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| | conflict = Vanoshan Officers' Coup | | | conflict = Vanoshan Officers' Coup |
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| | caption = Vanoshan air-cavalry take cover behind the wreckage of an intracity tram | | | caption = AShPyem officers on January 20, approaching tribunal rooms |
| | date = September 21, 2006 - October 19, 2006 | | | date = January 19, 1924 |
| | place = [[Istore]], [[Vanosha]] | | | place = [[Vanosha]] |
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| | result = '''Victory of Pro-Dvaric forces:''' | | | result = |
| *Federal rule imposed | | *Kingdom abolished |
| | *AShPyem rule imposed |
| *New constitution adopted | | *New constitution adopted |
| *Temporary Disbandment of the Armed Forces
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| *End of the Unitarian System | | *End of the Unitarian System |
| | *Purge of Royal Government |
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| | combatant1 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} '''Dvaric Baveče Loyalists''' | | | combatant1 = [[File:National Agrarian Movement of Vanosha.png|22px]] '''National Agrarian Movement'''<br>[[File:NAM Vanosha.png|22px]] '''NAM Supporting Units''' |
| | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} '''Car Ovarče Loyalists''' | | | combatant2 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} '''King Act III Loyalists''' |
| | combatant3 = | | | combatant3 = |
| | commander1 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} '''[[Dvaric Bavece|Dvaric Baveče]]'''<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Avec Yonace|Avec Yonəče]]<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Dvaric Sanəce|Dvaric Sanəče]]<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Vabosa Maresreca]] | | | commander1 = [[File:National Agrarian Movement of Vanosha.png|22px]] General [[Gyvezh Anyesh|Gəvež Aňeś]]<br>[[File:National Agrarian Movement of Vanosha.png|22px]] General [[Ruri Sisec]] |
| | commander2 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} '''[[Car Ovarce|Car Ovarče]]'''{{POW}}<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Drobor Droborce|Drobor Droborče]]{{POW}}<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Bosika Adice|Bosika Adiče]]{{KIA}}<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Gaveser Haveze|Gaveśer Haveže]]{{POW}} | | | commander2 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} [[Act III|King Act III]]<br>{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} General [[Boschy Yonec|Bośčə Yonəć]] |
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| | units1 = *{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} Istore City Police | | | units1 = |
| *{{flagicon|Nulshanti}} Vanoshan Air Force
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| | units2 = {{flagicon|Nulshanti}} Vanoshan Army Remnants | |
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| | casualties3 = 187 killed, 500+ wounded (official assessment by the Vanoshan government) | | | casualties3 = 487 executed (official assessment by the Vanoshan government), 39 killed in fighting, 300+ wounded |
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| The '''Vanoshan Officers' Coup''' was an attempt by members of the [[Vanosha|Vanoshan]] [[Vanoshan Army|military]] to overthrow the newly installed regent [[Dvaric Bavece|Dvaric Baveče]] that resulted in a nearly month-long conflict within the streets of [[Istore]] and several outlying villages.
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| Tensions were high in Vanosha as the parliament and the regent's relations deteriorated rapidly as the political climate heated from talks of dissolving the autocratic government, as had occurred in several other dictatorships around [[Sahar]] in prior years. The power struggle reached its crisis as rumors erupted that Regent Baveče would re-organize the army and appoint loyal officers. On September 17, soldiers forced their way into Vanosha's parliament, the Gnaiĺe, and declared the constitutional body null and void. A stand-off began outside of the parliament as members of the local police cordoned off the building to begin negotiations.
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| The situation then escalated, with accounts varying as to who had shot first. The army was declared disbanded over the national radio stations, with Baveče calling on members of the air force to disarm any bands of units that refused to disarm. Most of the fighting was limited within the city center of Istore, though despite international predictions, the crisis came to a quick end as not less than a month later during a raid on a pro-Ovarče convoy most of the leadership was captured by pure chance. With most of its leadership captured, and the public turning against the remnants of the army, surrender terms were signed on October 19.
| | [[Category:Civil wars]] [[Category:Historical military operations in Vaniua]] [[Category:History of Vanosha]] |
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| ==Background==
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| Prior to Dvaric Baveče's appointment as regent of Vanosha-Velmarsha, tensions were high between various factions of the military. Several cliques began to form, as early in the year as inflation rocked the country with problems. The price of bread had rose almost 683% in several villages, while wages had not risen to match it. Poverty struck much of the country as soldiers and workers started to desert their posts, as attempts to alleviate the problems with welfare packages only worsened the problems as the assistance proved to pay more than what some workers and soldiers would make. With the threat of government collapse nearing, Regent [[Vise Filerec|Vise Filereč]] resigned on July 29, 2006. He would later have been found dead in his home a week later. With the sudden resignation and death of Filereč, the government attempted to rectify the situation by finding a suitable candidate, electing Dvaric Baveče to the role of regent rather than through election under the guise that he was the intended successor.
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| With the dubious appointment of Dvaric Baveče to the role of regent, many within both the government and army were reluctant to trust in the already weakened government. Baveče soon proved unpopular with the army as several of the first actions was to end the welfare packages to active members of the armed forces in an attempt to reduce desertion rates. The act turned to disaster as many within the army petitioned to resign should Baveče not do so himself. Baveče called their bluff, and allowed many within the army to resign resulting in a reduction of Vanosha's armed forces for the first time in over 80 years.
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| Top-level officers including [[Car Ovarce|Car Ovarče]] and [[Drobor Droborce|Drobor Droborče]] who did not resign despite issuing protests against the acts of Baveče, began organizing and meeting with several resigned ministers with the idea of restoring the army's privileged status. By late August the group had managed to garner over a thousand supporters throughout the country. Vanoshan intelligence services learned of this and alerted the regent to the threat brewing within the military. Most worrying to the threat of a coup was that the dual monarchy could collapse should the situation become out of control.
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| ==Seizure of Parliament and Stand-Off==
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| Efforts were made by the federal government to avoid the idea that the conflict was one of ethnic value, hoping to avoid any talk of nationalism to prevent an already terrible situation. Eventually, Baveče wishing to re-organize both the government and military on the basis of rebuilding the economy of the nation and eliminating serious points of corruption led to a contingent of Ovarče's supporters arriving before the parliament on September 17, where they forced the members of parliament out of the building at gunpoint, killing two guards in the process. Police responded quickly to the situation under the belief it was a terror attack or foreign invasion, and cordoned off the area to begin negotiations.
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| Car Ovarče self-labeled himself as ''vabmesa'', or national leader, as a direct challenge to Baveče's authority. On September 19, they wrote up their demands to the regent's government, key among them being; free-elections, the resignation of the regency, dissolution of the dual-monarchy in favor of a federated republic, and the arrest of all ministers who voted upon the appointment of the regent. The demands were too much for the regency to accept, and Baveče made moves to consolidate his position by utilizing the air force who had been mostly loyal up to this point to assist in disarming members of the army and its deserters in various villages. The efforts were mostly a success as much of Ovarče's support base was reluctant to actually fight without any leadership. On September 21, gunfire broke out at the police cordon around the national parliament and a siege began of the building.
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| ==Conflict==
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| The fighting was intense on the first day of the siege, but as the days of the siege carried on, the ammunition of the soldiers started to run low by the fourth day. Seeing the situation as untenable without further reinforcements and supplies, Car and his troops attempted to fight through the city to reach several of the arms caches, not knowing internal police forces had moved most of them by this point to areas outside of the city to avoid them falling into rebel hands. The fighting had spread to the industrial sector, with most of the heaviest fighting taking place by the Datna-Hodoroc Automobile Factory. The factory was reduced to rubble by the end of the month as only the supervisor's ground-floor office was left intact.
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| Baveče was growing desperate to end the fighting before the city would be too damaged to support efforts to govern the rest of the country. A temporary ceasefire was achieved on October 2, which would last about a week on the condition Car's forces did not leave their positions. Car would accept believing that reinforcements would be coming to their aid, but as the days passed many of his supporters started to desert their positions upon the realization that help was not coming. Planning to make his way with his forces out of the city and into the mountains to start their own guerilla movement, a series of convoys were developed with the idea that at least one of them would make it out of the city. Unfortunately for Car; Bosika Adiče, one of his close officers, would betray the routes of the convoy to the loyalists as part of a deal.
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| The convoys left as planned on October 9, but they were intercepted at sometime in the late morning, with the key leaders being captured or killed. Some third-party reports gave out that many soldiers had surrendered with the officers being executed, Bosika was among those killed, either by execution or during the initial assault on the convoys. With Car captured, along with his successors, they were forced to surrender. Some holdouts would last for another 10 days, but were eventually liquidated under the offer of amnesty for rank-and-file combatants.
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| ==Aftermath==
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| The following political purge was immense, as many public figures suddenly disappeared. The extent was immense, but several were "rehabilitated" after some years. The estimated amount of imprisoned individuals was close to 2,000 with the majority of this number being from the then-defunct army. No public executions were made, though rumors suggest several "suicides" within prison may have been the result murder on the side of the guards.
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| Having resolved the crisis of the officers' coup, Dvaric was in a position to purge most of his opposition and form a new government with a new constitution. Several protests would occur as a result of the constitution and deflation measures instituted to stabilize the economy of the country, as many saw the new government as but a guise for a new autocratic regime. The economy of the nation would recover, but it would not be until 2018 when the economy reached 2001's levels.
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| ==International Response==
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| [[Category:Vanosha]][[Category:Vaniua]]
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National Agrarian Movement
NAM Supporting Units
King Act III Loyalists