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The Battle of Paris (World War 1)
| Battle of Paris |
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| Defenses in the inner city of Paris |
| Date | 30 January 2021 | |
| Location | Paris and surroundings | |
| Result | Decisive French victory • Siege of France lifted • Norse Brittany returned to French control • Franco-German frontline pushed east of the Rhine • The Netherlands Liberated |
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| Belligerents | ||
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 France•  SwitzerlandSupported by: •  Netherlands•  Russian Empire•  Byzantine Sovereignty•  Portugal |  Deutsches Kaiserreich Kalmar UnionSupported by: •  British Empire |
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| Commanders and leaders | ||
| stryker123abc | LeiteArts10 Lemon_Shot |
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| Strength | ||
| 35 (At peak) | 55 (At peak) |
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The Battle of Paris was a major engagement - the single largest of the server - of i34, primarily fought between Franco-Swiss and German-Kalmar (Nordic) forces over the city of Paris. Despite numerical superiority, German and Norse forces were dealt a decisive blow in and around the City of Paris by French forces, buttressed by Swiss, Portuguese, and, Dutch forces. The battle is widely regarded as one of the if not the most ruthless, vicious, competitive, and, sweaty battles in /int/craft history.
Prelude
Following the dramatic reversal of French forces on war day 2 - which saw the Grande Armée dislocated from its forward position in Frankfurt and forced into a frantic defense of the homeland following a disastrous cavalry charge into French lines and several Norse landings in Normandy and Brittany - German and Norse trench-lines faced Paris merely a few chunks away from the main walls. The following week was typified by the construction of extensive fortifications in and around Paris, including major extensions to walls, and a grid like chunk by chunk defense system within the city limits. The largest geo-strategic shift during this week was the successful hiring of Swiss mercenaries (domsquad), which ensured a small, but experienced and tactically hyper-competent addition to French forces.
In the course of action, the numerically-inferior French forces under command of stryker123abc repelled a Norse-German assault on the French capital of Paris, and then subsequently reconquered the Kalmar Union's beachhead in Brittany as well as driving German forces back to the pre-war border. The French would describe their victory as a “miracle”.