Lunar Campaign - Lunar Revolution

The Lunar Campaign or Martian Theater of the Lunar Revolutionary War refers to the series of battles fought between the Unites Nations of Earth and the colonial speratist precursors to the Democratic Parliament of Luna. These engagments happened both in orbit and the ground habitats of Luna, and claimed the lives of more than 1,200,000 civilians over the two year time period.

The Conflict

The Engagement

Late Campaign

Earth launched a ground offensive on the surface of Luna, attacking and occupying settlements to varying degrees of success against the entrenched Lunar forces and citizens that had taken up arms. Fighting was heaviest at the Lunar city of Annesvelt, with Earth stating that they had credible information that the city was no more than a secret military facility and the location of the Lunar war council. Though untrue, the fighting lasted for more than a week before infrastructure degradation caused the city to need to be evacuated and effectively abandoned.
The Lunar navy responded with a three month campaign of orbital bombardment which devastated inner and coastal landmasses across Earth's surface. Aimed to not hit population centers, Lunar missiles rained down on military outposts and surface launch silos around the globe.

Outcome

The victories of the Lunarens and bombardment of Earth's surface caused UNEN high command to decide to pull forces out of Mars for a counter-assault on Luna. This lead to the events surrounding the destruction of Phobos.

Conflict Type

Military Campaign

Start Date

2363

Ending Date

2364