The Battle of Naples

The Battle of Naples was an event in the Italian Civil War, which took place between the Italian Republic and the Socialist Republic of Italy. The battle lasted from March 8, 2045 to April 8, 2045.

Prelude
The Italian Socialist movement, for a long time, had been festering, however, in late February of 2045, many of the revolutionaries began to converge on the city of Naples. There, they remained undercover until the morning of March 8th, when the battle officially began.

The First Siege
At 10:37 AM, 40 armed Socialists stormed the city hall of Naples. All of the guards were killed, and the socialists only lost 4 men. The socialists then began to fortify and send reinforcements to the city hall, which they held until the end of the battle.

The battle raged on from there, the streets becoming a smoldering mess. The first major direct confrontation between the two armies occurred at 2:53 PM on March 16, where about 500 soldiers began to contest the neighborhood of Porto.

The Porto Skirmish
After March 16, nearly every civilian in Porto was evacuated or dead. Soldiers of both sides occupied every corner of the buildings, however, the Republicans received support from the sea, giving them a distinct advantage. When artillery strikes had destroyed most of the Socialist hideouts, fighting descended to the streets, where the skirmish met its end on March 23, a glaring victory for the Republicans.

The Ponticelli Campaign
In the time before March 21, Socialist troops were poured into the countryside of Naples, with a prime focus on Ponticelli. The Republicans took this bait and ordered massive movements of troops into Ponticelli. What the Republicans did not realize, however, was that there were thousands of Socialist troops in neighboring regions, who all converged on the Republican forces on March 22, and killed them all in less than four hours. The survivors left Naples in shame.

Conclusion
By April, all of the administrative buildings in Naples were in the hands of the Socialists, and the only Republicans in the city were in Porto. On April 3, the final campaign to capture Porto was launched by the Socialists, which fully succeeded at 4:51 PM on April 8, putting an end to the month-long battle.

Aftermath
The first main outcome of the battle was the formation of the Italian Socialist Republic, which controlled Naples until its destruction. Secondly, the actual city of Naples was devastated, forcing the Socialists to actually conduct their administration in a neighboring province for a time.