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{{short description|Major civil war in Creeperopolis (1933–1949)}}
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{{About-distinguish-text|the civil war of 1933–1949. For other civil wars, see [[Creeperian Civil War (disambiguation)]]|the [[Creeperian Conflicts]]}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
 
{{Infobox military conflict
 
| conflict    = Creeperian Civil War
 
| conflict    = Creeperian Civil War
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| width      = 460px
 
| partof      = the [[Creeperian Conflicts]]
 
| partof      = the [[Creeperian Conflicts]]
| image      = Creeperian Civil War Collage.jpeg
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| image      = Image collage of the Creeperian Civil War.png
 
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| alt        = A collage of 6 black and white images from the Creeperian Civil War. Clockwise from top-right: a street covered in debris with the ruined architectural frames of buildings on each side of the street during the Siege of San Salvador, to men armed with rifles pointing their guns at four men prior to being extrajudicially executed, a large crowd of paramilitary soldiers armed with rifles standing in formation, an aerial view of three propeller warplanes (Maroto FA-1Hs) flying over farmlands, an aerial view of a concentration camp (Teguracoa Extermination Camp) showing numerous barracks buildings (used as prison blocks) after being captured, five soldiers runnings through a street covered in debris and surrounded by buildings on both sides during the Siege of La'Victoria.
| caption    = (Clockwise from top left)<br />Ruins of a church during the [[Siege of San Salvador]], Fighters of the [[Miguelist Air Force]], Civilians being rounded before the [[El Mozote Massacre]], ''[[Cruzadore I]]'' tanks of the [[Romerist Army]], [[Miguelist Army]] soldiers in [[La'Libertad (city)|La'Libertdad]].
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| caption    = Clockwise from top-right: ruins from the [[Siege of San Salvador]], an extrajudicial execution of suspected communists, [[Atheist Red Army]] soldiers in [[Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg|Adolfosburg]], three Imperial Council [[Maroto FA-1|Maroto FA-1Hs]], the [[Teguracoa Extermination Camp]] after liberation, Imperial Council soldiers during the [[Siege of La'Victoria]].
 
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| date        = {{plainlist|
| date        = January 2, 1933-September 30, 1949<br /> ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=1|day1=2|year1=1933|month2=9|day2=30|year2=1949}})
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* 2 January 1933 – 30 September 1949
 
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* ({{age in years, months, weeks and days|year1=1933|month1=01|day1=02|year2=1949|month2=09|day2=30}})
| place      = [[Southern Landmass]]<br />{{Collapsible list
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| place      = Primarily in [[Creeperopolis]], but also in [[Kingdom of Atlántida|Atlántida]], [[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castilliano]], [[El Salvador]], and the [[State of the Church]]
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| result      = {{plainlist|
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* Imperial Council victory
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* End of the [[Second Parliamentary Era]]
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* Restoration of [[Monarchy of Creeperopolis|absolute monarchy]], establishment of a ''de facto'' [[Military influence in Creeperian politics|military dictatorship]], and formation of the [[Cortes Generales|General Courts]]
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* Post-war Romerist [[Operation Genesis 19:24–25|mass-killings and repression]]
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* Beginning of the [[Partisan Resistance (Creeperopolis)|Partisan Resistance]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} '''[[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council|Imperial Council]]''' ([[Romerism|Romerists]])
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Catholic Royalist Party.png}} [[Catholic Royalist Party|Catholic Royalists]]
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* {{flagicon image|FPPC flag.jpeg}} [[Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front|Pro-Fatherland Front]]
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* {{flagicon image|PCN flag.png}} [[National Conservative Party (Creeperopolis)|National Conservatives]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Government militias:
| 1 = [[Kingdom of Atlántida|Atlántida]] (from 1939)<br />[[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castilliano]] (from 1934)<br />[[El Salvador]] (to 1935)<br />[[Second State of the Church|State of the Church]] (from 1935)
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|DINA FLAG.jpeg}} [[National Intelligence Directorate]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Allied militias:
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|FRENAMI.png}} [[Militarist Nationalist Front]]
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* {{flagicon image|Cristero Flag.png}} [[Crusaders of King Alfonso]]
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* {{flagicon image|Bandera FE JONS.svg}} [[Falange Creeperiano]]
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* {{flagicon image|FPPC flag.jpeg}} [[Camisas Negras]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Foreign militias:
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|Atlántidan Defense Militia.png}} [[Atlántidan Defense Militia]]
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* {{flagdeco|Castilliano|1824}} [[Army of Santiago (Castilliano)|Army of Santiago]]
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* [[Foreign involvement in the Creeperian Civil War#Support for the Imperial Council|Foreign volunteers]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Co-belligerents:
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* {{flag|Atlántida}}
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* {{flag|El Salvador|1937}}
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* {{flag|Montcrabe|1850}}
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* {{flag|State of the Church|1930}}
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* '''Supported by:'''
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* {{flag|Castilliano}}
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* {{flag|New Gandor|old}}
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* {{flag|Pavulturilor|kingdom}}
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* {{flag|Quebecshire}}
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* {{flagdeco|Rakeo|1918}} [[Second Republic of Rakeo|Rakeo]]
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* {{flag|Rakhman}}
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* {{flag|Salisford}}
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}}
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| combatant2 = {{plainlist|
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} '''[[National Council for Peace and Order|National Council]]''' ([[Miguelism|Miguelists]])
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of the PCSC.png}} [[Creeperian Social Communist Party|Social Communists]]
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* {{flagicon image|Creeperian Socialist Party.png}} [[Creeperian Socialist Party|Socialists]]
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* {{flagicon image|PLN flag.png}} [[National Liberal Party (Creeperopolis)|National Liberals]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Government militias:
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|ESTAERES flag.png}} [[Special Task Squadrons]]
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* {{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg}} [[Elite Medical Detachment]]
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of Sendero Luminoso.svg}} [[Anti-Fascist Popular Guard]]
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* {{flagicon image|Army of the People flag (Creeperopolis).png}} [[Army of the People (Creeperopolis)|Army of the People]]
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* {{flagicon image|Socialist red flag.svg}} [[Apostates for the Cause]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Allied militias:
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of the PCSC.png}} [[Atheist Red Army]]
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* {{flagicon image|Anarchist flag black top.svg}} [[Surian Anarchist Federation]]
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* Foreign militias:
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}}
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Second Spanish Republic (plain).svg}} [[Union of Castillianan Opposition Forces|Union of the Opposition Forces]]
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* [[Foreign involvement in the Creeperian Civil War#Support for the National Council|Foreign volunteers]]
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{{plainlist|
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* Co-belligerents:
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* {{flagdeco|El Salvador|1933}} [[State of Granada|Granada]]
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* {{flag|Free Republic of Noundures|1933|name=S Noundures}}
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* '''Supported by:'''
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* {{flag|Ajakanistan|1921}}
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* {{flag|Morova}}
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* {{flag|New Illyricum}}
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* {{flag|Terranihil}}
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* Separatist groups:
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* {{flagdeco|Senvar}} [[Kingdom of Senvar (separatist state)|Senvar]]
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}}
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* {{army|Senvar}}
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* {{flagdeco|Senvar|1603}} [[Senvarian Autonomous Party|Senvarian Autonomists]]
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* {{flagicon image|Vitruvio National Front.png}} [[Vitruvio National Front]]
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* {{flagdeco|Caliphate of Deltino}} [[1937 Deltinian rebellion|Deltinian rebels]]
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of National Socialist Movement of Chile.svg}} [[San Pedro Revolution|San Pedroan rebels]]
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}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} '''[[Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero I]]'''{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} '''[[Romero II of Creeperopolis|Romero II]]'''
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Antonio Sáenz Heredia]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]]{{Assassinated|Assassination of Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Máximo Barrueco Morterero]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Arturo Rawson Perón]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Leónidas Trujillo Molina]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Héctor Carballo Lain]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}}{{flagicon image|Cristero Flag.png}} [[Enrique Figueroa Guerrero]]{{executed}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}}{{flagicon image|Cristero Flag.png}} [[Alexander Sánchez Molina]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}}{{flagicon image|FRENAMI.png}} [[Adolfo Rivera López]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}}{{flagicon image|Bandera FE JONS.svg}} [[Ramón Serrano Suñer]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}}{{flagicon image|FPPC flag.jpeg}} [[Carlos Hernández Videla]]
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* {{flagdeco|Atlántida}} [[Uxio Aponte Avellaneda]]
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* {{flagdeco|El Salvador|1937}} [[Carlos Castillo Armas]]
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* {{flagdeco|Montcrabe|1850}} [[Gregoire Arthur]]
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* {{flagdeco|State of the Church|1930}} [[Alfonso León Gaitán]]
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}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} '''[[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]]'''{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} '''[[Marcos I of Creeperopolis|Marcos I]]'''{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[Rolando Rubio Noboa]]{{Assassinated}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[Mariano Alcocer Fraga]]{{POW}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[Miguel Salinas Ortega]]{{POW}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[José Bolívar Aguirre]]{{POW}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[Pascual Espinar Casaus]]
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}}{{flagicon image|Flag of the PCSC.png}} [[Cayetano Handel Carpio]]{{executed}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}}{{flagicon image|ESTAERES flag.png}} [[José Huerta Milano]]{{POW}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}}{{flagicon image|Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg}} [[Carlos Madrid Figueroa]]{{POW}}
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* {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}}{{flagicon image|Army of the People flag (Creeperopolis).png}} [[Javíer Escalón Duarte]]{{executed}}
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* {{flagdeco|El Salvador|1933}} [[Tomàs Regalat Esglaó]]{{executed}}
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* {{flagdeco|Free Republic of Noundures|1933}} [[Adalbert Boronat Cruilles]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Senvar}} [[Achiq Llactahuaman Achachau]]
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* {{flagdeco|Senvar}}{{flagdeco|Senvar|army}} [[Awaq Curichimba Conde]]{{KIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Senvar}}{{flagdeco|Senvar|army}} [[Yaku Quispe Pumacaja]]
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* {{flagicon image|Vitruvio National Front.png}} [[Ekai Veramendi Arrain]]{{MIA}}
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* {{flagdeco|Caliphate of Deltino}} [[Muammar al-Koroma]]{{executed}}
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* {{flagicon image|Flag of National Socialist Movement of Chile.svg}} [[Juan Mallorca Gómez]]{{executed}}
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}}
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* '''1933 strength:'''
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* 865,000 soldiers
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* 28 warships
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* 450 aircraft
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* '''1943 strength:'''
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* 3.4 million soldiers
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* 35 warships
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* 2,000 aircraft
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* '''1949 strength:'''
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* 3.1 million soldiers
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* 29 warships
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* 1,800 aircraft
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}}
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| strength2  = {{plainlist|
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* '''1933 strength:'''
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* 870,000 soldiers
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* 17 warships
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* 650 aircraft
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* '''1943 strength:'''
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* 3.7 million soldiers
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* 25 warships
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* 1,800 aircraft
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* '''1949 strength:'''
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* 2.2 million soldiers
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* 15 warships
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* 1,000 aircraft
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}}
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| casualties1 = {{plainlist|
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* 3.3 million killed in action
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* 4.5 million wounded in action
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* 0.5 million missing in action
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* 0.9 million prisoners-of-war
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}}
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| casualties2 = {{plainlist|
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* 3.7 million killed in action
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* 4.5 million wounded in action
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* 0.8 million missing in action
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* 1.0 million prisoners-of-war
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| casualties3 = {{plainlist|
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* 9–11 million killed in the ''[[De-Catholization]]''
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* 41.2 million total dead, 52.2 million total wounded, 3.2 million total missing
 
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| result      = Romerist Victory<br />(See [[Creeperian Civil War#Aftermath|Aftermath]] Section)
 
 
 
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| combatant1  = {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} '''[[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]]'''<br />[[File:Atlantida.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Kingdom of Atlántida|Atlántida]] (from 1939)<br />[[File:Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg|23px|border]] [[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castilliano]] (from 1934)<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[El Salvador]]<br />[[File:Flag of the Papal States (1825-1870).svg|23px|border]] [[Second State of the Church|State of the Church]]<br />'''Supported by:'''<br />[[File:Quebecshire Flag.png|23px|border]] [[Quebecshire]] (from 1935)<br />[[File:Cythus.png|23px|border]] [[Xusma]] (from 1938)
 
| combatant1a = '''Political Support'''<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|Romerist Parliament]]<br />[[Creeperian Conservative Coalition]]
 
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| 1 = [[Creeperian Centrist Party]] (factions)
 
| 2 = [[Catholic Royalist Party]]
 
| 3 = [[Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front]]
 
| 4 = [[National Conservative Party (Creeperopolis)|National Conservative Party]]
 
| 5 = [[Salvadoran Nationalist Party]]
 
 
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| combatant2  = [[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] '''[[National Council for Peace and Order]]'''<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador|1933}} [[State of Granada|Granada]] (until 1935)<br />[[File:Senvarsenvekflag.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Republic of Senvar-Senvek|Senvar-Senvek]] (from 1934)<br />'''Supported by:'''<br />[[File:Flag terranihil new 2.png|23px|border]] [[Terranihil]] (from 1941)
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The '''Creeperian Civil War''' ([[Creeperian language|Creeperian]]: Գփերրա Ծիվիլ Ծրեեպերիանո / ''Guerra Civil Creeperiano'') was a civil war fought in [[Creeperopolis]] from 2 January 1933 and 30 September 1949. The civil war was fought between left and right-wing ideological groups. The left—including liberals, socialists, [[Communism|communists]], anarchists, republicans, and political atheists—fought under the banner of the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] (National Council) and are often referred to as the [[Miguelism|Miguelists]]. The right—including conservatives, traditionalists, fascists, monarchists, and political Catholics—fought under the banner of the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] (Imperial Council) and are often referred to as the [[Romerism|Romerists]]. Additionally, various separatist groups, death squads, independent militia groups, and foreign armies were involved in the civil war, either supporting one of the two councils or fighting independently.
| combatant2a = '''Political Support'''<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1887}} [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|Miguelist Parliament]]<br />[[People's Social Coalition]]
 
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| 1 = [[Creeperian Centrist Party]] (factions)
 
| 2 = [[Creeperian Social Communist Party]]
 
| 3 = [[Creeperian Socialist Party]]
 
| 4 = [[National Liberal Party (Creeperopolis)|National Liberal Party]]
 
| 5 = [[Salvadoran Peoples' Party]]
 
| 6 = [[Senvar-Senvekian Alliance]]
 
| 7 = [[Senvarian Emancipation Party]]
 
| 8 = [[Senvekian Freedom Party]]
 
| 9 = [[Workers' Party (Creeperopolis)|Workers' Party]]
 
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Due to the complex nature and situation of [[Politics of Creeperopolis|Creeperian politics]] prior to 1933, the civil war has been viewed in various manners, including as a class struggle, a war of religion, and a struggle between fascism and communism. The [[Second Parliamentary Era]] of Creeperopolis was marked by [[Reigns of Terrors|internal violence between political factions and their militias]], multiple attempted coups d'état and self coups, various large-scale protest movements, and general instability. The death of Emperor [[Adolfo IV of Creeperopolis|Adolfo IV]] on 2 January 1933 triggered the civil war, as his two surviving sons, Princes Romero and Miguel, both of whom had two vastly different political views, declared themselves as Adolfo IV's successor as [[Monarchy of Creeperopolis|emperor]]. [[Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero I]] was supported by the right-wing [[Creeperian Conservative Coalition]] (CCC) while [[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]] was supported by the left-wing [[People's Social Coalition]] (CSP). War began after military factions loyal to both emperors [[San Salvador del Norte Incident|skirmished in San Salvador del Norte]]; the skirmish fractured the military in half along ideological lines.
  
| commander1  = '''Head of State'''<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} '''[[St. Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero I]]''' † (until 1946)<br /> {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} '''[[Romero II of Creeperopolis|Romero II]]''' (from 1946)<br />
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At the outbreak of the war, the Imperial Council controlled the capital city, [[San Salvador, San Salvador|San Salvador]], along with [[La'Victoria]], [[San Pedro, San Pedro|San Pedro]], [[Nuevo Xichútepa]], [[Santa Ana, Santa Ana|Santa Ana]], and [[Tuxtla Martínez]], while the National Council controlled [[Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg|Adolfosburg]] (proclaimed their capital city), [[Denshire]], [[La'Libertad, La'Libertad del Norte|La'Libertad]], [[San Miguel, San Miguel|San Miguel]], and [[San Luís, San Luís|San Luís]]. Both sides of the conflict received foreign aid and backing from national governments and from independent foreign volunteers. The civil war ended on 30 September 1949 with a final National Council defeat at the [[Battle of the Zapatista River]], where many of the National Council's highest ranking leaders were captured. The war saw heavy use of tanks, aircraft, [[Chemical weapons in the Creeperian Civil War|chemical weapons]], and air raids.
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'''Military'''<br /> {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] †<br /> {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]]<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Maximiliano Hernández Ramirez|Maximiliano Hernández R.]] {{executed}}<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Máximo Barrueco Morterero]]<br /> [[File:FPPC flag.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Carlos Hernández Videla]]<br /> [[File:Cristero Flag.png|23px|border]] [[Enrique Figueroa Guerrero]] {{executed}}<br /> [[File:Cristero Flag.png|23px|border]] [[Alexander Sánchez Molina]]<br /> [[File:FRENAMI.png|23px|border]] [[Adolfo Rivera López]]<br />[[File:Atlantida.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Hugo Bánzer Suárez]]<br />[[File:Atlantida.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Juan Torres González]] †<br />[[File:Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg|23px|border]] [[Luís Sánchez Cerro]] †<br />[[File:Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg|23px|border]] [[Óscar Benavides Larrea]]<br \>{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Carlos Castillo Armas]]<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Tomás Alemán Prats]]<br />
 
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'''Political'''<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Máximo Illescas Freixa]]<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Antonio Sáenz Heredia]]<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1949}} [[Carlos Hernández Videla]]<br />[[File:Atlantida.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Frederigo II of Atlántida|Frederigo II]] †<br />[[File:Atlantida.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Xavier IV of Atlántida|Xavier IV]]<br />[[File:Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg|23px|border]] [[José X of Castilliano|José X]] †<br />[[File:Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg|23px|border]] [[José XI of Castilliano|José XI]]<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador}} [[Paúl Sáenz Mina]]<br />[[File:Flag of the Papal States (1825-1870).svg|23px|border]] [[Pio XII of Creepeorpolis|Pio XII]]
 
  
| commander2 =  '''Head of State'''<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] '''[[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]]''' † (until 1947)<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] '''[[Marcos I of Creeperopolis|Marcos I]]''' (POW) (from 1947)<br />
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The civil war was the deadliest and bloodiest war in history with up to 41.2 million people dead and up to 52.2 million more wounded. The war was marked by atrocities committed by both sides of the war; the Imperial Council against communists and atheists and the National Council against fascists and Catholics. Each side's string of atrocities were generalized as the [[White Terror (Creeperopolis)|White Terror]] (Imperial Council) and the [[Red Terror (Creeperopolis)|Red Terror]] (National Council). The most notable atrocity of the war was the ''[[De-Catholization]]'', a genocide, ethnocide, and series of massacres that aimed to eradicate Catholicism from Creeperopolis. The genocide is considered one of the worst in Terraconservan history and was one of the immediate reasons for the establishment of the [[Terraconserva Council of Nations]] (TCN) in 1952. Following the civil war, tens of thousands of ''Miguelists'' were executed for their allegiance to the National Council with charges such as war crimes, treason, blasphemy, and apostasy.
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'''Military'''<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]] † <br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] [[Miguel Salinas Ortega]] (POW)<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] [[José Bolívar Aguirre]] (POW)<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] [[Pascual Espinar Casaus]]<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] [[Cayetano Handel Carpio]] {{executed}}<br />[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] [[Mariano Alcocer Fraga]] (POW)<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador|1933}} [[Simón Berganza Gallo]] {{executed}}<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador|1933}} [[Lucián Céspedez Reyes]] {{executed}}<br />[[File:Senvarsenvekflag.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Adam Schuessler]] {{executed}}<br />[[File:Senvarsenvekflag.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Frederick Schuessler II]]<br />[[File:Senvarsenvekflag.jpeg|23px|border]] [[Florian Börngen]]<br />
 
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'''Political'''<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1887}} [[Serafín Velázquez Andrade]] {{executed}}<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1887}} [[Jorge Meléndez Ramírez]] {{executed}}<br />{{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1887}} [[Rolando Rubio Noboa]] †<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador|1933}} [[Tomás Regalado Escalón]] {{executed}}<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador|1933}} [[Serafín Mariano Aguinaldo]] {{executed}}
 
  
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The civil war is a part of the wider [[Creeperian Conflicts]], and as a direct consequence of the civil war, the [[Salvadoran Civil War]], Third Senvarian Insurgency, and Papal War began. Following the civil war, many leftists refused to surrender and continued to resist the far-right fundamentalist and authoritarian Catholic regime through [[Partisan Resistance (Creeperopolis)|partisan and guerrilla means]] which would be crushed in 1957 with the [[Massacre of the Seven Thousand]]. The [[Operation Genesis 19:24–25]] was established as a campaign to oppress denial, commendation, and questioning of the ''De-Catholization'' and other National Council atrocities committed during the civil war. Although most of the victims of the National Council's atrocities and crimes have been given justice, little to no justice has been given to the victims of the Imperial Council's atrocities and crimes, mostly as either respect for their enduring of the ''De-Catholization'' or as simply turning a blind eye to the atrocities committed. The civil war remains as one of the most important and influential events in Creeperian history.
  
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*[[Atlántidan Air Force]] (from 1939)
 
[[File:FPPC flag.jpeg|23px|border]] ''[[Camisas Negras]]''<br />[[File:Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg|23px|border]] [[Castillianan Armed Forces]] (from 1934)
 
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[[File:Socialist red flag.svg|23px|border]] ''[[Atheist Red Army]]''<br />{{flagicon|El Salvador|1933}} [[Salvadoran Army#State of Granada|Salvadoran Army]] (until 1935)<br />[[File:SenvarianLiberationFront.png|23px|border]] [[Senvarian Liberation Front]] (from 1934)
 
  
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The most common and accepted name used in reference to the war is the ''Creeperian Civil War'' ([[Creeperian language|Creeperian]] – [[Creeperian script|Creeperian]]: ''Գփերրա Ծիվիl Ծրեեպերիանո''; Creeperian – [[Iberic script|Iberic]]: ''Guerra Civil Creeperiano''), or in [[Creeperopolis]], it is simply referred to as the ''Civil War'' (''Գփերրա Ծիվիl''; ''Guerra Civil'').
  
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During the war itself, the various factions referred to it by different names. Names which were used by both sides of the conflict include "The Struggle" (''La'Lucha''), "The War" (''La'Guerra''), "The Final War" (''La'Guerra Final''), and "The Rebellion" (''La'Rebelión''), with the latter being used as both sides saw the other as rebelling against their own government. Names used by right-wing factions of the conflict include the "Second Crusade" (''Segunda Cruzada'') or simply "The Crusade" (''La'Cruzada''), the "Righteous War" or the "Just War" (''Guerra Justa''), and "Romero's War" (''Guerra de Romero''). Names used by left-wing factions of the conflict include the "War for Freedom" (''Guerra por la'Libertad''), the "People's War" (''Guerra del Pueblo''), the "Red War" (''Guerra Roja''), the "Necessary Battle" (''Batalla Útil''), and "The Final Revolution" (''La'Revolución Final'').
  
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Other names have been used by minority groups in Creeperopolis to reflect their view as the civil war being a struggle between Creeperans rather than between the country as a whole. [[Deltinians]], [[Hondurans]], and [[Senvarians]] have referred to the conflict as "The Creeperian Distraction" ([[Deltinian language|Deltinian]]: {{Script/Nastaliq|الهاء الزاحف}}, transliteration: ''al-Ha' al-Zaahif''; [[Honduran language|Honduran]]: ''Creeperian Distrakzioa''; [[Senvarian language|Senvarian]]: ''La Desviar Creeperiana Nisqa'') translated in to their respective languages. Deltinians also refer to the war as "The Prelude" ({{Script/Nastaliq|المقدمة}}, ''al-Muqadima''), in reference to the widespread [[Anti-Deltinian sentiment|anti-Deltinian discrimination and persecution]] which would follow the civil war.
  
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Some scholars and non-Creeperian historians have also referred to the war in various ways, although, most of the names listed are infrequently used or are considered obsolete. Names such as the "Second Creeperian Civil War" (''Segunda Guerra Civil Creeperiano'') and the "Second War of the Creeperian Succession" (''Segunda Guerra de la'Successión Creeperiano'') have been used, as the [[War of the Creeperian Succession]] of 1783 to 1790 was previously referred to as the "Creeperian Civil War" throughout the late-1700s, 1800s, and early-1900s, although its usage now refers solely to the 1933 to 1949 civil conflict.
  
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== Background ==
  
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=== Establishment of the Second Parliament ===
  
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The '''Creeperian Civil War''' ([[Spanish#Creeperian Spanish|Creeperian Spanish]]: '''Guerra Civil Creeperiano''') was a major civil armed conflict which took place in [[Creeperopolis]]. The Creeperian Civil War also spilled over into the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Atlántida|Atlántida]] and [[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castilliano]], as well as the Creeperian client state of [[El Salvador]]. The civil war lasted from January 2, 1933, to September 30, 1949.
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On 1 December 1887, Creeperian Emperor [[Adolfo III of Creeperopolis|Adolfo III]] died, ending [[Adolfisto|his 54-year long reign]] in [[Creeperopolis]]. For two years prior to his death, pro-republican leaders in Creeperopolis [[Democratization of Creeperopolis|advocated for the return of democracy]] to Creeperopolis, 116 years after [[Revolution of Restoration|its abolition in 1771]] by King [[Manuel III of Creeperopolis|Manuel III]]. [[Inhué Ordóñez Yepes]], a lawyer and liberal politician, was the leader of the pro-democracy movement and managed to pressure Emperor [[Maximiliano II of Creeperopolis|Maximiliano II]], Adolfo III's successor, to accept and implement democratic reforms, ending the absolute powers of the [[Monarchy of Creeperopolis|monarchy]].
  
The war was fought between the right-wing [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] the left-wing [[National Council for Peace and Order]]. The Creeperian Civil War was the deadliest and bloodiest war in Creeperian history with up to 41.2 million Creeperans dead, and up to 52.2 million more wounded or missing. The war was marked by atrocities committed by both sides of the war, the Romerists against Communists and Atheists, and the Miguelists against [[Creeperian Catholic Church|Catholics]]. The war also saw heavy use of tanks, aircraft, chemical weapons, and air raids. Starting in 1933, the Miguelists initiated the [[Creeperian Genocide]] against Creeperian Catholics, Romerists, and Salvadorans.  
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Creeperopolis held its first democratic election of the [[Second Parliamentary Era]] on [[1887 Creeperian general election|17 December 1887]]. Ordóñez Yepes' center-left [[National Liberal Party (Creeperopolis)|National Liberal Party]] (PLN) won in a landslide victory winning 56 of the [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|parliament's]] 100 seats, however, turnout was exceptionally low and the electoral process was biased in favor of the PLN. [[1887–1888 Creeperian protests|Protests and riots]] erupted against the new parliamentary government throughout the following year but eventually subsided as the new government consolidated its power. The [[I Parliament of Creeperopolis|first parliamentary session]] began on 31 December 1887 and Ordóñez Yepes was elected as [[Prime Minister of Creeperopolis|prime minister]], the first person to hold the position since [[Fernando Moreno Juderías]] was deposed and killed in July 1771. The political opposition consisted of the center-right [[National Conservative Party (Creeperopolis)|National Conservative Party]] (PCN) led by [[Macos Espiga Mina]] and the right-wing [[Catholic Royalist Party]] (PRC) led by [[Francisco Dueñas Díaz]]. The National Conservatives and Catholic Royalists eventually formed the [[Creeperian Conservative Coalition]] (CCC) to oppose the National Liberals' government, while the National Liberals joined with the left-wing [[Creeperian Socialist Party]] (PSC), led by [[Édgar Cazalla Beldad]], and formed the [[People's Social Coalition]] (CSP).
  
Following the war, hundreds of Miguelists were executed for war crimes. All political parties, except the [[Creeperian Initiative]], a merger of four political parties, were banned following the war. The [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|Parliament]] was dissolved and was succeeded by the [[Council of Mayors]].
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In the succeeding [[1892 Creeperian general election|1892 election]], the parliament's seat count was increased to 230, as 100 was initially chosen as a compromise total between right and left-wing political leaders. In the election, the CCC won a 131-seat majority, but the Catholic Royalists prevent the National Conservatives from electing a prime minister until the party agreed to appoint Dueñas Díaz as the parliament's 3rd secretary. After two failed ballots to select a prime minister, Espiga Mina agreed to appoint Dueñas Díaz as the 3rd secretary, and the National Conservatives and Catholic Royalists elected Espiga Mina as the country's next prime minister. A similar gridlock occurred after the [[1897 Creeperian general election|1897 election]], where the Catholic Royalists now demanded that the National Conservatives appoint Dueñas Díaz as the 1st secretary and [[Antonio Sáenz Heredia]], the Catholic Royalists' deputy chairman, as the 3rd secretary. After seven ballots, the National Conservatives agreed to the Catholic Royalists' demands and Espiga Mina was elected to a second term as prime minister.
  
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=== Religion in Creeperopolis ===
  
The "Creeperian Civil War" is often referred to by different names. It is often called the "Second Creeperian Civil War" as the [[War of the Creeperian Succession]] (1783-1790) is also referred to as the "Creeperian Civil War" or the "First Creeperian Civil War." Likewise, many also refer to this war as the "Second War of the Creeperian Succession" as monarchal succession plays a role in the cause for the war.
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[[File:Petersdom Thronjubilaeum Leo XIII.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=A crowd of people in a plaza located in front of a church (San Pedro's Basilica).|The [[Creeperian Catholic Church]] was one of the most influential and powerful entities throughout Creeperian history.]]
  
The war is also commonly called the "Second Creeperian Crusade" (particularly by Romerists and [[Militarist Nationalist Front|FRENAMI militants]]) due to the heavy religious nature of the war being the main driving force behind the war, similar to the [[Creeperian Crusade]].
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Since 540, [[Creeperian Catholic Church|Creeperian Catholicism]] had been the state religion of Creeperopolis. Creeperian Catholicism remained as the country's largest religion throughout its existence, but the country has also had minority religions coexist within its borders, most notably [[Senvarian Protestantism]] and [[Deltinian Islam]], both of which suffered from extensive persecutions throughout Creeperian history. Senvarian Protestantism came to Creeperopolis following the [[annexation of Senvar|annexation]] of the [[Kingdom of Senvar]] in 1839, and Deltinian Islam was absorbed into Creeperopolis throughout the 1200s and 1300s during the [[Creeperian Crusade]] against the [[Caliphate of Deltino]].
  
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During the [[First Parliamentary Era]] (1565–1771), criticism and scrutiny of religion began to manifest within some of the country's most left-wing political circles. Throughout the era, and especially beginning in the 1720s and 1730s during the premiership of [[Orlando Moreno Hidalgo]], secularism, agnosticism, atheism, and irreligiousness in general began to grow in Creeperopolis. Following the fall of the parliament in 1771, irreligiousness was discouraged by Creeperian government of Manuel III. It was not until 1833 following the [[Revolution of 1833]] and the rise of Adolfo III that the government took a stronger stance against irreligiousness. Adolfo III, in conjunction with other religious laws, made the public displays of irreligiousness illegal and punishable by thirty years of forced labor. While irreligiousness was persecuted and did decline in adherence, it was not entirely eradicated, and after the anti-irreligious laws were repealed in 1888 by the National Liberals, irreligiousness began to increase in popularity once again, especially amongst leftists.
  
Following the [[Revolution of 1833]], the [[Creeperian Catholic Church]] was given full authority over the judicial aspect of the Empire, effectively establishing a theocracy in [[Creeperopolis]]. However, after the death of [[List of Creeperian Monarchs|Emperor]] [[Adolfo III of Creeperopolis|Adolfo III]], Creeperian democratic movements marched on the [[San Salvador Imperial Palace]] and demanded that [[First Parliament of Creeperopolis|Parliament]] be reestablished. The new Emperor, [[Maximiliano II of Creeperopolis|Maximiliano II]], caved into the demands and [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|reestablished Parliament]].
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Official estimates by the Creeperian government compiled in 1900 estimated that around 76 percent of the country was Creeperian Catholic, while 15 percent of the country was either agnostic, atheist, or otherwise irreligious. The margins narrowed by 1920, when Creeperian Catholics composed 68 percent of the population and the irreligious composed another 23 percent of the population. Politically, the Catholic Royalists advocated for the return of Creeperian Catholic hegemony to Creeperopolis and the reinstatement of Creeperian Catholicism as the state religion, as it has its status revoked in 1889 by the National Liberal-led government. Creeperian Catholicism's status as the state religion was instated and revoked multiple times throughout the Second Parliamentary Era whenever a new government took power.
  
Several new parties were established forming two coalitions: the right-wing [[Creeperian Conservative Coalition]] (Coalición Conservador Creeperiano, CCC) and the left-wing [[People's Social Coalition]] (Coalición Social de los'Pueblos, CSP). The CCC generally pushed for religious pro-monarchy legislation while the CSP generally pushed for secular pro-republic/communist legislation.
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Many Creeperian leftists accused the Catholic Royalist-led governments of seeking to eliminate freedom of religion and eradication of all other religions when it stated that it sought to return to a Creeperian Catholic hegemony, in their policy known as [[National Catholicism]]. Meanwhile, rightists accused the National Liberal and Socialist-led governments of seeking to establish atheism as the dominant religion in Creeperopolis. Known as [[National Atheism]], the Catholic Royalists accused the left of also seeking to eradicate Creeperian Catholicism and all other religions, turning Creeperopolis into an entirely secular nation.
  
The left leaning CSP managed to gain much influence in Creepeorpolis bringing the religious makeup from 89% Catholic and >.01% Secular in 1833 to 73% Catholic and 26% Secular by 1930. The CCC saw the increased secularization of the Creeperian population as an attack on the Catholic Church and on Creeperopolis' culture and tradition.
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For most of its history, Creeperopolis had been one of the most ethnically and racially diverse countries in Sur. Although the [[Creeperans]] were the largest ethnic group, composing of over 80 percent of the population, many ethnic minorities existed and held their own distinct identities, traditions, customs, and even religions. By 1933, the largest ethnic minorities in Creeperopolis were the Deltinians, Hondurans, [[Natizos]], [[Salvadorans]], and Senvarians.
  
On May 19, 1918, Prince [[Alfonso Martínez Galdámez|Alfonso Adolfo Martínez Galdámez]] died from [[Creeperian Malaria]]. He was the brother of Prince [[St. Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero Adolfo Martínez Galdámez]] and Prince [[Miguel VII of Creepeorpolis|Miguel Adolfo Martínez Galdámez]]. Miguel was changed by the loss of his brother and began to believe that there was no God, that religion was all a lie and a fantasy. When his grandfather, Emperor [[Alfonso V of Creeperopolis|Alfonso V Alexander Martínez Jiménez]], died on June 3, 1918, his atheism was strengthened further. He envied his older brother's right of succession to the throne, then Grand Prince Romero. He believed that he was the rightful heir to the throne as he believed Creepeorpolis' tradition of Divine Right was nonsense. Many did not believe his arguments were not strong enough, which angered him further.
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For most of Creeperian history, the Deltinians were the largest and most prominent minority group as Creeperopolis expanded into the Caliphate of Deltino during the 1200s and 1300s, gaining a sizable Deltinian population in the process. By the 1900s, however, the Deltinians had been reduced to a relatively insignificant minority group pushed to the southern Creeperian departments of [[Abdan (department)|Abdan]], [[Helam (department)|Helam]], and [[Jakiz (department)|Jakiz]], commonly referred to as the so-called "[[Deltinian departments]]". For most of Creeperopolis' post-crusade history, the Deltinians were heavily persecuted, and as a result of several wars and rebellions instigated by the Deltinians, as well as various massacres targeting Deltinians, the overall Deltinian population decreased from around 80 million in the early-1200s to around 6 million by 1930. The Deltinians had little to no representation throughout the Second Parliamentary Era and no political party was ever formed to represent the interests of the Deltinians.
  
By 1925, Prince Miguel had begun to disfavor the monarchal system and began to admire the dictatorial system called for by communists in the [[Creeperian Social Communist Party]] at the time and began to align with the communist anti-monarchy CSP, while Grand Prince Romero aligned with the pro-monarchy CCC.
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[[File:Ingenierosfrontera1896.JPG|thumb|left|180px|alt=A portrait of six men (three sitting, three standing), 5 dressed in late 19th century formal attire and 1 dressed in late 19th century military uniform.|Senvarian politicians in 1896.]]
  
Emperor [[Adolfo IV of Creeperopolis|Adolfo IV]] took no action to block Prince Miguel's influence in Parliament and in Creeperian society as he feared beginning a civil war if he took such actions. He would fall ill to [[Creeperian Malaria]] in December 1932 however. Emperor Adolfo IV died on January 2, 1933 to Creeperian Malaria at 9:02am San Salvador Time (SST). The news was given to both Romero and Miguel, but both declared themselves the next rightful [[List of Creeperian Monarchs|Emperor of Creepeorpolis]].
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While the Deltinians were the historically most important ethnic group, throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, the Senvarians had replaced the Deltinians as the most prominent and influential ethnic minority in Creeperopolis. After the Kingdom of Senvar was annexed in 1839, the Senvarians refused to accept annexation and [[First Senvarian Insurgency|resisted Creeperian rule]] until 1857 when Senvarian resistance was suppressed. The Senvarians [[Second Senvarian Insurgency|again attempted to regain their independence]] during the 1870s and 1880s, only ending the conflict after the establishment of a democratic government which promised to give the Senvarians political concessions. During the Second Parliamentary Era, the [[Party of Southern Autonomy]] (PAS) and the [[Senvarian Autonomous Party]] (PASE) were formed to advance Senvarian interests.
  
Hearing the news of Romero I declaring himself Emperor, Miguel ordered that the Creeperian Armed Forces immediately have Romero I arrested. Romero I did the same, and ordered the [[Creeperian Armed Forces]] to immediately arrest Miguel VII. The Creeperian Armed Forces quickly splintered into factions of the armed forces backing Romero I while the other half supported Miguel VII.
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The Hondurans primarily lived in the northern department of [[San Miguel (department)|San Miguel]] where they once ruled [[Kingdom of Honduras|a kingdom]] during the 1200s and 1300s before being annexed by Creeperopolis. In 1535, the Creeperans [[Honduran Genocide|instigated a genocide of the Honduran people]], killing most of the group's members. The Hondurans survived the genocide but their population was devastated and never recovered to its pre-genocide total. The Natizos were a people group almost exclusively located in the [[San Carlos Islands]] who were the descendants of both Creeperian and [[Native San Carlos Islanders|Native San Carlos Islander]] ancestry. Although all Natizos have native islander ancestry, the vast majority of Natizos identified with their Creeperian ancestors and traditions. Most of the Salvadorans living in Creeperopolis were forcibly relocated during the 1800s after the [[Kingdom of El Salvador]] was [[Creeperian conquest of El Salvador|annexed by Creeperopolis]] and reorganized into the [[Captaincy General of Nuevo Honduras]]. After [[El Salvador]] gained its independence in 1888, many Salvadorans in Creeperopolis decided to stay. No political parties existed to represent the Hondurans, Natizos, or Salvadorans.
  
Romero I ordered the Armed Forces loyal to him to not attack soldiers loyal to Miguel VII for the time being. Miguel VII did the same, and ordered the Armed Forces loyal to him to not attack soldiers loyal to Romero I for the time being. However, at 7:23pm SST, soldiers loyal to Romero I encountered troops loyal to Miguel VII in a barrack in [[San Salvador del Norte(city)|San Salvador del Norte]]. Both forces were ordered to secure the barrack to prevent the other side from securing the weapons inside. At 7:25pm SST, firing began, and both sides started to fire on the other. The soldiers loyal to Miguel VII overran the soldiers loyal to Romero I and forced them to retreat the barrack. The soldiers loyal to Romero I took up positions one block from the barrack taking the city capitol turning it into their fortification. It remains a mystery who was the first to fire their rifle in the barrack.
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Although the [[San Pedro (department)|island department of San Pedro]] was mostly inhabited by Creeperans and a minority of [[Atlántidans]] did exist, most Creeperans living in San Pedro had Atlántidan and Deltinian ancestry. The island had a history of independence, existing as the independent [[Kingdom of Granilla]] from 404 to 1026 and again from 1326 to 1363 before being [[Creeperian conquest of Granilla|conquered by Creeperopolis]]. Beginning in the 1800s, some Creeperans living in San Pedro began promoting the idea of a "Granillan identity" and began to refer to San Pedro by the name Granilla, the name of the former independent kingdom meaning "Great Island". The Granillan separatist movement gained increased support during the [[Second Parliamentary Era]] and the [[Action Party for Granilla]] (PAG) was established in 1922 by Granillan nationalist leader [[Xilgorio Nogueira Ovalle]].
  
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[[File:CORNACA Overseers.jpg|thumb|right|245px|alt=Three coffee plantation overseers (two on horseback) walking on a path through a coffee plantation.|Overseers at a coffee plantation in 1925.]]
  
The Romerists were fighting for Emperor Romero I (later Emperor Romero II), the [[Creeperian Catholic Church]], and for [[Yeshua|Jesús Cristo]], their declared Commander-in-Chief. Many Romerists saw the Creeperian Civil War as a Second [[Creeperian Crusade]].
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The rivalry between the Creeperian left and right extended beyond politics and entered everyday Creeperian society. During the Second Parliamentary Era, Creeperian society was divided into three distinct social classes: the upper class, composed of politicians and landowners; the middle class, consisting almost exclusively soldiers and military officers; and the lower class, which was composed of mostly peasants and workers. The CSP drew most of its support from the lower class and the more ideological members of the middle and upper classes, while the CCC drew most of its support from the upper and middle classes and the more religious and traditionalist members of the lower class.
  
Among the Romerists were the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] (Consejo de Restauración Imperial Católico, CRIC), the Romerist declared provisional Creeperian government which would lead the Romerist cause of the War. The CRIC received support from the [[Creeperian Conservative Coalition]] (Coalición Conservador Creeperiano, CCC), who mostly agreed with the CRIC's ideologies of Catholic and Monarchal Restoration in Creeperopolis.
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The CSP promoted the idea of an early form of [[Human rights in Creeperopolis|human rights]], believing that things such as a just wage, safe working conditions, and fair working hours were basic rights that all Creeperans deserved. During the ''Adolfisto'', several monopolies arose in Creeperopolis which effectively dictated the nationwide status of wages, working conditions, and working hours. Left-wing governments implemented various reforms to diminish the power of large monopolies, while the right-wing governments tended to repeal reforms passed by the left.
  
The CCC was composed of several parties with the major prties being the [[National Conservative Party (Creeperopolis)|National Conservative Party]] (Partido Nacional Conservador, PNC), the [[Catholic Royalist Party]] (Partido Real Católico, PRC), and the [[Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front]] (Frente Pro-Patria Creeperiano, FPPC). All parties were right-wing to far-right, supported the monarchy, and called for a Catholic Revival in Creeperopolis.
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=== Political violence ===
  
The Romerists didn't only receive significant political support from the Parliament, but also received significant support from the [[Creeperian Armed Forces]], albeit half of the armed forces (as the other half joined the Miguelists), but also from two independent militant groups. The two groups were the [[Creeperian Peoples' Catholic Front]] (Frente Católico para el Pueblo Creeperiano, FCPC), also known as Cristeros, and the [[Militarist Nationalist Front]] (Frente Nacionalista Militar, FNM), also known as FRENAMI. The coalition was also supported by the ''[[Camisas Negras]]'', the paramilitary wing of the FPPC. The FCPC was composed of mostly Creeperian civilians who joined the Romerists who fought against the Miguelists to secure themselves a safe Creepeorpolis to worship their God in peace, while FRENAMI was founded by [[Creeperian Army]] generals who believed vigilante justice was the only solution to end the war, and took it upon themselves to commit war crimes against the Miguelists.
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The Romerists bore the [[Flag of Creeperopolis|imperial flag]] of Emperor [[Adolfo III of Creeperopolis|Adolfo III]] from 1845-1887 as their banner.
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Creeperian politics during the first decade of the Second Parliamentary Era was considered to be "civil and mannered" in comparison to the politics of the succeeding decades. In 1888, the [[Creeperian Social Communist Party]] (PCSC) was established by [[Mauricio Tasis Quesada]] and split from the Creeperian Socialist Party. The PCSC was a far-left counterpart of the Socialists but failed to gain much political support. In 1902, Sáenz Heredia assumed total control of the Catholic Royalist Party and the party began to shift to the extreme political right. To protect official party meetings and harass members of the opposition, Sáenz Heredia established the [[Falange Creeperiano]] (FALCRE) paramilitary organization. In response, the Social Communists established the [[Atheist Red Army]] (ERA) paramilitary to combat the Falange Creeperiano. Members of both paramilitaries soon began engaging in street battles and clashes, beginning a period of political violence known as the [[Reigns of Terrors]].
  
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In the [[1902 Creeperian general election|1902 general election]], the Catholic Royalists surpassed the National Conservatives as the largest member of the CCC and Sáenz Heredia became the country's prime minister. His government was fiercely opposed by the CSP, especially the Social Communists, and engagements between the Falange Creeperiano and the Atheist Red Army increased. After losing the premiership in the [[1907 Creeperian general election|1907 general election]], Sáenz Heredia bribed various election officials prior to the [[1912 Creeperian general election|1912 general election]] to commit widespread voter fraud resulting in a CCC victory and him resuming the premiership. [[1912–13 Creeperian protests|Protests against his government]] occurred in 1912 and 1913 which were crushed by the Falange Creeperiano, the [[Creeperian Army|Imperial Army]], and the [[Civil Police of Creeperopolis|Civil Police]], killing 35 people.
  
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[[File:SaudacaoIntegralista1935.jpg|thumb|left|200px|alt=A marching crowd of paramilitary soldiers dressed in 1920s paramilitary uniforms and preforming the Romanyan salute.|Camisas Negras members in 1923 during an [[Christmas Coup|attempted coup]].]]
  
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Ordóñez Yepes assumed the premiership for a third term following the [[1917 Creeperian general election|1917 general election]] but died in April 1922 before the end of his term. Cazalla Beldad succeeded him as prime minister, becoming Creeperopolis' first Socialist prime minister. His rise to the premiership led to increase violence between the Atheist Red Army and the Falange Creeperiano. Cazalla Beldad's premiership was also opposed by the [[Camisas Negras]] (CN), the paramilitary of the far-right [[Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front]] (FPPC), a political party led and established by [[Carlos Hernández Videla]] in 1921. The Pro-Fatherland Front had dictatorial ambitions and sought to overthrow democracy and the monarchy, but the party only won a single seat in the [[1922 Creeperian general election|1922 general election]], after which Sáenz Heredia assumed a third term as prime minister.
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==== Romerist Military Commanders ====
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Believing that the democratic system failed to spark the fascist revolution he desired, Hernández Videla led 4,000 members of the Camisas Negras in marching on San Salvador in an [[Christmas Coup|attempt to overthrow the Creeperian government]] on 25 December 1923. Before reaching the capitol, however, the Camisas Negras were intercepted by the Civil Police and Imperial Army. The ensuing clash left over 1,200 paramilitary soldiers dead and Hernández Videla was arrested. Facing the [[Capital punishment in Creeperopolis|death penalty]], a sympathetic judge sentenced Hernández Videla to only serve one year imprisonment, being released in February 1925. Sáenz Heredia initially sought to have Hernández Videla assassinated by the Falange Creeperiano, but after negotiations led by [[Ramón Serrano Suñer]], the Falange Creeperiano's leader, Hernández Videla agreed to support Sáenz Heredia's government and to ally the Camisas Negras with the Falange Creeperiano against the Atheist Red Army.
  
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The Action Party for Granilla was inspired by the Camisas Negras' 1923 coup attempt, and on 5 September 1925, Nogueira Ovalle led 100 members of the Action Party for Granilla to [[San Pedro Incident|attack the capitol building]] of [[San Pedro, San Pedro|San Pedro]] and gain independence for the self-declared State of Granilla. The Imperial Army suppressed the attempted uprising and killed 60 members of the Action Party for Granilla. The party did not have widespread support in San Pedro and failed to spark any department-wide revolt, and immediately following the attempted uprising, the Action Party for Granilla was banned. Nogueira Ovalle was captured and sentenced to death, being executed on 14 March 1926.
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== Miguelists ==
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In the 1922 general election, the Socialists surpassed the National Liberals as the largest member of the CSP, but lost the premiership to the CCC. In the [[1927 Creeperian general election|1927 general election]], the CSP regained the premiership and Cazalla Beldad was elected as the prime minister, becoming the first elected Socialist prime minister. Cazalla Beldad's election as prime minister caused outrage within the CCC, while the Falange Creeperiano and Camisas Negras swore to destroy his premiership at all costs. As a result, clashes of the Falange Creeperiano and the Camisas Negras against the Atheist Red Army increased and resulted in more deaths.
  
The Miguelists were fighting for Emperor Miguel VII (later Emperor Marcos I), for a Communist Creeperopolis, and for (they claim) the global Revolution, their final goal of the War. Many Miguelists saw the Creeperian Civil War as chance to spread Communism across the world in a global Revolution.
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On 7 February 1928, after introduction various social and economic reforms during the first month of his premiership, Cazalla Beldad was assassinated in the parliament building by members of the Camisas Negras dressed as members of the Atheist Red Army, becoming the first prime minister in Creeperian history to be assassinated. Sáenz Heredia took advantage of the situation and named himself as prime minister, repealing many of Cazalla Beldad's laws before he was forced to resign three days later. On 10 February 1928, the parliament elected [[Joel Lacasa Campos]], the leader of the Creeperian Social Communist Party, as the next prime minister, and he proceeded to reverse Sáenz Heredia's actions during his three day premiership. On 17 February 1928, in response to Cazalla Beldad's assassination, the Socialists formed the [[Anti-Fascist Popular Guard]] (GPA), a paramilitary tasked with protecting party officials and party meetings.
  
Among the Miguelists were the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] (Consejo Nacional para la'Paz y Orden, CNPO), the Miguelist declared provisional Creeperian government which would lead the Miguelist cause of the War. The CNPO received support from the [[People's Social Coalition]] (Consejo Social del Pueblo, CSP), who mostly agreed with the CNPO's ideologies of Communism/Socialism, abolition of the monarchy, and to establish a secular "democratic" Communist regime in Creeperopolis.
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[[File:Atheist Red Army March 1928.jpg|thumb|right|255px|alt=A crowd of paramilitary soldiers in formation in a street preforming the raised fist salute.|Soldiers of the [[Atheist Red Army]] protesting the assassination of [[Joel Lacasa Campos]].]]
  
The CSP was composed of several parties the major parties being the [[National Liberal Party (Creeperopolis)|National Liberal Party]] (Partido Liberal Nacional, PLN), the [[Creeperian Social Communist Party]] (Partido Communista Social Creeperiano, PCSC), and the [[Creeperian Socialist Party]] (Partido Socialista Creeperiano, PSC). All parties were left-wing to far-left, wished to abolish the monarchy, and called for a Communist/Socialist Revolution in Creeperopolis.
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Lacasa Campos' election and repeal of Sáenz Heredia's action caused further outrage within the CCC, and this time, the Falange Creeperiano and Camisas Negras openly stated that they would assassinate Lacasa Campos. In response, the Atheist Red Army openly stated that it would assassinate both Sáenz Heredia and Hernández Videla. On 23 February 1928, the Atheist Red Army assassinated [[Gustavo López Dávalos]], the CEO of the [[National Coffee and Sugar Corporation]] (CORNACA), as he had hired the Camisas Negras to assassinate Cazalla Beldad. In reaction to López Dávalos' assassination, on 1 March 1928, the Falange Creeperiano broke into Lacasa Campos' home, killing him, his wife, and his two sons in the process. They also attempted to assassinate [[Cayetano Handel Carpio]], the leader of the Atheist Red Army, but they only managed to kill his wife, daughter, and three pet dogs.
  
The Miguelists also received significant military support along with the political support. The [[Creeperian Armed Forces]], albeit half of the armed forces (as the other half joined the Romerists) joined the Miguelist cause, but also did teo independent militant groups. The groups were the [[Senvarian Liberation Front]] (SLF) and the ''[[Atheist Red Army]]'' (Ejército Rojo Ateo, ERA), the paramilitary wing of the PCSC. The SLF's main goal was to gain independence from Creeperopolis and to establish their own Communist [[Senvarians|Senvarian]] and [[Senvekians|Senvekian]] state, which the Miguelists supported, and in tern received support back in the War against the Romerists. ERA's main goal was to eradicate religion in Creeperopolis.
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The parliament named [[Serafín Velázquez Andrade]], an independent politician who was serving as the mayor of [[Pasadena, San Salvador|Pasadena]], as a temporary emergency prime minister as the CCC and CSP negotiated a solution to bring an end to the ongoing violence. On 2 March 1928, the parliament elected [[Tobías Gaos Nores]] of the National Liberal Party to succeed Velázquez Andrade as prime minister. Although the parties negotiated to end the violence, the Atheist Red Army, Camisas Negras, and Falange Creeperiano ultimately rejected Gaos Nores, each wanting to promote their own candidates as prime minister.
  
The Miguelists bore a red flag as their banner.
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As street clashes continued in San Salvador between the paramilitaries, the parliament voted to impose martial law to suppress the ongoing violence. Soldiers of the Imperial Army occupied cities across the department of San Salvador, killing and arresting paramilitary soldiers who opposed the martial law in the process. On 8 April 1928, the Falange Creeperiano and the Camisas Negras attacked a building being used by the Atheist Red Army and a shootout began. The Imperial Army responded to the shootout and forcibly ended it. The [[Easter Massacre]], as the event came to be known, resulted in 101 deaths. After over 100 members of the three paramilitaries were arrested in a series of military operations, the Falange Creeperiano and Atheist Red Army were ordered to stand down and cease their attacks, while the Camisas Negras only stood down after one of the paramilitary's demonstrations were crushed by the Imperial Army on 16 April 1928. Unlike the other paramilitary groups, the Anti-Fascist Popular Guard did not participate in the violence of the Crisis of 1928.
  
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Between 31 December 1927 and 19 April 1928, a total of 295 people were killed and another 468 were injured; 142 paramilitary members were arrested. This period of violence, now known as the [[Crisis of 1928]], led to the increased polarization of Creeperian politics and an increased rise in tensions. Gaos Nores eventually died to [[Creeperian Malaria]] in July 1932, however, many believed that he actually committed suicide as a result of a corruption scandal involving Minister of the Treasury [[José Pardo Barreda]]. Gaos Nores was succeeded by [[Jorge Meléndez Ramírez]] of the Creeperian Socialist Party, resulting in a renewed increase in street violence between the paramilitaries. In the [[1932 Creeperian general election|1932 general election]], the CCC won a 1-seat majority and Sáenz Heredia was elected to a fifth term as prime minister. By 1932, the traditional moderate National Conservative and National Liberal parties had effectively lost all their influence to the Catholic Royalists and the Socialists, while the Pro-Fatherland Front and Social Communists also began to slowly increase in support.
  
==== Miguelist Emperors ====
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=== Death of Adolfo IV ===
  
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Since the reestablishment of the parliament, the role of the monarch was diminished to effectively that of a figure head. The monarch held little real power and primarily only served in ceremonial roles. Maximiliano II was succeeded by three of his sons after his death: [[Alexander I of Creeperopolis|Alexander I]] in 1898, [[Alfonso V of Creeperopolis|Alfonso V]] in 1910, and [[Adolfo IV of Creeperopolis|Adolfo IV]] in 1918. Adolfo IV reigned for almost 15 years, the longest reign since Adolfo III's 54-year long reign. Throughout the reigns of Maximiliano II, Alexander I, Alfonso V, and Adolfo IV, the [[Creeperian royal family|royal family]] were strong supporters of the Catholic Royalist Party due to the party's strong commitment to maintaining the monarchy.
  
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[[File:Rey Alfonso XIII de España, by Kaulak.jpg|thumb|right|205px|alt=A portrait of a sitting man (Adolfo IV) facing the camera and wearing early 20th century military uniform.|Official portrait of [[Adolfo IV of Creeperopolis|Adolfo IV]], 1920.]]
  
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In mid-December 1932, Adolfo IV and Empress Consort [[Rafaela Galdámez Águila]] both fell ill with Creeperian Malaria. Empress Consort Rafaela made a full recover by the end of the month, but Adolfo IV's illness worsened. His doctors attempted to help him recover but their efforts ultimately failed and his health only continued to decline. On 2 January 1933, Adolfo IV died to his illness at 9:02 a.m. at the [[San Salvador Imperial Palace]]. Although the official cause of death was Creeperian Malaria, some believe that both Adolfo IV and Empress Consort Rafaela were poisoned. Adolfo IV's death was announced at 10:01 a.m. by [[Jorge Gómez Figueroa]], the lead physician for the royal family, and announced that Adolfo IV's eldest son, [[Romero I of Creeperopolis|Prince Romero]], would succeed him as emperor. Prince Romero accepted his ascension to the throne, becoming Emperor Romero I.
  
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Romero I was a devout Creeperian Catholic and wished to help Creeperopolis "heal and move forward" from its recent past of violence, however, his ascension was opposed by the CSP, as were the ascensions of his predecessors. This time, however, the CSP, rather than wishing the for the abolition of the monarchy, the political left instead supported the claim of Romero I's younger brother [[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Prince Miguel]]. Prince Miguel, unlike the rest of the royal family, had left the Creeperian Catholic Church in 1920 and declared himself to be an atheist following the death of his younger brother [[Alfonso Martínez Galdámez|Prince Alfonso]] in 1918. Additionally, Prince Miguel adhered to the political ideology of the CSP, espousing support for socialist ideology. The reason for Prince Miguel's ideological separation from the rest of the royal family remains debate by historians.
  
The Romerists received diplomatic support from the [[Second State of the Church]] from 1933-1935. However, when the Miguelists [[Papal War|invaded and attacked the nation in 1935]], the State of the Church officially began sending military aid to the Romerists in what would become the [[Papal War]] which would rage until 1946. After the end of the Papal War, the State of the Church continued to aid the Romerists. The neighboring [[Kingdom of Castilliano]], a Creeperian ally since the [[Creeperian Crusade]], joined the Romerists a year after the War began in 1934, and they would continue to support the Romerists until the end of the War. The [[Kingdom of Atlántida]] joined the war on the side of the Romerists in 1939. Finally, the Romerists received trade and supplies from the [[Quebecshire|Serene State of Quebecshire]] starting in 1935.
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The CSP rejected Romero I's ascension to the throne, instead proclaiming Prince Miguel's right to the throne. He accepted the CSP's declaration, assuming the title of Emperor Miguel VII. Both Romero I and Miguel VII claimed that the other was a usurper and ordered the immediate arrest of the other for sedition, conspiracy, and usurpation. Sáenz Heredia announced that the parliament recognized Romero I as the legitimate emperor, however, the CSP continued to recognize Miguel VII as the legitimate emperor. Both emperors called upon the [[Creeperian Armed Forces|Imperial Armed Forces]] to support their claims to the throne and to not align themselves with the other claimant. As a result, ideological divisions within the armed forces resulted in the armed forces splitting in half. Military factions loyal to the emperors began to secure territory and military garrisons in preparation for a perceived inevitable succession crisis and possible civil war. To prevent such a war, both emperors ordered the military forces loyal to them to not attack the other side.
  
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One location where both military factions attempted to secure a garrison was in the city of [[San Salvador del Norte, San Salvador del Norte|San Salvador del Norte]], where at 7:23 p.m., the [[34th Creeperian Infantry Regiment|34th Infantry Regiment]] fractured into two factions supporting both emperors while securing the primary military barracks in the city, the [[Coronel Santiago Carpio Quiñónez Military Base]]. At 7:25 p.m., a shot was heard by both sides, and immediately, both, disregarding their emperor's orders to not engage, began attacking the other. The ensuing skirmish ended in a victory for the soldiers aligned with Miguel VII, while those loyal to Romero I retreated and secured control of the city's capitol building. It remains unknown to this day who fired the first shot, but nonetheless, the [[San Salvador del Norte Incident|skirmish at San Salvador del Norte]] marked the beginning of the Creeperian Civil War.
  
== Outbreak, 1933-1935 ==
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== Combatants ==
  
[[File:Creeperian Civil War Jan 03 1933.png|thumb|right|Frontlines, January 3, 1933.<br />'''Key'''
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After the [[North San Salvador Incident|skirmish in San Salvador del Norte]], both Romero I and Miguel VII called upon their respective supporters to take up arms to fight the opposing side. The [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|Parliament]] fractured into two between coalition lines. The [[Creeperian Conservative Coalition]], with the support of Romero I, established the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] (Consejo de Restauración Imperial Católico, CRIC), the Romerist declared provisional Creeperian government which would lead the Romerist cause of the war. On the other hand, the [[People's Social Coalition]], with the support of Miguel VII, established the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] (Consejo Nacional para la'Paz y Orden, CNPO), the Miguelist declared provisional Creeperian government which would lead the Miguelist cause of the war. (See [[Creeperian Civil War#Combatants|Combatants]]). Each side significant recieved support from across the nation. The creation of the two opposing provisional governments de facto abolished the [[Second Parliament of Creeperopolis|Second Creeperian Parliament]]. Parliament would not be officially dissolved until 1949.
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=== Salvadoran Divide ===
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The faction supporting Romero I's claim to the throne established the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] on 2 January 1933 to serve as the temporary government entity to govern territory controlled by the faction. The government was commonly referred to as simply the Imperial Council or the Romerists, named after both Romero I. Opponents of the Imperial Council often pejoratively referred to it as the Catholics or the Fascists. More rarely, the Imperial Council was also contemporarily referred to as the Imperials.
  
On January 3, 1933, in order to gain the support of the underrepresented [[Salvadorans]] in the Creeperian client state of [[El Salvador]], the Miguelists established the [[State of Granada]], a puppet of the National Council. Miguel VII promised the Salvadorans a completely independent state if they help the Miguelists fight the Romerists. Salvadorans rallied to the cause of the Miguelists and the [[Salvadoran Peoples' Party]] officially endorsed the National Council. The Miguelists appointed [[Tomás Regalado Escalón]] as [[President of El Salvador]] on January 3, 1933. [[1933 Salvadoran Presidential Election|An election was schedualed for May 1933]] to elect a President for Granada. The state was called Granada after the [[Granada River]] in an attempt to wipe [[Creeperian Catholic Church|Catholic]] influence from the region. The capital, [[Ciudad Los'Ángeles]], was renamed to Ciudad de Granada as a part of the Miguelist [[De-Catholization|de-Catholization process]].
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[[File:Romero I (1941).jpg|thumb|left|150px|alt=A headshot portrait of a man (Romero I) facing to the right and wearing mid 20th century military uniform.|Romero I in 1941.]]
  
The Restoration Council denounced the creation of the State of Granada and reinforced the legitimacy of the [[El Salvador|Principality of El Salvador]]. [[Chief Field Marshal (Creeperopolis)|Chief Field Marshal]] [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] was appointed as Regional Commander of El Salvador. The Restoration Council gained the support of [[Paúl Sáenz Mina]], a popular Salvadoran politician, to legitimize the Romerist government. Sáenz Mina's support for the Restoration Council curbed the popularity of the State of Granada, but only slightly.
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The Imperial Council consisted of right-wing political factions and ideologies. The Imperial Council adhered to the far-right ideology of [[Romerism]], named after Romero I himself. The Imperial Council consisted of supporters and followers of monarchism, [[Catholic nationalism]], [[Creeperian nationalism]], social conservatism, National Catholicism, [[Anti-Communism in Creeperopolis|anti-communism]], [[Anti-Atheism in Creeperopolis|anti-atheism]], [[Anti-Islamism in Creeperopolis|anti-Islamism]], fascism, and imperialism. The Imperial Council was authoritarian and openly hostile to democracy. As it was opposed to the National Council, the Imperial Council also espoused strong [[Anti-Miguelism|anti-Miguelist]] sentiment.
  
The Romerists devised [[Operation Desert Valley]]. The plan was placed under the command of [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]]. The [[Romerist Army]] held little territory in El Salvador due to the popularity of [[Tomás Regalado Escalón]], with small pockets in the northeast, northwest, and southeast. Cabañeras Moreno's plan called for the Romerist Army to push south down the [[Granada River]] and secure the city of [[Ciudad Los'Ángeles]]. During Operation Desert Valley, Cabañeras Moreno [[List of Massacres during the Creeperian Civil War|committed many massacres]] to frighten the Salvadoran people into submission, the most famous of which being the [[El Mozote Massacre]] on January 13, 1934, which killed 5,200-5,500 Salvadoran civilians. The State of Granada used these massacres being committed by the [[Romerist Army]] as a propaganda tool to raise support and resitance against the Romerists. [[Serafín Mariano Aguinaldo]] won the [[1933 Salvadoran Presidential Election]] with the endorsement of [[Tomás Regalado Escalón]] and promised to expel the Romerists from Granada by 1936, the year of the [[1936 Salvadoran Presidential Election|next election]].
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The National Conservative Party, Catholic Royalist Party, and Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front all swore their allegiance to the Imperial Council, but the Catholic Royalists held the most authority and influence within the Imperial Council's decision making. The Pro-Fatherland Front was reduced to only being effective through the Camisas Negras due to the party's history of anti-monarchism, while the National Conservatives held effectively no power within the Imperial Council, only exerting power in the towns and cities it held political control of before the civil war. Towns and cities captured by the Imperial Council during the war were generally handed over to either Catholic Royalist or military administration. The city of San Salvador was declared as the Imperial Council's capital city as it served as the country's capital city prior to the outbreak of the civil war.
  
=== Miguelist Successes ===
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Romero I was the Imperial Council's leader. Sáenz Heredia assumed his position as the Imperial Council's prime minister. Supreme Caudillo [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]], the [[Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis|minister of defense]] commander of the Imperial Armed Forces, joined the Imperial Council. Although Sáenz Heredia proposed that his cabinet should continue their roles, the military under Cabañeras Moreno exerted its influence over the situation and appointed its own officers to the government's cabinet positions. Although the Catholic Royalists were the largest party within the CCC, their overall influence in the government was diminished by the military, but it still remained a political tool for maintaining the Imperial Council's relations and appearance with the general public.
  
When the civil war began, the National Council immediately gained the support of the cruitial city of [[Adolfosburg (city)|Adolfosburg]]. The city was the most pro-CSP city in the nation and was one of the strongholds of the PLN. Since the National Council lost the capital of [[San Salvador (city)|San Salvador]] and the major city of [[Salvador (city)|Salvador]], Adolfosburg became the capital city of the National Council.
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=== National Council ===
  
The National Council also gained the support of the [[Senvar-Senvekians|Senvar-Senvekian]] minority in the departments of [[Senvar (department)|Senvar]] and [[Senvek (department)|Senvek]]. The National Council promised th Senvar-Senvekians an independent state as long they support the National Council in its struggle against the Restoration Council. The National Council also gained the overwhelming support of the minority [[Deltinians]] spread out across southern Creeperopolis, particularly the departments of [[Abdan (department)|Abdan]], [[Helam (department)|Helam]], and [[Jakiz (department)|Jakiz]]. Both the National Council and the Restoration Council despised the Deltinians, but the National Council tolerated the Deltinians to gain their support in the civil war.
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{{main|National Council for Peace and Order|Miguelism}}
  
General [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]] of the National Council, after the Miguelist [[North San Salvador Incident|victory in San Salvador del Norte]], launched a massacre on January 5, 1933. The [[Tepecoyo Massacre]] killed 101 captured Romerist soldiers. Following the massacre, the [[Miguelist Army]] launched [[Operation Tepecoyo]] which saw the National Council capture all of [[San Salvador del Norte (department)|San Salvador del Norte]] from Restoration Council hands by January 10, 1933. Tens of thousands of Romerists fled the department, most via [[Lake San Salvador]] to the department of [[San Salvador (department)|San Salvador]], which was mostly under Restoration Council control.
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{{Miguelism sidebar}}
  
=== The First Massacres ===
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The faction supporting Miguel VII's claim to the throne established the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] on 2 January 1933 to serve as the temporary government entity to govern territory controlled by the faction. The government was commonly referred to as simply the National Council or the Miguelists, named after both Miguel VII. Opponents of the National Council often pejoratively referred to it as the Atheists or the Communists. More rarely, the National Council was also contemporarily referred to as the Nationals.
  
[[File:Indiginas masacrados por las autoridades en Izalco.jpg|thumb|Corpses of civilians following the [[El Mozote Massacre]]. Chief Field Marshal [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] ordered the massacre which killed an estimated 5,200 to 5,500 civilians, the deadliest in the civil war making it the deadliest single day in Salvadoran history.]]
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[[File:Miguel VII of Creeperopolis.jpg|thumb|left|150px|alt=A headshot portrait of a man (Miguel VII) facing to the right and wearing mid 20th century military uniform.|Miguel VII in 1937.]]
  
In response to the massacre of 101 Romerist soldiers and the loss of San Salvador del Norte, Chief Field Marshal [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] committed four consecutive massacres in [[San Salvador (department)|San Salvador]] and [[Zapatista]] which killed 321 people, mostly secular civilian supporters of the National Council. The [[Guazapa Massacre]] and [[Jutiapa Massacre]] took place in San Salvador while the [[Verapaz Massacre]] and the [[Oloculita Massacre]] took place in Zapatista. Salinas Figueroa followed Cabañeras Moreno south and committed the [[First Aguilares Massacre]] along the way killing 92 Romerist prisoners of war.  
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The National Council consisted of left-wing political factions and ideologies. The National Council adhered to the far-left ideology of [[Miguelism]], named after Miguel VII himself. The National Council consisted of supporters and followers of socialism, [[communism]], [[Marxism]], anarchism, syndicalism, anti-monarchism, anti-Catholicism, National Atheism, anti-imperialism, and internationalism. The National Council was authoritarian and openly hostile to democracy. As it was opposed to the Imperial Council, the National Council also espoused strong [[Anti-Romerism|anti-Romerist]] sentiment. Although many factions were anti-monarchist, the National Council's ideology eventually evolved to a form of monarcho-communism, a communist state led by Miguel VII as its ruling monarch.
  
In March 1933, Cabañeras Moreno officially was reassigned to carry out [[Operation Desert Valley]] to liberate [[El Salvador]] from the [[State of Granada]]. When he arrived on March 6, 1933, his first action was to [[Tejutla Massacre|massacre]] the village of [[Tejutla]] where 23 civilians who were suspected of supporting Granada were killed. From there, Cabañeras Moreno would go on a spree of [[List of Massacres during the Creeperian Civil War#1933-1935|dozens and dozens of massacres]] killing thousands of suspected supporters of Granada, most of whom were civilians. The most infamous massacre committed by Cabañeras Moreno was the [[El Mozote Massacre]] in the village of [[El Mozote]]. An estimated 5,200 to 5,500 civilians were was slain by the [[Romerist Army]] on January 13, 1934. The El Mozote Massacre would be followed up by the [[Sumpul River Massacre]] and the [[El Calabozo Massacre]] which killed 1,300 to 1,600 civilians and 1,700 to 1,800 civilians, respectively.
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The National Liberal Party, Creeperian Socialist Party, and Creeperian Social Communist Party all swore their allegiance to the National Council, but the Social Communists held the most authority and influence within the National Council's decision making. The Socialists initially held some power in government, but after 1936, they effectively held no power within the National Council, only exerting power in the towns and cities it held political control of before the civil war. The National Liberals never held any power within the National Council, and like the Socialists after 1936, only held meaningful power in towns and cities the party controlled before the civil war. Towns and cities captured by the National Council during the war were generally handed over to either Social Communist or military administration. As the Imperial Council controlled the capital city of San Salvador, the National Council declared the city of [[Adolfosburg, Adolfosburg|Adolfosburg]] to be its capital city as it was the largest city under its control and it was the capital city of the [[Republic of Creeperopolis]] from 1729 to 1741.
  
=== Rise of the Cristeros ===
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Miguel VII was the National Council's leader. [[Rolando Rubio Noboa]], the leader of the Creeperian Socialist Party, assumed the position as the National Council's prime minister. Field Marshal [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]] was appointed as minister of defense and as commander of the National Armed Forces (renamed from Imperial Armed Forces). Rubio Noboa appointed Socialists to his cabinet of ministers, but heavy pressure from Social Communist leadership and threats of violence from the Atheist Red Army forced him to appoint several Social Communists to various prominent government roles, diminishing the overall power of the Creeperian Socialist Party despite it being the largest political party of the CSP.
  
[[File:Cristeroscolgados.jpg|thumb|right|Executed [[Creeperian Peoples' Catholic Front|Cristeros]] in [[Jalisco]], [[Zapatista]], 1934.]]
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=== Separatist groups ===
  
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The largest and most important separatist group to fight during the civil war was the [[Senvarian Liberation Front]] (KSK) which fought for the self-declared independent separatist state of the [[Kingdom of Senvar (separatist state)|Kingdom of Senvar]]. The Senvarians were led by [[Achiq Llactahuaman Achachau]], a descendant of [[Ninapakcha III of Senvar|Ninapakcha III]], the final [[Monarchy of Senvar|reigning king of Senvar]] who was deposed in 1839. The self-declared Kingdom of Senvar loosely aligned itself with the National Council and espoused monarcho-communist beliefs like the National Council eventually adopted. The Senvarians fought for the independence of territory they believed were inherently Senvarian territory consisting of the departments of [[Senvar (department)|Senvar]] and [[Sonsatepan (department)|Sonsatepan]].
  
Around April 1933, with the [[Miguelist Armed Forces]] and the National Council gaining considerable ground, a group of Catholic civilian farmers formed. The armed civilian militia, called the [[Creeperian Peoples' Catholic Front]], declared allegiance with the Romerist Restoration Council. The group upheld the ideologies of [[Romerism]] and demanded that [[National Catholicism]] be instituted across [[Creeperopolis]]. The FCPC was lead by [[Enrique Figueroa Guerrero]].  
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In San Miguel, the [[Vitruvio National Front]] (VFN) was established by [[Ekai Veramendi Arrain]] as a Honduran nationalist and separatist organization. The group fought for the independence of the department of San Miguel, claiming that it was integral Honduran territory, but the group never made a formal declaration of independence during the civil war. The Vitruvio National Front was loosely aligned with the National Council. Deltinian and Granillan (San Pedroan) separatists also staged rebellions in southern Creeperopolis and the department of San Pedro, respectively, during the civil war but did not wage their rebellions under the banner of any organized group. Some Native San Carlos Islanders considered launching a rebellion against Creeperopolis to win independence for the San Carlos Islands, but no rebellion ultimately took place as the rebellion's plotters were arrested by the San Carlos Islander government in 1936.
  
The Restoration Council immediately accepted the aid of the group, who nicknamed themselves "Cristeros." In response, the National Council declared a no-quarter on all captured Cristeros, opting to hang captured Cristeros from telephone polls across Creeperopolis.
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== Foreign involvement ==
  
The Cristeros claimed to be composed of 3,000 farmers fighting for [[Jesus|Jesus Crhist]].
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{{main|Foreign involvement in the Creeperian Civil War}}
  
=== Execution of Former Prime Ministers ===
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During the civil war, various countries took an interest in the outcome of the conflict and sent support to both factions in an attempt to influence the outcome of the civil war. Some countries supported the factions for ideological reasons, others for financial and monetary gain, and others because they believed that the victor of the war would greatly affect the future of Surian geopolitics. Many countries sent military units to fight alongside Creeperian soldiers, while others sold weapons, vehicles, ships, aircraft, and raw materials.
  
{{main|1934 Murders of Creeperian Prime Ministers}}
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=== Support for the Imperial Council ===
  
On February 23, 1934, the [[Romerist Army]] captured and arrested two former [[Prime Minister of Creeperopolis|Prime Ministers of Creeperopolis]]: [[Serafín Velázquez Andrade]], and independent with CSP sympathies, and [[Jorge Meléndez Ramírez]], a member of the [[Creeperian Socialist Party]]. Both former Prime Ministers supported the National Council in the initial divide of the Parliament. Chief Field Marshal [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] and [[Mayor of San Romero]] [[Antonio Sáenz Heredia]] ordered their execution. Velázquez Andrade and Meléndez Ramírez were [[1934 Murders of Creeperian Prime Ministers|executed]] on March 1, 1934.
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[[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castilliano]], [[Kingdom of Pavulturilor|Pavulturilor]], [[New Gandor]], [[Second Republic of Rakeo|Rakeo]], and [[Salisford]] all sent military units to the Imperial Council to fight along the Imperial Armed Forces. Additionally, [[Kingdom of Atlántida|Atlántida]], El Salvador, [[Montcrabe]], and the [[State of the Church]] were direct co-belligerents in the conflict, deploying their entire militaries (El Salvador and the State of the Church) or a significant portion of their militaries (Atlántida and Montcrabe) to fight in the civil war due to the war spilling over into both countries in the [[Liberdade War]], the [[Xichútepa Offensive]], the [[Salvadoran Civil War]], and the [[Papal War]], respectively. Montcrabe and [[Quebecshire]] sold equipment and raw materials to the Imperial Council to support its war effort. Additionally, the [[Jackson Empire]], the [[Grand Duchy of Reykanes]] (an autonomous oversees possession of Salisford) and, from 1935, the self-declared breakaway state of the [[Free Republic of Noundures]] offered diplomatic support to the Imperial Council.
  
=== Rise of the Senvar-Senvekians ===
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On 7 May 1934, the [[Castillianan Armed Forces]] staged a [[1934 Castillianan coup d'état|coup d'état]] which overthrew the democratically elected government of Prime Minister [[Ángel Lancóme e Reinas]]. Field Marshal [[Óscar Benléu e Laréira]] appointed himself as prime minister, and in October 1934, offered to send a unit of volunteer soldiers to the Imperial Council to assist in the civil war. In January 1935, the Castillianan Armed Forces deployed the [[Castillianan Expeditionary Force]] (FEC). It was commanded by Field Marshal [[Luís Sanchés e Cerro]] until his assassination in 1944 when he was replaced by Lieutenant General [[Maximiliér Cavaliér e Guerriér]] and consisted of 40,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its combat in Senvar and the State of the Church. The unit served throughout the civil war and returned to Castilliano in November 1949.
  
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2006-1204-514, Spanien, Schlacht um Guadalajara.jpg|thumb|left|200px|alt=A column of soldiers on a road with vehicles and armed with weapons.|A column of Salisfordian soldiers outside [[Suchitoto]] in 1942.]]
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In June 1934, Field Marshal [[Máximo Barrueco Morterero]] launched [[Operation Emperador Adolfo III]]. The operation called for a [[Creeperian Army]] offensive deep into [[Senvar (department)|Senvar]] and [[Senvek (department)|Senvek]]. The primary objectives were to secure the two departments, gain the support of the Senvar-Senvekians with promises of greater autonomy, and to secure the strategi cities of [[Port Senvar]] and [[Port Senvek]].
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In 1937, the Salisfordian government, following an agreement reached with the Creeperian government in 1936 following the [[Rubicon Incident]] with Castilliano, sent an expeditionary force of volunteers from the [[Royal Salisfordian Armed Forces]] called the [[Gruppo di Volontari|Group of Volunteers]] (GdV) to fight for the Imperial Council. The unit was commanded by Major General [[Sandro Neri]] and consisted of 25,000 soldiers. The Group of Volunteers saw most of its service in the State of the Church and [[San Salvador (department)|San Salvador]]. It fought from 1937 to 1949, only returning to Salisford after the conclusion of the civil war, and upon returning to Salisford, Neri led the Group of Volunteers to [[March on Savotta|overthrow the Salisfordian government]] in 1950 and secured his appointment as [[First Minister of Salisford|first minister of Salisford]].
  
Barrueco Morterero was under the direct orders of Cabañeras Moreno to not commit any massacres as to not anger the Senvar-Senvekians to launch an all out revolt against the Restoration Council. Barrueco Morterero followed orders and did not massacre any villages during his offensive.  
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On 23 May 1937, a [[First Susla Affair|secret plot to capture and annex]] the Creeperian island of [[Susla]] which was being planned by military officers of the [[Rakeoian Army]] and [[Rakeoian Navy]] was leaked to the Rakeoian government, and subsequently, to Creeperopolis. The plot outraged the Imperial Council, which saw Rakeo as a diplomatic ally during the civil war. In reaction, the Rakeoian government arrested, tried, and executed the military officers responsible for plotting to capture Susla. As a show of good faith, the Rakeoian government offered to send a unit of volunteers to fight alongside Imperial Council forces during the civil war. The Imperial Council accepted the Rakeoian government's offer, and in October 1937, the [[Olla Volunteer Force]] (FVO) was mobilized to Creeperopolis. It was commanded by Brigadier General [[Mateo Tala Alcabú]] and consisted of 2,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its combat in Senvar. It returned to Rakeo in 1950 following the outbreak of the [[Rakeoian Civil War]].
  
By October 1934, the [[Romerist Army]] occupied nearly 95% of Senvar and Senvek, much to the dismay of the National Council and to the great dissaproval of the Senvar-Senvekians, who were looking forward to an independent state offered by the National Council.  
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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-218-0501-27, Russland-Süd, rumänische Soldaten.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A group of Pavulturilori soldiers outside [[Nuevo Xichútepa]] in 1940.]]
  
Thhe Romerist Army saw the city of [[Port Senvar]] only two miles away. However, on October 5, 1934, a squadron of Romerist soldiers was ambushed by an armed militia of Senvar-Senvekian peasants near the village of [[Gänserntrenk]]. The 8,000 peasants overran the Romerist squadron and pushed them three miles north, effectively ending Operation Emperador Adolfo III. Soon, Senvar-Senvekian peasants rose up across Senvar and Senvek in the wake of the victory at the [[Battle of Gänserntrenk]]. A [[First Gänserntrenk Massacre|massacre of 1,094 prisoners and civilians]] ensued.
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In 1939, the Pavulturilori government sent a force of volunteers from the [[National Armed Forces of Pavulturilor|Royal Armed Forces of Pavulturilor]] called the [[Foreign Volunteer Army of Pavulturilor]] (AVSP) to support the Imperial Council and oppose the Terranilian soldiers sent to support the National Council. The AVSP was commanded by General [[Amit Shemesh]] and consisted of 30,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its service in Xichútepa, [[La'Libertad del Norte|La'Libertad]], [[San Luís (department)|San Luís]], and [[Adolfosburg (department)|Adolfosburg]]. It fought from 1939 until 1945 when it was recalled back to Pavulturilor to fight in the [[South Ecros War]]. After the conclusion of the war in 1946, the Foreign Volunteer Army of Pavulturilor was redeployed to Creeperopolis and fought until the end of the civil war in 1949.
  
The Senvar-Senvekians proclaimed the establishment of the [[Republic of Senvar-Senvek]] on October 5, 1934. [[Adam Schuessler]], a descendant of the [[King of Senvar-Senvek|Kings]] of the [[Kingdom of Senvar-Senvek]] proclaimed himself President of the republic. The following day, the National Council declared that [[Operation Schuessler]], the covert operation to grant the Senvar-Senvekians a state, was successful and that the new republic had a strong ally in the National Council. The army of the new republic was called the [[Senvarian Liberation Front]].
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In 1942, the Gandorian government sent a unit of the [[New Gandorian Armed Forces]], the [[17th Gandorian Infantry Division|17th Infantry Division]], to support the Imperial Council; the government sought to oppose communism following [[Years of Red|years of communist violence]] in New Gandor. The unit was commanded by Major General [[Krystian Matulewicz]] and consisted of 30,000 soldiers. It saw most of its service in San Salvador and San Luís. The 17th Infantry Division served in Creeperopolis until the end of the civil war, returning to New Gandor in late-1949.
  
In the wake of this proclamation, an estimated 250,000 Senvar-Senvekians rose up in the neighboring [[Kingdom of Castilliano]] demanding secession. [[List of Castillianan Monarchs|King]] [[José X of Castilliano|José X]] denounced the uprising of the Senvar-Senvekians and declared war on Senvar-Senvek. He proclaimed to ally Castilliano with the Restoration Council. He cited the long standing alliance between [[Creeperopolis]] and Castilliano which has stood strong since the [[Creeperian Crusade]] back in 1231.
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The Rakhmani government also sent a uint to support the Imperial Council in 1942: the [[Foreign Army of Rakhman]] (RSV). The RSV was commanded by Colonel General [[Konstantin Suvorov]] and consisted of 22,500 soldiers. The unit was sent by the Rakhmani government to oppose the Ajaki support for the National Council which the government saw as a threat. The [[Rakhmani Navy]] also attacked Ajaki ships which were supporting the National Council. The RSV primarily fought in [[San Salvador del Norte (department)|San Salvador del Norte]] and [[Santa Ana (department)|Santa Ana]]. The unit returned to Rakhman in October 1949 following the end of the civil war.
  
=== Fall of Granada ===
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=== Support for the National Council ===
  
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[[Ajakanistan]], [[New Illyricum]], and [[Terranihil]] sent military units to the National Council to fight along the National Armed Forces. The [[State of Granada]] was a puppet state established by the National Council which fought as a co-belligerent during the Salvadoran Civil War, while the State of Noundures was a puppet state of Granada which also fought as a co-belligerent; both fought until 1935 when the State of Granada was overthrown and when the State of Noundures experienced a [[1935 Noundurian coup d'état|pro-Imperial Council coup d'état]]. [[Morova]] provided weapons to the National Council, while the [[Reykani Socialist Republic]] offered diplomatic support.
  
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2006-1204-514, Spanien, Schlacht um Guadalajara.jpg|thumb|right|[[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council|Romerist]] trucks and soldiers outside [[Ciudad Los'Ángeles]], 1935.]]
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[[File:Kursk Soviet machineguns.JPG|thumb|left|200px|alt=Three soldiers firing a machine gun within an entrenched fortification.|Terranilian soldiers at the [[Battle of Serrada]] in 1946.]]
  
Throughout 1934 and early 1935, Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno continued [[Operation Desert Valley]] down south along the [[Granada River]], massacreing several villages along the way. The popularity of Granada remained strong and many Salvadorans, officially callaed Granadians by the National Council and the State of Granada, sought refuge from the terror of Cabañeras Moreno. President [[Serafín Mariano Aguinaldo]] called for all Granadian men and women to resist the [[Romersit Army]]'s advance south. However, many Granadians feared being tortured and massacred for attempting to fight back against Cabañeras Moreno. By March 1935, Salvadorans began to accept the Romerist advance and many fled to Romerist held territories, away from the massacres of Cabañeras Moreno.  
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[[Enkart Vaslast]], the [[president of Terranihil]] and the leader of the [[Communist Party of Terranihil]], wanted to pursue a policy of internationalism, and in 1939, sent a unit of the [[Terranilian Armed Forces]], the [[4th Terranilian Infantry Division|4th Infantry Division]], to support the National Council. The unit was commanded by General [[Adam Gát]]. It saw most of its service in San Salvador and San Luís. The 4th Infantry Division withdrew from Creeperopolis prior to the fall of the San Salvador to the Imperial Council in August 1949.
  
The [[Romerist Army]] reached [[Ciudad Los'Ángeles|Ciudad de Granada]] on June 15, 1935. A month long battle ensued between the Romerist Army and the joint Miguelist-Granadian Army garrison in the city. The [[Battle of Ciudad Los'Ángeles]], called the Battle of Ciudad de Granada by the Miguelists, ended in the surrender of the city to the Romerists on July 16, 1935, ending the [[Salvadoran War]]. The [[Miguelist Army]] withdrew from [[El Salvador]] essentially abolishing the [[State of Granada]]. Major Granadian figures such as Generals [[Simón Berganza Gallo]] and [[Lucián Céspedez Reyes]] and [[President of El Salvador|Presidents]] [[Tomás Regalado Escalón]] and [[Serafín Mariano Aguinaldo]] were executed for collaborating with the National Council on August 1, 1935. Following the end of the war, the [[Salvadoran Provisional Government of National Accord]] was established as a military junta lead and headed by [[Carlos Castillo Armas]].
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In March 1942, the Ajaki government, led by Supreme Leader [[Leonid Petrov]], sent a unit of the [[Ajak Armed Forces]], the [[130th Ajaki Rifle Division|130th Rifle Division]], to support the National Council during the civil war as a part of the government's policy to support any communist uprising. The unit was commanded by Major General [[Ayushiyev Vassili]] and consisted of 7,200 soldiers. It saw most of its service in San Salvador and [[Zapatista]]. The 130th Rifle Division withdrew from Creeperopolis prior to the fall of San Salvador to the Imperial Council in August 1949. Ajaki commercial and naval ships traveling to and from Creeperopolis were sometimes attacked by naval ships from [[Rakhman]], which supporting the Imperial Council by disrupting the Ajaki ships supporting the National Council.
  
== Stalemate, 1935-1939 ==
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In May 1944, the New Illyrian government, led by Grand Marshall [[Aleph Marciunjauskas]], sent the [[New Illyrian Foreign Army]] to support the National Council during the civil war. Marciunjauskas wanted to spread his view of internationalism, had already sought to support other communist uprisings, and wanted to oppose the Pavulturilori government's support of the Imperial Council. The New Illyrian Foreign Army was commanded my [[Military ranks of New Illyricum|Grand General]] [[Marçelo Ponto]] and consisted of 15,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its service in La'Libertad and [[La'Unión (department)|La'Unión]]. The unit  withdrew from Creeperopolis in May 1948.
  
Following the [[Battle of Ciudad Los'Ángeles|fall]] of [[Ciudad Los'Ángeles]] to the Imperial Council in July 1935, an effective stalemate occured on nearly all fronts. [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]] and [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]] continued to battle each other in the north over the departments of [[La'Libertad del Norte|La'Libertad]], [[San Romero (department)|San Romero]], and [[Salvador (department)|Salvador]], with neither side being able to overpower the other. Meanwhile, [[Adam Schuessler]] and [[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] were trapped in a stalemate in southern Creeperopolis fighting for control of [[Senvar (department)|Senvar]], [[Senvek (department)|Senvek]], and [[Santa Ana (department)|Santa Ana]]. [[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castillianan]] [[List of Castillianan Monarchs|King]] [[José X of Castilliano|José X]] sent four armies under the control of Field Marshals [[Luís Sánchez Cerro]] and [[Óscar Benavides Larrea]] to Senvar and Senvek to fight against the Senvar-Senvekians, the first direct support the Castillianans sent to the Imperial Council.  
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During the Salvadoran Civil War, the State of Noundures directly assisted the State of Granada in enforcing its control over the northern [[Granada Valley]]. As the Imperial Council advanced north, however, Noundurian forces evacuated from Granada across the border into the territory it controlled within Salisford. The Imperial Council did not pursue Noundurian forces into Salisford to avoid beginning a war with Salisford, and many members of the State of Granada sought refuge in Noundures until the pro-National Council Noundurian government was overthrown on 2 August 1935 and replaced with a pro-Imperial Council government. President [[Adalbert Boronat Cruilles]] was killed during the coup and replaced with [[Melcior Parramon Mendiz]] who established the [[Movement for Noundurian Integration]] (MOVINOU) as the dominant political party in Noundures.
  
=== War for the Papal State ===
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== Progression of war ==
  
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[[File:Santa Maria Infante001.jpg|thumb|right|National Council soldiers with a 57mm anti-tank gun during the initial months of the [[Papal War]] in the ruined small town of [[Santa María (Papal State)|Santa María]] following the [[Battle of Santa María (1935)|Battle of Santa María]].]]
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=== 1933–1935 ===
  
Both the National and Imperial Councils developed plans to end the stalemante and to turn the tide of the war in their favor. Miguelist Field Marshal [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]] created a plan which was approved by [[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]]. The plan, called [[Operation State Secularism]], was the planned invasion, occupation, and annexation of the [[Second State of the Church|State of the Church]]. The plan also involved assassinating [[Pope of Creeperopolis|Pope]] [[Pio XII of Creeperopolis|Pio XII]] in an attempt to shatter the morale of the pious [[Creeperian Catholic Church|Creeperian Catholics]] in an order to shatter resistance to the National Council and to diminish support of the Imperial Council.
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On October 12, 1935, the [[5th Army (Miguelists)|5th Miguelist Army]] marched into the Papal State from the south with the goal of capturing and securing the city of [[San Salvador del Oeste]] and capturing and killing Pope Pio XII. Field Marshal [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]] left Field Marshal [[Miguel Salinas Ortega]] in command of National Council forces in the north while he traveled south to command the war against the Papacy. The National Council was supported by the [[Senvarian Liberation Front]] which was composed mostly of [[Senvar-Senvekian Protestantism|Senvar-Senvekian Protestants]] and the ''[[Atheist Red Army]]''.
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News of the skirmish in San Salvador del Norte reached both emperors quickly. Both Romero I and Miguel VII declared that the other's soldiers that launched an unjustified attack. Both emperors stated that war was now inevitable and called upon their soldiers to secure territory, capture military installations, and arrest soldiers and politicians who supported the other claimant to the throne.
  
From October 1935 through May 1936, the National Council occupied over 70% of the Papal State. The National Council laid [[Siege of San Salvador del Oeste (1936)|siege to San Salvador del Oeste]] beginning in May believing the city would fall by late-June. However, the [[Romerist Air Force]] heavily bombarded the besieging forces, and with a large Romerist relief force approaching, the Miguelists were forced to drop the siege by mid-June, effectively ending [[Operation State Secularism]].
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As news of the San Salvador del Norte incident and the declarations of both emperors spread across Creeperopolis, military garrisons swore their allegiance to either Romero I or Miguel VII and moved to secure and control cities and territory. Across Creeperopolis, the military split into ideological camps supporting the emperor which better aligned with their own ideologies. Frontlines were drawn throughout the first week of the civil war which closely resembled the results of the 1932 general election. Some clashes and battles occurred within cities, fighting for control over the city and the surrounding area.  
  
=== First Battle of La'Libertad ===
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By 31 January 1933, the National Council held control over the departments of Abdan, Adolfosburg, Helam, Jakiz, La'Libertad, San Luís, and Sonsatepan; the Imperial Council held control over the departments of La'Unión, [[Salvador (department)|Salvador]], the San Carlos Islands, San Pedro, Xichútepa, San Salvador, and Santa Ana; the departments of San Miguel, San Salvador del Norte, Senvar, and Zapatista were contested by both councils as neither held over 70 percent control over them. The National Council held more support in southern and eastern Creeperopolis, as well as in urban areas, while the Imperial Council held more support in northern and western Creeperopolis, as well as in rural areas.
  
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[[File:Congreso Constituyente de 1917.jpg|thumb|left|210px|alt=A crowd of politicians wearing early 20th century formal attire preforming the Romanyan salute.|Right-wing politicians and military officers swearing their loyalty to Romero I in San Salvador in 1933.]]
  
Following the departure of [[Juan Salinas Figueroa]], [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]] sought a way to take advantage of the new Miguelist commander, [[Miguel Salinas Ortega]]. The National Council had control of the city of [[La'Libertad (city)|La'Libertad]] and the city served as the National Council's de facto capital while the Imperial Council controlled [[San Salvador (city)|San Salvador]]. Cabañeras Moreno wanted to capture the city in an attempt to cause chaos in the Miguelist logistical system causing a disorder in leadership.
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On March 17, 1936, the Imperial Council [[First Battle of La'Libertad|initiated combat with the National Council]] in [[La'Libertad (city)|La'Libertad]]. The attack was immediately bogged down by strong Miguelist fortifications and Miguelist artillery defense. By April 9, 1936, Imperial Council forces in La'Libertad were running low on supplies. [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]] ordered a retreat from the city, ending the [[First Battle of La'Libertad]] with a National Council victory. During the retreat, Cabañeras Moreno [[First La'Libertad Massacre|massacred 340 Miguslist prisoners of war]].
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=== 1936–1938 ===
  
=== Deltinian Uprising ===
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{{main|1937 Deltinian Rebellion}}
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=== 1939–1941 ===
  
The [[Deltinians|Deltinian people]] of southern [[Creeperopolis]] (mostly located in the departments of [[Abdan (department)|Abdan]], [[Helam (department)|Helam]], and [[Jakiz (department)|Jakiz]]) have been ruled by the Creeperans since the conclusion of the [[Creeperian Crusade]] which brought an end to the [[Caliphate of Deltino|Deltinian Caliphate]] and its rump successors of the emirates of [[Emirate of Abdan|Abdan]], [[Emirate of Helam|Helam]], and [[Emirate of Jakiz|Jakiz]] in 1345. The Deltinians felt oppressed by the Creeperans and desired independence from any Creeperian government.
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[[File:Jose calderon sol.jpg|thumb|right|[[Field Marshal (Creeperopolis)|Field Marshal]] [[Máximo Barrueco Morterero]] (center) commanded the [[Southern Offensive of 1937-1938]] following the [[1937 Deltinian Rebellion]] and massacre.]]
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=== 1942–1944 ===
  
On May 5, 1937, Deltinian Muslim peasants in the departments of [[Abdan (department)|Abdan]], [[Helam (department)|Helam]], and [[Jakiz (department)|Jakiz]] [[1937 Deltinian Rebellion|revolted]] against the rule of the National Council. The Deltinian peasants were lead by [[Muammar al-Koroma]]. The peasants demanded total independence from the Imperial and National Councils for Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz, and called for support and aid from [[Greater Sacramento]]. The government declined to send direct aid but offered the Deltinians asylum in accordance with the [[1853 Sacramatian Asylum Act]]. Before the Deltinians could accept the offer, National Council soldiers under General [[Pascual Espinar Casaus]] [[1937 Deltinian Rebellion#Massacre|massacred 3,193 Deltinians]], effectively suppressing the revolt on May 17, 1937.
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Following the Miguelist massacre of Deltinians, [[General (Creeperopolis)|General]] [[Máximo Barrueco Morterero]] launched an [[Southern Offensive of 1937-1938|offensive]] into the departments of [[Abdan (department)|Abdan]], [[Helam (department)|Helam]], and [[Jakiz (department)|Jakiz]] in order to "liberate" the Deltinians from atheist hands in August 1937. From August 1937 until January 1938, the Imperial Council made minimal gains. The offensive was forced to be cancelled in February 1938 due to a lack of supplies to continue the offensive. The Imperial Council fortified the frontline which had been established.
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=== 1945–1947 ===
  
=== Northern Offensive ===
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{{main|Northern Offensive of 1938-1939}}
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=== 1948–1949 ===
  
After the [[Southern Offensive of 1937-1938]] generally failed, only resulting in the [[First Battle of Port Senvar|capture of Port Senvar]], [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]] planned a new [[Northern Offensive of 1938-1939|northern offensive]] to take control of the department of [[San Miguel (department)|San Miguel]], which was renamed to "Emperador Miguel" in order to de-Catholicize the name. The offensive began in June 1938 and continued throughout 1938 ending in March 1939 with the [[Battle of San Miguel|fall of the city]] of [[San Miguel (city)|San Miguel]] on March 2, 1939.
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During the offensive, the Imperial Council launched a campaign of [[Anti-Atheism in Creeperopolis|indescriminate murder against athiests]] in the department. Soldiers would crucify and burn atheists alive, a practice still carried out by villagers in the department in the present as a form of extrajudicial execution.
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== Refugees ==
  
== The Dark Years, 1939-1944 ==
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[[File:Prats-de-Mollo Children's Home.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=A group of Creeperian refugees (some standing, some sitting; mostly children) in Tirol facing the camera.|A group of Creeperian refugees in [[Maran]], Tirol in 1947.]]
  
[[The Dark Years (Creeperopolis)|The Dark Years]] in Creeperian history refers to a period of time from 1939 and through 1944 where Creeperopolis experienced hundreds and hundreds of massacres and mass murders of civilian populations.
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=== De-Catholization ===
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== Art and propaganda ==
  
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{{see also|Propaganda in Creeperopolis}}
  
[[File:Einsatzgruppen murder Jews in Ivanhorod, Ukraine, 1942.jpg|thumb|right|National Council soldiers killing five [[Creeperian Catholic Church|Creeperian Catholics]] in [[San Miguel (department)|San Miguel]], 1944.]]
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The ''[[De-Catholization]]'', also known as the ''[[Creeperian Genocide]]'' or ''La'Gran Matanza'', was the genocide of [[Creeperian Catholic Church|Creeperian Catholics]], [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council|Romerists]], and [[Salvadorans]] which took place during the civil war. Between 1933 and 1949, across [[National Council for Peace and Order|National Council]] controlled territories of [[Creeperopolis]], the National Council systematically murdered around 9 to 11 million Catholics, Romerists, and Salvadorans, along with any National Council dissidents or deserters. The murders were carried out in pogroms, mass executions, mass shootings, and by a policy of extermination through labor in quarries, farmland, and mines.
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Massacres, looting, and pillaging were also commonly committed by the Miguelists such as the 1944 [[La'Libertad Massacre]], the 1947 [[San Salvador Massacre (1947)|San Salvador Massacre]], and the 1948 [[Burning of North San Salvador]]. The genocide was pushed for by Miguelist Emperors [[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]] and [[Marcos I of Creeperopolis|Marcos I]] and was carried out by the [[Creeperian Armed Forces]] loyal to the National Council, with assistance from the separatist [[Senvarian Liberation Front]]. Groups such as the [[Creeperian Peoples' Catholic Front]], also known as the Cristeros, were created to fight against the National Council and their genocide. The genocide reached its deadliest point during the Dark Years.
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== Casualties ==
  
=== Continued Cabañeras Massacres ===
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== Atrocities ==
  
{{main|List of Massacres during the Creeperian Civil War}}
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{{main|War crimes during the Creeperian Civil War}}
  
[[File:El General Martinez Con Su Gabinete Presidencial.jpg|thumb|right|[[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] (center) with fellow Romerist generals during the Creeperian Civil War, January 1942.]]
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=== White Terror ===
  
[[Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno]] was a major figure during [[The Dark Years (Creeperopolis)|the Dark Years]] of Creeperian history.
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{{main|White Terror (Creeperopolis)}}
  
During the Dark Years, massacres, genocide, ethnocide, and crimes against humanity were widespread, with Cabañeras himself personally ordered the killings of thousands Senvarian and Senvekian soldiers during the [[Papal War]] from 1939-1944. The [[Huizúcar Massacre]] was the first massacre which openly targeted Senvarian civilians which occurred on the Senvar-[[Zapatista (department)|Zapatista]] border in 1940. The massacre claimed 2,300 civilian lives. The Huizúcar Massacre was responded to by the [[Talnique Massacre]] where the [[Senvarian Liberation Front]] executed 729 Creeperian prisoners of war and 211 civilians.
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[[File:Surrender of Red Soldiers, Somosierra, Madrid - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|left|225px|alt=A crowd of surrendered soldiers being guarded and marched by soldiers armed with rifles.|Surrendered National Council soldiers before being mass executed in 1941.]]
  
Each side [[List of Massacres during the Creeperian Civil War|committed massacres back and forth]] claiming to “retaliate” and “take revenge” for the previous massacre. Almost all of the massacres committed by both sides were ordered to be committed directly from commanding authorities. Cabañeras himself is responsible for and ordered at least 100 massacres and, at the maximum, up to over 400 massacres, by far the most of any commanding general of either side and even more than [[Adolfo Rivera López]], the commander of the death squad [[Militarist Nationalist Front|Sombra Negra]].
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=== Assassination of Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno ===
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=== Red Terror ===
  
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-039-44, Heydrich-Attentat.jpg|thumb|right|Cabañeras Moreno's car which was struck by an anti-tank grenade.]]
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{{main|Assassination of Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno}}
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[[File:SpanishLeftistsShootStatueOfChrist.jpg|thumb|right|225px|alt=A group of soldiers armed with rifles pointing their guns at a large statue of Jesus Christ.|National Council soldiers symbolically executing [[Yeshua|Jesus Christ]] in 1936.]]
  
On May 9, 1944, Cabañeras Moreno was on his way to a generals’ meeting near [[La’Libertad (city)|La’Libertad]] regarding the [[Second Battle of La'Libertad]] when he was assassinated by members of the ''[[Atheist Red Army]]'' disguised as photographers who threw and anti-tank grenade at his car. The grenade killed Cabañeras, the driver, and [[Kingdom of Castilliano|Castillianan]] Field Marshal [[Luís Sánchez Cerro]] instantly. The two assassins were injured and knocked over by the grenade. Both were killed on site by the military escort.
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Cabañeras Moreno’s death was a major blow to Romerist morale and brought the Papal War to a temporary stalemate. His brother, [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]], was appointed as Minister of Defense and he would continue the Papal War in the south. His death also brought an end to the Dark Years and massacres became less frequent.
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==== De-Catholization ====
  
==== Denshire Massacre ====
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{{main|De-Catholization}}
  
[[File:Campesinos indigenas masacrados por la guardia. 22 enero 1932.jpg|thumb|right|Creeperian civilians with the corpses of dead Deltinians killed during the [[Denshire Massacre]].]]
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[[File:Einsatzgruppen murder Jews in Ivanhorod, Ukraine, 1942.jpg|thumb|left|215px|alt=At least three soldiers pointing their rifles at a group of six people before being extrajudicially executed.|National Council soldiers murdering six Creeperian Catholics in 1944.]]
  
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[[File:Campo di concentramento di Bolzano 1945.jpg|thumb|right|210px|alt=A view of a concentration camp (Mafrerio Extermination Camp) showing numerous barracks buildings (used as prison blocks) after being captured|The [[Mafrerio Extermination Camp]] after being liberated in 1949.]]
  
In retaliation for Cabañeras Moreno’s death, the [[Militarist Nationalist Front]], under the direct orders of [[Adolfo Rivera López]], massacred over 25,000 civilians, mostly exiled [[Deltinians]], in what became known as the infamous [[Denshire Massacre]].
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On June 13, 1944, soldiers of the Sombra Negra mercilessly and indiscriminately killed anyone in the city of [[Denshire]], the capital city of the [[Departments of Creeperopolis|department]] of [[Jakiz (department)|Jakiz]], who was either ethnically [[Deltinians|Deltinian]] or a follower of [[Deltinian Islam]]. Men, women, and children were all killed with no one being spared. Women were raped by the soldiers and mosques were set on fire. Civilians of non-Deltinian descent who attempted to hide or protect Deltinians or tend to the wounded were also killed. Despite the city being held by the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] with a garrison of 10,000 [[Romerist Army]] soldiers stationed in the city, they did little to nothing to prevent the massacre at best, and assisted in the killings at worst. The general of the Sombra Negra, [[Adolfo Rivera López]], personally ordered, commanded, and took part in the massacre.
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== Aftermath ==
  
== Continued Stalemate, 1944-1946 ==
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=== Imperial Council consolidation ===
  
[[File:232 14 Alexandre raccompagne Alexandre jusqu'au train.jpg|thumb|right|[[St. Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero I]] (right) meeting with Chief Field Marshal [[Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno]] (left), 1945.]]
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=== Annexations of Atlántida and Castilliano ===
  
== Late War Progress, 1946-1949 ==
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=== Post-war partisan resistance ===
  
=== Siege of San Salvador ===
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== Flight of National Council officials ==
  
== Final Months of Civil War, 1949 ==
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=== Escape routes and destinations ===
  
== Surrender and Peace, 1949 ==
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=== Prosecution of war criminals ===
  
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== Legacy ==
  
= Aftermath =
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[[File:SPA-2014-San Lorenzo de El Escorial-Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caídos).jpg|thumb|right|220px|alt=A view of a large cross on top of a hill with a church and cemetery located at the base of the hill.|The [[Valley of the Fallen]], the largest civil war memorial in Creeperopolis.]]
  
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H25224, Guernica, Ruinen.jpg|thumb|right|The ruins of [[San Salvador (city)|San Salvador]] following the conclusion of the civil war and the [[Siege of San Salvador]].]]
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= Weapons and Technology =
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= Atrocities =
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== Miguelists ==
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== See also ==
  
=== De-Catholization ===
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= Support for the War =
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== References ==
  
Support for the war was almost non-existent during the first two years, with the only support coming from die-hard Romerists/Miguelists and the [[Creeperian Armed Forces]]. However, as the war grew deadlier, massacres became common place, and the Catholic Church was beginning to be attacked, support quickly grew and the war turned into a total war on both sides. By 1940, essentially the entire nation was at was with itself with every family aiding the war effort in one way or another.
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= Opposition to the War =
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== Notes ==
  
Opposition to the war was nearly universal during the first two years of the war when the least bloodshed occurred. However, as the war grew deadlier, massacres became common place, the [[Creeperian Catholic Church]] was beginning to be attacked, and the beginning of the [[Creeperian Genocide]] opposition quickly fell.
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= Legacy =
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== Bibliography ==
  
[[File:Salvadordelmundo.jpg|thumb|right|The iconic statue of Christ on the globe sphere of planet earth is part of the [[Monumento del Salvador del Mundo y la'Humanidad]] (Monument of the Savior of the World and Humanity) was constructed in 1968 as a memorial to the Creeperian Civil War.
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* {{cite book|last1=Pareja Palau|first1=Orlando|author-link1=Orlando Pareja Palau|date=2009|title=Գփերրա Ծիվիl|trans-title=Civil War|url=https://lcnwiki.xyz/index.php?title=Guerra_Civil_(book)|series=Historia de Creeperópolis|language=[[Creeperian language|Creeperian]]|volume=3|edition=2nd|location=[[San Salvador, San Salvador|San Salvador]], [[Creeperopolis]]|publisher=[[Impresión Creeperiano]]|doi=10.1017/S0022216X00001425|isbn=9780742537415|jstor=156558}}
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Many memorials have been constructed through both public and private funding to commemorate the Creeperian Civil War, the Romerists, and the Martyrs who died in the war. The War heavily influenced [[Culture in Creeperopolis|Creeperian culture]] and pushed for a renewal in Creeperopolis' Catholic spirit, a second "Renaissance" like the one seen after the conclusion of the [[Creeperian Crusade]] in 1345.
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== External links ==
  
The most notable Creeperian Civil War memorial is the [[Monumento del Salvador del Mundo y la'Humanidad]], "The Savior of the World and Humanity" in English. The war memorial was built in 1968 as a commemoration to the millions of Romerists who gave their life for Creeperopolis. Another memorial is the [[Valley of the Fallen]].
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= See Also =
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[[File:Wiki.png|23px|link=LCN Wiki]] Media related to the [[:Category:Creeperian Civil War|Creeperian Civil War]] at [[LCN Wiki]]
  
* [[Creeperopolis]]
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* [https://nsindex.net/wiki/Creeperian_Civil_War Creeperian Civil War] (NSIndex; 4 October 2019)
* [[Creeperian Crusade]]
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* [https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Creeperian_Civil_War Creeperian Civil War] (IIWiki; 9 March 2020)
* [[War of the Creeperian Succession]]
 
* [[Siege of San Salvador]]
 
* [[St. Romero I of Creeperopolis|Romero I]]
 
* [[Romero II of Creeperopolis|Romero II]]
 
* [[Miguel VII of Creeperopolis|Miguel VII]]
 
* [[Marcos I of Creeperopolis|Marcos I]]
 
* [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]]
 
* [[National Council for Peace and Order]]
 
* [[Creeperian Genocide]]
 
  
 
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Creeperian Civil War
Part of the Creeperian Conflicts
A collage of 6 black and white images from the Creeperian Civil War. Clockwise from top-right: a street covered in debris with the ruined architectural frames of buildings on each side of the street during the Siege of San Salvador, to men armed with rifles pointing their guns at four men prior to being extrajudicially executed, a large crowd of paramilitary soldiers armed with rifles standing in formation, an aerial view of three propeller warplanes (Maroto FA-1Hs) flying over farmlands, an aerial view of a concentration camp (Teguracoa Extermination Camp) showing numerous barracks buildings (used as prison blocks) after being captured, five soldiers runnings through a street covered in debris and surrounded by buildings on both sides during the Siege of La'Victoria.
Clockwise from top-right: ruins from the Siege of San Salvador, an extrajudicial execution of suspected communists, Atheist Red Army soldiers in Adolfosburg, three Imperial Council Maroto FA-1Hs, the Teguracoa Extermination Camp after liberation, Imperial Council soldiers during the Siege of La'Victoria.
Date
  • 2 January 1933 – 30 September 1949
  • (16 years, 8 months and 4 weeks)
Location
Result
  • Imperial Council victory
Belligerents
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Commanders and leaders
Strength
  • 1933 strength:
  • 865,000 soldiers
  • 28 warships
  • 450 aircraft
  • 1943 strength:
  • 3.4 million soldiers
  • 35 warships
  • 2,000 aircraft
  • 1949 strength:
  • 3.1 million soldiers
  • 29 warships
  • 1,800 aircraft
  • 1933 strength:
  • 870,000 soldiers
  • 17 warships
  • 650 aircraft
  • 1943 strength:
  • 3.7 million soldiers
  • 25 warships
  • 1,800 aircraft
  • 1949 strength:
  • 2.2 million soldiers
  • 15 warships
  • 1,000 aircraft
Casualties and losses
  • 3.3 million killed in action
  • 4.5 million wounded in action
  • 0.5 million missing in action
  • 0.9 million prisoners-of-war
  • 3.7 million killed in action
  • 4.5 million wounded in action
  • 0.8 million missing in action
  • 1.0 million prisoners-of-war
  • 9–11 million killed in the De-Catholization
  • 41.2 million total dead, 52.2 million total wounded, 3.2 million total missing

The Creeperian Civil War (Creeperian: Գփերրա Ծիվիլ Ծրեեպերիանո / Guerra Civil Creeperiano) was a civil war fought in Creeperopolis from 2 January 1933 and 30 September 1949. The civil war was fought between left and right-wing ideological groups. The left—including liberals, socialists, communists, anarchists, republicans, and political atheists—fought under the banner of the National Council for Peace and Order (National Council) and are often referred to as the Miguelists. The right—including conservatives, traditionalists, fascists, monarchists, and political Catholics—fought under the banner of the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council (Imperial Council) and are often referred to as the Romerists. Additionally, various separatist groups, death squads, independent militia groups, and foreign armies were involved in the civil war, either supporting one of the two councils or fighting independently.

Due to the complex nature and situation of Creeperian politics prior to 1933, the civil war has been viewed in various manners, including as a class struggle, a war of religion, and a struggle between fascism and communism. The Second Parliamentary Era of Creeperopolis was marked by internal violence between political factions and their militias, multiple attempted coups d'état and self coups, various large-scale protest movements, and general instability. The death of Emperor Adolfo IV on 2 January 1933 triggered the civil war, as his two surviving sons, Princes Romero and Miguel, both of whom had two vastly different political views, declared themselves as Adolfo IV's successor as emperor. Romero I was supported by the right-wing Creeperian Conservative Coalition (CCC) while Miguel VII was supported by the left-wing People's Social Coalition (CSP). War began after military factions loyal to both emperors skirmished in San Salvador del Norte; the skirmish fractured the military in half along ideological lines.

At the outbreak of the war, the Imperial Council controlled the capital city, San Salvador, along with La'Victoria, San Pedro, Nuevo Xichútepa, Santa Ana, and Tuxtla Martínez, while the National Council controlled Adolfosburg (proclaimed their capital city), Denshire, La'Libertad, San Miguel, and San Luís. Both sides of the conflict received foreign aid and backing from national governments and from independent foreign volunteers. The civil war ended on 30 September 1949 with a final National Council defeat at the Battle of the Zapatista River, where many of the National Council's highest ranking leaders were captured. The war saw heavy use of tanks, aircraft, chemical weapons, and air raids.

The civil war was the deadliest and bloodiest war in history with up to 41.2 million people dead and up to 52.2 million more wounded. The war was marked by atrocities committed by both sides of the war; the Imperial Council against communists and atheists and the National Council against fascists and Catholics. Each side's string of atrocities were generalized as the White Terror (Imperial Council) and the Red Terror (National Council). The most notable atrocity of the war was the De-Catholization, a genocide, ethnocide, and series of massacres that aimed to eradicate Catholicism from Creeperopolis. The genocide is considered one of the worst in Terraconservan history and was one of the immediate reasons for the establishment of the Terraconserva Council of Nations (TCN) in 1952. Following the civil war, tens of thousands of Miguelists were executed for their allegiance to the National Council with charges such as war crimes, treason, blasphemy, and apostasy.

The civil war is a part of the wider Creeperian Conflicts, and as a direct consequence of the civil war, the Salvadoran Civil War, Third Senvarian Insurgency, and Papal War began. Following the civil war, many leftists refused to surrender and continued to resist the far-right fundamentalist and authoritarian Catholic regime through partisan and guerrilla means which would be crushed in 1957 with the Massacre of the Seven Thousand. The Operation Genesis 19:24–25 was established as a campaign to oppress denial, commendation, and questioning of the De-Catholization and other National Council atrocities committed during the civil war. Although most of the victims of the National Council's atrocities and crimes have been given justice, little to no justice has been given to the victims of the Imperial Council's atrocities and crimes, mostly as either respect for their enduring of the De-Catholization or as simply turning a blind eye to the atrocities committed. The civil war remains as one of the most important and influential events in Creeperian history.

Names

The most common and accepted name used in reference to the war is the Creeperian Civil War (CreeperianCreeperian: Գփերրա Ծիվիl Ծրեեպերիանո; Creeperian – Iberic: Guerra Civil Creeperiano), or in Creeperopolis, it is simply referred to as the Civil War (Գփերրա Ծիվիl; Guerra Civil).

During the war itself, the various factions referred to it by different names. Names which were used by both sides of the conflict include "The Struggle" (La'Lucha), "The War" (La'Guerra), "The Final War" (La'Guerra Final), and "The Rebellion" (La'Rebelión), with the latter being used as both sides saw the other as rebelling against their own government. Names used by right-wing factions of the conflict include the "Second Crusade" (Segunda Cruzada) or simply "The Crusade" (La'Cruzada), the "Righteous War" or the "Just War" (Guerra Justa), and "Romero's War" (Guerra de Romero). Names used by left-wing factions of the conflict include the "War for Freedom" (Guerra por la'Libertad), the "People's War" (Guerra del Pueblo), the "Red War" (Guerra Roja), the "Necessary Battle" (Batalla Útil), and "The Final Revolution" (La'Revolución Final).

Other names have been used by minority groups in Creeperopolis to reflect their view as the civil war being a struggle between Creeperans rather than between the country as a whole. Deltinians, Hondurans, and Senvarians have referred to the conflict as "The Creeperian Distraction" (Deltinian: الهاء الزاحف, transliteration: al-Ha' al-Zaahif; Honduran: Creeperian Distrakzioa; Senvarian: La Desviar Creeperiana Nisqa) translated in to their respective languages. Deltinians also refer to the war as "The Prelude" (المقدمة, al-Muqadima), in reference to the widespread anti-Deltinian discrimination and persecution which would follow the civil war.

Some scholars and non-Creeperian historians have also referred to the war in various ways, although, most of the names listed are infrequently used or are considered obsolete. Names such as the "Second Creeperian Civil War" (Segunda Guerra Civil Creeperiano) and the "Second War of the Creeperian Succession" (Segunda Guerra de la'Successión Creeperiano) have been used, as the War of the Creeperian Succession of 1783 to 1790 was previously referred to as the "Creeperian Civil War" throughout the late-1700s, 1800s, and early-1900s, although its usage now refers solely to the 1933 to 1949 civil conflict.

Background

Establishment of the Second Parliament

A headshot portrait of a man (Inhué Ordóñez Yepes) wearing glasses, dressed in early 1920s formal attire, and facing to the right.
Inhué Ordóñez Yepes is considered to be the "father of Creeperian democracy".

On 1 December 1887, Creeperian Emperor Adolfo III died, ending his 54-year long reign in Creeperopolis. For two years prior to his death, pro-republican leaders in Creeperopolis advocated for the return of democracy to Creeperopolis, 116 years after its abolition in 1771 by King Manuel III. Inhué Ordóñez Yepes, a lawyer and liberal politician, was the leader of the pro-democracy movement and managed to pressure Emperor Maximiliano II, Adolfo III's successor, to accept and implement democratic reforms, ending the absolute powers of the monarchy.

Creeperopolis held its first democratic election of the Second Parliamentary Era on 17 December 1887. Ordóñez Yepes' center-left National Liberal Party (PLN) won in a landslide victory winning 56 of the parliament's 100 seats, however, turnout was exceptionally low and the electoral process was biased in favor of the PLN. Protests and riots erupted against the new parliamentary government throughout the following year but eventually subsided as the new government consolidated its power. The first parliamentary session began on 31 December 1887 and Ordóñez Yepes was elected as prime minister, the first person to hold the position since Fernando Moreno Juderías was deposed and killed in July 1771. The political opposition consisted of the center-right National Conservative Party (PCN) led by Macos Espiga Mina and the right-wing Catholic Royalist Party (PRC) led by Francisco Dueñas Díaz. The National Conservatives and Catholic Royalists eventually formed the Creeperian Conservative Coalition (CCC) to oppose the National Liberals' government, while the National Liberals joined with the left-wing Creeperian Socialist Party (PSC), led by Édgar Cazalla Beldad, and formed the People's Social Coalition (CSP).

In the succeeding 1892 election, the parliament's seat count was increased to 230, as 100 was initially chosen as a compromise total between right and left-wing political leaders. In the election, the CCC won a 131-seat majority, but the Catholic Royalists prevent the National Conservatives from electing a prime minister until the party agreed to appoint Dueñas Díaz as the parliament's 3rd secretary. After two failed ballots to select a prime minister, Espiga Mina agreed to appoint Dueñas Díaz as the 3rd secretary, and the National Conservatives and Catholic Royalists elected Espiga Mina as the country's next prime minister. A similar gridlock occurred after the 1897 election, where the Catholic Royalists now demanded that the National Conservatives appoint Dueñas Díaz as the 1st secretary and Antonio Sáenz Heredia, the Catholic Royalists' deputy chairman, as the 3rd secretary. After seven ballots, the National Conservatives agreed to the Catholic Royalists' demands and Espiga Mina was elected to a second term as prime minister.

Religion in Creeperopolis

A crowd of people in a plaza located in front of a church (San Pedro's Basilica).
The Creeperian Catholic Church was one of the most influential and powerful entities throughout Creeperian history.

Since 540, Creeperian Catholicism had been the state religion of Creeperopolis. Creeperian Catholicism remained as the country's largest religion throughout its existence, but the country has also had minority religions coexist within its borders, most notably Senvarian Protestantism and Deltinian Islam, both of which suffered from extensive persecutions throughout Creeperian history. Senvarian Protestantism came to Creeperopolis following the annexation of the Kingdom of Senvar in 1839, and Deltinian Islam was absorbed into Creeperopolis throughout the 1200s and 1300s during the Creeperian Crusade against the Caliphate of Deltino.

During the First Parliamentary Era (1565–1771), criticism and scrutiny of religion began to manifest within some of the country's most left-wing political circles. Throughout the era, and especially beginning in the 1720s and 1730s during the premiership of Orlando Moreno Hidalgo, secularism, agnosticism, atheism, and irreligiousness in general began to grow in Creeperopolis. Following the fall of the parliament in 1771, irreligiousness was discouraged by Creeperian government of Manuel III. It was not until 1833 following the Revolution of 1833 and the rise of Adolfo III that the government took a stronger stance against irreligiousness. Adolfo III, in conjunction with other religious laws, made the public displays of irreligiousness illegal and punishable by thirty years of forced labor. While irreligiousness was persecuted and did decline in adherence, it was not entirely eradicated, and after the anti-irreligious laws were repealed in 1888 by the National Liberals, irreligiousness began to increase in popularity once again, especially amongst leftists.

Official estimates by the Creeperian government compiled in 1900 estimated that around 76 percent of the country was Creeperian Catholic, while 15 percent of the country was either agnostic, atheist, or otherwise irreligious. The margins narrowed by 1920, when Creeperian Catholics composed 68 percent of the population and the irreligious composed another 23 percent of the population. Politically, the Catholic Royalists advocated for the return of Creeperian Catholic hegemony to Creeperopolis and the reinstatement of Creeperian Catholicism as the state religion, as it has its status revoked in 1889 by the National Liberal-led government. Creeperian Catholicism's status as the state religion was instated and revoked multiple times throughout the Second Parliamentary Era whenever a new government took power.

Many Creeperian leftists accused the Catholic Royalist-led governments of seeking to eliminate freedom of religion and eradication of all other religions when it stated that it sought to return to a Creeperian Catholic hegemony, in their policy known as National Catholicism. Meanwhile, rightists accused the National Liberal and Socialist-led governments of seeking to establish atheism as the dominant religion in Creeperopolis. Known as National Atheism, the Catholic Royalists accused the left of also seeking to eradicate Creeperian Catholicism and all other religions, turning Creeperopolis into an entirely secular nation.

Ethnic and racial divisions

For most of its history, Creeperopolis had been one of the most ethnically and racially diverse countries in Sur. Although the Creeperans were the largest ethnic group, composing of over 80 percent of the population, many ethnic minorities existed and held their own distinct identities, traditions, customs, and even religions. By 1933, the largest ethnic minorities in Creeperopolis were the Deltinians, Hondurans, Natizos, Salvadorans, and Senvarians.

For most of Creeperian history, the Deltinians were the largest and most prominent minority group as Creeperopolis expanded into the Caliphate of Deltino during the 1200s and 1300s, gaining a sizable Deltinian population in the process. By the 1900s, however, the Deltinians had been reduced to a relatively insignificant minority group pushed to the southern Creeperian departments of Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz, commonly referred to as the so-called "Deltinian departments". For most of Creeperopolis' post-crusade history, the Deltinians were heavily persecuted, and as a result of several wars and rebellions instigated by the Deltinians, as well as various massacres targeting Deltinians, the overall Deltinian population decreased from around 80 million in the early-1200s to around 6 million by 1930. The Deltinians had little to no representation throughout the Second Parliamentary Era and no political party was ever formed to represent the interests of the Deltinians.

A portrait of six men (three sitting, three standing), 5 dressed in late 19th century formal attire and 1 dressed in late 19th century military uniform.
Senvarian politicians in 1896.

While the Deltinians were the historically most important ethnic group, throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, the Senvarians had replaced the Deltinians as the most prominent and influential ethnic minority in Creeperopolis. After the Kingdom of Senvar was annexed in 1839, the Senvarians refused to accept annexation and resisted Creeperian rule until 1857 when Senvarian resistance was suppressed. The Senvarians again attempted to regain their independence during the 1870s and 1880s, only ending the conflict after the establishment of a democratic government which promised to give the Senvarians political concessions. During the Second Parliamentary Era, the Party of Southern Autonomy (PAS) and the Senvarian Autonomous Party (PASE) were formed to advance Senvarian interests.

The Hondurans primarily lived in the northern department of San Miguel where they once ruled a kingdom during the 1200s and 1300s before being annexed by Creeperopolis. In 1535, the Creeperans instigated a genocide of the Honduran people, killing most of the group's members. The Hondurans survived the genocide but their population was devastated and never recovered to its pre-genocide total. The Natizos were a people group almost exclusively located in the San Carlos Islands who were the descendants of both Creeperian and Native San Carlos Islander ancestry. Although all Natizos have native islander ancestry, the vast majority of Natizos identified with their Creeperian ancestors and traditions. Most of the Salvadorans living in Creeperopolis were forcibly relocated during the 1800s after the Kingdom of El Salvador was annexed by Creeperopolis and reorganized into the Captaincy General of Nuevo Honduras. After El Salvador gained its independence in 1888, many Salvadorans in Creeperopolis decided to stay. No political parties existed to represent the Hondurans, Natizos, or Salvadorans.

Although the island department of San Pedro was mostly inhabited by Creeperans and a minority of Atlántidans did exist, most Creeperans living in San Pedro had Atlántidan and Deltinian ancestry. The island had a history of independence, existing as the independent Kingdom of Granilla from 404 to 1026 and again from 1326 to 1363 before being conquered by Creeperopolis. Beginning in the 1800s, some Creeperans living in San Pedro began promoting the idea of a "Granillan identity" and began to refer to San Pedro by the name Granilla, the name of the former independent kingdom meaning "Great Island". The Granillan separatist movement gained increased support during the Second Parliamentary Era and the Action Party for Granilla (PAG) was established in 1922 by Granillan nationalist leader Xilgorio Nogueira Ovalle.

Prelude to war

Social tension

Three coffee plantation overseers (two on horseback) walking on a path through a coffee plantation.
Overseers at a coffee plantation in 1925.

The rivalry between the Creeperian left and right extended beyond politics and entered everyday Creeperian society. During the Second Parliamentary Era, Creeperian society was divided into three distinct social classes: the upper class, composed of politicians and landowners; the middle class, consisting almost exclusively soldiers and military officers; and the lower class, which was composed of mostly peasants and workers. The CSP drew most of its support from the lower class and the more ideological members of the middle and upper classes, while the CCC drew most of its support from the upper and middle classes and the more religious and traditionalist members of the lower class.

The CSP promoted the idea of an early form of human rights, believing that things such as a just wage, safe working conditions, and fair working hours were basic rights that all Creeperans deserved. During the Adolfisto, several monopolies arose in Creeperopolis which effectively dictated the nationwide status of wages, working conditions, and working hours. Left-wing governments implemented various reforms to diminish the power of large monopolies, while the right-wing governments tended to repeal reforms passed by the left.

Political violence

Creeperian politics during the first decade of the Second Parliamentary Era was considered to be "civil and mannered" in comparison to the politics of the succeeding decades. In 1888, the Creeperian Social Communist Party (PCSC) was established by Mauricio Tasis Quesada and split from the Creeperian Socialist Party. The PCSC was a far-left counterpart of the Socialists but failed to gain much political support. In 1902, Sáenz Heredia assumed total control of the Catholic Royalist Party and the party began to shift to the extreme political right. To protect official party meetings and harass members of the opposition, Sáenz Heredia established the Falange Creeperiano (FALCRE) paramilitary organization. In response, the Social Communists established the Atheist Red Army (ERA) paramilitary to combat the Falange Creeperiano. Members of both paramilitaries soon began engaging in street battles and clashes, beginning a period of political violence known as the Reigns of Terrors.

In the 1902 general election, the Catholic Royalists surpassed the National Conservatives as the largest member of the CCC and Sáenz Heredia became the country's prime minister. His government was fiercely opposed by the CSP, especially the Social Communists, and engagements between the Falange Creeperiano and the Atheist Red Army increased. After losing the premiership in the 1907 general election, Sáenz Heredia bribed various election officials prior to the 1912 general election to commit widespread voter fraud resulting in a CCC victory and him resuming the premiership. Protests against his government occurred in 1912 and 1913 which were crushed by the Falange Creeperiano, the Imperial Army, and the Civil Police, killing 35 people.

A marching crowd of paramilitary soldiers dressed in 1920s paramilitary uniforms and preforming the Romanyan salute.
Camisas Negras members in 1923 during an attempted coup.

Ordóñez Yepes assumed the premiership for a third term following the 1917 general election but died in April 1922 before the end of his term. Cazalla Beldad succeeded him as prime minister, becoming Creeperopolis' first Socialist prime minister. His rise to the premiership led to increase violence between the Atheist Red Army and the Falange Creeperiano. Cazalla Beldad's premiership was also opposed by the Camisas Negras (CN), the paramilitary of the far-right Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front (FPPC), a political party led and established by Carlos Hernández Videla in 1921. The Pro-Fatherland Front had dictatorial ambitions and sought to overthrow democracy and the monarchy, but the party only won a single seat in the 1922 general election, after which Sáenz Heredia assumed a third term as prime minister.

Believing that the democratic system failed to spark the fascist revolution he desired, Hernández Videla led 4,000 members of the Camisas Negras in marching on San Salvador in an attempt to overthrow the Creeperian government on 25 December 1923. Before reaching the capitol, however, the Camisas Negras were intercepted by the Civil Police and Imperial Army. The ensuing clash left over 1,200 paramilitary soldiers dead and Hernández Videla was arrested. Facing the death penalty, a sympathetic judge sentenced Hernández Videla to only serve one year imprisonment, being released in February 1925. Sáenz Heredia initially sought to have Hernández Videla assassinated by the Falange Creeperiano, but after negotiations led by Ramón Serrano Suñer, the Falange Creeperiano's leader, Hernández Videla agreed to support Sáenz Heredia's government and to ally the Camisas Negras with the Falange Creeperiano against the Atheist Red Army.

The Action Party for Granilla was inspired by the Camisas Negras' 1923 coup attempt, and on 5 September 1925, Nogueira Ovalle led 100 members of the Action Party for Granilla to attack the capitol building of San Pedro and gain independence for the self-declared State of Granilla. The Imperial Army suppressed the attempted uprising and killed 60 members of the Action Party for Granilla. The party did not have widespread support in San Pedro and failed to spark any department-wide revolt, and immediately following the attempted uprising, the Action Party for Granilla was banned. Nogueira Ovalle was captured and sentenced to death, being executed on 14 March 1926.

Crisis of 1928

In the 1922 general election, the Socialists surpassed the National Liberals as the largest member of the CSP, but lost the premiership to the CCC. In the 1927 general election, the CSP regained the premiership and Cazalla Beldad was elected as the prime minister, becoming the first elected Socialist prime minister. Cazalla Beldad's election as prime minister caused outrage within the CCC, while the Falange Creeperiano and Camisas Negras swore to destroy his premiership at all costs. As a result, clashes of the Falange Creeperiano and the Camisas Negras against the Atheist Red Army increased and resulted in more deaths.

On 7 February 1928, after introduction various social and economic reforms during the first month of his premiership, Cazalla Beldad was assassinated in the parliament building by members of the Camisas Negras dressed as members of the Atheist Red Army, becoming the first prime minister in Creeperian history to be assassinated. Sáenz Heredia took advantage of the situation and named himself as prime minister, repealing many of Cazalla Beldad's laws before he was forced to resign three days later. On 10 February 1928, the parliament elected Joel Lacasa Campos, the leader of the Creeperian Social Communist Party, as the next prime minister, and he proceeded to reverse Sáenz Heredia's actions during his three day premiership. On 17 February 1928, in response to Cazalla Beldad's assassination, the Socialists formed the Anti-Fascist Popular Guard (GPA), a paramilitary tasked with protecting party officials and party meetings.

A crowd of paramilitary soldiers in formation in a street preforming the raised fist salute.
Soldiers of the Atheist Red Army protesting the assassination of Joel Lacasa Campos.

Lacasa Campos' election and repeal of Sáenz Heredia's action caused further outrage within the CCC, and this time, the Falange Creeperiano and Camisas Negras openly stated that they would assassinate Lacasa Campos. In response, the Atheist Red Army openly stated that it would assassinate both Sáenz Heredia and Hernández Videla. On 23 February 1928, the Atheist Red Army assassinated Gustavo López Dávalos, the CEO of the National Coffee and Sugar Corporation (CORNACA), as he had hired the Camisas Negras to assassinate Cazalla Beldad. In reaction to López Dávalos' assassination, on 1 March 1928, the Falange Creeperiano broke into Lacasa Campos' home, killing him, his wife, and his two sons in the process. They also attempted to assassinate Cayetano Handel Carpio, the leader of the Atheist Red Army, but they only managed to kill his wife, daughter, and three pet dogs.

The parliament named Serafín Velázquez Andrade, an independent politician who was serving as the mayor of Pasadena, as a temporary emergency prime minister as the CCC and CSP negotiated a solution to bring an end to the ongoing violence. On 2 March 1928, the parliament elected Tobías Gaos Nores of the National Liberal Party to succeed Velázquez Andrade as prime minister. Although the parties negotiated to end the violence, the Atheist Red Army, Camisas Negras, and Falange Creeperiano ultimately rejected Gaos Nores, each wanting to promote their own candidates as prime minister.

As street clashes continued in San Salvador between the paramilitaries, the parliament voted to impose martial law to suppress the ongoing violence. Soldiers of the Imperial Army occupied cities across the department of San Salvador, killing and arresting paramilitary soldiers who opposed the martial law in the process. On 8 April 1928, the Falange Creeperiano and the Camisas Negras attacked a building being used by the Atheist Red Army and a shootout began. The Imperial Army responded to the shootout and forcibly ended it. The Easter Massacre, as the event came to be known, resulted in 101 deaths. After over 100 members of the three paramilitaries were arrested in a series of military operations, the Falange Creeperiano and Atheist Red Army were ordered to stand down and cease their attacks, while the Camisas Negras only stood down after one of the paramilitary's demonstrations were crushed by the Imperial Army on 16 April 1928. Unlike the other paramilitary groups, the Anti-Fascist Popular Guard did not participate in the violence of the Crisis of 1928.

Between 31 December 1927 and 19 April 1928, a total of 295 people were killed and another 468 were injured; 142 paramilitary members were arrested. This period of violence, now known as the Crisis of 1928, led to the increased polarization of Creeperian politics and an increased rise in tensions. Gaos Nores eventually died to Creeperian Malaria in July 1932, however, many believed that he actually committed suicide as a result of a corruption scandal involving Minister of the Treasury José Pardo Barreda. Gaos Nores was succeeded by Jorge Meléndez Ramírez of the Creeperian Socialist Party, resulting in a renewed increase in street violence between the paramilitaries. In the 1932 general election, the CCC won a 1-seat majority and Sáenz Heredia was elected to a fifth term as prime minister. By 1932, the traditional moderate National Conservative and National Liberal parties had effectively lost all their influence to the Catholic Royalists and the Socialists, while the Pro-Fatherland Front and Social Communists also began to slowly increase in support.

Death of Adolfo IV

Since the reestablishment of the parliament, the role of the monarch was diminished to effectively that of a figure head. The monarch held little real power and primarily only served in ceremonial roles. Maximiliano II was succeeded by three of his sons after his death: Alexander I in 1898, Alfonso V in 1910, and Adolfo IV in 1918. Adolfo IV reigned for almost 15 years, the longest reign since Adolfo III's 54-year long reign. Throughout the reigns of Maximiliano II, Alexander I, Alfonso V, and Adolfo IV, the royal family were strong supporters of the Catholic Royalist Party due to the party's strong commitment to maintaining the monarchy.

A portrait of a sitting man (Adolfo IV) facing the camera and wearing early 20th century military uniform.
Official portrait of Adolfo IV, 1920.

In mid-December 1932, Adolfo IV and Empress Consort Rafaela Galdámez Águila both fell ill with Creeperian Malaria. Empress Consort Rafaela made a full recover by the end of the month, but Adolfo IV's illness worsened. His doctors attempted to help him recover but their efforts ultimately failed and his health only continued to decline. On 2 January 1933, Adolfo IV died to his illness at 9:02 a.m. at the San Salvador Imperial Palace. Although the official cause of death was Creeperian Malaria, some believe that both Adolfo IV and Empress Consort Rafaela were poisoned. Adolfo IV's death was announced at 10:01 a.m. by Jorge Gómez Figueroa, the lead physician for the royal family, and announced that Adolfo IV's eldest son, Prince Romero, would succeed him as emperor. Prince Romero accepted his ascension to the throne, becoming Emperor Romero I.

Romero I was a devout Creeperian Catholic and wished to help Creeperopolis "heal and move forward" from its recent past of violence, however, his ascension was opposed by the CSP, as were the ascensions of his predecessors. This time, however, the CSP, rather than wishing the for the abolition of the monarchy, the political left instead supported the claim of Romero I's younger brother Prince Miguel. Prince Miguel, unlike the rest of the royal family, had left the Creeperian Catholic Church in 1920 and declared himself to be an atheist following the death of his younger brother Prince Alfonso in 1918. Additionally, Prince Miguel adhered to the political ideology of the CSP, espousing support for socialist ideology. The reason for Prince Miguel's ideological separation from the rest of the royal family remains debate by historians.

The CSP rejected Romero I's ascension to the throne, instead proclaiming Prince Miguel's right to the throne. He accepted the CSP's declaration, assuming the title of Emperor Miguel VII. Both Romero I and Miguel VII claimed that the other was a usurper and ordered the immediate arrest of the other for sedition, conspiracy, and usurpation. Sáenz Heredia announced that the parliament recognized Romero I as the legitimate emperor, however, the CSP continued to recognize Miguel VII as the legitimate emperor. Both emperors called upon the Imperial Armed Forces to support their claims to the throne and to not align themselves with the other claimant. As a result, ideological divisions within the armed forces resulted in the armed forces splitting in half. Military factions loyal to the emperors began to secure territory and military garrisons in preparation for a perceived inevitable succession crisis and possible civil war. To prevent such a war, both emperors ordered the military forces loyal to them to not attack the other side.

One location where both military factions attempted to secure a garrison was in the city of San Salvador del Norte, where at 7:23 p.m., the 34th Infantry Regiment fractured into two factions supporting both emperors while securing the primary military barracks in the city, the Coronel Santiago Carpio Quiñónez Military Base. At 7:25 p.m., a shot was heard by both sides, and immediately, both, disregarding their emperor's orders to not engage, began attacking the other. The ensuing skirmish ended in a victory for the soldiers aligned with Miguel VII, while those loyal to Romero I retreated and secured control of the city's capitol building. It remains unknown to this day who fired the first shot, but nonetheless, the skirmish at San Salvador del Norte marked the beginning of the Creeperian Civil War.

Combatants

Imperial Council

The faction supporting Romero I's claim to the throne established the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council on 2 January 1933 to serve as the temporary government entity to govern territory controlled by the faction. The government was commonly referred to as simply the Imperial Council or the Romerists, named after both Romero I. Opponents of the Imperial Council often pejoratively referred to it as the Catholics or the Fascists. More rarely, the Imperial Council was also contemporarily referred to as the Imperials.

A headshot portrait of a man (Romero I) facing to the right and wearing mid 20th century military uniform.
Romero I in 1941.

The Imperial Council consisted of right-wing political factions and ideologies. The Imperial Council adhered to the far-right ideology of Romerism, named after Romero I himself. The Imperial Council consisted of supporters and followers of monarchism, Catholic nationalism, Creeperian nationalism, social conservatism, National Catholicism, anti-communism, anti-atheism, anti-Islamism, fascism, and imperialism. The Imperial Council was authoritarian and openly hostile to democracy. As it was opposed to the National Council, the Imperial Council also espoused strong anti-Miguelist sentiment.

The National Conservative Party, Catholic Royalist Party, and Creeperian Pro-Fatherland Front all swore their allegiance to the Imperial Council, but the Catholic Royalists held the most authority and influence within the Imperial Council's decision making. The Pro-Fatherland Front was reduced to only being effective through the Camisas Negras due to the party's history of anti-monarchism, while the National Conservatives held effectively no power within the Imperial Council, only exerting power in the towns and cities it held political control of before the civil war. Towns and cities captured by the Imperial Council during the war were generally handed over to either Catholic Royalist or military administration. The city of San Salvador was declared as the Imperial Council's capital city as it served as the country's capital city prior to the outbreak of the civil war.

Romero I was the Imperial Council's leader. Sáenz Heredia assumed his position as the Imperial Council's prime minister. Supreme Caudillo Adolfo Cabañeras Moreno, the minister of defense commander of the Imperial Armed Forces, joined the Imperial Council. Although Sáenz Heredia proposed that his cabinet should continue their roles, the military under Cabañeras Moreno exerted its influence over the situation and appointed its own officers to the government's cabinet positions. Although the Catholic Royalists were the largest party within the CCC, their overall influence in the government was diminished by the military, but it still remained a political tool for maintaining the Imperial Council's relations and appearance with the general public.

National Council

The faction supporting Miguel VII's claim to the throne established the National Council for Peace and Order on 2 January 1933 to serve as the temporary government entity to govern territory controlled by the faction. The government was commonly referred to as simply the National Council or the Miguelists, named after both Miguel VII. Opponents of the National Council often pejoratively referred to it as the Atheists or the Communists. More rarely, the National Council was also contemporarily referred to as the Nationals.

A headshot portrait of a man (Miguel VII) facing to the right and wearing mid 20th century military uniform.
Miguel VII in 1937.

The National Council consisted of left-wing political factions and ideologies. The National Council adhered to the far-left ideology of Miguelism, named after Miguel VII himself. The National Council consisted of supporters and followers of socialism, communism, Marxism, anarchism, syndicalism, anti-monarchism, anti-Catholicism, National Atheism, anti-imperialism, and internationalism. The National Council was authoritarian and openly hostile to democracy. As it was opposed to the Imperial Council, the National Council also espoused strong anti-Romerist sentiment. Although many factions were anti-monarchist, the National Council's ideology eventually evolved to a form of monarcho-communism, a communist state led by Miguel VII as its ruling monarch.

The National Liberal Party, Creeperian Socialist Party, and Creeperian Social Communist Party all swore their allegiance to the National Council, but the Social Communists held the most authority and influence within the National Council's decision making. The Socialists initially held some power in government, but after 1936, they effectively held no power within the National Council, only exerting power in the towns and cities it held political control of before the civil war. The National Liberals never held any power within the National Council, and like the Socialists after 1936, only held meaningful power in towns and cities the party controlled before the civil war. Towns and cities captured by the National Council during the war were generally handed over to either Social Communist or military administration. As the Imperial Council controlled the capital city of San Salvador, the National Council declared the city of Adolfosburg to be its capital city as it was the largest city under its control and it was the capital city of the Republic of Creeperopolis from 1729 to 1741.

Miguel VII was the National Council's leader. Rolando Rubio Noboa, the leader of the Creeperian Socialist Party, assumed the position as the National Council's prime minister. Field Marshal Juan Salinas Figueroa was appointed as minister of defense and as commander of the National Armed Forces (renamed from Imperial Armed Forces). Rubio Noboa appointed Socialists to his cabinet of ministers, but heavy pressure from Social Communist leadership and threats of violence from the Atheist Red Army forced him to appoint several Social Communists to various prominent government roles, diminishing the overall power of the Creeperian Socialist Party despite it being the largest political party of the CSP.

Separatist groups

The largest and most important separatist group to fight during the civil war was the Senvarian Liberation Front (KSK) which fought for the self-declared independent separatist state of the Kingdom of Senvar. The Senvarians were led by Achiq Llactahuaman Achachau, a descendant of Ninapakcha III, the final reigning king of Senvar who was deposed in 1839. The self-declared Kingdom of Senvar loosely aligned itself with the National Council and espoused monarcho-communist beliefs like the National Council eventually adopted. The Senvarians fought for the independence of territory they believed were inherently Senvarian territory consisting of the departments of Senvar and Sonsatepan.

In San Miguel, the Vitruvio National Front (VFN) was established by Ekai Veramendi Arrain as a Honduran nationalist and separatist organization. The group fought for the independence of the department of San Miguel, claiming that it was integral Honduran territory, but the group never made a formal declaration of independence during the civil war. The Vitruvio National Front was loosely aligned with the National Council. Deltinian and Granillan (San Pedroan) separatists also staged rebellions in southern Creeperopolis and the department of San Pedro, respectively, during the civil war but did not wage their rebellions under the banner of any organized group. Some Native San Carlos Islanders considered launching a rebellion against Creeperopolis to win independence for the San Carlos Islands, but no rebellion ultimately took place as the rebellion's plotters were arrested by the San Carlos Islander government in 1936.

Foreign involvement

During the civil war, various countries took an interest in the outcome of the conflict and sent support to both factions in an attempt to influence the outcome of the civil war. Some countries supported the factions for ideological reasons, others for financial and monetary gain, and others because they believed that the victor of the war would greatly affect the future of Surian geopolitics. Many countries sent military units to fight alongside Creeperian soldiers, while others sold weapons, vehicles, ships, aircraft, and raw materials.

Support for the Imperial Council

Castilliano, Pavulturilor, New Gandor, Rakeo, and Salisford all sent military units to the Imperial Council to fight along the Imperial Armed Forces. Additionally, Atlántida, El Salvador, Montcrabe, and the State of the Church were direct co-belligerents in the conflict, deploying their entire militaries (El Salvador and the State of the Church) or a significant portion of their militaries (Atlántida and Montcrabe) to fight in the civil war due to the war spilling over into both countries in the Liberdade War, the Xichútepa Offensive, the Salvadoran Civil War, and the Papal War, respectively. Montcrabe and Quebecshire sold equipment and raw materials to the Imperial Council to support its war effort. Additionally, the Jackson Empire, the Grand Duchy of Reykanes (an autonomous oversees possession of Salisford) and, from 1935, the self-declared breakaway state of the Free Republic of Noundures offered diplomatic support to the Imperial Council.

On 7 May 1934, the Castillianan Armed Forces staged a coup d'état which overthrew the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Ángel Lancóme e Reinas. Field Marshal Óscar Benléu e Laréira appointed himself as prime minister, and in October 1934, offered to send a unit of volunteer soldiers to the Imperial Council to assist in the civil war. In January 1935, the Castillianan Armed Forces deployed the Castillianan Expeditionary Force (FEC). It was commanded by Field Marshal Luís Sanchés e Cerro until his assassination in 1944 when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Maximiliér Cavaliér e Guerriér and consisted of 40,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its combat in Senvar and the State of the Church. The unit served throughout the civil war and returned to Castilliano in November 1949.

A column of soldiers on a road with vehicles and armed with weapons.
A column of Salisfordian soldiers outside Suchitoto in 1942.

In 1937, the Salisfordian government, following an agreement reached with the Creeperian government in 1936 following the Rubicon Incident with Castilliano, sent an expeditionary force of volunteers from the Royal Salisfordian Armed Forces called the Group of Volunteers (GdV) to fight for the Imperial Council. The unit was commanded by Major General Sandro Neri and consisted of 25,000 soldiers. The Group of Volunteers saw most of its service in the State of the Church and San Salvador. It fought from 1937 to 1949, only returning to Salisford after the conclusion of the civil war, and upon returning to Salisford, Neri led the Group of Volunteers to overthrow the Salisfordian government in 1950 and secured his appointment as first minister of Salisford.

On 23 May 1937, a secret plot to capture and annex the Creeperian island of Susla which was being planned by military officers of the Rakeoian Army and Rakeoian Navy was leaked to the Rakeoian government, and subsequently, to Creeperopolis. The plot outraged the Imperial Council, which saw Rakeo as a diplomatic ally during the civil war. In reaction, the Rakeoian government arrested, tried, and executed the military officers responsible for plotting to capture Susla. As a show of good faith, the Rakeoian government offered to send a unit of volunteers to fight alongside Imperial Council forces during the civil war. The Imperial Council accepted the Rakeoian government's offer, and in October 1937, the Olla Volunteer Force (FVO) was mobilized to Creeperopolis. It was commanded by Brigadier General Mateo Tala Alcabú and consisted of 2,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its combat in Senvar. It returned to Rakeo in 1950 following the outbreak of the Rakeoian Civil War.

A group of Pavulturilori soldiers outside Nuevo Xichútepa in 1940.

In 1939, the Pavulturilori government sent a force of volunteers from the Royal Armed Forces of Pavulturilor called the Foreign Volunteer Army of Pavulturilor (AVSP) to support the Imperial Council and oppose the Terranilian soldiers sent to support the National Council. The AVSP was commanded by General Amit Shemesh and consisted of 30,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its service in Xichútepa, La'Libertad, San Luís, and Adolfosburg. It fought from 1939 until 1945 when it was recalled back to Pavulturilor to fight in the South Ecros War. After the conclusion of the war in 1946, the Foreign Volunteer Army of Pavulturilor was redeployed to Creeperopolis and fought until the end of the civil war in 1949.

In 1942, the Gandorian government sent a unit of the New Gandorian Armed Forces, the 17th Infantry Division, to support the Imperial Council; the government sought to oppose communism following years of communist violence in New Gandor. The unit was commanded by Major General Krystian Matulewicz and consisted of 30,000 soldiers. It saw most of its service in San Salvador and San Luís. The 17th Infantry Division served in Creeperopolis until the end of the civil war, returning to New Gandor in late-1949.

The Rakhmani government also sent a uint to support the Imperial Council in 1942: the Foreign Army of Rakhman (RSV). The RSV was commanded by Colonel General Konstantin Suvorov and consisted of 22,500 soldiers. The unit was sent by the Rakhmani government to oppose the Ajaki support for the National Council which the government saw as a threat. The Rakhmani Navy also attacked Ajaki ships which were supporting the National Council. The RSV primarily fought in San Salvador del Norte and Santa Ana. The unit returned to Rakhman in October 1949 following the end of the civil war.

Support for the National Council

Ajakanistan, New Illyricum, and Terranihil sent military units to the National Council to fight along the National Armed Forces. The State of Granada was a puppet state established by the National Council which fought as a co-belligerent during the Salvadoran Civil War, while the State of Noundures was a puppet state of Granada which also fought as a co-belligerent; both fought until 1935 when the State of Granada was overthrown and when the State of Noundures experienced a pro-Imperial Council coup d'état. Morova provided weapons to the National Council, while the Reykani Socialist Republic offered diplomatic support.

Three soldiers firing a machine gun within an entrenched fortification.
Terranilian soldiers at the Battle of Serrada in 1946.

Enkart Vaslast, the president of Terranihil and the leader of the Communist Party of Terranihil, wanted to pursue a policy of internationalism, and in 1939, sent a unit of the Terranilian Armed Forces, the 4th Infantry Division, to support the National Council. The unit was commanded by General Adam Gát. It saw most of its service in San Salvador and San Luís. The 4th Infantry Division withdrew from Creeperopolis prior to the fall of the San Salvador to the Imperial Council in August 1949.

In March 1942, the Ajaki government, led by Supreme Leader Leonid Petrov, sent a unit of the Ajak Armed Forces, the 130th Rifle Division, to support the National Council during the civil war as a part of the government's policy to support any communist uprising. The unit was commanded by Major General Ayushiyev Vassili and consisted of 7,200 soldiers. It saw most of its service in San Salvador and Zapatista. The 130th Rifle Division withdrew from Creeperopolis prior to the fall of San Salvador to the Imperial Council in August 1949. Ajaki commercial and naval ships traveling to and from Creeperopolis were sometimes attacked by naval ships from Rakhman, which supporting the Imperial Council by disrupting the Ajaki ships supporting the National Council.

In May 1944, the New Illyrian government, led by Grand Marshall Aleph Marciunjauskas, sent the New Illyrian Foreign Army to support the National Council during the civil war. Marciunjauskas wanted to spread his view of internationalism, had already sought to support other communist uprisings, and wanted to oppose the Pavulturilori government's support of the Imperial Council. The New Illyrian Foreign Army was commanded my Grand General Marçelo Ponto and consisted of 15,000 soldiers. The unit saw most of its service in La'Libertad and La'Unión. The unit withdrew from Creeperopolis in May 1948.

During the Salvadoran Civil War, the State of Noundures directly assisted the State of Granada in enforcing its control over the northern Granada Valley. As the Imperial Council advanced north, however, Noundurian forces evacuated from Granada across the border into the territory it controlled within Salisford. The Imperial Council did not pursue Noundurian forces into Salisford to avoid beginning a war with Salisford, and many members of the State of Granada sought refuge in Noundures until the pro-National Council Noundurian government was overthrown on 2 August 1935 and replaced with a pro-Imperial Council government. President Adalbert Boronat Cruilles was killed during the coup and replaced with Melcior Parramon Mendiz who established the Movement for Noundurian Integration (MOVINOU) as the dominant political party in Noundures.

Progression of war

1933–1935

News of the skirmish in San Salvador del Norte reached both emperors quickly. Both Romero I and Miguel VII declared that the other's soldiers that launched an unjustified attack. Both emperors stated that war was now inevitable and called upon their soldiers to secure territory, capture military installations, and arrest soldiers and politicians who supported the other claimant to the throne.

As news of the San Salvador del Norte incident and the declarations of both emperors spread across Creeperopolis, military garrisons swore their allegiance to either Romero I or Miguel VII and moved to secure and control cities and territory. Across Creeperopolis, the military split into ideological camps supporting the emperor which better aligned with their own ideologies. Frontlines were drawn throughout the first week of the civil war which closely resembled the results of the 1932 general election. Some clashes and battles occurred within cities, fighting for control over the city and the surrounding area.

By 31 January 1933, the National Council held control over the departments of Abdan, Adolfosburg, Helam, Jakiz, La'Libertad, San Luís, and Sonsatepan; the Imperial Council held control over the departments of La'Unión, Salvador, the San Carlos Islands, San Pedro, Xichútepa, San Salvador, and Santa Ana; the departments of San Miguel, San Salvador del Norte, Senvar, and Zapatista were contested by both councils as neither held over 70 percent control over them. The National Council held more support in southern and eastern Creeperopolis, as well as in urban areas, while the Imperial Council held more support in northern and western Creeperopolis, as well as in rural areas.

A crowd of politicians wearing early 20th century formal attire preforming the Romanyan salute.
Right-wing politicians and military officers swearing their loyalty to Romero I in San Salvador in 1933.

1936–1938

1939–1941

1942–1944

1945–1947

1948–1949

Refugees

A group of Creeperian refugees (some standing, some sitting; mostly children) in Tirol facing the camera.
A group of Creeperian refugees in Maran, Tirol in 1947.

Art and propaganda

Casualties

Atrocities

White Terror

A crowd of surrendered soldiers being guarded and marched by soldiers armed with rifles.
Surrendered National Council soldiers before being mass executed in 1941.

Red Terror

A group of soldiers armed with rifles pointing their guns at a large statue of Jesus Christ.
National Council soldiers symbolically executing Jesus Christ in 1936.

De-Catholization

At least three soldiers pointing their rifles at a group of six people before being extrajudicially executed.
National Council soldiers murdering six Creeperian Catholics in 1944.
A view of a concentration camp (Mafrerio Extermination Camp) showing numerous barracks buildings (used as prison blocks) after being captured
The Mafrerio Extermination Camp after being liberated in 1949.

Aftermath

Imperial Council consolidation

Annexations of Atlántida and Castilliano

Post-war partisan resistance

Flight of National Council officials

Escape routes and destinations

Prosecution of war criminals

Legacy

A view of a large cross on top of a hill with a church and cemetery located at the base of the hill.
The Valley of the Fallen, the largest civil war memorial in Creeperopolis.

Cultural impact

Art

Film and television

Literature

Music

In popular culture

See also

Creeperopolis portal
Terraconserva portal

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Pareja Palau, Orlando (2009). Գփերրա Ծիվիl [Civil War]. Historia de Creeperópolis (in Creeperian). 3 (2nd ed.). San Salvador, Creeperopolis: Impresión Creeperiano. doi:10.1017/S0022216X00001425. ISBN 9780742537415. JSTOR 156558.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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