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The Osamian War, also known as the Osamian Civil War, Osamian Wars of Independence, and locally known as the Collapse War, was a multi-party civil war in the territories of the former Osamian Federation from 1951 to 1957 following a military coup d'état after repeat failures of the Federation to maintain stability within the various republics among its control. Numerous factions with varying views of the future of Osamia fought within blanket groups that most accurately represented their goal of the war. The war's conclusion brought about the end of the Osamian Federation and the fracturing of power across the continent and completely transforming the state of the region, making it one of, if not the most influential event in Osamian history.

Following middling results from the Second Great Southern War, which resulted in horrendous losses to both sides, dissatisfaction within the Federation grew with many republics of the Federation demanding either heightened autonomy or outright independence. Violent clashes began to occur within the eastern republics of [Republic] and [Republic] as early as 1949. Conditions worsened through to 1951 as the Central Economic Council began to buckle under the collective pressure of the post war crisis. On the 8th of October, 1951, Yamsa Zhentu, Chief general of the Federation Army, Stormed the Economic Council building and announced a military Junta and transitionary government, regarding the current government unsustainable. This conclusion was not reached by all parts of the federation, and outbursts of violence among military units and militia alike broke out across the federation.

While comprised of various groups with widely varying interest, the conflict was effectively between two groups; the loyalists, who intended to preserve the status quo, and the revisionists, of whom sought some form of change, either in reforming policy or abandoning the Gekezikist model outright. The complexity of allegiences and factions would only worsen in June 1952, following Zhentu's announcement of the reintroduction of the Gemurtrakian Monarchy, a move that spelled the end for a potential reformed Osamian Federation. While there were numerous factions by 1952, most are catagorized as aligning towards the Monarchist/Republic, Federal/Neo-Republic, or seperatist/nonaligned blocs, however conditions in reality were far different, and alleigences among factions were generally up for debate for many of the smaller factions.

The Osamian War also saw the largest amount of foreign intervention on the Osamaian continent with the most notable efforts of Riyata towards the Monarchists, and partial support of Salia towards the Federation, as tensions escalated in Alutra again, culminating in the Third World War. The war would become the deadliest conflict in Osamian history and would be the second deadliest theatre in the Third World War, behind only the Alutran theatre, claiming [8] million lives, and saw the only nuclear detonation in Osamia to this day.

Initial moves
Following the storming of the Economic Council building, numerous cities on the west coast, namely Pujetthin, Sywetatum, and Jwem thkay], promptly declared themselves loyal to the military coup as well as a multitude of republics east of Gemurtrak. The situation was less clear in the major cities of [[Raswe and Tratum which experienced a large swarth of conflict in the beginning months, with uncertainty on who was holding the city. The Monarchists would gain a lot of the interior federation territory but would find difficulty in maintaining control against the seperatists forces in the region, most Monarchist forces were informed to retreat towards the Jwepsab mountain range and consolidate efforts before attempting to reobtain the interior in future campaigns. The early months were marked as heavily chaotic with coherent lines of allegiance only coming in after almost three months of combat. While much of interior Gemurtrak and the Ornpyat and north west coast was in Monarchist hands, much of the western and northern coast were under the grip of the Federalist who had the support of the bulk of the Federation Navy with only a small part of the navy defecting to the Monarchists. The whole east coast was embroilled in seperatist movements with various coastal pockets of both Monarchists and Federalists attempting to retain control of the region to varying success.

The declaration of the return of the monarchy by Yamsa in June of 1952 brought about multiple waves of change such as an increase of conflict on the west coast in favor of the Monarchists who were now recieving help by defecting Federalists. Metenzhana would come under Monarchists hands in August of that year following the news. The east coast became an effective lost cause following the announcement, with most foreign republics declaring themselves independent of both factions, only worsening the conditions the factions were suffering in the region. The Federation still held a strong hold in the seas, which gave them a massive advantage in holding the cities of Raswe and Tratum. Despite the disconnection of the Federation territory, they were still confidently able to supply each of their fronts. This made it difficult for the Monarchists to focus on a single region, forcing them to spread themselves thing to maintain the territories they held. By late 1952, conditions began to turn for Monarchists as Federal forces captured Sywetatum and surrounded Ornpyat while Monarchist forces were unable to push further west of Jwem thkay. Riyata would begin supporting the Yamsa and his coup in early 1953 with the arrival of the Imperial Army and Navy shortly thereafter. The move loosened Federation control of the coast and saved Ornpyat from Federation occupation.

- war shifts in favor of monarchists

- monarchists make pushes into seperatist territory

- Federation comes back a little

- Federation falters

- Federation uses Salian Nuke

- monarchists crush the Federation once and for all