Araswi Conflicts

The Araswi Conflicts, also known as the Araswi Revolutionary Conflicts, the Wars for Freedom or the (First and Second) Peninsular War, was a period of Uprisings, Civil War, Incursions and Unrest in Araswa lasting from 1962 to 1982. It ended in the collapse of the former Republican government during the Araswi Spring of 1981, throwing Araswa into a period of national dissolution throughout the 1980s, marking the emergence of the Free Nations mass movement, ultimately leading to the establishment and expansion of the Araswi Confederation.

The causes of this turbulent era go back to the 19th century, when Araswa was colonized through a period of wars called the Bleeding of Araswa, in which a race of punitive expeditions against the major power of Araswa, the Siraat Empire, took place in order to split the Siraat dynasty and establish various tributary dominions over Araswa. There were various periods of Jeongmian, Fusanese, Kinshunese and Tosanese colonial dominion that followed. By the early 20th century at the start of the Great Eulhae War, Fusan and Kinshu divided Araswa, tightening their direct control over the peninsula. Throughout these years, Araswi dominion's were ushered into undeclared proxy wars against each other to press the claims of colonialists, later contributing to divisions that made the Araswi Conflicts longer.

At the end of the Great Eulhae War, Araswa had been conquered by Jeongmi with subjects from Namju and elsewhere in the empire. With Sinju turning inward toward reconstruction, decolonization swept the globe, including in Araswa. The Republic of Araswa was formed in 1948, but faced fierce internal divisions with the rise of reactionary parties, seeing the Republican government as beholden to Centerist interest in Sinju. The Anti Centerization and Anti Capitalist movements in Araswa also grew in the face of perceived occupation by Namju, which sought a steady transition to a centered Republic. A newly independent Matobo also joined in these efforts, both countries hoping to quell rising ethnic tension and ensure security of the constitutional convention. The primary motivation for foreign intervention at the time was suppressing Anti Capitalist and maintaining a liberal market, which had global interest particularly from the Central sphere, Sinju, and Namju.

The wealthy but corrupt Araswi government had become increasingly dependent on Namju intervention to help suppress uprisings. The Republic also became dependent on financial aid from Matobo and Namju, with troop and base numbers steadily increasing. By 1955 Namju increased its presence on the Peninsula dramatically as insurgency began to rise, leading into low-intensity fighting throughout the countryside. The Araswi Liberation Front, was a mass coalition which united various social revolutionaries alike, primarily seeking to create a Socialist Republic, split between authoritarian factions, traditionalist, confederalist and every kind of ethno-nationalist front holding each of these ideologies.

The Republican government was considered a failing state by 1960, propped up by the presence of foreign armed forces and unable to provide basic services to its people. The ALF, joined by the One Brotherhood of Labor(OBL) - composed of self-organized Collectives of laborers, tradesmen, factory workers and farmers - began supporting more escalating actions as foreign troop presence climbed. A nationwide General Strike was launched successfully in late 1961, leading to the Mjisara Massacre where over 80 striking miners were fired upon by national republican guard. This is considered the start of the First War for Freedom, otherwise known as the First Peninsular War in 1962.

The First Peninsular War mostly involved a coalition of Namju and Matobo facing off against the urban and rural guerilla forces of the ALF-OBL. By the end of the war, guerilla revolutionaries occupied most of the countryside, with the Republican Coalition becoming bogged down in asymmetric warfare. By 1965 the guerilla's controlled most central cities, pushing the coalition to the coast. After 7 years of fighting and over 80 thousand casualties, Namju and Matobo signed a ceasefire with the Revolutionary Coalition. During this time, the two countries moved their troops out of Araswa, ending their involvement on the Peninsula in 1968.

The war itself had devolved into a civil war rather than a revolution, as ethnic and ideological sectarianism grew even within the ALF. The ALF split with the OBL in the middle of 1966, causing a ripple of fractures across the Revolutionary Coalition. At the end of 1968, the "Miguukijani"(the Green Feet), a militant democratic confederalist coalition, would emerge. In the following year of 1969, several theodemocratic factions would split from the OBL and Miguukijani, forming the Enzi Brotherhood. Luh ethno-nationalist also emerged in the south. Fighting began almost immediately amongst all these coalitions, with international outcry for re-intervention to stop the civil war when evidence of widespread ethnic cleansing surfaced.

[The Second Peninsular War/Fusen]