Siege of San Salvador

This article is about the 1946–1949 military conflict of the Creeperian Civil War. For other conflicts in San Salvador, see Battle of San Salvador.

Siege of San Salvador
Part of the Creeperian Civil War
Clockwise from top left: Ruins in Denilla in 1948, National Council soldiers in 1946, Imperial Council vehicles during Operation Watermelon, the San Salvador Imperial Palace burning in 1948.
Date 17 May 1946 – 30 August 1949 (3 years, 3 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Throughout San Salvador, with spillovers into San Luís, Zapatista, and the State of the Church Result Decisive Imperial Council victory Territorial changes Imperial Council retains control of San Salvador National Council withdraws from San Salvador
Belligerents
National Council	Imperial Council
Commanders and leaders
Miguel VII † Marcos I Juan Salinas Figueroa † Miguel Salinas Ortega José Bolívar Aguirre Pascual Espinar Casaus Mariano Alcocer Fraga	Romero I † Romero II Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno Máximo Barrueco Morterero Juan Primavera Sánchez Jorge Díaz Molina Alexander Sánchez Molina
Units involved
Miguelist Armed Forces Atheist Red Army ESTARES Senvarian mercenaries Terranilian volunteers	Romerist Armed Forces Cristero militias Falange Creeperiano Camisas Negras FRENAMI Gandorian volunteers Template:Country data Lyoa Lyoan volunteers
Strength
1.5 million soldiers Equipment: 45,000 artillery pieces 2,400 tanks 1,300 aircraft 16 ships	1.3 million soldiers Equipment: 45,000 artillery pieces 2,600 tanks 2,100 aircraft 15 ships
Casualties and losses
434,000 dead 567,000 wounded Equipment losses: 32,000 artillery lost 2,100 tanks lost 1,300 aircraft lost 16 ships sunk	560,000 dead 590,000 wounded Equipment losses: 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

The Siege of San Salvador (Creeperian Spanish – Creeperian: Սիտո ել Սան Սալվադոր; Creeperian Spanish – Iberic: Sito de San Salvador), also referred to as the Battle of San Salvador (Creeperian: Բատաժա ել Սան Սալվադոր; Iberic: Batalla de San Salvador), and known in modern-Creeperopolis as The Siege (Creeperian: Ել Սիտո; Iberic: El Sito), was the largest, lengthiest, and deadliest confrontation of the Creeperian Civil War between the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council (Imperial Council) and the National Council for Peace and Order (National Council). The battle was fought mostly within the department of San Salvador, one of the most strategically and symbolically important regions of the country. Due to its large and complicated nature, the siege has sometimes been considered to be its own war within the Creeperian Civil War.

The siege began in May 1946 with an initial attack by the National Council against forces of the Imperial Council. The National Council's failure to win a quick and decisive victory over the Imperial Council led to a stalemate and long-lasting siege, as neither side was able to break through the other's defenses. A final offensive by the Imperial Council in August 1949 forced a National Council retreat, ending the siege in a decisive Imperial Council victory. The civil war itself would later end on 30 September 1949.

Order of battle

National Council order of battle

Main article: National Council order of battle at the Siege of San Salvador

National Council leaders

Clockwise from top left: Salinas Figueroa, Bolívar Aguirre, Espinar Casaus, Salinas Ortega.

The commanders-in-chief of the National Council forces in the Siege of San Salvador were Emperors Miguel VII and Marcos I while its overall military commanders were Chief Field Marshals Juan Salinas Figueroa and Miguel Salinas Ortega.

North–Lake San Salvador front

Army Group Mauricio Tasis Quesada – Field Marshal José Bolívar Aguirre

3rd Army – General Rigoberto Fernán Tasis

9th Army – General Ricardo Rosales Román

4th Infantry Division (Terranilian) – Major General Adam Gát

2nd Flotilla – Admiral Lorenzo Sarmiento Elvira

25th Air Force Wing – General Antonio Morterero Nores

East–central San Salvador front

Army Group Qarl Marx – Field Marshal Miguel Salinas Ortega

1st Army – General Alan Hurtado Ros

11th Army – General Rubén Alguacil Prats

28th Air Force Wing – General Sebastián Pousa Frexia

South–Volcano San Salvador front

Army Group Joel Lacasa Campos – Field Marshal Pascual Espinar Casaus

7th Army – General Pedro Morillo Coronil

8th Army – General Antonio Yon Sosa

27th Air Force Wing – General Dídac Pareja Campos

Paramilitaries (various fronts)

Atheist Red Army – General Secretary Mariano Alcocer Fraga

National Guard – Chief Guard Ángel Moruga Leoz

Special Task Squadrons – General José Huerta Milano

Imperial Council order of battle

Main article: Imperial Council order of battle at the Siege of San Salvador

Imperial Council leaders

Clockwise from top left: Cabañeras Moreno, Primavera Sánchez, Díaz Molina, Barrueco Morterero.

The commanders-in-chief of the Imperial Council forces in the Siege of San Salvador were Emperors Romero I and Romero II while its overall military commander was Chief Field Marshal Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno.

North–Lake San Salvador front

Army Group King Saint Miguel I – Field Marshal Juan Primavera Sánchez

3rd Army – General Agustín Sarmiento Cruz

17th Infantry Division (Gandorian) – Colonel Krystian Matulewicz

11th Army – General Héctor Carballo Lain

16th Flotilla – Admiral David Cortés Andino

3rd Air Force Wing – General Rolando Dávalos Abasto

East–central San Salvador front

Army Group Emperor Adolfo III – Field Marshal Máximo Barrueco Morterero

1st Army – General Vicente Capmany Fraga

1st Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Milans Bosch Ussía

5th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Emmanuel Guillén Rubio

8th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Eduardo López López

9th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Adrián Cavallería Martí

13th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Óliver Sanz Yepes

16th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General José Miralles Tamayo

17th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General José Berganza Espiga

18th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Juan Alcabú Obregón

23rd Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Francisco Cortéz Ureña

29th Infantry Division – Lieutenant General Jesús Tafalla Mancebo

2nd Army – General Aaron Chicote Villa

4th Air Force Wing – General Pablo Piñón Ureña

South–Volcano San Salvador front

Army Group King Saint Alfonso I – Field Marshal Jorge Díaz Molina

5th Army – General Miguel Saelices Cabal

Lyoan Volunteer Legion – Colonel Manima Lama

9th Army – General Xavier Dávalos Carita

7th Air Force Wing – General Aarón Tafalla Rubio

Paramilitaries (various fronts)

Creeperian People's Catholic Front – General Alexander Sánchez Molina

Camisas Negras – Caudillo Carlos Hernández Videla

Falange Creeperiano – Captain Óscar Únzaga Vega

Imperial Guard – Chief Guard Gerardo Aguinaldo Villacrés

Militarist Nationalist Front – General Adolfo Rivera López

Literature

Books

• Guerra Civil (2009) by Orlando Pareja Palau
• La'Batalla de San Salvador (1972) by Carlos López Inéz
• La'Segunda Cruzada (1995) by Francisco Bermúdez Castro
• Por'el Amor a la'Patria (2005) by Javíer Tejón Molina

Films and documentaries

• La'Batalla de San Salvador
• La'Segunda Cruzada

Monuments

• Monumento al Sito

Poetry

Legal poetry

• La'Guerra Final del Romeristo
• La'Lucha Santo por'Dios
• La'Vida deun Romeristo
• San Salvador es Nuestro
• Siempre Lucha por la'Patria

Illegal poetry

• Ciudad de Miguel es Nuestro
• La'Destrucción del Ciudad de Idiotas
• La'Vida deun Miguelisto

See also

• Battle of San Salvador

External links

• Battle of San Salvador (NSIndex; 20 September 2019)
• Siege of San Salvador (IIWiki; 20 January 2020)