ANZAC Day Offensive
ANZAC Day Offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Jernan Civil War | |||||||
250px Map showing offensives by Loyalist forces | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
25px Arrnea Loyalists 25px ScanFederation 25px Sicilian Alliance ![]() |
25px People's Armed Forces | ||||||
Commanders | |||||||
25px Arrnea 25px Auel Firestorm 25px Luciano Zito ![]() |
25px William Alcock † 25px Michael Anderson † 25px Richard Andrews 25px Angus Fender 25px Harvey Rawlings | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Arrnea Loyalists 1 Avalon ACV 16 Battle Suits 1,000 PAF deserters 83 tanks 116 aircraft ScanFederation 3,000 infantry 370 tanks Sicilian Alliance 6,000 infantry 300 tanks 93 aircraft Großgermania 12,000 infantry 249 tanks 93 aircraft 27,184 total personnel |
25,000 infantry 1,500 tanks 180 aircraft 31,180 total personnel | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Arrnea Loyalists 14 infantry killed 17 infantry wounded 2 tanks destroyed 5 aircraft lost ScanFederation 27 infantry killed 43 infantry wounded 5 tanks destroyed Sicilian Alliance 31 infantry killed 73 infantry wounded 4 tanks destroyed 2 aircraft lost Großgermania 104 infantry killed 183 infantry wounded 9 tanks destroyed 5 aircraft lost 584 total casualties |
361 infantry killed 3,483 infantry captured 19,354 infantry deserted 103 tanks destroyed 1,256 tanks deserted 83 aircraft lost 97 aircraft deserted 28,814 total casualties | ||||||
1 Using the Jernan Calendar Sysytem; foreign nations involved in the war mark the year as 2009. |
The ANZAC Day Offensive (deemed Operation Königreich Jerusalem by Großgermania) was a large offensive conducted by Arrnea Loyalist forces against the People's Armed Forces of the Republic of Jerna, during the Jernan Civil War. Beginning on the 25th of April, 2015 (ANZAC Day), and ending on the 3rd of May, it was successful in routing forces of the PAF loyal to the military Junta ruling the nation from Jerna City from much of the country, with only Geraldton and Jerna City itself remaining under PAF control at the conclusion of the offensive.
The ease by which Loyalist forces took over much of the country was largely due to an extremely high rate of desertion amongst the PAF forces after the resounding defeat of PAF forces at the Second Battle of Southport and the Battle of Mount Barker, allowing Loyalist forces to capture many towns and cities with little or no resistance. Due to this, the number of soldiers killed was relatively low on both sides, with more soldiers being killed during the Battle of Mount Barker than were killed during the entire ANZAC Day Offensive.