The Sahrani Conflict (2006) was a six-day war that was fought on Sahrani. It was waged between the U.S.-backed Kingdom of South Sahrani and the Democratic Republic of Sahrani.
Background[]
Prior to the outbreak of fighting, the island of Sahrani was divided into two countries; the pro-U.S. Southern monarchy and the formerly Soviet-backed North.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, a small contingent of U.S. Army advisory troops were deployed to the South in 2002 to assist in the training of the Royal Army Corps of Sahrani (RACS). The troops were also sent as a precaution to prevent terrorist groups from using the country as a staging ground for attacks against North America.
As a longtime socialist regime with ties to the former USSR, the North vociferously protested against the deployment of U.S. troops onto Sahrani soil, with tensions between the two nations continuing to grow over the coming years.
After a four-year long deployment, the U.S. Army advisory force prepared to pack up and leave the South. At that same time however, the North readied its entire army to conduct a full-scale invasion of the South.
Barely a few days after the bulk of U.S. forces leave the country, the Sahrani Liberation Army (SLA) launches its planned invasion on June 10th, 2006, striking across the border directly into Southern territories.
Early battles[]
The remaining contingent of U.S. troops, which at this point consisted of logistical units who had access to only a few HMMWVs, utility trucks, and Stryker APCs, were ill-equipped and caught completely off-guard by the SLA invasion.
Battle for Ortego[]
On June 11th, 2006, the SLA quickly captured the South Sahrani border town of Corazol and began advancing deeper into South Sahranian territory, with U.S. and RACS troops in full retreat.
Initially, U.S. troops had planned to stage a defensive perimeter at the city of Ortego before pushing back SLA forces to Corazol. They encountered greater than expected numbers however, and their supporting RACS units were routed. Forced into a full retreat, U.S. command issued the order for all allied troops to fall back further south to Dolores.
Battle of Dolores[]
U.S. troops demolish the bridges at Dolores
Later that day, allied forces maintained their positions at Dolores. Two platoons of U.S. troops remained behind and planned to destroy the road bridges leading into Dolores, hoping to cripple at least some of the SLA armoured units pouring in from Corazol.
When at least half of the tank platoons crossed over, U.S. troops demolished the bridges and temporarily cut-off their main avenue of access into the South. The remaining U.S. troops and their RACS allies proceeded to pull back towards the South's capital, Paraíso.
Battle of Somato[]
Despite the setback at Dolores the SLA were only temporarily delayed, not stopped. Fortunately for allied forces, evening soon fell and all large formation movements by the SLA were forced to a halt due to their lack of night vision equipment.
From their base in Gulan, U.S. troops exploited their technological advantage to stage nighttime raids against SLA encampments in Somato. U.S. motorised anti-tank infantry destroyed several SLA armoured platoons before falling back to their base.
Paraíso pocket[]
The remaining elements of allied forces are surrounded at Paraiso.
Nonetheless, allied forces were still forced to pull back even further in Southern territory after incurring heavy losses on other fronts.
On June 12th, 2006, the SLA attempted to flank the remaining U.S. forces in South Sahrani with an amphibious assault near the Paraíso International Airport.
RACS forces and what was left of the American contingent prepared a last stand, but were almost overrun, until the timely arrival of the USMC's 27th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 27th MEU bombarded the SLA attackers with their attack jets, and beat back the force at the last moment.
RACS/U.S. counteroffensive[]
Supported by Marine reinforcements, allied troops regrouped and planned to hit the northern coastline where the SLA had initially landed.
U.S. helicopters clear the way towards Corazol
However, the coast was still too heavily defended for allied forces to attempt a direct assault. Recon troops infiltrated behind SLA lines and sabotaged their anti-air batteries, clearing the skies for Marine jets and attack helicopters to bombard their defensive lines.
With their assistance, the road towards Corazol was open for allied forces to thunder northward. U.S. heavy tanks complemented RACS units on all fronts and succeeded in pushing towards the border cities; all of which were finally liberated two days later on June 14th.
Massacres at Cayo and Tiberia[]
While retaking most occupied towns throughout the South and driving the entire SLA invasion force back into the North, RACS soldiers discovered a mass grave of civilians at the town of Cayo. It was believed that the civilians had been massacred in an act of vengeance by Northern troops.
Up until that point, the entire counteroffensive was limited to only reclaiming Southern territory. But with the discovery of the North's war crimes, a decision was made to invade the North with the intention of overthrowing the regime led by Prime Minister Torrez.
In reality however, the Cayo massacre was staged by the South in order to provide them a pretext to overthrow the North's regime. Cayo had been chosen due to what the monarchy perceived as a lack of support from its people for the government. When U.S. forces closed in onto a camp where Cayo's residents were being held awaiting execution, they were attacked by RACS soldiers in an attempt to prevent the Americans from reporting back the truth.
To quell the uneasy tensions between the U.S. and the Southern government, the incident was dismissed by both sides as a false flag attack from "SLA commandos" disguised as RACS soldiers.
Later stages[]
War situation on June 14th (left) and 15th (right).
Along with their American allies, RACS troops assembled their invasion forces from their field bases at Modesta and Gaula. A preemptive strike against both bases was carried by the SLA, but were repelled by allied forces, who then proceeded to carry out their own offensive against the city of Obregan in the North.
Battle of Obregan[]
Several convoys of SLA trucks carrying troops were intercepted by U.S. troops while attempting to flee from Obregan.
U.S. amphibious forces assault Northern shorelines
A mechanised division of SLA armour based in Eponia were also destroyed by U.S. tanks, severely crippling the SLA's armoured capabilities and ability to conduct their own counterattacks.
Amphibious landings were also staged all across the Northern coastline, with simultaneous attacks being carried out against the settlements of Hunapu and Mataredo.
The landings effectively cut off SLA supply lines and by the end of the 15th, most of the major Northern population centres and government installations were under the complete control of allied troops.
Battle for Bagango[]
Allied forces surround Bagango on the last day of the war.
As U.S. and RACS forces closed in onto the Northern capital of Bagango, the SLA launched one final attack on allied forces in desperation. A massive assault was directed towards the U.S. firebase at the village of Tandag.
They managed to reclaim the initiative for a short time, but the SLA are almost completely wiped out by U.S. airpower and are forced to pull back to the capital city. On June 16th, six days after the war began, joint U.S. Army/USMC armoured forces finally began their awaited push into the capital.
After hours of fierce fighting between U.S. forces and the remaining SLA defenders, the city was eventually captured along with Prime Minister Torrez at his presidential palace.
Aftermath[]
With Torrez' capture, the war was declared to be over by both sides. The North was officially dissolved after its capitulation and was to be integrated with the South, reforming and uniting both countries into one.
All remaining assets and troops in the SLA were later assimilated into the RACS.
Rahmadi Conflict[]
- Main article: Rahmadi Conflict
Though initially believed to have been behind the invasion, it is later discovered that the plans were in reality orchestrated by President Ramirez, Torrez' apparent predecessor. Ramirez was believed to have been dead, but was actually hiding (along with a contingent of SLA remnants) on the isles of Rahmadi and Porto.
U.S. Marines and special forces teams were eventually deployed to infiltrate both islands in search of the elusive dictator. After an extended manhunt and a drawn-out battle against his remaining troops lasting over the course of an entire day, Ramirez is found and apprehended by U.S. troops, putting a decisive end to the SLA once and for all.
See also[]
| Armaverse conflicts | |
|---|---|
| 1980s | Soviet occupation of Nogova (1982) • Malden Islands Crisis (1985) • Takistan Civil War (1988-1992) |
| 2000s | Sahrani Conflict (2006) • Chernarussian Civil War (2009) |
| 2010s | Operation Arrowhead (2012) • Operation Crimson Lance (2012) |
| 2020s | Altian Civil War (2026-2030) |
| 2030s | Altis Incident (2035) |
| NOTE: Conflicts fought in spin-off titles, non-canon expansions/DLCs, lone skirmishes between isolated groups or conflicts without significant details are deliberately excluded. | |