Operation Iron Lance

Operation Iron Lance was the codename for the Eurasian Union invasion of the Turkic Union during the Great Asia War. Beginning on 17 September 2047, over 5.6 million Eurasian, mainly Russian, troops crossed the Turkic northern border along an established 3,645 kilometre frontline. It constitutes the largest invasion since World War II and in Human history. The massive troop numbers were additionally supplement by over 18,500 aircraft, 33,712 tanks, 13,634 armoured vehicles as well as 55 ships in the Black Sea. Overall, the campaign was marked by inadequate planning and heavy miscommunication, leading to the destruction of an effective Eurasian military fighting force and a huge losses of territory to the north of the former Ukrainian Republic.

Due to the participants, the campaign is often referred to as the Battle of the Unions.

Armed Forces of the Eurasian Union
The Eurasian combined military forces invaded with what could be considered everything it had that wasn't deployed to the thinly defended Japanese border.

Infantry forces Armoured forces Air forces
 * 3,274,532 Russian soldiers
 * 1,425,765 European soldiers
 * 1,001,734 Asian soldiers
 * 18,652 T-90 MBT
 * 4,348 T-88HV MBT
 * 4,022 HT-AT LBT
 * 3,534 light-armoured vehicles
 * 4,100 infantry fighting vehicles
 * 2,145 artillery pieces
 * 3,855 armoured support vehicles


 * 7,264 Su-79X fighter-interceptors

Naval forces
 * 4,908 MiG IB/3 figher-bombers
 * 2,465 long-range bombers
 * 4 aircraft carrier
 * 3 battlecarriers
 * 11 submarines
 * 16 frigates
 * 18 destroyers