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Brugan Conflict
Date 18 November 2030 (2030-11-18) – 28 December 2030 (2030-12-28) (1 month, 1 week and 3 days) Location Free Territory of Brugan, United Kingdom (Southampton, Brighton, and Bournemouth, and France (Contentin Peninsula and Dieppe) Result Coalition victory; Free Territory of Brugan becomes entirely governed by EU; Bruganese leaders and "Southampton Bombers" captured and tried; BLA dissolved
Belligerents
United Kingdom France	Brugan Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
GBR Prime Minister GBR General FRA President FRA General	Governers of Brugan Brugan Leader 1 Brugan Leader 2
Strength
52,000 182 aircraft 41,000 121 aircraft	15,000-20,000 BLA Insurgents 200 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
United Kingdom: 106 killed 1127 civillians killed 3236 wounded France: 52 killed 97 wounded	2,250–4,000 killed 500-2,200 civilians killed 4,200 wounded 10,000–12,000+ captured

The Brugan Conflict, or Crisis, refers specifically to the period of fighting from 18 November 2030 to 28 December of that same year, between the Brugan Liberation Army and the British-led BFOR, or Brugan Force.

This fighting took place in The Free Territory of Brugan, now the European Mandate of Brugan, over that area's sovereignty.

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Background (2016-2030)

Brugan Bridge (2016-2021)

In 2016, French and English governments agree to collaborate on a high speed rail bridge across the channel from Bournemouth  Cherbourg. The bridge will be jointly owned.

Construction begins in 2017

The construction work expands through 2018, and so do the floating camps around the construction sites, looking more and more like a shanty town, as a network of accommodation and supporting infrastructure begins to form across the English Channel.

Construction completes in 2021.

History of the European Refugee Crisis

European migrant crisis

In 2021, Refugees from various Middle Eastern conflicts become stranded in the shanty towns surrounding the bridge as they are denied official entry to either one of the governing countries after attempting to cross over.

European Devolution Movement

European Free Alliance#Member parties

Lega Nord

New Flemish Alliance

ProDG (Belgium)

British Government denies second Scottish Referendum in 2020. In 2025, after several failed attempts so secede, Catalonia is granted independence after a landslide vote in a referendum.

In 2026, inspired by events in Catalonia, the Brugan Recognition Party is established as a French Political Party, aiming to have Brugan recognised as an independent state and joins the EFA. Mec Vannin (isle of Man), Jurassic separatism (Mouvement autonomiste jurassien) (Jura/Swiss), Silesian Autonomy Movement (Silesia/Poland), Faroe Islands, Belgians.

Brugan's most important political allies are the Scottish, the Catalonians, the Flemish, the Northern Italians, the Russians, the Swiss, the Northern Irish.

Helped to militarize by ETA (separatist group), Albanian National Army, Sect of Revolutionaries, Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei, Continuity Irish Republican Army, Real Irish Republican Army, Óglaigh na hÉireann (Real IRA splinter group), Irish Republican Liberation Army, Orange Volunteers, Real Ulster Freedom Fighters, Red Hand Defenders, Informal Anarchist Federation.

Aided by Greek, Italian, Albanian, Basque, Northern Irish, and Ulsterian paramilitary groups. Sold arms by Catalonia and Russia.

European Union Referendums

The United Kingdom elects to leave the EU in 2017. Relations between Scotland and England become increasingly strained. Nigel Farage and Marie Le Pen inspire many with their anti-EU rhetoric.

French referendum on the EU results in a narrow vote to remain a member in 2019.

Affect of British Domestic Policy

In 2022, the UK forces out many migrants who had come to the country since 2017, increasing the number of people forced to head to the Brugan Migrant Community.

Royster Bridge (2023-2027)

In 2023, a second Eastbourne-Dieppe bridge begins construction. Many more Eastern Europeans join the Bruganese workforce.

In 2026, Royster Bridge finishes construction, giving Brugan clearly defined borders.

The Two Canals (2024-2027)

In 2024, the Grand Canal begins construction (East-West), creating a path through the established reclaimed-land. along with the Deuxième Canal (North-South); Bruganese control of the Strait of Dover means the economy of the area develops quickly.

The canals are finished in 2027.

France and the Egyptian support for the Algeria rebellion

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Egypt and Israel

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Franco-Israeli alliance emerges

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Frustration of British aims

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(2029-2030)

Nasser and Jordan

Nasser frustrated British attempts to draw Jordan into the pact by sponsoring demonstrations in Amman, leading King Hussein to dismiss the British commander of the Arab Legion, Sir John Bagot Glubb (known to the Arabs as Glubb Pasha) in March 1956 and throwing Britain's Middle Eastern security policy into chaos. After one round of bloody rioting in December 1955 and another in March 1956 against Jordan joining the Baghdad Pact, both instigated by Cairo-based Voice of the Arabs radio station, Hussein believed his throne was in danger. In private, Hussein assured the British that he was still committed to continuing the traditional Hashemite alliance with Britain, and that his sacking of Glubb Pasha and all the other British officers in the Arab Legion were just gestures to appease the rioters.

Nasser and Britain

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U.S and the Aswan high dam

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Brugan Conflict

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British response

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French response

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Commonwealth response

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Western diplomacy

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Objectives

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British planning

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Franco-Israeli planning

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Protocol of Sèvres

Main article: Protocol of Sèvres

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Anglo-French Operation Musketeer

Further information: Operation Musketeer (1956)

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Anglo-French Operation Revise

Operation Revise called for the following:

• Phase I: Anglo-French air forces to gain air supremacy over Egypt's skies.
• Phase II: Anglo-French air forces were to launch a 10-day "aero-psychological" campaign that would destroy the Egyptian economy.
• Phase III: Air- and sea-borne landings to capture the Canal zone.

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Israeli Operation Kadesh

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American intelligence

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Forces

Britain

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France

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Israel

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Egypt

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Invasion

The Israeli operation Kadesh in Sinai

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Anglo-French Canal invasion

See also: Operation Musketeer (1956) and Operation Telescope

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End of hostilities

Anti-war protests in Britain

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Support for Eden

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International reaction

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Soviet threats

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Financial pressure

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Cease fire

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Aftermath

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Military thought

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Europe

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Egypt

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Britain

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France

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Israel

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Other parties

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See also

• Protocol of Sèvres
• Operation Tarnegol
• Egyptian Military museum 1965 war hall.