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This here is part four of my project and it will cover the Scandinavian wars along with the war between Japan and South Korea. I made sure to include five wars in here so I could get all of the wars with Sweden and Norway in one big article so hope you enjoy. There are over 1,600 words in this article and it took open four whole pages on Microsoft word making it my longest article yet.

Finish of the Finish

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Duration April 18th- April 21st (4 days)
Aggressor: Norway
Defender: Finland
Total number of fights: 137
Fights per day: 34.25
Battles: 6
Result: Norway sweeps Finland, Finland eliminated

Analysis

During the first week of the war module the Scandinavian powers did not declare war even though Sweden and Norway were number one and number two in military power respectively. This was probably because Sweden has sent soldiers to fight for Canada and did not want to fight two wars at once.

Finland was an easy target. Norway and Sweden had always been allies and had very strong armies but Finland never could join in on the success of its neighbors. Norway decided that they would take Finland first and let Sweden focus on the stronger parts of Europe down south. The president faced some difficulty declaring the war even though the war would benefit Norway and it was obvious that they would succeed congress was reluctant to accept the proposal with a vote 16-13 in favor of war. This was a slim victory in a time where most proposals passed by large margins.

When war first broke out the Finish fought back early on at Lapland putting up 53 fights but their army soon grew tired and the Norwegians poured in taking all of Finland in a sweep and by the time they reached the last territory the Norwegians took it without a fight. This marked the beginning of the expansion of the Northern Alliance.


The Danish War

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Duration April 21st- April 23rd (2 days)
Aggressor: Sweden
Defender: Denmark
Other defenders: Bulgaria, South Africa
Total number of fights: 91
Fights per day: 45.5
Battles: 5
Result: Sweden sweeps Denmark, Denmark eliminated

Analysis

Right after Norway finished their first war Sweden started theirs. With Finland now under Norwegian control Sweden moved south and attacked Denmark in another lopsided war. Like Finland Denmark put up a stand at the begging of the war but after that they ran out of gas and the Swedish took Denmark with incredible ease. Due to Denmark’s location this war did not last long. Sweden was able to attack four out of Denmark’s five regions the first day thus preventing them from having time to prepare a final stand. With their defenses spread thin the already outnumbered Denmark did not stand a chance.

Some veterans here may remember this war for one person, Gerv Per, The Danish president who was notorious for his hate of the Swedes. Though he did not change the outcome much he did begin to start a resistance by jokingly encouraging the Danish people to revolt by “Smoking outsides schools and hospitals” after the end of the war but his activity has been lacking recently.

Seoul Wars

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Duration April 24th- May 8th (15 days, 10 active)
Aggressor: Japan
Defender: South Korea
Total number of fights: 232
Fights per day: 23.2
Battles: 19
Result: South Korea wins a few successful defensive battles but Japan stays on the offensive and conquers the peninsula, South Korea eliminated.

Analysis

This war was really fun to watch as it played out. Every war up to this one had been a massacre except for the stalemate between the U.S. and Canada. This war was the most evenly matched at the time and the admins even had to delay the war because they did not know what to do if the defender had completely stopped the attackers.

These two nations were rather insignificant at the time so globally few nations really cared about the outcome. When Japan invaded South Korea there was no cry to help fend off the Japanese and Japan did not bother to find war allies to aid in their offensive. It was purely a war of two below average nations.

Japan quickly overwhelmed the South Koreans in their first wave of assaults but they were held back in two regions the next day and then had to switch over to the defensive side of things. This was no problem for the Japanese as the defender bonus was more then enough to keep the Koreans from regaining their ground. The advantage in the battles kept see-sawing back in forth but in the end the Japanese took advantage of their size and beat the Koreans back all the way to Gangwon. There the Koreans made their last stand in the largest and most important battle of the war. The outcome of the war would be decided in this battle, if Korea lost then they would be eliminated, they had to win. Despite a valiant 68 fight effort the Japanese squeaked by and took the region. The war was over and Japan had won the first non blowout war.

GDR covered this war as it happened you can see the article [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-249791.html]here[/a]

First German War

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Duration May 1st- May 20th (20 days, 4 active)
Aggressor: Sweden
Defender: Germany
Total number of fights: 999
Fights per day: 249.75
Battles: 15
Result: Sweden conquers most of Germany but leaves a few regions.

Analysis

A week after taking Denmark the Swedish war machine was ready for more. They marched further south into mainland Europe and took on Germany. Germany did put up a fight with some aid from nations in the Mediterranean alliance and was very well organized but they were not able to match up with the size of the Swedish invaders.

The great detail of the German organization was evident in the way battles were fought. Some battles would have 2 fights while another region would have 360 fights on the same day. There were many fights in this war but even with the Mediterranean alliance backing their opponent the Swedish prevailed by a huge margin winning 698 fights to a mere 135 and that 135 came with the defenders bonus. However it is also worth mentioning that there was a bug that incited a civil war amongst the Swedish soldiers. A good chunk of those 700 fights it said the Swedes won were from Swede on Swede violence.

Soon after the war the Swedish and Germans agreed on a peculiar peace treaty. Sweden would let Germany keep a few of their regions but they would have to keep a mutual protection pact with Sweden and some other conditions which would keep Germany from being too independent. The territories however were handpicked by Sweden so that they made sure that they would keep the territories that shared borders with other countries that they did not already border. It took the admins two weeks to really put the treaty into effect since it involved giving back regions to Germany and it was very restricting but in the end the war put Sweden closer to the Mediterranean alliance and made them more of a threat to Europe.

GDR covered this war as it happened you can see the article [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-237322.html]here.[/a]

Russian War

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Duration May 1st- May 6th (5 days)
Aggressor: Norway
Defender: Russia
Other defenders: Poland
Total number of fights: 388
Fights per day: 77.6
Battles: 12
Result: Norway sweeps Russia, eliminates Russia

Analysis

On the day Sweden launched their second offensive war into Germany Norway launched theirs heading eastward once again into the largest country area wise. Russia received a bit more support then Finland did due to the fact that people began to have growing concerns about the two Scandinavian powers gobbling up so much land and the fact that taking Russia would open up so many new countries for Norway to invade. The Norwegians caught a break here though as most of the foreign fighters went to help Germany fight off the Swedes rather then defending Russia.

The Norwegians felt resistance throughout the whole invasion but it was not too much for them to overcome. Most of the Russian population lived on the European side of the Urals and Norway got to attack those areas first. Two days after launching their attack from Finland Norway had managed to take St. Petersburg and Moscow. With those population centers now under their control they went on to the urals where they fought a key battle with 110 fights against the Russians who remained, their goal was to block off the Norwegians there and keep the Asian part of Russia independent. They were unsuccessful though and Norway then went on to take the Siberian part of Russia with ease. They experienced some resistance in the very far eastern parts but the Russians and their sympathizers were just grasping for straws. Norway had complete control of Russia by May 6th.

This war ended the period of Scandinavian expansion as it was the last of the wars by Norway and Sweden to end. Despite the fact that Sweden’s war did not end until the 20th of May there were no fights after the 4th. With their new territory Norway now border Alaska and was in striking distance to North America. Although there was never any talks of war it sent a wake up call to many countries telling them that they would have to take more action if they wanted to keep these foreign powers from growing too powerful.

GDR covered this war as it happened you can see the article [a url=http://www.erepublik.com/article-240121.html]here.[/a]