The Galician Conflict (Polish: Konflikt galicyjski; Ukrainian: Галицький конфлікт), officially called the Polish-Ukrainian Proxy Conflict, and sometimes the Galician Issue or the Galician Question, is an ongoing proxy conflict between Poland and Ukraine over Galicia. The reason behind the conflict was the region was annexed by Poland during the offensive into Russia during WW3, and it was part of Poland before World War II, and Ukraine to retake Galicia because they didn't take it in the Treaty of Helsinki.
The conflict began 4 months after World War III ended when Ukraine declared war on Poland and invaded Galicia. Months later, Poland and Ukraine signed the Lviv Armistice after the first war, but Poland and Ukraine were still fighting over Galicia, but not directly.
Background[]
Galicia is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeast Poland and West Ukraine. It was once part of Poland before WW2, until Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union subsequently invaded and partitioned Poland, and Galicia was annexed to Soviet Ukraine. During the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Poland as the General Government retook Galicia.
From 1941 to early 1945, Galicia was part of Poland when it was a puppet of Nazi Germany. During the later stages of the European front of WW2, the Soviet Union reannexed Nazi Ukraine as the Ukrainian SSR. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Eastern Galicia remained apart of Ukraine, and was the safest part of the country during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Overview[]
The Galician Conflict began at the First Galician War, when Ukraine declared war on Poland and subsequently invaded Galicia. This marked the beginning of the first post-WW3 conflict. After months of fighting, Poland and Ukraine signed the Lviv Armistice, but both countries were still at war, but not directly. Many countries began to recognise Galicia as either part of Poland or Ukraine. The US and their allies recognise the region as part of Poland while China and her allies recognise it as part of Ukraine. Galicia became dubbed "Poland's Crimea" because of the same political issue between Russia and Ukraine back in 2014.
Galician War (2049)[]
On the 6th of February 2049, 4 months after the end of World War III, Ukraine, under a totalitarian INGSOC government, declared war on Poland and invaded Galicia subsequently with Chinese weapons. President of Ukraine Bohuslav Alekseev predicted a quick victory, meaning that the West wouldn't intervene. Secretary General of the UWO Nooa Siltanen had seen this as an act of aggression, and some UWO members intervened to help Poland, and push the Ukrainians back.
As the Poles were becoming victorious, they began to head for Kiev. Pakistan, seeing that Ukraine is losing and the Polish army are heading for Kiev, they send troops to Ukraine to push the Polish back. Ukraine launched counteroffensive "Dream Crusher". On the 8th of July 2049, Poland and Ukraine agreed to stop fighting and signed the Lviv Armistice. However, both countries were still enemies, and there would be many attempts by the UWO to resolve the conflict, leading to years of proxy conflict over Galicia.
Second Cold War Era[]
International Position on the Galicia Issue
After the 6 month war between Poland and Ukraine, Pakistan withdrew from Ukraine, but the United States built military bases and remained in Galicia to protect it from Ukrainian attacks. In the Galician Question, the UWO voted on recognition of Galicia as part of Poland by several countries. Galicia officially remains a part of Poland, but Ukraine wants it. Spoardic conflict continued. Countries that have recognised Galicia as part of Poland are the West, Australia, South Africa, Brazil and the EU, but China and her allies recognised them as part of Ukraine.
Ukraine had joined the Beijing Pact after it signed the Sino-Ukrainian Treaty of Cooperation and Mutual Aid, and cut ties with Poland. In response to the threat posed by China and her allies, the US, France, Germany, the UK, Japan, Australia, Poland, Brazil, Canada and Mexico signed the New York Treaty of Security, Cooperation, Friendship and Aid, and established the New York Security Organisation, an economic alliance that would formally grow prosperous and eventually turn into a full alliance.