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Siege of San Salvador
	Part of the Creeperian Civil War
	; (Clockwise from top left); Ruins of San Salvador following end of the siege, Romerist soldiers in 1947, the San Salvador Offensive of August 1949, the San Salvador Imperial Palace burning in 1948.
Date	May 17, 1946-August 30, 1949; (3 years, 3 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	San Salvador and the surrounding department
Result	Romerist Victory Deaths of Romero I and Miguel VII; Miguelist withdrawl from the San Salvador Valley;
Belligerents
Miguelists	Romerists
Commanders and leaders
Miguel VII †; Marcos I; Juan Salinas Figueroa †; Miguel Salinas Ortega; José Bolívar Aguirre; Pascual Espinar Casaus; Rigoberto Fernán Tasis; Antonio Yon Sosa ; Rubén Alguacil Prats; Alan Hurtado Ros; Pedro Morillo Coronil †; Ricardo Rosales Román; Lorenzo Sarmiento Elvira ; Antonio Morterero Nores; Sebastián Pousa Frexia; Ángel Moruga Leoz †; Dídac Pareja Campos; Mariano Alcocer Fraga; Adam Gát	Romero I †; Romero II; Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno; Máximo Barrueco Morterero; Juan Primavera Sánchez; Jorge Díaz Molina; Hector Carballo Lain †; David Cortés Andino; Rolando Dávalos Abasto †; Pablo Piñón Ureña; Aaron Chicote Villa; Vicente Capmany Fraga; Agustín Sarmiento Cruz; Gerardo Aguinaldo Villacrés; Miguel Saelices Cabal ; Xavier Dávalos Carita; Aarón Tafalla Rubio †; Carlos Hernández Videla; Alexander Sánchez Molina; Óscar Únzaga Vega; Adolfo Rivera López; 23px Roman Kassakov
Units involved
Miguelist Armed Forces Miguelist Army 1st Miguelist Army; 3rd Miguelist Army; 7th Miguelist Army; 8th Miguelist Army; 9th Miguelist Army; 11th Miguelist Army; ; Miguelist Navy 2nd Miguelist Flotilla; ; Miguelist Air Force 15th Miguelist Air Force Wing; 27th Miguelist Air Force Wing; 28th Miguelist Air Force Wing; ; Miguelist National Guard; Atheist Red Army; 4th Terranilian Infantry Division	Romerist Armed Forces Romerist Army 1st Romerist Army; 2nd Romerist Army; 3rd Romerist Army; 5th Romerist Army; 9th Romerist Army; 11th Romerist Army; ; Romerist Navy 16th Romerist Flotilla; ; Romerist Air Force 3rd Romerist Air Force Wing; 4th Romerist Air Force Wing; 7th Romerist Air Force Wing; ; Romerist Imperial Guard; Camisas Negras; Cristeros; Falange; FRENAMI; 23px 17th Xussman Infantry Division
Strength
1.5 million soldiers; 45,000 artillery pieces; 2,400 tanks; 1,300 aircraft; 16 ships	1.3 million soldiers; 45,000 artillery pieces; 2,600 tanks; 2,100 aircraft; 15 ships
Casualties and losses
434,000 dead; 567,000 wounded; 32,000 artillery lost; 2,100 tanks lost; 1,300 aircraft lost; 16 ships sunk	560,000 dead; 590,000 wounded; 28,000 artillery lost; 2,100 tanks lost; 1,200 aircraft lost; 12 ships sunk
	4.3 million dead, 7.1 million wounded, 23.4 million displaced

Revision as of 09:38, 28 May 2020

The Siege of San Salvador (Creeperian Spanish: Cerco de San Salvador), also called the Battle of San Salvador (Batalla de San Salvador), was the largest, lengthiest, and deadliest confrontation of the Creeperian Civil War, in which the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council and the National Council for Peace and Order fought for control of the city of San Salvador, the capital city of Creeperopolis.

The Miguelist offensive to capture San Salvador began in May 1946. The attack was preceeded by the Miguelist Air Force bombing which reduced much of the city to rubble over the period of one week. The fighting degenerated into house-to-house fighting; both sides poured reinforcements into the city to prevent the other from gaining complete control. By 1948, 60% of the city had been reduced to rubble.

In June 1949, the Miguelists launched an offensive into western San Salvador which failed. The Romerists responded and launched an offensive into the eastern parts of the city controlled by the Miguelists. The Miguelists began to fall apart and a retreat order was given. Romero II ordered a no-quarter on Miguelist prisoners of war. The Miguelists completely withdrew out of the San Salvador Valley on August 30, 1949. The siege lasted three years, three months, one week, and six days.

Background

Prelude

Order of Battle

Miguelists

Romerists

North-Lake San Salvador Front

Field Marshal Juan Primavera Sánchez

3rd Romerist Army (General Agustín Sarmiento Cruz)
- 17th Xussman Infantry Division (Colonel Roman Kassakov)
11th Romerist Army (General Hector Carballo Lain)
16th Romerist Flotilla (Admiral David Cortés Andino)
3rd Romerist Air Force Wing (General Rolando Dávalos Abasto)

East-Central San Salvador Front

Chief Field Marshal Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno
Field Marshal Máximo Barrueco Morterero

1st Romerist Army (General Vicente Capmany Fraga)
2nd Romerist Army (General Aaron Chicote Villa)
4th Romerist Air Force Wing (General Pablo Piñón Ureña)
Romerist Imperial Guard (Chief Guard Gerardo Aguinaldo Villacrés)
Camisas Negras (Caudillo Carlos Hernández Videla)

South-Volcano San Salvador Front

Field Marshal Jorge Díaz Molina

5th Romerist Army (General Miguel Saelices Cabal)
9th Romerist Army (General Xavier Dávalos Carita)
7th Romerist Air Force Wing (General Aarón Tafalla Rubio)
Creeperian People's Catholic Front (General Alexander Sánchez Molina)
Militarist Nationalist Front (General Adolfo Rivera López)

Siege

Bombing of San Salvador

Aerial photo following heavy Miguelist bombings during Operation Torch.

On the evening of May 17, 1946, the Miguelist Air Force's 15th, 27th, and 28th Air Force Wings took off from airbases in Zapatista and flew over the city of San Salvador, the Romerist capital, to destroy fortifications and disorganize the Romerist garrison in the city in preparation for a Miguelist attack on the city. The goal was to capture the city, capture strategic air and naval bases, and shatter Romerist morale in an attempt to prolong the war and drain Romerist supplies and morale. The bombardment of the city began at approximately 10:27pm San Salvador Time. The 15th Air Force Wing was tasked with strategically bombing industrial complexes, military airports, and military ship yards along the Asambio, San Salvador, and Zapatista Rivers and along the coastlines of Lake San Salvador and Lake Zapatista to slow down Romerist manufacturing and production of armor and weapons. The 27th Air Force Wing was tasked with tactically bombing Romerist Army garrisons in the San Salvador department to hamper and delay an immediate Romerist response. The 28th Air Force Wing was ordered to attack civilian targets such as homes, schools, and specifically churches to destroy morale.

The bombing of the city endured from May 17 until May 24 the following week. In that time, the Romerists responded by mobilizing their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th, and 11th Armies to defend the city from the Miguelist forces.

The Holy city of San Salvador shall never fall to the forces of evil. Evil will be eradicated from this city, from the Fatherland, and the planet.
— Chief Field Marshal Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno

The Romerists also engaged the 3rd, 4th, and 7th Air Force Wings to retaliate against the Miguelist bombings and to alleviate the city from bombardment.

Occupation of the East

Romerist infantry in position to repel the Miguelist advance during Operation Yucca.

Miguelists warding off a Romerists counterattack.

Beginning on May 24, 1946, the National Council for Peace and Order initiated Operation Yucca to capture a significant portion of the city of San Salvador. The 1st Army, 11th Army, and National Guard advanced north along the Zapatista River and made a river crossing near Lake Zapatista. The 7th and 8th Armies advanced north too with the 7th Army threatening the borders of the State of the Church once more following the end of the Papal War and the 8th Army pushing to the shores of the San Salvador River. The 9th Army pushed north from the opposite side of the Zapatista River and pushed north along the shores of Lake San Salvador in the department of San Luís. The 3rd Army pushed south out of San Salvador del Norte into San Salvador down along the coast of Lake San Salvador.

Battle of Serrada

Xussman soldiers of the 17th Infantry Division engaging with the Terranilians during the Battle of Serrada.

The Battle of Serrada occured on June 26, 1946, between the opposing forces of the 3rd Romerist Army and the 9th Miguelist Army. The battle was fought between exclusively foreign troops from the 4th Terranilian Infantry Division and the 17th Xussman Infantry Division. The battle resulted in a Terranilian victory after a failed Xussman counterattack. The battle was the first of the Creeperian Civil War to not be fought by ethnic Creeperans on either side.

Death of Romero I

Miguelists running through a trench in the city.

Death of Miguel VII

Romerists bomging suspected Miguelist hideouts along the Asambio River.

Massacre of 1947

Burning of 1948

Offensive of June 1949

Offensive of August 1949

Romerists during the San Salvador Offensive of August 1949.

Romerist Victory

Ruins of San Salvador.

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Contents

Background

Prelude