Istrian Revolution

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The Istrian Revolution was a revolt in the Peninsula of Istria, Cheenarn. The belligerants of the war were the Kingdom of Cheenarn, which was the strongest nation in the Balkans at the time, and the Istrian's Liberal Army, Also known as the Istrian Rebels.

Cause
The Cause of the War happened over the dispute of the Slovenian Istria region, in which Slovenia refused to give up to the Istrian Province. About 4 weeks after, tensions rose and riots were instantly thrown all across the small peninsula. Istria had demanded indepence which was rejected in only a matter of hours. Later that month, a referendum was held in the Istrian Peninsula, which ended in a "No" victory by having 77% of the votes and only "Yes" having 23% of the votes. After this, The Istrian Army instantly grew in size, ready to revolt. By the time of April 6th, 1977, about 88% of the Istrian Army had been convinced to join the Istrian's Liberation Army. the rest of the 12% had fled to Slovenia, which were to become permanent Slovene Troops.

The Istrian Army, easily, took control of the east peninsula and occupied the Slovenian part of Istria. Slovenia was outrageous, and so was immediately convinced to declare war, having startled a war inside the Kingdom of Cheenarn. The State of Slovenia had convinced the rest of the Provinces to declare war on the Istrian Rebels, and thus on the 4th of June 1977, the Kingdom of Cheenarn and the Istrian Rebels were in full scale war.

Battle
The war wasn't really a big loss in number of men, having the front been fully unchanged for about 2 weeks., which was one fourth of the war. The only death defining battle was the Battle of Pula, which had 3,000 casualties. The Istrian War plan was actually seen as a pretty good idea by some. Others considered it foolish to fight against the Cheenarnians and instantly joined the Cheenarn side. Meanwhile, the Cheenarnian side was considered smart, having put defenses and army strategy into the plan. Some people liked the fact that all of Cheenarn had put hard work into the war, and so supported them in war. The Cheenarnian army gone off to fight in the war was as big as 13,000, with only 4,000 Casualties, whilst Istria has only 7,000 men to fight with, and 6,500 Casualties. The Battle of Pula casualties were an estimated amount of 85% Istrians and only 15% Cheenarnians, with 2,500 Istrian deaths and 500 Cheenarnian deaths. At the end of the Battle of Pula, the city had been granted Cheenarnian port access, it also lead the surrender of the Istrian rebels only a few hours later. Espcaped Istrian soldiers, escapted to Italy.

Aftermath
The Aftermath of the Revolution marked harsh terms for the Istrian state, and left the Istrian Peninsula devastated. It wasn't to be fully rebuilt until December 1877. The war ended with the Treaty of Split which marked harsh conditions for Istria. the State of Istria was to disband the Istrian's Liberation Army entirely, which marked the end of the rebellion, entirely. Finally The Istrian State was to be abolished entirely and to be ceded to the Region of Slovenia. Heavy defenses were put in Pula in case of another invasion, which wouldn't come at all.The Treaty was signed on the 21st of August in Split, A region of the Ottoman Empire (Now in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This officially marked the end of the war.