The Great Balkan War

Description

The Great Balkan War was a regional war originating in the Balkans, eventually pulling in other nations worldwide, making it a global war. The war began when heat1804, the leader of Romania, attacked and killed Phillybob777, the soon-to-be Augustus of Byzantium, outside of Constantinople. Immediately after, Romania and Austria-Hungary both declared war on Byzantium with no apparent casus belli. By declaring war on Byzantium, Austria-Hungary violated the Intermarium Alliance, in which both of the nations were member states. Following this declaration of war, the remaining member states of the Intermarium Alliance came to aide Byzantium. They were Bulgaria, The Minskan Rus, and Crimea, though a few Minskan troops decided to aid Austria-Hungary and Romania. Already being hostile against Byzantium, Greater_Moravia joined the war as an ally of Romania and Austria-Hungary. As the neighboring Balkan nations were mobilizing their armies, more nations came to the aide of Byzantium. Brazil, Carolinga, Tunisia, Denmark, and Norge joined against the Romanian/Austria-Hungarian/Moravian coalition. The war had gone global at this point, sourcing many troops from all around into Byzantium's capital during the Battle of Constantiople. The Turkish_Republic came to help the defenders near the conclusion of the battle. On the second day of the conflict, ISIS joined in as a third party purely looking for blood, while Spain and Australia later decided to go against Byzantium, announcing it each on their discord servers. After a lengthy and bloody battle, with casualties in the tens of military personnel. [Historian's Note: Add the two phases of the battle and how it lead into the consecutively following sieges]

Battles

As the war is still going on, the current list of battles represent the ones that have occurred thus-far.

Battle of Constantinople

The battle of Constantinople was fought in an unclaimed area between Constantinople and Turnovo. The fight started with roughly a 15v10 in Austria-Hungary and Romania's favor, and they temporarily took the field, but after regrouping and recruiting more troops from various countries, the Byzantines marched in with about 20-25 troops and took the battlefield, driving their opponents back into a small tunnel area on the Bulgarian side. In the end, the battle itself was ceased when heat1804 and DethLogik got blown up by an end crystal.

After getting two of their generals blown up, and with supplies running low, the Austro-Hungarians and Romanians retreated and left the battlefield, leaving the Byzantine troops to declare victory over the battle. Most casaulties were from the Austria-Hungary and Romanian sides, with some casualties amongst the Byzantines, Bulgarian 'field medics', and armor-less spectators.

Explosives were a primary attack used in the battle, allowing the Byzantines to get some kills, while also accidentally harming some Bulgarians in some of the explosions.

Siege of Bucharest

The Siege of Bucharest happened roughly 10-15 minutes after the end of the Battle of Constantinople, which after regrouping and discussing, about 20 or so Byzantines marched forth to Bucharest, led by YellowVictini, and laid siege on the areas around the town, using dirt to build signs like 'LOL' and 'HEAT GAY', as heat hid in his house in Bucharest, having only pants and boots left out of his equipment. The troops left after approximately 10-15 minutes, pursuing Marcellus, the Byzantine traitor.

Siege of Ram_RanchII

Victory screenshot at Ram_RanchII

After his realization of his being chased, Marcellus teleported back to his house in Ram_RanchII, leading the Byzantine troops to go there, and lay siege upon the town for Marcellus' cowering. After seeing the two dozen or so troops, he blockaded himself in his house, while the Byzantines messed around his house, and eventually took victory screenshots in front of his house, with a dirt sign saying 'BIG GAY' in the background as to mock Marcellus. Whilst taking the screenshots, DethLogik attempted to blow up the troops, but failed after being spotted.

After the siege, victory for the day was announced just prior to 5pm EST, and a small victory party was held at the Hippodrome at Constantinople

Attack at Myrmidones

Some time around noon of the next day (America time), Marcellus led some of his troops (5-8) to the Byzantine city of Myrmidones, but was quickly approached by many Byzantine troops. Most of Marcellus' troops logged and left.

Byzantine Skirmish with ISIS

Later that day, soon after the Coronation of Justinian as the new leader of Byzantium, a small skirmish happened within the Byzantine walls in a small patch of wilderness, mostly between a few hole-camping ISIS troops and everyone at the coronation. There was a few casualties on the Byzantine side, while MLGTerra and watergod (ISIS) /t spawned when they ran out of potions.

Second Battle of Constantinople

Soon after, another battle broke out between the Austro-Hungarian/Romanians and Byzantines at the same place as the last battle. This time, however, there was a small medic station at the west end of the battlefield, where the medics seem to be more or less supportive of the Byzantines, and the Austro-Hungarians and Romanians were driven back once again with many casaulties. Around the time of their retreat, when there was few Byzantine troops still around, the ISIS troops appeared once again alongside New Zealander Proda, killing everyone in the area, mostly Byzantines, as the Austro-Hungarians and Romanians left as soon as the ISIS troops arrived. After a good while, with the Byzantines suffering heavily from the lack of troops and equipment, and seeing that it was more or less pointless to keep fighting, the Byzantines declared that ISIS has won as a third party.