2418 Palakkinen Border Crisis

The 2418 Palakkinen Border Crisis was a conflict between Palakkinen and it's two neighbours: the Hveden Federation and Empherias.

Conflict
the conflict began on 3 April 2418 when the Palakkinen army marched one thousand troops over the border into the Hveden South Polar Territory. The rest of their professional army, numbering 14,000 troops was on standby on defensive positions in the east and west. These incursion troops occupied the mountainous regions with no resistance but then settled into defensive positions. At the same time, the Palak government issued a call to the Ministry of War for militia to be called up. Initially, the Ministry of War called up 8% of the countries' male population, reaching nearly 285,000 men. After backlash, notably the Men's Uprising of 2418, and the lack of any real infantry equipment, people dodging the draft, and lack of time to train people for the conditions, the Ministry scaled back these operations and asked for just 85,000 men (1.25% of the male population). The Palakkine government announced their takeover of these lands to the Hveden government in a telegram on 5 April 2418.

In response to the act of aggression, the Hveden government authorised the local governor of the region to have executive jurisdiction over the direction of the army and he appointed a local general to lead a division of 10,000 troops of the local south-eastern army to retake the territories. This division moved to recapture a local village, five kilometres away from the Palakkine troop stronghold, and waited under orders of the governor by 20 April. The following day, the Hveden government sent a telegram to the Palak oligarch requesting that they move out of the occupied land or prepare for war. The Hveden government then sent a separate notice to the Prime Minister of Empherias, Elizabeth Rose, asking for her to fortify their border with Palakkinen - to which Rose accepted. Rose instructed the Minister of War, Henry Alark, to lead the situation. He pulled 10,000 reserve troops into active duty on 21 April, followed by another 14,000 reserve troops on 22 April. These would be taken from divisions stationed on the eastern border anyway to patrol the entire lengths of the border - with larger clusters of troops at major crossing points.