Side 1 | Side 2 |
Himeyama Ahkabnil | Ardian Empire Royal Seleucid Heyra |
The Himekuno Republic is on Side 1, the Mhorish Campaign sparked with Ardia declaring war on Himekuno and taking the strategically invaluable atoll of Nurashima with a decisive naval attack.
If more detail is desired I'm happy to oblige.
Achkaerin's on side one. I'm thinking along the lines of the sinking of the Lusitania and suggesting that Ardia in waging war sinks an Achkaerinese vessel in similar circumstances to that, an already existing borderline anger from Gowu about the lack of supplies during winters (due to RS-Ardian canal bottleneck coupled with northern weather conditions) was given further volume and the loss of Achkaerinese civilian lives was enough to force a declaration of war against Ardia in 1935.
Ok I'll drop the Gowu aspect but proceed with the Lusitania theory.
Ok this may sound off the wall but how about the ship in question carrying the Achkaerinese Emperor? Having just realized I have a coronation in the history in 1944, so I figure that could be brought forwards to late 1940. In theory if the ship is mistaken (or 'mistaken') for an enemy vessel and sunk by Ardia then the killing of the Head of State would be sufficient cause. Could be done if around the Aranye coast of the Mhorish I think for example if visiting Kaedwen or somewhere around there as this would keep him in theory away from the majority of the fighting area of the canals and until we hit 1940 the west Krimeon isn't a full on war zone.