Ramay War

The Ramay War (known in Mero-Curgovina as the Cezicriga, tr. Kesh War and in Ramay as the First War of National Liberation) was a war fought in Merand South Kesh between October of 1951 and August of 1962. Though there was no official state of war or insurrection according to the Merand government until September 1st, 1955, fighting is commonly understood to have begun with the declaration of resistance issued by the Popular Partisan's Front in Ramay (PPFR, or PPF) on October 15th, 1951. Conflict was sparked by the perceived inadequate and abusive rule of the Merand colonial government, but had been brewing since the establishment of the first Workers', Peasants', and Soldiers' Partisan Council after the end of the Grand Campaigns in 1926. The conflict resulted in a disastrous defeat for the Merand military forces in the country and the establishment of the People's Republic of Ramay in the northern island of Suwamara in 1959. The Merand expeditionary forces were headed by Merand Revolutionary War veteran marshals Euric Balthy and Petir var Merilau, and their Ramay counterparts in a revolutionary coalition headed by Arit Gunungputri Baure.