The African War

The African War began in mid-2097 after the treatise of Malta, in which a joint American-British partition of Africa was decided upon.

The British initially invaded from their RTC outpost in Gibraltar, they cut a large swath in the African lines. They soon followed this up with a larger naval invasion of South Africa. For Britain this was a mostly colonial and trade-based conflict, thus the RTC was left to bare the largest brunt of the war effort on the United Kingdom front.

America was later into the conflict, only truly starting to join the war by around the new century, as the mobilization and transport of the necessary forces was not only a logistical nightmare, but a time consuming one. America naturally began its invasion with Liberia, where they established a protectorate: The Free Nations of the African Continent. Following this, they began naval supported ventures along the coast, defeating the poorly trained and poorly equipped UAE forces.

Andromeda joined the war on the side of the aggressors in late 2103, after realizing the profit having African colonies would have. Taking Andromedan Swahili, they launched four separate expeditions to take further lands in the Congo, three of which failed. So far, there has only been one incident in which they had conflicted with American/British forces in the area.

The UAE forces took more than 10 years before fully mobilizing to deal with the threat, however, by that point it had already been too late. They had early on, only made few weak attempts at stopping the advance, and it wasn't until around 2108 that they started gaining multiple major victories. Regardless, the war is one that the UAE is losing, as it has not the industrial, economic, or technological capabilities as most of its competitors.

The South Americans invaded Cameroon, technically in 2089, prior to the African War, however, it was assaulted multiple times, mostly mistakenly, by UAE forces during the war. It wasn't until after a SAA retaliation after one of these accidental attacks that the tragedy occured. Of the 25,000 man garrison stationed in Cameroon only 4,000 escaped from the event known as 'The Night of Mourning'. Over the course of three days, a massive biochemical attack began on Cameroon by the UAE. While the official list states that circa 21,000 men were killed, this is untrue, it was closer to 16,000. The others have since lost their mind, their bodies twisted by the terrible weapons unleashed upon them. They live a fate far worse than death.