Siege 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; Ajaki volunteers; 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.

Name

Due to the extremely complex nature of the conflict, the event has been referred to by several different names. Siege of San Salvador is the most commonly used name, however, the "San Salvador" in Siege of San Salvador refers to the department of San Salvador as a whole instead of the city of San Salvador, located in the center of the department. Other names used to refer to the military conflict include the Battle of San Salvador (not to be confused with other historical battles of San Salvador) and the San Salvador War.

The conflict's two factions also referred to the conflict by differing names. The National Council referred to the conflict as The Final Battle while the Imperial Council referred to the conflict as The Siege. Later Creeperian government officials and scholars have also referred to the conflict as The Siege due to its importance in modern Creeperian history.

Background

Failure of the Papal War

Imperial Council advances in the north

Prelude

Planning and organization

Final preparations

Order of battle

National Council order of battle

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

130th Rifle Division (Ajaki) – Major General Ayushiyev Vassili

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

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

Course of the siege

1946

1947

1948

1949

Propaganda

International reactions and diplomatic positions

Aftermath

Consequences of the remainder of the war

Casualties

Imperial Council casualties

National Council casualties

Civilian casualties

Commemoration

Monuments

Monumento al Sito

In popular culture

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

Poetry

Legal poetry:^{[note 1]}

Illegal poetry:^{[note 2]}

Notes

↑ "Legal poetry" of the siege are poems written about the siege which are legal to read and are not suppressed by the Creeperian government. These poems generally were written by Romerists, however, some Miguelist seditionist and deserter poems are permitted to be viewed as they portray the National Council in a negative light.
↑ "Illegal poetry" of the siege are poems written about the siege which are illegal to read and are suppressed by the Creeperian government. These poems generally were written by Miguelists, however, some Romerist seditionist and deserter poems are not permitted to be viewed as they portray the Imperial Council in a negative light.

External links

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

[Legal_poetry-1] "Legal poetry" of the siege are poems written about the siege which are legal to read and are not suppressed by the Creeperian government. These poems generally were written by Romerists, however, some Miguelist seditionist and deserter poems are permitted to be viewed as they portray the National Council in a negative light.

[Illegal_poetry-2] "Illegal poetry" of the siege are poems written about the siege which are illegal to read and are suppressed by the Creeperian government. These poems generally were written by Miguelists, however, some Romerist seditionist and deserter poems are not permitted to be viewed as they portray the Imperial Council in a negative light.

[note 1]

[note 2]

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Participants			Timeline	Key aspects
			The Reigns of Terrors (1921-1949) Christmas Putsch (1923) San Pedro Incident (1925) Crisis of 1928 General Election of 1932 San Salvador del Norte Incident (1933) Creeperian Civil War (1933-1949) De-Catholization (1933-1949) Salvadoran War (1933-1935) El Mozote Massacre (1934) 1934 Political Assassinations Third Senvarian Insurgency (1934-2020) Papal War (1935-1946) 1937 Deltinian Rebellion The Dark Years (1939-1944) Denshire Massacre (1944) Siege of San Salvador (1946-1949) Battle of the Zapatista River (1949) San Salvador Trials (1949) Operation Genesis 19:24–25 (1950-) Salvadoran Revolution of 1956 Massacre of the Seven Thousand (1957) Salvadoran Crisis of 1976 1976 Creeperian coup d'état attempt La'Matanza (1979) Motion for the Eradication of MS (1979) Mara War (1979-) Castillianan Insurgency (1980-) Battle of Tuxtla Martínez-Panachor (1988) Mapastepec Massacre (1998) Alfonsisto (1999-2003) 2003 Creeperian coup d'état Motion for the Eradication of MS (2004) 2013 San Salvador Attacks 2019 San Salvador Attacks Battle of Rushdi (2019) Deltinian Insurgency (2019-) Treaty of Adolfosburg (2020) 2020 Salvadoran Protests Treaty of Puerto Atlántida (2020) Battle of Ciudad Rey Alfonso I (2020) 2020 Creeperian coup d'état attempt San Pedroan Bush War (2020-) Operation Banana (2020)	Illegal drug trade Illegal Drug Trade in Creeperopolis San Pedroan Bush War Government aspects Creeperian Initiative Operation Genesis 19:24–25 Human rights in Creeperopolis Politics of Creeperopolis
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