Hoa-Sahil War

The Hoa-Sahil War was a military conflict between Dai Hoa and Sahil that lasted from March 1988 to June 1992. An attempted coup led by a Trinhist faction in the Sahilese government established the Democratic Republic of Sahil, which faced major opposition from the ruling Sahilese People's Republic. Led by Harta Pujimori, the Democratic Republic of Sahil requested assistance from their main supporters, Dai Hoa. Dai Hoa officially launched an invasion of Sahil on 14 March 1988 from Hoaian bases in Pulau Todak. Assistance to the Sahilese People's Republic was provided by Arshavat, making the conflict a proxy war in the Hoa-Arshavati Split.

Though the Hoaian invasion and occupation of northern Sahil was declared completed in less than three months, heavy resistance and guerrilla actions by the SPRAF, particularly from highland and southern strongholds, prevented Dai Hoa from attaining a proper foothold outside of the north's urban areas. Conventional warfare and an inconclusive air war was continuously fought in the central area of the Sahilese archipelago, while a severe insurgency was started by SPRAF-aligned militias in the occupied areas. In support of the SPFR, Arshavat began sending volunteer troops and material assistance to Sahil in late 1990, marking a turning point in the war that saw the Hoaian and DRS forces pushed out of the central islands completely. By January 1992, Hoaian troops began withdrawing from Sahil, with the last of the Hoaian forces exiting in early April. The DRS regime was deposed in June 1992, officially ending the war.

The Hoa-Sahil War attracted international attention to the Crosswind Sea and the ongoing Escaric Divide. Western Escaric politicians and analysts believed that the Hoa-Sahil War would herald an end to socialism in Escar and a Western victory in the Escaric Divide. Besides the losses of troops and materiel, Dai Hoa's ailing economy was also unable to withstand the outflow of resources to the Sahilese campaign, which proved to be much larger than the earlier successful Hoaian intervention in the Todaki Civil War. The Hoaian failure in the war is widely considered to be a major reason behind the later liberalization of the Hoaian economy.