War of the Three Powers

The War of the Three Powers was a global conflict that took place on the planet Aldia from the 11th November 1439 until the 9th of September 1444. The war was between the Allied Forces comprised of Polystralia (and later Sanmite), against the Gao Empire and the Sanmite Republic. More than 150 million military personnel were mobilized by both factions throughout the duration of the war and more than 40 million people lost their lives. The war also marked the first time nuclear weapons were used on Aldia.

The war began when the Gao Empire and Sanmite Republic launched an invasion of the Polystralian continent without warning. The objective of the invasion was to secure much desperately needed natural resources on the Polystralian Commonwealth, strip mine them and restore the economic situation of both Gao & Sanmite. Prior to the war the Anean continent where Gao & Sanmite are situated in have undergone extensive resource degradation due to unsustainable practices. Up to 50% of arable land has been eroded, much of the available fossil fuels such as coal, oil & gas has been extracted and water scarcity has reached critical levels for its populations.

Three months prior to the invasion both Gao & Sanmite had been able secretly move large numbers of military assets to neutral countries on the Polystralian continent. Utilizing civilian freighters, these military assets were eventually smuggled into Polystralian ports. This allowed Gao & Sanmite to gain the upper hand when the invasion was launched. The infiltrator forces were able to secure footholds throughout the Polystralian coastline and repel the initial organized counter attacks. By the time Polystralian forces were ready to launch a major counter-attack, reinforcements from Gao & Sanmite had already landed, forcing Polystralian forces into a retreat.

For the next six months, Polystralian forces had barricaded themselves behind a secure area near the Rockies and Alps, a mountainous region at the central region of the continent. As it became clear that Gao & Sanmite would be unable to break through the Polystralian defenses, Gao turned against its own ally. Believing that Polystralia had been safely contained, Gao ordered its vassals to invade an invasion of their former ally. Unprepared for the sudden turn of events nearly two thirds of Sanmite had been occupied and its civilian government in a state of total collapse. In its place, the military leadership of Sanmite who were mostly located on the Polystralian continent, coordinated their efforts with the Polystralian in repelling Gao. Once entire Polystralian continent had been liberated, the Allied Forces of Polystralia, Sanmite and their allies subsequently repelled Gao forces from Sanmite.

By January 1444, the Allies began an invasion of Gao. It took another nine long months until the entirety of the Gao military had been brought to a state of total collapse. With the capital under siege, the Emperor of the Gao Emperor issued an unconditional surrender to the Allies. A peace treaty was signed and the Gao Empire was dissolved to its home territories. The Gao Empire lost approximately 75% of its territories, its former subjects turned into independent states which would dramatically shift the balance of power on Aldia.