War for Freedom

[Centurius]

OOC: First of all there is an ooc thread in Open National, please use it and not this thread for ooc. http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=94076

IC:

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A few days ago on behalf of a coalition of nations the Federation had issued an ultimatum to Ireland, Ireland turned down this offer and as such they have forced our hand. The Athenian Federation hereby considers itself at war with Ireland and requests the fellow signatories of the offer to join us in our cause.[/quote]

[b]Operation: Air Devil[/b]

The Hellenic Air Force was well aware of the fact that one of the primary objectives was to obtain and maintain aerial superiority. If the Irish Air Force could be crippled and denied access to their own airspace allies in Scotland and England would be at lesser risk. It would also allow the transport of paratroopers. To facilitate this a large operation codenamed Air Devil was prepared and ordered.

At night from Hellenic bases in Milan, Naples and Pisa dozens of squadrons would go into the air. In total 12 Squadrons of the F-65, 12 Squadrons of the F/A-47, 7 Squadrons of the F/B-23 and 12 Squadrons of the F- 1 divided into 3 separate groups would move towards the British Isles. A grand total of 660 aircraft would be in the air that day. Moving over France and Germany the 3 groups would divide in even smaller groups once at the British Isles. The 3 main groups would each move in their own direction. One would move directly over England heading for Wales where the other 2 groups would move through Ireland proper from the South over the sea and from the north flying over Scotland. Their goal? Simple. Track down and take out air defenses. The primary target being enemy fighters and airfields with AA defenses being secondary objectives and radar having the lowest priority. All aircraft carried basic laser guided smart bombs to prevent as much collateral damage as possible. The darkness and small groups would make visual detection almost impossible where the designs of all the aircraft themselves maximized the stealth. The Irish would find it very hard to stop this armada from crippling their defenses.

[b]Operation: Leprechaun[/b]

The Hellenic Army had a more lucky position than the HAF, because the skies weren’t controlled yet no invasion of Ireland proper was planned as of yet. As such 250,000 soldiers, 2,500 armored vehicles and 2,500 artillery pieces were rerouted to Scotland for deployment to Ireland once the skies were controlled. The remaining 15 divisions at the Welsh border however were not as lucky. In conjunction with English forces these would form the vanguard fighting into Ireland. As such Army Command was adamant in supporting the English operations as such the 150,000 soldiers, 1,500 armored vehicles and 1,500 artillery pieces were ordered to engage targets at the border. However none of this happened before the Hellenic Navy helped a bit. The HNS Gaia and HNS Chaos armed with 22*7 Tomahawk cruise missiles would assist the attack, launching a total of 66 missiles just outside of the Eastern coast of England were fired and Irish bases and encampments at the border. If they wouldn’t cause destruction at least they would create chaos.

[b]Operation: Shark[/b]

The Hellenic Navy itself would maintain a smaller role in the opening of the attacks, by now the Slavorussian movements had been detected and Imperial Command was not sure what to make of it, in addition the mining operations of the Irish were becoming problematic. As such the Second Fleet mostly dispersed close to the coast of England reinforcing its Scottish and English counterparts. Upon establishing their positions orders were relayed from the Hellenic JFC to take down enemy submarines and naval defenses in preparation for an amphibious assault.

As such Attack submarines were ordered to patrol the area and deny the Irish fleets access to English coast where most of the battleships were ordered to fire cruise missiles at ships deploying mines at the coast. These would be their first priority. In all these operations the Hellenic fleet was ordered to keep distance from Irish coast and only engage the enemy if they were certain there were no defenses in place. To confirm this all ships were granted access to the ISIS system.

[b]Hellenic Joint Forces Command
Outside of Sofia[/b]

From this complex the entire war effort on Hellenic side was led. Dozens of Generals and Admirals from every place in the Federation were assembled here. Maintaining a direct link with the Imperial War Cabinet and having satellite feeds from every battlefield, ground, air and naval the people there had a nice view on the war. In addition to keeping an eye on matters themselves information from the satellites and other systems was forwarded to all allies.

[Fizzydog]

Labrador does not support this war and notices that the Athenian Federation did not listen to the claims that [b]Ireland was still at war with J Andres.[/b]

[Mergerberger II]

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Scottish Military Command in the Central Command Facilitywere well aware of how the war would be won and how it would all likely playout. After many years of military study as well as tireless examination ofIrish military techniques in addition to observations regarding terrain andgeography, Scottish command reached the same conclusion that Hellenic commandreached: the war would be won in the air. If the Scottish Air Force couldachieve air superiority, the transport of military personnel from Scotland toIreland would be much, much easier and the risk to Scotland proper would belessened greatly. Operation Wind Satan was prepared to accomplish this task.

Beginning at night, Scottish attack aircraft took off fromScottish airbases along the S-D line as well as from airbases in the OuterHebrides. Attack aircraft flew below RADAR as fast as possible, before theHellenic Air Force began their attack. One hundred attack aircraft flew runsfor air defenses, targeted previously via satellite imaging and maps of Irishdefenses. Their primary targets were the enemy airfields and the fighterstherein. Second priority was anti-air objects and defenses based on the groundwith things like missiles and high caliber guns. Lowest priority were RADARstations but those that flew close to known locations were given orders to takeout RADAR stations. Behind the initial wave of attack aircraft flew a wave of300 fighters, which came in from two different directions. One flew straightacross the Irish Sea from Scotland into Northern Ireland, backing up themajority of the attack aircraft that formed the initial fast, surprise attack.Of course, fighters also traveled with the initial wave of 100 attack aircraft,but the ratio was 1:1, as opposed to the second wave of principally fighters,which was a ratio of 400 fighters to an additional 50 attack aircraft, whichattacked at the same time as the Hellenic Air Force. The goal of this wave wasto take out any enemy fighters that had been scrambled during or after the initialattack from airfields that were not successfully destroyed or hinderedadequately, or which attack aircraft were forced to abandon as a result ofquick reactions on the part of that particular base. Attack aircraft alsotraveled to help take out ground-based anti-air and RADAR stations. Behind thiswave was another wave of 200 fighter aircraft that would continue dogfights andattack remaining targets in Ireland deemed important. Air superiority was vital.

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[color="#1C2837"][size="2"]The Scottish Army stationed from the S-D border constituteda large portion of the invasion force for Northern Ireland. However, at thispoint there was very little for them to do until air superiority had beengained and Scotland was able to move forward with a conventional invasion. Thefour destroyers stationed in the Irish Sea continued to patrol for now.
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[b]Operation Swing[/b]

Meanwhile, the larger Scottish Army located in the Highlandsand the Outer Hebrides was active. 50,000 boarded Naval vessels and transportvessels and began to move out into the GIUK gap. They moved into a very, veryloose formation to prevent a large missile strike from taking out numerousvessels at once. Ballistic Missile submarines traveled with the Navy. Each ofthe Battleships also had an anti-ballistic missile system to attempt to assistagainst any strikes that may occur against Scottish ships in the gap. Theymoved up into the gap and separated and began to move into position aroundIreland, following Army Route B. Another 50,000 were prepared on more landingships to attempt to begin their movement along Army Route B. 25 naval vesselsescorted the ships moving into the GIUK gap, and the remainder of the Navymoved into the sea north of Ireland and west of Scotland.
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[b]Operation Broomstick[/b]

As satellites observed Irish mine-laying operations, theScottish Navy immediately began minesweeping operations. Anti-mining vesselsequipped with magnetic anomaly detectors were sent into the Irish Sea. Thesewould attempt to find the mines beneath the surface and attempt to plot a routearound and through the minefield established by the Irish Navy. In areas thatwere determined to be passable with the least mines, the Scottish Navy deployedROV's, which would approach and disarm mines reliably. Naval divers assistedthe ROV's in their task. Minesweepers in the area deployed oropesas andparavanes to test the depth at the level of the deepest ships that would bemoving through the area. Because of the rapid nature of the laying of the minesand the ensuing attack (24 hours so far), the threat of mines that weretriggered weeks later was not considered greatly at this point. Mine Breakerswere prepared to go ahead of the regular Navy and another sweep would be donebefore the regular Army moved across the sea. Submarines operated at very lowdepths, under the mines that were laid, so they positioned themselvesstrategically throughout the Irish Sea and began targeting Irish naval vesselsas well as attempting to assist in mine sweeping if at all possible and ofcourse assisting the Scottish Navy in its movements.[/size][/color]
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Edited October 31, 2010 by Mergerberger II

[Zoot Zoot]

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[b]England declares a state of war againt the Kingdom of Ireland as per Coaltion ultimatum.[/b]
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[b]Operation Pratchett[/b]

Twelve AWACs flying inside friendly territory used their sensors to map the battlefield and enemy forces in the area. Orders were rapidly dispatched to the Royal Air Force to begin an all out air assault against Ireland in Wales. The AWACs began jamming enemy communications and sensors as the first assault began.

Two squadrons of B-2 Bombers operating in Western England would be the opening volley of the English air campaign against Irish controlled Wales. The stealth bombers operating well beyond the range of detection for Irish Radar unleashed AGM-158 JASSMs. The stealth missiles would target Irish airplane hangars and control towers in Wales . The B-2s would then be directed to return to Germany for rearming and refueling. Ten squadrons of F-22s flew over the battlespace below radar. The stealth fighters would use their AESA to transmit signals of enemy aircraft and ground forces in the battle space. They would use their electro optical infrared sensors to attempt and find enemy stealth fighters. This would be supplemented by OTH and multi-static radars in England which were capable of finding the general location of stealth aircraft allowing the F-22s to make more precise search. These targets if found would be engaged by IR missiles, the electro optical IR sensors designed specifically to defeat IR countermeasures thus increasing the kill rate.

Twelve Squadrons of Typhoons moved across the Anglo-Welsh border, with four EA-18s escorting each squadron. The EA-18s would use their onboard jamming equipment supplemented by ECM pods to jam enemy radar and transmit false positions confusing enemy air defenses while transmitting false locations back. The EA-18s would also pick up on enemy radar signals of the Welsh Air Defense network’s SAM launchers and ground based radar. A pair of HARMs were launched at each of these locations. Targeting information was also given to ground based cruise missile launchers operating across the border in England. BGM-109G cruise missiles were launched against these sites as well while the growlers were suppressing enemy missile defenses.

Typhoons would fire stand off air to ground munitions on enemy runway seeking to crater the runways and fill the runways further hampering the ability to scramble air force units. EA-18s and EF2000s would then use their remaining weapons, air to air missiles to assist in air superiority for the duration of the assault.

One squadron of B-1Rs were equipped with LRAAMs and fired off the weapons in rapid volleys from friendly air space against enemy air units that the F-22s had lock-ons. Two more B-1R squadrons were also brought into the area. Each plane launched off volleys of sixteen cruise missies. The missiles targeted naval facilities in Milton Haven, Port Talbot, Holyhead, Newport, and Cardiff to significantly degrade the capability to transport troops and heavy equipment between Ireland or any other location and Wales.

A fourth B-1R squadron launched air to ground cruise missiles against areas which SATINT indicated were enemy fuel and ammo locations. Four A-10 squadrons and four F/A-18 E Squadrons moved in against forward enemy artillery and armor companies. Each A-10 squadron was escorted by an EA-18 which provided jamming against radar guided defenses, while the A-10s released copious amounts of flares to defeat enemy IR lock ons and illuminate targets. Special priority was given to knocking out obvious enemy command and control vehicles.

Info was relayed to the Royal Navy Channel Fleet, which brought the guns of its two Iowa Class Battleships 16 Inch guns ETC shells to bear on the artillery and armored forces. MLRS systems would target these units as well further surpressing the ability of armored and artillery forces to maneuver.

[b]Operation Hammerfall[/b]

J-STARs and UAVs ranging from high altitude global hawks to unit operated mini-UAVs provided imaging intelligence to give forward assaulting unit information on enemy locations and order of battle giving them an edge against the defending units. Armored cavalry and mechanized reconnaissance companies were ordered to begin advancing. Rear line Self Propelled Artillery batteries fired air burst shells against infantry units while armored companies would be engaged by armor penetrating shells. Main battle tanks would lead assaults, they would move in zig zag patterns during their advance while activating their ECM pods jamming any anti-armor missile systems.

Mechanized recon companies of scimitar and warrior vehicles assaulted areas where imaging intelligence did not find armor vehicles. Like with the Challenger II MBTs, the Scimitars used ECM pods to prevent missile lock ons. Enemy infantry was further surpressed by rear line air burst mortar batteries. Warrior ATVs moved to take the high ground and insert sniper-firing teams.The Royal Corps of Fusiliers, The Royal Gurkha Rifles, The Rifles, Duke of Lancaster’s Corps and the Mercian Corps all began making their way in division strength across the border, two hundred thousand soldiers moved at a lightening pace with heavy armour and mechanised infantry units leading the way. The Air division of each corps was sending forward its Apache Longbow attack helicopters to support ground operations.

[b]Operation Horatio[/b]

Orders came from the Admiralty to dispatch hunter killer submarines to seek and destroy all Irish warships, with particular attention to be paid when it came to enemy submarines. All submarine contacts discovered were to be reported to Allied Command, more specifically, the Hellenic Navy. The fleets three ballistic missile submarines went out into the open ocean sailing in silent mode deep beneath the sea.
The English Fleet was operating in patrol Zone red, detailed in a previous dispatch from Whitehall, London, it was on the European continental shelf in the Celtic sea off the Cornish Coast. Its orders until later notice was to waiting for Athenian warships to enter the area before following Athenian direction.

The English hunter killer subs set out for ASW operations using highly sensitive equipment such as low frequency spread-spectrum electromagnetic surface wave devices and magnetic anomaly detection. The fleets three type 23 frigates and three type 42 destroyers assisted in ASW operations by deploying Lynx ASW helicopters which began sweeps of the fleets area of operations performing airborne low frequency sonar checks. Any detected submarines were to be exposed to the wrath of the helicopters torpedo weaponry, as well as sending the information to nearby submarines and sending them to attack the Irish ships.

Satellite imaging from the Hellenic military revealed the location of the Irish carriers. Using this information, the five English carriers deployed nine squadrons of F-35's, these 90 fighters flew below the radar and engaged the Irish carriers with Brahmos and Exocet anti shipping missiles, staying well out of weapons range of the enemy carriers before returning to the carriers to rearm.

Using the targeting data being provided by the Hellenic systems, the fleets seven Iowa Class Battleships and Six Ticonderoga Class Missile cruisers began firing RGM/UGM-109B's at the enemy carriers. Two hundred and twenty 224 missiles were fired from the battleships alone, and with a range of 2500 kilometres, the fleet remained safe. The cruisers fired a total of 854 TASM missiles. Admiral Joona was hoping to destroy at the very least, three of the carriers with his two attacks.

Edited October 31, 2010 by Zoot Zoot

[iamthey]

"Greater Pacifica though not directly involved or connected to the conflict, wishes the Athenian federation and allies well in their struggle. The actions of Ireland, both on the matter of the J'Andres Prisoners of War, and later on Ireland's unreasonable threats are alarming to say the least." - James White, High magistrate of Greater Pacifica

Edited October 31, 2010 by iamthey

[Triyun]

"It is clear that the Irish have chosen this course of action when everyone else simply wanted an end to the war. We echo the words of our Greater Pacifican allies." Chairman Jia.

[Lestari]

Though the Republic of Wallonia remains neutral, our moral support goes to Ireland, and we heavily condemn the invaders of this nation. England, Scotland, and the Athenian Federation demanded a most illogical thing of Ireland: to release prisoners of war in a time of war. To do so would have been utterly foolish, and the demands were ridiculous; Ireland acted quite reasonably to reject this coalition's ludicrous demands.

[Margrave]

"Shameful. The Americans are gone, their colonies disbanded, and yet still the grand powers of Europe dance upon their strings. One would think we had learned nothing about European Unity." Natalia Pons, Hanseatic Prime Minister

[Sargun II]

As always, we close our borders and the Strait to vessels of war.

[Centurius]

"We wish to know if this counts for Hellenic forces too considering the Mediterranean Economic and Military Union of which your state is still a signatory"

Edited October 31, 2010 by Centurius

[Sargun II]

"Under Section I of Article II, the MEMU signatories agree to avoid violating the sovereignty of each other. It is a long-standing public policy to close the borders/Strait in event of a war, a policy going back years and possibly even decades. Despite sympathies with Ireland, we have also agreed to follow the latter part of Section I of Article II and avoid giving support to Ireland in any way than diplomatic pleas. We ask the Hellenic forces to also follow Section I of Article II, as we simply cannot discard a policy that has served us well for many, many years.

"As we see it, your forces are already passing through mainland Europe or are already outside of the Mediterranean. This should have no effect on the way Hellenic forces operate. Please correct us if we are mistaken."

[Centurius]

"While this is very much true it is important for Hellenic forces to be able to reach Athenian harbors for repairs. This can not happen over mainland, however we will make sure to stay on the Rebel Army side of the strait"

[Sargun II]

"The Empire also has a long-standing policy of allowing supplies, repairs, and shore leave for foreign forces operating in wars that the Empire is not involved in. If Athenian ships need repairs or supplies, they are welcome to use Imperial docks as long as they promise not to start a shooting war in our borders. This extends to all participants."

[maicke]

Valencia would like to verbally support Athens and its allies in this battle, and we hope the imprisoned soldiers will soon be able to return home.

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Private Message to the Coalition Forces:

You are welcome to use any of our northern harbors for supplies and repairs if necessary. We have sent some of our best naval mechanics to the area, in case you will need an extra hand repairing a vessel.[/quote]

Edited October 31, 2010 by maicke

[Justinian the Mighty]

The Pyotr Veliky, The Ekaterina Velikaya and the rest of the Northern Fleet Taskforce had been on maneuvers in or around the British Isles for nearly a month. After the Scottish government formed they left port for training exercises in the open waters of the North Atlantic, now they were in perfect position to monitor the what was happening off the coast of Europe. Radar equipped reconnaissance planes detected the first few blips on their radar and transmitted the information back to the Admiral Kolchak’s fleet. Within the hour a squadron of aircraft were in the sky patrolling a perimeter around the fleet.

Slavorussian diplomats in Ireland were used to pass along secret messages to the Irish government offering limited but definitely valuable military support in the war. The Irish government was made aware of the Slavorussian naval task force floating in the Atlantic Ocean, not far from Ireland’s EEZ. Two emperor-class aircraft carriers guarded by four destroyers, four Gorshkov class frigates, four slava class cruisers, three Kirov class battle cruisers (battleships) and four corvettes were preparing to launch operations over Irish airspace. All they needed was to wait for the Irish reply.

[Executive Minister]

[url="http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=65298&view=findpost&p=2434454"]Group Gamma[/url] came to a halt several hundred kilometers away from the GIUK gap, the larger [url="http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=65298&view=findpost&p=2437935"]SSBN[/url]-01 [i]'Atramentous'[/i] surrounded by the smaller SSN's 07-09, the [i]'End'[/i], [i]'Finis'[/i] and [i]'Laconic'[/i] in a tight formation. Not a word was said between the four ships, the women aboard the vessels of Group Gamma adhered to a strict code of communications silence. There was to be no transmissions between them.

Aboard the [i]Atramentous[/i], the lead ship in formation, strict electronic silence was also being observed. No hull mounted sonars were active, no radio signals broadcast. Yet within each of the ships individual Combat Information Centers (CIC), sailors sat and listened to electronic signals from foreign ships and planes.

Everything Group Gamma did had one of two concepts in mind- monitoring external electronic signals or evading passive, and to a lesser extent, active detection. No one expected these African ships to be so far from home, nor would anyone be looking for them. Even if for some abstract reason they were being looked for specifically, the 'Nodettes' as they were rather derisively called, made the search as difficult as possible. Opponents would be heavily laden with the task of searching the huge, empty ocean for a silent needle that moved erratically and relentlessly.

They had been sailing East from a position far south of the coast of Greenland, under a thick frontal system for 3 days at 10% power, following the pods of Right Whales as they made their way towards the traditional breeding grounds of the Eubalaena Glacialis, the waters in and around the Icelandic, Irish, English and Scottish isles. The clouds were laden with moisture, the extensive cloud system covering a large swath of ocean, making the women safe from satellite detection as the ships would sometimes surface, allowing their occupants precious minutes to stretch out and breathe in fresh air on their usually submerged decks.

Beneath the waves, care was given to ensure they seemed a part of, if not an entirely separate large pod of the whales. The seafaring giants used a frequency of ~500 Hz for their whale songs- comparatively simple tunes, rhythms, bloops and snorts that the sophisticated decoy systems aboard the submarines could compile, mimic and transmit to play the part of the large mammals to unknowing hydrophonic ears. The [i]Atramentous' [/i]Low Frequency active sonar, which could be immediately activated in the case of contact with unknown ships, also operated at a similar frequency to the whales' attack and detection bio-sonar, which was used for hunting.

Dalia Gintare sighed, as she listened to the filtered noises of the Whales as they mingled with the four Nodic ships. She found their presence most comforting during the long voyages the Militant Naval Command (MNC) sought from all Nodic sailors. A civilian Marine Mammal Biologist, Dr. Gintare was the designated Civilian Liason Officer aboard the task force, charged with monitoring the transmitted tones of the whales, and the artificial transmissions given off by the ships. Her job was to ensure the mimic/decoy system was convincing to the trained ear, masking their presence from wouldbe detectors. This was ironic, seeing as most submarine crews were loath to make detectable noise. Nodic doctrine made it paramount that the only emitted sounds by its ships be of biological marine life, not the necessity for absolute silence, which was infinitely harder.

The young, idealistic woman was hardly the person you would expect to join the female-dominated MNC. Born to a wholly civilian family, with no apparent ties to the Nodic Militancy in the slightest, the budding Biologist was lured to the MNC not out of the promises of power, wealth, or prestige amongst the military-oriented and worshipped society she hailed from. Instead, her love of the ocean, and the opportunity for first hand study compelled her to sign up. Captain Nsia often let Dr. Gintare deploy the [url="http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww106/mofailla/4_EA_Command-and-Conquer4_NOD-Support-T2-Heavy-Rocket.jpg?t=1288551401"]ROV[/url] on purely civilian missions, its smaller anti-torpedo rockets and anti-mine articulators and detonators replaced with scanner, tagger and sampler arms. It was in these moments where the tension of being stationed on a mobile Nuclear Ballistic Missile Launch Platform was abated, and the good Dr could become engrossed in the simplicity of marine life. She loved the whales as a mother would love her children, and preferred the relatively simplistic whale song of the Right whale over other, more elaborate tunes from the Humpbacks and Sperm whales. Not only did the Right whale make her job- mimicking their audible acoustic signatures- easier, but also for the sense of blissful ignorance they emitted.

They seemed not to care for the troubles of man, their wars, politics and ideals. She respected that, often finding herself fantasizing about opening the main hatch and escaping the confines of cold carbon and steel that entrapped her, swimming along with those she loved most.

[Markus Wilding]

[quote]Classified to Athens and all coalition members

Portugal is more than willing to assist you in your crusade. Let us know where we need to be and we will co-ordinate with your commanders.

Emperor Herve Madera Zambrano[/quote]

***Classified***
Army Group Lisboa and Army Group Oporto were readied for joint operations and mobilized to ports in both cities. Included in the two army groups were:

47,968 soldiers
200 tanks
50 armored cars
15 F-16 fighter jets

[Subtleknifewielder]

[b]***Classified***

[/b]"And so it begins...th hypocrisy of the Europeans knows no bounds. They deserve to be colonized..."

Edited November 1, 2010 by Subtleknifewielder

[Mergerberger II]

EDIT: Post removed after discussion

Edited November 3, 2010 by Mergerberger II

[Kaiser Martens]

Berlin announced when beginning its operations that in spite of siding against Ireland's Government, that it would not under any circumstance engage Slavorussian targets. Well, unless they decided to shoot at the Union's troops first, however unlikely such a scenario may be. So then, although a portion of the Kriegsmarine: Its many hunter submarines and few ballistic submarines - had been deployed to assist the English fleet, it could only fight Irish ships, not Slavorussian ships. On the ground something different was to be expected. Operation Saxon had started, and this involved invading the part of Ireland which had a land boundary with England. For that, two battlegroups had been made ready.

Task Groups Saksenland and Angelvolk would begin moving. [i](Although the second one belongs to Vince so he has to post that.)[/i]

Task Group Saksenland under Gebivson-Mannelig with its 4000 Leopard IV MBTs and 500 Pzh2000 SPGs moved first, letting however its 200 Armored Cars serve as scout units while advancing. On the very frontline, there were twenty Tank Hunter "Perkunos" with specialized frontal armor and in the rear area some Engineer Groups followed. They were not alone, Thirty mixed squadrons of fighters and bombers were overseen by von Danzig and moved around yet cautiously. They weren't going to go for enemy ground targets, but wished to protect the attackers from aerial fire. Later, if little or no AD was to be found, they'd hit the ground Blitzkrieg-style.

Task Group Angelvolk under General Riedelmann had similar amount of air support, but then again, the bulk of the Luftwaffe was available an hour away from the battle or even less for those in the far west, if further forces would be needed. The composition of the Task Group was 400k infantry troops with 3500 Rocket Artilleries, armored transports and a small amount of other logistical needs such as engineer teams and field headquarters. They also had ten Light Tanks and five Perkunos ready to go. [i]They were waiting on Innsbruck's (Vince's) confirmation to actually start their movements to support Gebivson-Mannelig's troops.[/i]

[Bacharth]

"Ratsherr von Lübeck, Angelvolk is waiting for your confirmation to move."

"Well then tell them to move, Adjutant. Germany needs all its troops."

Angelvolk would be moving behind Saksenland for support. The southern air force would be organized in the Low Countries for easy mobilization over Britain.

In summary, the strategy of Angelvolk would be to provide quick anti-flanking support to Saksenland. If Saksenland engages another enemy movement, Angelvolk would maneuver to the side of the enemy to provide side support. The officers in Angelvolk were veterans of the Swiss unification war, so they were quite experienced in mountainous terrain, perfect for the Welsh lands. The southern navy was waiting in Bremerhaven for orders from Berlin to move.

[Yawoo]

The Irish King stood at the helm of an empty briefings room, only minutes ago giving the order for Operation 1919 – an order he had hoped never to have to give in his lifetime. Nevertheless, he carried out his duties as head of state without betraying his internal turmoil. Luckily, Richard Dinsmore had more than enough rage caused by the weak-minded hypocritical nations of Europe to mask any other emotion. Irish commanders were mixed on the idea of Operation 1919, the typical macho-warrior persona had to be on display during the meeting. The protests of the King’s military commanders did little to change his mind once the head of the Kingdom’s Navy voiced support for Operation 1919. It was, after all, the Navy’s job to ensure the first part of Operation 1919 went off without a hitch. Admiral Leon O’Donnel was put in charge of Taskforce R – the submarines that would carry out the first stage of Operation 1919.

Leon O’ Donnel was a career Navy man, raised in a strict Irish-Catholic family near Irish Naval Headquarters in Belfast. His father rose to the rank of Captain of the Destroyer Spitz, though retired before he could sit for his Admiral’s review board. While never married, O’Donnel participated in numerous charitable organizations and considered the men and women serving below him as his family. For Operation 1919, O’Donnel would command the recently renamed H.M.S. Strongbowe, a nuclear submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles at targets all over the world. O’Donnel had recently contemplated retirement but with warfare seeming to be on Ireland’s doorsteps, he chose to enlist another two years in the Navy to ensure his experience would benefit his country in its time of need. The Kingdom was lucky to have a man of Admiral O’Donnel courage and wisdom in charge of such a mission. With his skill, the King had no doubt that Operation 1919 would be successful.

Captain Simon Lee was chosen to pilot H.M.S. Champagne. A young but extremely brilliant officer in the Irish Navy, Lee was given the grave responsibility of being in charge of a submarine in one of Ireland’s most desperate of times. While Lee initially protested the assignment citing his age and lack of experience compared to other Irish submariners, he eventually relented after the King personally spoke with him in a private session that lasted only five minutes. What was said in that session wasn’t revealed but Lee came out with a grin on his face saying he accepted the job.
Captain Arnie Duncan was chosen to pilot the H.M.S. Frontier. Duncan was an experienced submariner and was a natural choice for Operation 1919. Duncan graduated top of his class from the Royal Irish Naval Academy in Belfast. A career naval man, Duncan brings a fair handed approach to piloting his submarine. Cautious, yet not too cautious – brave and yet not foolhardy, Duncan was a respected man in Naval circles.

Vital information pertaining to the Irish military, nuclear program, judicial records, and other important matters of state were stored on hard drives. Full copies of all things copied were put on board the three submarines. Along with the hard drives, vital personnel important to the structure of the Irish government, in addition to top nuclear scientists, and top non-essential military personnel, and other important figures were loaded, along with the hard drives, into the three submarines a few minutes before the three submarines left port in Galway heading for the nearby Right whale packs, which would further disguise the submarines although with the crew and passengers under orders not to make any sounds other than essential operating sounds, it would be extremely hard to spot the submarines considering they were submerged prior to the passengers and cargo being loaded. The subs would head west of the GUIK before making a final determination of their final destinations.

“You know, I hope the Athenians don’t think that their planes would cripple our defenses with their air armada, considering we can see their planes coming.”

“Surely the Athenians don’t think anything like that, it would be stupid to assume that, what with our state of readiness and levels of technology.”

“Hmm, I hope you are right, it would be such a shame to have an unskilled opponent. It would almost make me feel a slight pang of remorse when we slaughter them.”

“Too true my friend, too true.”

“Regardless, let’s put planes on stand by and be ready to unleash hell with our anti-air defenses.”

“Yes, sir.”

Irish anti-air defenses leapt into action, firing at the oncoming Athenian planes. Irish fighters rose into the air to take on the Athenian planes. Luckily for the Irish, the Athenians didn’t seem to be firing any missiles prior to the air armada.

Unfortunately, for Irish troops at the Welsh-English border, they were quickly over run as the Athenians were able to land thirty-three cruise missiles in Irish encampments and bases near the border. That alone, while causing a bit of concern did not cause panic nor confusion amongst the Irish. The combined invasion by over a hundred thousand Athenian soldiers. Along with German troops, and over two-hundred thousand English troops. Irish troops were quickly ordered to retreat and re-group.

Coordinates were relayed to Irish commanders in Dublin, and the order for nuclear launch was given. Three nuclear weapons, named Freedom, Liberty, and Fraternite were launched out of Carmarthen, Wales targeting the invaders. Freedom would hit the Athenian invaders, while Liberty would strike the English and Fraternite the Germans. Irish commanders were unaware of the English possessing an SDI system, so the nuclear weapons would be able to strike without fear of being destroyed.

Irish satellites were actively monitoring Scottish and Athenian vessels to get their location and movements in order for the Irish Navy to respond to attacks. From the satellites, locations were sent to Admirals and Irish ships responded with a salvo of cruise missiles. The Irish mainland also sent out a barrage of cruise missiles at Scottish and Athenian vessels.

Irish mine-laying vessels were struck by Athenian cruise missiles, and while heavily damaged, managed to continue laying mines in the ocean, albeit at a much slower pace. Irish planes stationed in the north of Ireland flew up to counter the attack from the Scottish planes, anti-aircraft fire would hit the Scotts before the fighters zoomed in to intercept the Scottish planes. A heavy loss of life was expected as the Irish were taken by surprise.

Irish naval vessels in the Irish sea were ordered to hold out as long as possible, and to avoid being taken prisoner by enemy forces. Irish captains were informed to take out enemies on the way down – commanders were informed, in all military branches of service, that being taken prisoner would mean torture and death at the hands of Ireland’s enemies, so it was best to do whatever possible to avoid being taken prisoner.

English planes targeted Irish carriers, luckily, for the Irish, not all carriers were in the Irish sea. In fact, only three of Ireland's six carriers were located in the Irish sea. As the attacks began, Irish ships aboard the carriers flew into the sky and began to protect Irish shipping in the area. The English barrage, holy not expected, utterly devastated the Irish carriers in the Irish Sea. Two of the aircraft carriers were immediately sunk, while the third began slowly slipping into the sea.

In Milton Haven, Port Talbot, Holyhead, Newport, and Cardiff attacks from the English took the Irish by surprise. Heavy loss of life was seen as port facilities in the before mentioned cities were engulfed in flames. Cardiff, so close to the English border took much more damage than the other cities. It would take months for the facilities in the cities to be 100% once more. Nevertheless, Irish commanders responded by firing yet another nuclear weapon into England, this time targeting London's city center in an effort to disrupt English attention to Wales. The loss of life from the English was expected to be massive, but Irish commanders also knew that the loss of life from Milton Haven, Port Talbot, Holyhead, Newport and Cardiff had to be avenged.

Radar stations and anti-aircraft stations took a beating from the English and Athenians. Multiple stations were temporarily knocked off line from the damages before Irish engineers were sent in to repair the facilities. A few radar and anti-aircraft stations were destroyed, but it wasn't expected to harm the Irish response. A few stations were destroyed on purpose by the retreating Irish soldiers to deny the enemy use of Irish technology.

The airfields that were hit by coalition troops would interrupt Irish Airforce activity, but only for a short while before private, commercial, and other airfields were taken over my the military for the state’s use. Unfortunately, the attacks against the airfields would also kill 50,000 J. Andrean POWs which were being kept in the large spaces that hangars provided among other locations throughout Ireland proper.

A message was broadcast to the world letting them know the “Coalition” killed 50,000 J. Andreans because of their attack against Irish hangars.


*Private to Slavorussia*

Your airforce may pass through Irish land, please hit the Scotts who are attacking northern Ireland. Ireland request that an Irish submarine be allowed to make port in an arctic port of Slavorussia in order for a Ireland to have a presence in the case it become necessary to have an Irish-government-in-exile.

*End classified*

The war was on, and Ireland was going to use any and all of their means to win it.

Edit:

Radar detected English AWAC systems take flight from airfields in the hostile land. While surface to air missiles were ruled out do to a lack of range, other means were available to the Irish. Following the launch of the aircraft, Irish Intelligence officials began to counter-jamming procedures. While not too late, some Irish radars were hit before Intel officials could send out counter-jamming procedures. It was Intel officials hope the English would think their AWACs were unable to black out Irish radar systems and wouldn’t exploit the Irish weakness.

Irish commanders were astounded when the English flew planes, seemingly below their radar over an active battlefield. Irish troops, using surface to air missiles began targeting English planes and firing. Irish planes were busy elsewhere and unable to pull away to take on the new English threat so the defense against the planes were up to Irish troops on the ground. Soon, another English assault began, and it slaughtered Irish radar defense. Irish commanders on the ground urgently called for Irish Intelligence to begin counter-jamming procedures, but by the time Irish Intel had counter-jamming up – radar and air defenses were decimated in the areas closest to the Welsh-English border region. Regardless, troops were pulling back and the loss of those systems, while devastating was overshadowed by the need to reorganize and begin a counteroffensive.

Irish bases, already emptied – were the target of even more destruction as enemy planes hit ammo and fuel depots. Irish command vehicles, concealed in the retreat came out surprisingly unscathed – with only a few commanders caught out in the open, or in bases killed. The destruction to the bases was dishearting – the troops, while carrying extra ammunition, and the vehicles, fuel – knew that the number of places to re-arm and re-fuel just got a lot less. The Irish weren’t about to just take the destruction though, anti-aircraft installations, the ones still unharmed, began to unleash a punishing amount of fire against the English invading aircraft.

Initial estimates determined that at least five Irish bases were destroyed in the onslaught. Command vehicles destroyed were pegged at fifteen, with at least a two-hundred casualties as radar, anti-aircraft and base personnel were caught in the fire.

Edited November 5, 2010 by Yawoo

[Michael McBride]

**PRIVATE**

"Bloody hell, Arthur, they've already started firing nukes at each other." Sir Michael Harland's eyes quickly scanned over numerous news and intelligence reports. "Athenian forces, German forces, English forces... oh christ. London. Arthur they !@#$@#$ nuked London." The Emperor grabbed a phone and quickly dialed the number for the Empire's intelligence services. "Mickey, it's Michael. Do we have any intelligence to indicate that the English have nukes?" He listened for a few minutes and then sat back, a relieved sigh escaping from his lips. As he hung up the phone, he turned to Arthur. "The Irish may have dodged that bullet. No telling what the rest of that coalition will do though." Looking out the window, Harland sighed. "How many will have to die for 400,000 can come home?"

**PUBLIC STATEMENT**

Satellite recon over the Irish-English arena has shown multiple nuclear explosions occurring near points of suspected invasions into Ireland and in London. We can only assume, from these reports, that the Irish have decided to use nuclear weapons to defend their land. Or, they really really like the color green and want to turn everyone else that color too. Regardless, we will not condemn the Irish using their nuclear weapons for the defense of their homeland. While it is regrettable that they have struck a civilian center, they are fighting for their lives against a numerically superior foe. Because of this, we ask the other nations involved to use restraint in regards to their response to the use of nuclear weapons. Please, for the rest of the world, do not escalate this war into a nuclear pissing contest. An open invitation is extended to all nations fighting to send representatives to Washington, D.C. to talk on neutral, third-party land. These are not formal peace talks. At worst, it's a chance to get away from Europe and relax. At best, you may strike up a friendly conversation with someone from the other side and perhaps peace talks can start there. However, if you plan on coming, please let us know so we can plan ahead. Thank you.

- Sir Michael Harland

[Centurius]

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To the Irish people and the world,

Your government has betrayed you. Rise up. Where the coalition has used smart weapons to avoid civilian casualties your government has launched Nuclear weapons. Not only against soldiers but against civilians, perhaps even family of you. Your government has brought this war to you and your government is only working to make it worse. They are hoping we will retalliate, launch our own nukes in response. However luckily for you they are mistaken.

People of Ireland, you are a proud and historically important race. You have fought tyrants and defended your rights. The Coalition of forces does not seek to eradicate you, the coalition will not annex you. All you need to do to obtain peace is liberate yourself, rise up against the tyrants that rule you, show them you do not want to die for their own little powergames. Show them you do not want innocent Irish, English, Germans, Scottish and Athenians to die.

The Athenian Federation will not fire back nukes now, neither will anyone else. Take this chance to defend your rights.

We hereby issue you the following offer;

The Coalition offensive will end if you
-Surrender your government to the Coalition
-Surrender your weapons

It can be as simple as that if you want it to be.

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Notice was send to Pravus Ingruo that the Athenian Federation would attend a peace conference.

[Zoot Zoot]

[b]Public[/b]

England confirms that its stockpile of weapons of mass destruction will not be deployed against the Irish in retaliation for the nuclear storm unleashed on coalition forces and regrettibly London. No news has come out of the city of London since it was hit. London is home to seven and a half million civilians, and at the moment our estimates place, at least, over a million casualties.

England will also attend the peace conference in North America.