nearly two dozen Heimarn tanks were disabled or destroyed, and 100 infantrymen killed, bringing the total to 158 K.I.A., and about 650 wounded. The HNA suffered nearly ten times as many casualties, with several dozen destroyed IFVs and light armor, and hundreds of dead infantry, a total of about 1100 dead, and 2000 wounded. Heimar gained control of the NBC facility in the valley, and it is expected to be shut down or destroyed. Two more infantry brigades moved into the valley to reinforce, occupy, and to pacify the civilians in the valley in the case of any unrest or insurrection. |
Revision as of 03:56, 1 December 2014
| Battle of Sumpfland Valley | |||||||
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| Part of 2014 Hawkwickan Civil War Heimar Offensive |
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 View of the Northwestern end of the Sumpfland Valley in 2012 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom of Heimar
|  Hawkwickan Nationalist Authority
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Klaas Lewerenz
| Ernav Weiss Magnus Arwald Krevik Narheim
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| Units involved | |||||||
Army Group East
| HNA Border Group South
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| Strength | |||||||
| 9156 Troops
| 8104 Troops
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 158 KIA, 682 wounded, 16 MIA | 1129 KIA, 1932 wounded, 148 MIA | ||||||
| 20-50 injured or killed | |||||||
The Battle of Sumpfland Valley was a battle between Heimarn Armed Forces and forces of the Hawkwick Nationalist Authority(often referred to as Dominion Armed Forces), in the Sumpfland Valley in South Hawkwick, on the Hawkwick-Heimar border in December 2014. The battle was part of the opening events of the Heimar invasion and intervention in the Hawkwickan civil war.
Background
In the months before the battle, Heimar pledged military support for the National Freedom Assembly of Hawkwick, and began plans for the invasion of HNA held territory in Western Hawkwick. In early December Heimar began mobilizing several brigades in preparation for the attack. Military planners proposed an initial invasion through the Sumpfland Valley, as it was the only easily accessible pass to the eastern side of the Korpergrobe mountains, and the pass held logistical importance for resupplying and reinforcing the Heimar invasion. Around mid-December Heimarn authorities gained Intel on an HNA NBC facility in the valley, increasing the strategical value of the valley.
Timeline
Preparation
In the days before the attack, the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team mobilized and staged it's forces on the Heimar side of the valley. On the morning of the attack, a large force of Heimarn and Artstotszkan fighter-bombers attacked HNA fighters and airfields to prevent the HNA's air force from attacking the Heimar invaders.
On the HNA side, large numbers of APC's, light armor, and infantry moved into the valley and dug in, expecting the attack. They established hardened Anti-Air positions and anti-tank positions high up in the mountains overlooking the valley.
The Battle
Early in the morning the Heimar armored forces moved into the valley and attacked the HNA positions, while the Infantry forces took up the rear and moved in to capture the NBC facility. At the opening of the battle, several Heimar tanks became entrenched in the thick mud and ditches in the valley, as the valley had experienced a large blizzard just a week before the battle, and the snow had melted, creating a swampy, muddy terrain. Many of the trapped tanks were destroyed by HNA TOW missiles, but Heimar began to quickly destroy the HNA positions. By 9 a.m. Heimar picked up momentum and began cutting down the HNA forces with relative ease. By mid-afternoon, the remaining HNA forces withdrew after suffering heavy casualties, and the NBC facility came under Heimar control. Heimar then sent two more Brigades to reinforce and occupy the valley, and a force of attack helicoptes moved in to finish off any HNA forces in the valley.
Aftermath
In the day following the attack Heimar's forces had cleared the entire valley of HNA troops, and advanced toward the retreating HNA front. In total nearly two dozen Heimarn tanks were disabled or destroyed, and 100 infantrymen killed, bringing the total to 158 K.I.A., and about 650 wounded. The HNA suffered nearly ten times as many casualties, with several dozen destroyed IFVs and light armor, and hundreds of dead infantry, a total of about 1100 dead, and 2000 wounded. Heimar gained control of the NBC facility in the valley, and it is expected to be shut down or destroyed. Two more infantry brigades moved into the valley to reinforce, occupy, and to pacify the civilians in the valley in the case of any unrest or insurrection.
