Operation Island Thunder

Operation Island Thunder was a combat operation conducted against the Socialist Republic of Caye, an Island Archipelago in the North Sea.

Early Signs
There were a few early signs that showed war was coming one way or another, in the first week of March a Cayen SU-37 flew into D.R. Air Space, but was quickly chased out of the air space by two Raptors, a week later a recon aircraft of Caye origin crossed into Democratic Republic Air Space and after very vocal orders from a Destroyer, as well as two Navy Interceptor Aircraft, the recon aircraft was shot down by the destroyer DRS Lawerence Robinson (DDG-140). After this incident, Caye had lost their observer status in PAMA as well as the North Sea Alliance. The day before the war officially started, the Democratic Republic as well as the Duchy made preparations for an assault on the Island Archipelago.

The Start
at 0000 hours on March 21, the Democratic Republic officially launched Operation Island Thunder with support of the Duchy of Yohaas, a nearby archipelago known as the Island Republics of Eulana provided medical support as well as allowed Tarakian and Yohanes Aircraft to use their airfields for refueling and rearmament for air strikes against Caye.

Initial Assault
At 0030 hours, Marines hit the shores of Yahht Beach supported by Air Support as well as Armor Support, the Cayen Infantry had dug themselves in and fortified their position and had waited till the marines moved more inland on the beach and opened fire on them, the Marines were caught off guard by this and cut down like fish in a barrel before they could gather themselves.

The Marines pulled back and regrouped and devised a plan to get through the dug in position, using old 20th century tactics that were just a little over a 100 years old, after the armor had rolled onto the beach by way of LCAC, the armor was used to spearhead the assault on the dug in positions, as were air strikes to soften them up. After following the armor up the beach, the positions had been obliterated by someone else. The Marines set up a forward Operating Area on the beach and it's surrounding area.