Liberation of Sipula

Liberation of Sipula
Date 22.XIV.1704 – Location Sanaman Cibola Status Pending
Belligerents
Sanaman Federation of People's Republics People's Defence Force People's Air Force People's Navy Support  Kildare	Democratic Republic of Sanama Sanaman Patriotic Brigades Sanaman Foreign Legion
Commanders and leaders
Muqana Soke Piter Oreya Karen Nielsen	Keysa Nur Pinito Caprici Alain Pimpolet
Strength
75,000	22,000

The Liberation of Sipula was a military operation launched by Sanama during the end of 1704 to liberate Sipula, also known as Sanaman Cibola, from the rule of the old regime under Keysa Nur Pinito Caprici. Prior to the operation, foreign personnel were alerted and advised to evacuate. Sanama also prepositioned aircraft and personnel in Zijincheng, a Kildarian city in Cibola.

Between 13 and 24.XIV.1704 AN, the 3rd Cossack Brigade of the Honourable Company, previously garrisoned in Sanaman Cibola, embarked aboard logistic support ships and chartered vessels of the Benacian Union and departed upon a contracted razzia against the Kingdom of Naudia'Diva.

Background

During the final months of the Sanaman Civil War, when it was apparent that the rebels would emerge victorious, Chancellor Keysa Nur Pinito Caprici evacuated her family and a small government retinue to Sanaman Cibola, a long neglected territory on the northern coast of Cibola. Due to the absence of the Sanamati Democratic Party and the wider Peoples' Front in Sanaman Cibola, the revolution never spread there from Benacian Sanama. The Sanaman Foreign Legion also held the territory in a firm grip, facilitating Nur Pinito Caprici's relocation. Almost as soon as her new office had been set up in Niyi Axi, Caprici started exercising civilian political command over the territory, with Alain Pimpolet as Supreme Commander of the military forces, mainly the Foreign Legion. As early as 1701 however, an underground influence effort had formed in the territory, sponsored by the Sanamati Democratic Party, establishing the People's Republic of Sipula. Most people in the territory hailed from the Green and, being non-citizens, were effectively disenfranchised and cut off from many of the opportunities afforded to citizens. The Caprici government also pursued a vigorous "Sanaman-first" policy, banning all languages except for Sanaman in local schools. These factors combined with widespread unemployment caused an explosive growth in support for the People's Republic, setting the stage for liberation in 1704.