Yes, The Poignancy

 (: Ja, de Poignancy) is an autobiographical short story written by Tero Mannerheim, which documents his time as a child during the Second World War and Salian invasion of Gladomyr, in particular his small village of Mõnnaste. It tells the story of Tero's brutal coming of age and understanding of the war following the invasion by Salia and the subsequent disaster which was inflicted on his village. The book also protests in favor of ideals and displays the horror of war in significant detail.

Yes, The Poignancy is often taught in schools both in Gladomyr in abroad, with the short story having been translated into over 50 languages over the course of its being. The autobiography was written in 1964 and published in 1965 to great success. Since its release, Yes, The Poignancy has won several prestigious awards, including the World Prize of Literature among others. The short story was used to campaign against the Ordrish Revolution of 1975, as well as the Brotherly Wars and later the Agar Civil War. Tero Mannerheim was greatly commended for his piece of literature, and Mannerheim was knighted in 1986 before his death in 2010.

Since its debut in 1965, a sequel to Yes, the Poignancy, entitled The Corpses of War, was also released by Mannerheim. The Corpses of War is a novel as opposed to a short story, and documents the rest of his time during the war as well as after the war when Mannerheim was taken up by his aunt in Võsalu and is time in North Gladomyr. The book also extends into the Alutran War and Gladomyr's reunification.

Background
In 1940, Salia took the sovereign Myrish territory of Akerland in a lighting-strike maneuver which shocked both Gladomyr and the rest of the world as a whole. In response, Gladomyr, as well as several other East Alutran nations, retaliated against Salia and its illegal taking of Akerland. Soon after, in 1941, Salia would stage a naval landing on the banks of southern Gladomyr, before opening up a and beginning its land invasion of Gladomyr. The Salian troops, no matter how well equipped, were fought back against with intense ferocity. For many weeks, Salia struggled to gain any territory at all; however, using taboo methods such as to push the frontlines forward, Salia managed to gain land in great strides. Salians found the most resistance in Dincuff, Võsalu, Pärhula, Lisaare, and basically every other moderate to large sized town. This would result in Salians using a method of razing many cities and villages alike to the ground in order to minimize the amount of fighting back at any given place. This, among other disastrous effects, caused the deaths of many unarmed and innocent civilians. Salian generals were known to have told their squadrons to shoot anything that moves, as in Gladomyr, there were no such thing as civilians.