Ormish War

The Ormish War (also known as the First Ignas War and by various other names) was an armed conflict between the armed forces of N.A.S.R (Narpathian Actarian Socialist Republic) and the Ormish Empire.

The war began on August 24, 4488, following two years of tension between the two countries, when the Ormish Empire invaded the N.A.S.R. following a territorial dispute regarding the Norvesut Oblast and ended on December 31, 4489 when Kaiser Ormund IV formally signed his unconditional surrender in the Treaty of Decour. The war resulted in the N.A.S.R. territorial occupation of the Ormish Empire and the exile of Kaiser Ormund IV to Quashij. The conflict would have long lasting effects on the tense relations between the Ormish and Actarian peoples. The conflict would provide a catalyst for a nearly three-decades-long nuclear arms race between the N.A.S.R. and the Organization of Ormish States.

The war was brief but bloody, and came at a great cost to both sides including many civilian casualties as a result of indiscriminate aerial bombardment by both sides on major industrial centers, large scale use of chemical weapons, and the use of dirty bombs by the Ormish against the N.A.S.R. Tactics used included large scale trench warfare, manned machine-gun posts, bayonet charges, use of barbed wire across trenches, human wave attacks across no-man's land, and extensive use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas by the Ormish Empire against incoming Koshavat troops. In total more than 300,000-400,000 people are estimated to have lost their lives during the course of the war, with the Ormish taking loses 2 to 1 against the N.A.S.R.

Background
One of the factors contributing to hostilities is the Farr River, which drains into a bay near the cities of Khakaraj and Farruck. The river valley is largely comprised of marsh and wetland; and is considered an important waterway in southern Ignas, allowing shipping deep into the heart of the Ignas continent. This territory was historically controlled by the Ormo-Khazari Empire until the turn of the 45th century, when the Ormo-Khazari Empire split into the Ormish Empire, the Devish Republic, and the Kingdom of Khazaria. At that time, the river came under the control of the Ormish Empire.

When the N.A.S.R was less than three years old in 4485, Koshavat chancellor Rego Kenni began what he termed The Expansion, and began a massive territorial grab, purchasing and annexing any territory his government diplomatically could. (Kenni was opposed to all forms of territorial conquest until later in his politcal career) The N.A.S.R had just acquired the Saranov Lowlands, an international territory dotted with various city states and traditionally shared by Khazari, Ormish, Actarian, and Narpathian settlements. Wanting to join the [Koshavat Revolution]] and seeking security, the territory was turned over to exclusive Koshavat control following the Treaty of Saranov. After two years of rapid territorial expansion, the N.A.S.R. had more than doubled in size.