Battle of Belgrade

Battle of Belgrade Part of: The Incursion Initial Celtic artillery barrage. Date 17th February 2024 - 18th February Location Belgrade Result Celtic Victory Belgrade captured Huge casualties taken Status Ended. Territorial changes Belligerents Celtic Union Serbia Commanders and leaders killenoob08 ElitSerbia Strength 8 7 Casualties and losses Battle of South Belgrade 12 ERC-90 Armoured Cars 1 Attack Helicopter shot down 20 Corkonians dead 100~ to 120~ Celts dead Assault on Belgrade 73 Celts dead 23 Corkonians dead 8 Celtic t-72 destroyed 1 Attack Helicopter destroyed Battle of South Belgrade 4 BMP-1 destroyed 70~ to 100~ Serbians dead Assault on Belgrade 11 Serbian t-72 destroyed 65 Serbians dead Other Casualties and losses Battle of South Belgrade 20~ Civilians dead 1st Assault on Belgrade 2 Civilians dead

The Battle of Belgrade was a battle between the Celtic Union and Serbia. It has resulted in the fall of some of Belgrade from Serbia to the Celtic Union, however at huge expense of both Celtic and Corkonian lives.

Prelude

The battle happened after the incredible success of the Celtic Airborne Invasion of Belgrade the Celtic Army decided to launch an attack north, with the help of Corkonian civilian volunteers from the Rathlin Royal Militia. The Rathlin Royal Militia were frequently used as flanking troops.

The Battle of South Belgrade

The Battle of South Belgrade took place on the 17th February 2024, in which Celtic forces were able too successfully push the Serbians back too the inner city of Belgrade, along with the support of Corkonian militiamen from the Rathlin Royal Militia, multiple vehicles were lost including an attack helicopter, up too 12 ERC-90 armoured cars were destroyed however the Serbs had lost up to 4 BMP-1.

The battle ended in a pyrrhic victory due to the Celts barely just holding control and loosing way more troops and gear than they needed too, it was more of a strategical/tactical failure with the army proving ineffective when co-ordinating attacks and led too reforms in the Celtic Army. It was deemed a strateigic victory for the Royal Rathlin Militia who were considered for battle honours, 20 had died however numerous Serbs were killed by militiamen. For the Serbians it wasn't so much a disaster and was more less a draw, they had held the outskirts for a long time and inflicted huge casualties and only had too retreat when larger numbers were being thrown at them, they did however loose most of their BMP fleet around Belgrade and with the Serbian Airforce being essentially destroyed no air support was present.

The Assault on the City

Main Article: Assault on Belgrade
The assault on the city was on the 18th of February 2024. It ended with a Celtic victory, however very slightly as the Serbian resistance was extremely tight.