Egyptian Civil War
Egyptian Civil War | ||||
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Part of Oil Crisis | ||||
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Royalist Egyptian Soldiers operating a Self-Propelled Artillery Gun, 1971 · Revolutionary Soldiers loyal to the the Command Council resting by a Tank in the ruins of Alexandria, 1971 · Squadron of Soldiers loyal to the E.R.C.C raising the flag onto recently captured positions, 1971 · Royalist Egyptian Soldiers posing near their tank, 1971 · Egyptian Tanks rolling into combat, 1971 · Royalist Egyptian Soldiers firing a barrage against enemy positions, 1971 | ||||
Date | Sometime in 1971 | |||
Place | Egypt | |||
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The Egyptian Civil War is a conflict that breaks out during the Oil Crisis. The war will be fought between three sides: The government, which controls the north and the Nile, Arab nationalists led by Gamal Abdel Nasser revolting in the south, and the Muslim Brotherhood revolting in the west. The instability in Egypt, the largest Arab nation, would escalate the conflict into an event for the history books.
The Kingdom of Egypt can either be supported by the Italians, the OFN (specifically the Americans), or the Japanese while the EGB is supported by the Germans and potentially, the COMINTERN. The Japanese can also opt to help the Muslim Brotherhood while Saudi Arabia will also support them.
Background[1][edit | edit source]
Prelude[edit | edit source]
The Egyptian Region has been known for the amount of instability within it's boundaries. Ancient Egyptian civilization began around 3150 BC with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.
The first king of the First Dynasty, Narmer, established native rule until the Achaemenid Empire's conquest in the sixth century BC. In 332 BC, Alexander the Great established the Macedonian Empire, which gave rise to the Hellenistic Ptolemaic Kingdom. The Ptolemies faced rebellions and wars, leading to their decline and eventual annexation by Rome. From there on multiple dynasties took the place of occupying Egypt after the Fall of the Roman Empire
Egypt would remain entirely under Ottoman control until 1805, except during French occupation from 1798 to 1801. Starting in 1867, Egypt became a nominally autonomous tributary state called the Khedivate of Egypt. However, the Khedivate of Egypt fell under British control in 1882 following the Anglo-Egyptian War. It was during the British Occupation of Egypt that the Suez Canal was built, ensuring Egypt's importance to the global trade route.
Eventually after The Great War, Egypt was given partial independence in 1922 under the supervision of the British.
Since the conclusion of the North Africa Campaign, Egypt had been a client state of the Italian Empire. However, tensions began to build around 1965 with the death of Farouk I, with Italian hegemony and control allowed Egypt to remain united, but the relationship between Egypt and Sudan was tenuous and administrative issues arose.
In-Game[edit | edit source]
Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser having seen both the Dhofar and Yemeni rebellions as a signal to strike, denounced the central Egyptian government as an illegitimate puppet regime, and set his plans in motion. This was especially good for him since this was during the midst of the Oil Crisis to where as they couldn't directly intervene in Iraq, the Levant, Yemen, Oman, East Africa, and many of their colonies (discluding Libya).
Taking a significant portion of the Egyptian army and launching an insurgency in western Egypt, he declared the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council to oversee the movement. The Muslim Brotherhood initially agreed to fight against the Free Officers, cooperating with the Italian-run government, but miscommunications and failed negotiations led to their own rebellion in Eastern Egypt, aiming to create an Islamic state. The German Reich funded and supported the Free Officers, whilst the United States supported the Egyptian central government to stabilize Italy's economy and ENI. (this only applies if Italy and its subjects were in the OFN alliance.) The Japanese government supported the Muslim Brotherhood, hoping radicalism would create terror and lower oil prices.