Great Serrataran War

The Great Serrataran War or the Second Great War, often abbreviated as the Serratar War or GW2 respectively, was a that lasted from 1936 to 1947. It involved a sizable majority of contemporary great powers, who largely coalesced into three separate alliances - XXX.

The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the of population centers and the military deployment of a total of nine atomic bombs.

The Great Serrataran War was the deadliest conflict in history, totaling over 100 million deaths on both sides, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to atomic bombings,, (including the PLACEHOLDER RATIO HOLOCAUST), and.

The Great Serrataran War is often split into two separate conflicts in historiography, into the Hatarian and Serican fronts, due to the distinct causes of conflict on both those fronts. The commonly accepted cause of the war in Hatar is the XX invasion of Galavaria in 1 May 1936, followed quickly by the XX invasion of Avalonia on 5 May of the same year. The war in Serica broke out later in 1944, due to the Fengese invasion of Arsytia on 7 February 1944, stemming from rising tensions between Fengjiang and Arsytia as well as border skirmishes between both countries and a perceived opening in Arsytian defenses due to its recent involvement in the Hatar front. EXPAND HERE

The war in Hatar would end with XXX. Prompted by an inconclusive stalemate by the last year of the war, the Serican Front was concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Gamtoi on 21 September 1947, the capital of the neutral Goldlands, by both belligerent sides. The agreement would end the Arsyto-Fengjiang war by , seeing the retainment of wartime borders between Fengjiang and Arsytia and the establishment of the Serican Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Hostilities continued until October, ending as the military forces of both sides finally withdrew behind their respective DMZ boundaries.

The Great Serrataran War changed the geopolitical landscape and social structure of the globe. Arsytia and its allies formed the Tavaric Treaty Organization soon after the conflict as a military deterrent against future conflict with Fengjiang. Fengjiang underwent a political transformation that would see the unification of its constituent statelets in 1960 into a single unitary nation. Barenia and Fengjiang emerged from the conflict as rival, setting the stage for the Cold War still ongoing in the modern day. Struck by the combined devastation of the wars in Hatar and Serica, the influence of Hatar's colonial powers waned further, triggering the decolonization of Hatarian imperial holdings primarily in Capricornia and Ozara.

Background
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Aftermath
(geopolitical, territorial effects, new world order)