GATE: And Thus the UNDF fought there V2

by Modern Military Power

43 years after an alien invasion ravages the Earth, humanity is still recovering when a portal to another world opens in Iceland. With it comes an invading army who sought to conquer all before it. When Iceland falls to this new enemy, the United Nations Defense Force is tasked with liberating Iceland and sending a task force to the new world beyond. (AU)

10. After Action Report

Battle for Iceland: September 3rd-6th, 2080.

After Action Report

Many factors were recorded as for why the battle occurred and ended the way it did. The first and foremost reason was the close proximity of Ground Zero to Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The object which we now know as "The GATE" was located roughly 14.5 kilometers from the city. Due to the relatively small police force, as well as the fact that Iceland has no formal military, lead to horrifically high casualties in the areas closest to "The GATE". The statistics below outline the lives lost in each of the surrounding towns and municipalities.
hafnarfjörður: The town was given very little in the way of warning, but it was still enough for many civilians to evacuate before the Saderan army arrived. However, the small police presence, coupled with jammed roadways from thousands of people trying to escape, led to the death and capture of 5,391 of the 42,876 of the population. A 12% loss in population.

Garðabær: The region closest to Ground Zero, Alftanes, which is a part of the municipality of Garðabær was among the hardest percentage wise in terms of overall casualties. Of the prewar population of 24,375, 7,942 people were killed or captured, equaling 32.5% of the population.

Kópavogur: Due to the distance of Kópavogur from Ground Zero, there was enough time for a large majority of the population to begin evacuation procedures and for Icelandic Swat teams to prepare themselves. However since at the time it was believed they had no means of transportation besides foot travel, residents close to the nearby port and bay were unprepared for dozens of galleys landing on the shores and deploying hundreds of men. This caught emergency services off guard and led to an evacuation route being blocked off in the ensuing chaos, resulting in even more loss of life. Ultimately higher numbers of casualties were avoided due to the Saderans viewing the streets as complex and hard to navigate, as well as having to find their way through clogged highways and roads. Nevertheless, 2,118 of the 50,000 residents were killed or captured in the attack, a 4.2% loss of life.

Seltjarnarnes: Despite being farther away from Ground Zero in Alftanes, a second point, known as Bravo Point, had been opened in the nearby bay, which embarked hundreds of troops onto their shores. The municipality became the staging ground for their naval forces, which used it to advance into Reykjavik quicker than the ground forces already on their way. Due to no warning and no expectation of naval force to embark forces, there were catastrophic casualties. 4,587 of the 6,100 residents were killed or captured, a 75% percent loss of life. This was the hardest hit region by the Saderan army.

Reykjavik: Reykjavik was the farthest the Saderan army had gotten before their logistical line was stretched to thin and they were meeting considerable resistance from police and Swat teams throughout the city. When they had finally reached it, they began an orgy of rape, murder, and pillaging when they were informed it was the capital of the city. They even raided and burnt every foreign embassy to the ground, killed the security personnel, and captured the embassy staff. Thankfully, many thousands had fled north on the highways away from the invading force, but the coastal areas meant that important evacuation points, such as Route 40 and Reykjavik airport, were cutoff and trapped many fleeing civilian between the Saderan army. Of the 167,000 residents within the city, 6,563 were killed or captured, a loss of 3.9% of the population.

By 2080, due to not being affected by the war many decades before, and seeing a baby boom like every nation on the planet after the war, Iceland's population before the battle was 423,713 people. After the battle, there were a total of 26,601 Icelandic civilians either dead or captured and brought onto the other side of what we call "The GATE", which was a 6.2% loss. Of those dead, 503 of those belonged to the 1,100 large Icelandic police force. This isn't taking into account the 567 dead foreign nationals and 111 missing, nor the military casualties which will be detailed below. This represents the single largest loss of civilian life since the war ended almost 43 years ago.

Military casualties: Once US Marines from the 26th MEU had arrived, the painstaking task of clearing out stragglers had begun. While major fighting had ended on the 4th, sporadic fighting ended on the 6th, when the last Saderan army troops had surrendered to them. Of the 150,000 strong invasion force that had invaded Iceland, an estimated 50,000 legionaries had been killed, alongside 35,000 auxiliary, leading to a total 85,000 killed. A total of ten thousand legionaries and auxiliary were captured in the aftermath, with the rest of the invasion force retreating back behind "The GATE". of the 150 "Wyverns" that had fought in the battle, two were captured alive and were moved to a secure location for research. The giant "Flame Dragon" that appeared from the "GATE" was also moved for study in a secure location. However it soon became clear that it wasn't the only creature to come from the "GATE" located in the bay, as another creature the same size as the "Flame Dragon" was detected and tracked by the USS John Paul Jones roughly 5 miles north of Reykjavik and was hunted down and killed just outside of the town of Gardur by the USS Barack Obama, on December 5th. Due to the potential of more alien species wreaking havoc on the environment, a massive sea net was built around the perimeter of that section of the bay.
UN casualties were comparatively light, given how outnumbered they were against Saderan forces.

The United States: By the end of the fighting, two Marine Corps UH-700 transport helicopters were destroyed, and a total of 30 marines and 22 airborne were killed in action. Two marine LAV-30's were damaged in the battle, but both were repairable. 3 members of an FBI HRT were also killed while clearing a residential district on the 6th.
Canada: Four Humvees, one M-ATV, and one LAV-30 was lost in action, with another mission killed, but repairable. A total of 35 Canadian soldiers were killed.
The United Kingdom: One FV435, one transport truck, and three land rovers were lost. A total of 26 royal marines and 17 army airborne were killed in the fight.
Russia: One Bulat APC and 23 airborne troops were lost.
Norway: 7 soldiers.
France: 8 soldiers and 6 GIGN.
Germany: 4 soldiers and 5 GSG9.
Denmark: 10 soldiers.
Sweden: 3 soldiers.
Poland: 5 soldiers.
A total of 204 soldiers and police officers from 10 different nations died in their mission to drive the enemy from Reykjavik and the surrounding towns.
On an unrelated, but still interesting topic, Phauthi military vessels were recently observed swarming one of their colonies on the moon of Titan. Why they moved such a substantial force into place and what it means is currently up in the air. The UNSS Icarus 01, a special reconnaissance vessel under joint UN control, has been dispatched to get a closer look and report their findings.