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Battles and Campaigns of 1938 A Very British Civil War
Some of the early battles and campaigns
The Kent Campaign
Mosley’s British Union of Fascist forces attempted to march on the head-quarters of the Anglican League, Canterbury. This march was stopped by a coalition of volunteer and regular military units loyal to the League.
The Somerset Campaign
A multi sided conflict pitching various factions including the Somerset Freedom Fighters, the British Union of Fascists, Royalists, the Anglican League and Socialist for local supremacy. The fighting also spreading into neighbouring countries of Devon and Gloucestershire.
The Sussex Campaign
Another multi sides ongoing conflict between the Royalist and Government forces and a loose alliance of various factions.
The Severn Valley Campaign
The first major engagement by field armies saw following Royalist defeats at Evesham and Tewkesbury. The People Assault Columns of the Socialist Armies briefly occupied Worcester until the supporting the Anglican League army was defeated on the banks of the Severn in a Royalist counter attack.
The Defence of Berwick
Berwick has twice been besieged and held by Royalist forces against the Scottish Republic and Anglican League forces.
The Isle of Man Campaign
British Union of Fascists led expedition defeated by a coalition of Liverpool Free State and Scottish Republic forces backed by Manx Militias.
The Durham Campaign
Ongoing campaign between various factions as they battle over control of the coalfields and resources in the heartlands of the People’s Armies.
The Battle of Hull
Royalists and British Union of Fascist forces in an amphibious assault are defeats by York Anglican League and Yorkist Front forces.
Battle of the Cheshire Plain
Inconclusive battle between the Anglican League forces of the Bishop of Chester and the Royalists forces of Lord Farndon.
The Cumbrian Campaign
Anglican League and Scottish Republic forces aid Albertine landings on the Cumbrian coast. The allies fail to take the city of Carlisle from the Royalists and the Scottish Republic are heavily defeated at the Battle of Kingstown.
The Leicestershire and Rutland Campaign
Forces from the Socialist Corporation of the City of Leicester with aid from the East Midlands People’s Assault Column defended the city from the Royalist and British Union of Fascist forces of the Duke of Rutland and Lord Quenby’s League of Martyrs. After the successful defence the Socialist forces attacked the Royalist forces and at the Battle of the Three Farms where narrowly defeated by a heroic defensive battle by the Royalists. With help from the Anglican League a number of small battles were fought under the alliance between the Socialists and the Anglican League failed. The fighting is at a standstill in this ongoing campaign.
Siege of Newark
A year long siege of Newark where the Royalist forces held out against both the People’s Assault Columns with the East Midlands as well as an incursion by the Scottish Republican forces.
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