Operation Ozer

Operation Ozer - "ozer" meaning "lake" - was an operation undertaken by the CCSD and the military units comprising the Ghawlama Expeditionary Force in 1690. It ended in 1693 with the internment of the personnel in Vadimbaatar due to the outbreak of the Third Euran War in which Hurmu was keen on remaining neutral.

Origins

The initial beginnings of Operation Ozer started in 1689, when the newly revived Hurmudan state of the Hurmu Trust Territory, requested assistance in securing their ethnic lands from aggressors such as rogue Storish bands and subversive international elements which were otherwise interfering with the firm establishment of the legitimate Hurmudan successor government. With little to no military resources to contend with the hardships generated by these aggressive elements, Hurmu made contact with the Supreme Council in order to ensure that this legitimate revival of Hurmudan culture and recapturing of ethnic lands - a philosophy highly regarded by the All-Union Revolutionary Front- comes to fruition.

Timeline

1689

• Late 1689 (exact date classified) - Humru Trust Territory authorities make contact with Supreme Council

1690

VII.1690

• 7: Task Force 1690-1, formed of three merchant vessels, all container ships flying flag of Zeed, escorted by sole Alkhiva-class cruiser available to the Revolutionary Armed Forces, departed Rusjar. Personnel from 12^th Regiment of the Army Maritime Corps distributed across the three vessels provide operational security and help to maintain discipline amongst impressed sailors of the merchant marine.
• 8: Deployment of personnel from 24^th Brigade Combat Team (First Military District) via chartered air-flights, facilitated by the Honourable Company of the ESB Group, from Rusjar to Raspur Airport and thence to Vesüha International Airport. Regular flights along this route continue for the remainder of the month.
• 17: Merchant vessels arrived at Arâk. Inspections conducted by Sarlashkar results in certification of cargo of tractor parts (disassembled) for onwards conveyance in the next SATCo trade fleet to Punta Santiago.
• 17–22: Transfer of sealed containers aboard SATCo merchantmen in Arâk. Army Maritime Corps personnel given shore leave. A number encounter difficulties in the Abode of Sighs where cultural misunderstandings with the representatives of the Guild of Bestowers of the Perfumed Jewel necessitated the intervention of Constancian provosts from the Proti Stratia.
• 21: Rapid Response Unit assume responsibility for security of transferred containers. Security seals found to be intact and unbroken.
• 23: Task Force 1690-1 returns on southwards course towards Rusjar.

VIII.1690

• 3: Trade convoy departed Arâk escorted by ten corvettes of the Imperial Constancian Navy.
• 5–18: GEF personnel transferred via Hurmu Air Service from Ghawlama International Airport
• 20: Trade convoy arrived at Punta Santiago. ESB chartered SATCo merchantmen join convoy bound for Nuevo Corcovado (South Lyrica). Escort formed of Dominator-class missile cruiser.

IX.1690

• 9: Convoy arrived Nuevo Corcovado. ESB chartered SATCo merchantmen formed independent coastal convoy, bound for Buenaventura escorted by three littoral assigned to the Colonial Fleet.
• 12: Convoy arrived at Buenaventura. Containers unloaded onto Tudela 6x6 heavy equipment transporters. ESB security personnel put ashore. Organised road convoy formed of Ahvaz land cruisers. Journey overland to Hurmu begins.

1693

• After negotiations with officers of the Hurmu Constabulary, the Ghawlama Expeditionary Force accepted the terms of the Convention of Ghawlama whereby the personnel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces present in Lontinien would be interned for the duration of hostilities between Zeed and the Raspur Pact, with generous conditions concerning the parole of the Zeedic personnel in return for the surrender of their armoured fighting vehicles and other heavy weapon systems into the safekeeping of the Hurmu Constabulary. The personnel were brought to Camp 59, quickly dubbed Vadimbaatar, in northern Lontinien for internment for the duration of the hostilities.