Dimitri's Forest Roads

About
Dimitri's Forest Roads (aka. Dimitrijus Miškas Kelial) were two towns located in the central regions of the St. Ark Federation near Mount Cromwell, with a population of around 576 in the year of 1980. It was the place where a conflict occurred in the 1980s during the final months of the Federation Civil War, between the St. Ark Armed Forces led by General Fred Goldlock and the St. Ark National Defense Forces, a resistance group formed after Fred Goldlock toppled the government in 1979. It was formerly a lumber town, however in the 1930s during the Great Depression the town began relying on tourism, as they were the only town next to Mount Cromwell.

Early history
In the late 1880s, Mongravian migrants who migrated to the Colony of New Hope, arrived to the place which would later be known as Mount Cromwell and established an unnamed community there and built roads leading to the community, and the small community would rely on lumber as business to sustain themselves, the town began gradually expanding into a small hamlet, and a small church and a general store was constructed. However, despite the hamlet flourishing, it was isolated and it had little to no proper connection to the rest of the country. In the 1890s, more settlers arrived to the small hamlet, although due to disagreements, some settlers moved up north of the hamlet and established another community and proclaimed themselves as a town seperate from the other one set up by Mongravian migrants and relied on transporting crops.

In 1910, inhabitants from the village located up north discovered coal in the mountain, resulting in the town becoming rich, since coal at the time was a valuable resource. A businessman by the name of Dimitri eventually became the mayor of the two towns and attempted to form them into one small village so they could cooperate, and the towns would eventually be called Dimitri's Forest Roads, mainly due to their rural location and it was named off the businessman. As coal mines were set up, the towns began rapidly expanding, and a town hall including other business commercials and factories were constructed including several resorts in an attempt to make the town transition into a more tourist economy more than relying on lumber and coal. In the late 1920s during the interwar period, the lumber industry in the town closed down, mainly because it had been useless. Roads were also constructed leading to the town, providing easy access to the town.

Great Depression
In the 1930s, the Great Depression arrived, devastating the entire economy and resulting in thousands of people all across the Dominion of St. Ark to become unemployed, and as a result of the economic decline, the coal industry in the town had closed down, and the entire town had become completely unemployed, as a result, parts of the town declined and several houses scattered across the villages had been abandoned, as the mayor of the town had been concerned whether or not to continue declining or finding another way to stop the decline of the town, the mayor had made a decision and began to transition the town to rely on tourism, and as a result Dimitri's Forest Roads became a tourism spot, although not many people had visited the town in the 1930s, as there were several other towns that also tried to transition to a tourist economy.

1940s - 1970s
In the 1940s, after problems and difficulties plagued the town, the Great Depression had stopped, and the town began to recover from the economic depression, the mayor then began constructing town halls and attempt to rebuild the town from scratch, and rebuilt the cathedral, constructed a brand new town hall out of brick and concrete. During this period, the coal industry in the town also recovered completely from the economic depression, and locals from the village returned to mine coal out of the mountain. In 1941, Crimmitonia bombed the industrial city of New Shingleton, devastating the United States of Megaton and Columbia and as a result it joined the war against Crimmitonia and Ruralia, and joined the Allied Powers. During this, the USMC government had ordered many factories to produce more firearms, and workers from the coal factories were forced to move to other cities in the Dominion of St. Ark to aid in the war efforts. In 1943, a coal mine incident occurred, in which 12 coal miners died as a mining section had collapsed under them. In 1945, after the end of the war, factory workers then returned to Dimitri's Forest Roads, and resumed their efforts in the coal mining industry.

Battle of Dimitri's Forest Roads
The Battle of Dimitri's Forest Roads was a battle which decided the fate for the last organized force belonging to the nearly destroyed resistance movement SANDF, and the fate for Fred Goldlock's regime and power over the St. Ark Federation, during this event an alternative scenario could potentially occur during events held in the oncoming game, but during the canon series of the lore, Fred Goldlock's regime had won control over the town and the last organized division was destroyed, beginning the era for the reign of terror on the country.

Prior to the battle, locals spotted rebel activity in a nearby town which was abandoned since 1979, a few had been assigned to exploring the town but none of them had shown up after. Another few was sent and they were found shot in the head a mile away from the abandoned town, suspecting rebel activity, the locals reported the sighting to the Federation military government, and thousands of troops and convoys were deployed to the area, after inspection, it soon came out that rebels were inhabiting the area and it was confirmed to be the last organized rebel force belonging to SANDF. Fred Goldlock was made aware of rebel activities and an operation was set out to be planned.

After troops were deployed to the area, a heavy clash ensued between rebel and government forces, and the highway leading to the area was then temporarily closed and destroyed beyond use. Artillery was then used in the clash and the abandoned town was bombarded nearly for days. Weeks later, Fred Goldlock began his preparation for an operation to take over the town and destroy the last organized rebel forces, and the following day the Battle of Dimitri's Forest Roads began, and so was the fate for the factions.

Canon Scenario
In 1984, the Battle of Dimitri's Forest Roads began, and a massed attack weakened and overwhelmed rebel outposts forcing them to retreat to the town. After heavy battles and clashes ensued in the winter, government forces rolled into the town center officially marking the capture of the last rebel held territory. Several groups of rebel forces then retreated northwest of the town where they were destroyed with little to no survivors by government forces. The news of the defeat of the St. Ark National Democratic Forces marked the partial end of the Federation Civil War despite remnants continuing to operate in the mountains. Fred Goldlock had now finally secured his control over the country and continued his policy of imposing a 10 year martial law and a new society. It also marked the beginning of Fred Goldlock's reign of terror over the country for decades to come.

Alternative Scenario
In 1984, the Battle of Dimitri's Forest Roads began, this time the rebel forces had properly secured their outposts and located potential attacks, killing over a hundred soldiers, a mass attack occurred with over a hundred rebel forces involved, with stolen artillery they had bombarded the nearby town killing the commander in the process, after a heavy battle, government forces were forced to retreat as they slowly began collapsing in the process of the battle, with SANDF rebel forces declaring victory over the battle, in the aftermath of the offensive which failed, Fred Goldlock would be devastated by the total loss as SANDF might potentially pose a threat to his regime, and Fred Goldlock would execute many of his generals in the process. SANDF would then use its last organized rebel force to reunite with remnant forces in the mountain outposts and the Federation Civil War would continue to rage on. If this alternative scenario happens, then the events of New Shingleton would not occur.