Operation Northern Light

Operation Northern Light
Part of East Keltian Collapse
Date 1.VI.1737 AN - 15.VI.1737 AN Location Normark and Anahuaco, Keltia Status Completed
Belligerents
Nouvelle Alexandrie  Constancia  Benacian Union  Natopia  Oportia  Moorland	Confederacy of the Dispossessed
Commanders and leaders
General Borzou Gankhaki (Nouvelle Alexandrie) Admiral Konstantin Papadopoulos (Constancia) Frainan Uihmanzis bi-Łoidi Heinz Müller (Benacian Union) Captain Erik Larsson (Natopia) Colonel Maria Sanchez (Oportia) Cmdr Athena Campbell (Moorland)	Unknown
Units involved
Keltia Command Streïkrupp-Uihmanz Normark
Strength
Approximately 10,000 special forces personnel 200 transport aircraft 50 naval vessels	Unknown
Casualties and losses
17 killed 87 wounded	Unknown
Over 5,000 scientists, engineers, and officials extracted

Operation Northern Light was a joint military operation conducted by Nouvelle Alexandrie, Constancia, the Benacian Union, Natopia, Moorland, and Oportia from 1.VI.1737 AN - 15.VI.1737 AN. The operation aimed to extract key personnel and critical assets from the collapsing nations of Normark and Anahuaco before they could fall into the hands of the advancing Confederacy of the Dispossessed. The Benacian Union would have been seriously hampered in its participation by the Shirerithian maritime blockade of the Benacian continent during the Streïur uis Faïren, were it not for its continued ability to conduct flights via the Boreal Air Bridge.

Background

Eastern Keltia prior to the East Keltian Collapse.

As the political and military situation in East Keltia deteriorated rapidly in early 1737 AN, the Raspur Pact nations became increasingly concerned about the potential loss of valuable scientific and technological expertise to the advancing forces of the Confederacy of the Dispossessed. Intelligence reports indicated that Normark and Anahuaco possessed significant amounts of Raspur Pact military assets, personnel, and facilities that could aid the enemy significantly. The decision to launch Operation Northern Light was made during an emergency meeting of the Raspur Pact on 25.V.1737 AN. The operation was given top priority due to the strategic importance of the targeted assets and the rapidly closing window of opportunity for extraction.

Planning and Preparation

The interests of time necessitated priority of movement of certain identified targets out of the immediate area and into secure holding areas, from which the secured personnel could be transshipped to eventual domiciles.

The Boreal Air Bridge was pressed into service, and the Principality of Arboria and Amaland were immediately pledged as interim relocation sites, in the course of a command conference where the "Top 3" (a euphemism for Basilinna Esmeralda al-Osman, Prince-Autokrator of Constancia Iñigo, and Princess Rosamund) were present. In additional, the Imperial Constancian Navy made plans to dispatch a flotilla, Task Force Redemption.

Outcome

At the conclusion of the evacuations, the remaining allied base infrastructure in Normark would be explosively decommissioned by Keltia Command.

See Also

• East Keltian Collapse
• Operation Arctic Exodus
• Raspur Pact
• Confederacy of the Dispossessed