Englund War

FEATURED ARTICLE - MAY 21 2011

The Englund War is an ongoing armed conflict between Japawn, Itily & Lubya facing Englund & France. Though it is noted as the "British-Japawnese War", Englund and Japawn received support from many other countries.

Japawn declared war on Englund because it wanted it's rich oil to help improve the Japawn economy. Lubya was an ally of Japawn, and was the war started, Lubya wanted to get part of the oil too, due to Lubya only pumping 1-1.5 million barrels of oil each year. Itily, meanwhile, sent support to Japawn saying "it was the right thing to do". Meanwhile, Flance, an ally of Englund, teamed up to help Englund defend itself. As of now, casualties have been abnormally light, as only a couple of civilians have been killed/injured/wounded/captured/missing.

Declaration of War
On May 21, 2011, Japawn declared war on Englund. Mroto James officially announced in his speech:

"'Though Englund is meant to be a peaceful country, our country [Japawn] needs the oil and natural resources Englund has. Englund last year made 5 million barrels of oil, which is 60% of the total oil economy. If we had all that oil, our income could improve by around $50-60 million dollars, effectively allowing more jobs, better payment and a better defence. I, Mroto James, officially declare war on Englund.'"

Itily and Lubya each declared war on Englund on May 22, 2011 at a 7:30pm speech.

Lubya
Lubya, at first, remained neutral in this war and only sent regards to Mroto James saying "good luck with the attack". However, Lubya later sent ships, bombers, fighters & troops to help Englund in return of 25% of the profit for 5 years.

Itily
Emperor Joey sent 5,000 troops to help Japawn fight saying "Englund is an old enemy..."

Englund's Response
Englund responded by declaring war on Japawn & Lubya and constructing mountain bunkers in case of a major air raid.

Flance
Flance was a longtime-ally of Englund, and once the news broke that war started, Flance sent 5,000 troops plus 25,000 tons of supplies.

Lubyan Bombing Campaign
On May 21, Lubyan began an extensive bombing campaign, where they hit 3 sites: the pots, airfields and high-ranking governmental officials. Although they caused extensive damage, the bombing did not kill many people, as most were in anti-raid bunkers or in underground basements.

Lubya ended the bombing campaign June 5, after dropping over 10,000 total bombs on England, with over 25,000 buildings damaged and over 900 civilians killed.

Landings
See also: Island

On June 6, 2011, some 60,000 Lubyan/Japawnese/Itilian troops plus an extra 800-850 tanks stormed a outer island (Island #04), around Englund. The Englund High Command was not expecting this, and only had 3,500 troops set on the island at the time, most that were ill-prepared and not well dug in.

Despite the victory for the aligned AE Powers, because Island #04 was close to Englund, the troops would be subjected to daily bombings and attacks, thus preventing a major victory. However, the island could prove vital, as it has many natural resources and has an airfield and refueling station, allowing the mechanized tanks and fighter planes to refuel before moving onto combat. The island is also makes up 3.46% of Englund's total revenue.

August
On August 21, Ty Command announced he'd begin withdrawing troops on August 26th.

On August 28, 2011, Lubya began withdrawing troops and pulled out of the war, and Itily withdrew nearly 4,000 troops, leaving 1,000 behind to protect Japawnese troops.

End of War
The end of the Englund War was sometime in October when Englund surrendered.