Second World War

The  was a that took place from 1940 to 1943. It followed the Summer War.

Background
The war was the result of widespread dissatisfaction with the Concert of Nations and its perceived heavy-handed approaches to enforcing international law and disarmament. This led to an aviation arms race. Growing opposition to colonialism and a rise of nationalism also played a role in attitudes. The actual sparking incident was Ta’aroha invading Riyude in what became known as the Summer War.

Western front
Ta’aroha invaded and occupied Riyude and Teleri Republic. Salia provided support to Ta’aroha. Ta’aroha was led by a dictator largely inspired by national revisionism but not necessarily copying it. The Leader and their ideology were pushed by a desire to unite all culturally Kanasan peoples and reestablish the borders of the Auynic Empire.

Huenarno had a sort of Meiji restoration with the puppet emperor and a coalition of other rebels leading the charge against Salian rule. Emperor was a relatively young emperor with highly nationalist tendencies. He managed to form a coalition of other ideologies and independence movements, promising representation in his new government. He formed a government with a democratically elected parliament but with an emperor with a fair amount of authority over politics and military.

Eastern front
In Alutra, Salia’s Prime Minister Gillean mac Sá, a former general in the Salian military, swiftly took power in Salia after a nationalist campaign. He claimed the island of Akerland from Gladomyr, and invaded and conquered it. Salian forces continued into Gladomyr, and south into Ordrey as mac Sá claimed lands along the Aarnieu delta. This prompted a series of alliances, where Lathadu, Gladomyr, and Ordrey stepped up to stop Salia’s imperialistic advance.

Ecoralia joined the war when Salia launched a propaganda campaign among Tretuish/Fendish/Sedes ethnic groups using a "claim your birthright to Alutra" propaganda. Salia wanted to get the Ecoralian Tretus and Ordrish Fends worked up against Ecoralia and "the treasonous Ordrons,” who had historically oppressed many Sedic minority groups in Alutra

Ordrey tried its best to maintain the international system established through the Concert of Nations and attempted to rally the remaining members to invoke the mutual defense protocols against Salian and Ta’arohan aggression towards member states. Ordrey saw to constructing the “Continental Wall” against Salia, a series of coastal fortifications which largely dissuaded a naval invasion. The majority of manufacturing in the country was relocated from Noters to inland zones mostly surrounding Vernon, Prenalgren and Calla. Air warfare over the East Alutran coast became a major factor in the war in its early phases.

Because of the prioritization of the coasts and favorable relations with Ecoralia, resources were not present in nearly enough numbers to completely contain Tretu and Fend nationalist militias from causing massive havoc in the borderlands, which caused significant damage to strategic reserves of grain and other vital foodstuffs in the Penguinnes and Aarnieu Glen country.

Ventora provided naval patrols and escorts throughout the Abayadi Sea. This allowed the major Axis powers to allocate their forces more toward the combat zones. A number of Ventoran expeditionary air and army forces participated with other Axis forces in several of the major battles. Because of the nature of the aviation arms race, Ventoran pilots often trained for and flew combat flights in other Axis country aircraft.

Southern front
Salia still held some ports in Gemurtrak, a situation that likely led to that country entering the war. At the time, Gemurtrak underwent a nationalist period and declared themselves the "necessary" inheritor of the Osamian continent to defend from the Alutran menace. Gemurtrak entered the main war through an agreement with the Allies. A major contribution was Gemurtrak's occupation and blockade of trade going through the Ornyenka Strait, stopping anyone supporting Salia from going through.

The bulk of Ordrish combat at the start of the war was a naval campaign supporting Gemurtrak’s blockades, as well as a handful of land battles on Fieloani itself.