User:Fredbr/Brugan Conflict

The Brugan Conflict, or Crisis, refers specifically to the period of fighting from 18 November 2030 to 28 December of that same year, between the Brugan Liberation Army and the British-led BFOR, or Brugan Force.

This fighting took place in The Free Territory of Brugan, now the European Mandate of Brugan, over that area's sovereignty.

Brugan Bridge (2016-2021)
In 2016, French and English governments agree to collaborate on a high speed rail bridge across the channel from Bournemouth  Cherbourg. The bridge will be jointly owned.

Construction begins in 2017

The construction work expands through 2018, and so do the floating camps around the construction sites, looking more and more like a shanty town, as a network of accommodation and supporting infrastructure begins to form across the English Channel.

Construction completes in 2021.

History of the European Refugee Crisis
European migrant crisis

In 2021, Refugees from various Middle Eastern conflicts become stranded in the shanty towns surrounding the bridge as they are denied official entry to either one of the governing countries after attempting to cross over.

European Devolution Movement
European Free Alliance

Lega Nord

New Flemish Alliance

ProDG (Belgium)

British Government denies second Scottish Referendum in 2020. In 2025, after several failed attempts so secede, Catalonia is granted independence after a landslide vote in a referendum.

In 2026, inspired by events in Catalonia, the Brugan Recognition Party is established as a French Political Party, aiming to have Brugan recognised as an independent state and joins the EFA. Mec Vannin (isle of Man), Jurassic separatism (Mouvement autonomiste jurassien) (Jura/Swiss), Silesian Autonomy Movement (Silesia/Poland), Faroe Islands, Belgians.

Brugan's most important political allies are the Scottish, the Catalonians, the Flemish, the Northern Italians, the Russians, the Swiss, the Northern Irish.

Helped to militarize by ETA (separatist group), Albanian National Army, Sect of Revolutionaries, Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, Continuity Irish Republican Army, Real Irish Republican Army, Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group), Irish Republican Liberation Army, Orange Volunteers, Real Ulster Freedom Fighters, Red Hand Defenders, Informal Anarchist Federation.

Aided by Greek, Italian, Albanian, Basque, Northern Irish, and Ulsterian paramilitary groups. Sold arms by Catalonia and Russia.

European Union Referendums
The United Kingdom elects to leave the EU in 2017. Relations between Scotland and England become increasingly strained. Nigel Farage and Marie Le Pen inspire many with their anti-EU rhetoric.

French referendum on the EU results in a narrow vote to remain a member in 2019.

Affect of British Domestic Policy
In 2022, the UK forces out many migrants who had come to the country since 2017, increasing the number of people forced to head to the Brugan Migrant Community.

Royster Bridge (2023-2027)
In 2023, a second Eastbourne-Dieppe bridge begins construction. Many more Eastern Europeans join the Bruganese workforce.

In 2026, Royster Bridge finishes construction, giving Brugan clearly defined borders.

The Two Canals (2024-2027)
In 2024, the Grand Canal begins construction (East-West), creating a path through the established reclaimed-land. along with the Deuxième Canal (North-South); Bruganese control of the Strait of Dover means the economy of the area develops quickly.

The canals are finished in 2027.

France and the Egyptian support for the Algeria rebellion
Text

Egypt and Israel
Text

Franco-Israeli alliance emerges
Text

Frustration of British aims
Text

Nasser and Jordan
Nasser frustrated British attempts to draw Jordan into the pact by sponsoring demonstrations in Amman, leading King Hussein to dismiss the British commander of the Arab Legion, Sir John Bagot Glubb (known to the Arabs as Glubb Pasha) in March 1956 and throwing Britain's Middle Eastern security policy into chaos. After one round of bloody rioting in December 1955 and another in March 1956 against Jordan joining the Baghdad Pact, both instigated by Cairo-based Voice of the Arabs radio station, Hussein believed his throne was in danger. In private, Hussein assured the British that he was still committed to continuing the traditional Hashemite alliance with Britain, and that his sacking of Glubb Pasha and all the other British officers in the Arab Legion were just gestures to appease the rioters.

Nasser and Britain
Text

U.S and the Aswan high dam
Text

Brugan Conflict
Text

British response
Text

French response
Text

Commonwealth response
Text

Western diplomacy
Text

Objectives
Text

British planning
Text

Franco-Israeli planning
Text

Protocol of Sèvres
Text

Anglo-French Operation Musketeer
Text

Anglo-French Operation Revise
Operation Revise called for the following: Text
 * Phase I: Anglo-French air forces to gain air supremacy over Egypt's skies.
 * Phase II: Anglo-French air forces were to launch a 10-day "aero-psychological" campaign that would destroy the Egyptian economy.
 * Phase III: Air- and sea-borne landings to capture the Canal zone.

Israeli Operation Kadesh
Text

American intelligence
Text

Britain
Text

France
Text

Israel
Text

Egypt
Text

The Israeli operation Kadesh in Sinai
Text

Anglo-French Canal invasion
Text

Anti-war protests in Britain
Text

Support for Eden
Text

International reaction
Text

Soviet threats
Text

Financial pressure
Text

Cease fire
Text

Aftermath
Text

Military thought
Text

Europe
Text

Egypt
Text

Britain
Text

France
Text

Israel
Text

Other parties
Text