1705 Benacian intervention in Cimmeria and Raikoth

1705 Benacian intervention in Cimmeria and Raikoth
Part of 1704 Free Elwynn political crisis
Location Cimmeria and Raikoth
Parties
Benacian Union	Holy Party of the Divine Icebear  Ayreonist Independence Party  Elwynnese Workers' Party  Union for Truth and Beauty	Verionist Union
Commanders and leaders
Adam al-Osman Hassan Bagherzadeh Farrokh Aurangzebzadeh Keshavarz Iskander Rustam al-Osman	Rost Pedressen Marcus Alondorion Ezabel Kaaq	Eki Verion Stephen Lewis
Units involved
Northern Banner Group 30th Army Northern Banner Fleet Cimmerian Fleet Northern Banner Air Force	Self-Defence Forces (Nativist faction)	Self-Defence Forces (Verionist faction)
Strength
28,800 ground combatants 7,680x shock troops 2,400x light infantry 18,720x combat support troops 720 aircraft 480x multirole strike aircraft 240x transport aircraft 240x intermediate range ballistic missiles 25 warships 1x Behaurnais-class amphibious assault ship 2x Rhodondra-class amphibious assault ships 2x Montran-class destroyers 5x Protector-class frigates 8x Seafox-class corvettes 5x Brigand-class logistic support vessels 2x Viviantia-class logistic support vessels

The 1705 Benacian intervention in Cimmeria and Raikoth was initiated by the Benacian Union at midnight on 36.XV.1704 AN to coincide with dawn on 01.I.1705 AN, in an attempt to take by surprise and overwhelm the nativist and democratic forces which participated in the governance of Cimmeria and Raikoth, whilst they were distracted with internal feuding directed against the partisans of the Verionist Union as a consequence of the contested results of the 1704 Free Elwynn elections.