February Uprising

The February Uprising, also known as the Red Sand Revolt by Alvak historians, was a failed communist uprising in Alvakalia led by the Communist Party of Alvakalia and Alvakische Rotfront that influenced the larger and more successful Kodeshian Civil War of 1927–30. It took place through armed insurrections in major cities like Desingen on February 28th 1924.

Background
In 1924, Teutonia underwent a communist uprising. Alvak communists attempted to copy the Teuton communists' success and implement it in Alvakalia. At the realization that the communists in Teutonia were winning, the communists in Alvakalia rose up, albeit disorganized. Several members of the communist faction in the Bundestag, the Worker's Party of Alvakalia, attempted to break into the Upper House chambers and into the Chancellor's office but failed to do so. The Alvak People's Republic proclaimed independence on the 28th of February, 1924. However, only Teutonenland recognized its sovereignty.

In previous years, several communist militant groups had stayed underground, hiding from the eyes of authorities, while stockpiling weapons, ammunition, and rations for the uprising, which at the time had no set date. Connections to North Kodeshi revolters were set up, creating a supply line of weapons from Alvakalia's ports to insurgencies dotted around East Kesh.

Battle
From early March to May, members of the militant group Alvakische Rotfront (AKR) launched several attacks, claiming the provinces of Alva and Karissa, and held small parts of Victoria, Shoba, and Pyrgos Provinces using smuggled equipment from Teutonenland and stolen Modrovian weapons from former Alvak Independence hideouts dug out years prior. For a short time, the AKR held Alvastadt. However, garrisoned troops from the 1. Division there drove off the invaders and held the capital for the rest of the uprising.

On the 20th of May, Kriegsplan Spiegel (War Plan Mirror) was put into action. The 1 Division swept northeasterly across Northern Alvakalia and through Victoria Province, and 2 Division swept southwesterly, cleaning through the Hellenic provinces. The 3 Division sent a detachment to deal with communists in the Lake Ko region, while the rest would sweep northeasterly, starting from the western border and making their way up the coast, meeting up with 2 Division. The plan worked with startling success, with the downfall of many communist strongholds in rapid succession, the last being the stronghold at Dera on the 4th of July. The Arab sections of the uprising were stomped out without any difficulty.

By the end of July, the rest of the communist holdouts, mostly small and unorganized by then, were dealt with.

Aftermath
Leaders of the uprising, notably Bruno Schneider, leader of the AKR, and Max Koch, head of the Communist Party of Alvakalia, were either sent to jail for treason or executed.