Battle of Shimvaxi

The Battle of Shimvaxi was an assault by elements of the Stasnovan Group of Forces in Zolevskoy against rebel forces made up of the ZPA defectors during the 2nd Zolevskoyan Civil War. The battle was a relatively rare occurrence of outright conventional warfare during the conflict, and pitted the Stasnovan Revolutionary Army's 210th Separate Guards Tank Regiment and elements of the 46th Air Assault Brigade against the dug in 75th Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the Zolevskoyan People's Army that had recently defected to the rebel side. Apart from its conventional nature, the battle is notable for the heavy civilian casualties it caused. Despite the Stasnovan victory, the massive civilian casualties - most likely caused by the Stasnovans themselves - contributed heavily to growing anti-war sentiment in Stasnov and the eventual withdrawal of Vastava Pact forces from the country.