Why Belka Couldn't Win The Belkan War - Strategic Analysis 

Belka: *sneezes* Strangereal: Belka on the rise?! Another war imminent??!

Belka at the start of Belkan war: *I'm gonna fight 'em all, A seven nation army couldn't hold me back*

*"Nepotism within the belken military"* ACE COMBAT FAN ADMITTED THAT BELKA DID DO SOMETHING WONG!

"Why Belka couldn't win~~" As soon as Project Ulysses hits HOI4's Workshop, we'll well show that Belkan world supremacy is possible

If Belka had played on Easy they'd have access to infinite GUN ammo and probably could've won the war

I guess this is a wake up call to our new struggle to retake the southern lands. Thank you for this in depth and informative video ACF. We will use the information you give us to make radical reforms in our military doctrines strategy and tactics. Ultimately once they're done we will retake the southern lands and Belka will once again reign supreme. Note : I think why South Belkans hated us because of the hierarchy of the old Belkan society and the lack of proper infrastructure in the southern lands. When the economic crisis hit the ones that suffered the most are the South Belkans.

All I really want is just to see your reaction and excitement and passion around a game where you get to fly for the Belkan air force. Even if it was only as a transport aircraft pilot shipping potatoes, you would be excited. I love that. 👌

Q: Why Belka couldn't win The Belkan war? A: Osea

One often overlooked factor is that Belka failed to maintain an independent aerospace industry. Don't throw stones at me yet, Gründer Industries paid shills, at least let me finish my argument first. By the time the war started, the majority of Belkan Air Force fighters consist of aircrafts designed in Osea (think the F-4s, F-15s etc) or Yuktobania (think the Su-27s, MiG-29s etc). This initially had the benefit of having half of your fleet intact if a superpower conducts an arms embargo, and this was effective during the Cold War. However, as soon as Yuktobania decided to ally itself with Osea, it all went down the drain. Bm-335 was crucially the last bomber aircraft Belka ever produced. Since then they failed to come up with a new design and are forced to keep buying Yuke bombers. That design know-how was lost since. Instead, Belka went for unproven next-gen tech such as the aerial warship, onboard lasers, and artificial intelligence. Belkan AI was simply not ready until at least 1998, by which point they were first combat tested. Aerial warships, after a long development, eventually require an entire air wing to protect and by 1995 it was not evident. Lasers, on the other hand, could have been used by the Belkan Navy as the one advantage Osea could not match even in 2019. Belka however did not put that much thought in its navy and as a result Belkan ships were never equipped with lasers. In fact, it is a shame that even today, most of the world's militaries who fit lasers on their fighters don't mount them on their ships.

Everything could be summed up with: Belka had Hermann Goering level of ineptitude as air force leadership

What's this? A belkan who is doubting his country its military? IT'S SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR YOUR DOUBTS

War doesn’t determine who is right. Only who is left

Here's my take on why Belka lost: "Cipher, You're Galm 1 now." End of discussion. Seriously though, I think this was very well done, And I would love to see similar videos explaining why Erusea, Leasath and other antagonist countries lost.

Let's not forget the elephant in the room hiding behind the window curtain. The existence of the 6th Tactical Fighter Squadron. The Schwarze Squadron. The whole reason the Belkan Air Force employed ruthless mercenaries like Dominic Zubov is because the morale of the pilots was so low, that they resorted to desertion. And having escapee killers like the aforementioned Vulture is to keep them in line. Sending the Vulture and the Schwarze Squadron to intercept deserters is served as an example to discourage potential deserters. This situation is similar to Operation Iraqi freedom. The Iraqi army was large enough to put up a descent resistance against the American invasion, but it suffered from low morale attributed to maltreatment, nepotism and lack of cooperation between branches. So the Baath party's radical wing, the Fedayeen Saddam, loyal only to Saddam Hussein, are employed to round up any deserters and units turning their weapons against their allies, and execute them.

Belka: We lost so badly Germany: First time?

**WW2 flashback intensifies** . Well the didn't learnt from their German counterparts , did they ?

Why Belka didn't win: "He was a true ace..."

So... basicaly, Belka is the equivalent of the Saiyans in Strangereal, cocky, arrogants and prouds and currently, full hatred. ... and radiation.

This could have been titled "Why Germany couldn't win ww2"

Belka only lost because they pulled a Germany and declared war on everyone

I never clicked so fast on something in my Life. Lets See What Belka DID DO WRONG in the War. Love your channel.

Excellent video, ACF. I think too that the Belkan War pretty much saw the rise and then immediate fall of Mercenary Squadrons, lingering only in Usea for another 3 years.

who would have thought picking a fight with 90% of the continent would make you end up on the losing side extra points for not modernizing your military branches properly aswell

It's amazing how much more fun the PS2 missions are compared to AC7's with its short timers and chaos.

I just realized how those lakes on the western front look just like the great lakes.

Why the Balkan’s couldn’t win the war, why? because they didn’t have the protagonist on there side

During the Past Videos = Ace Combat Fan: "Belka did nothing Wrong!" Belkan War Timeline: "Am I a Joke to you?"

Belka poked Osea and paid dearly for it. On the other hand, Erusea was giving the blues a run for their money... with Belkan technology.

Great Video, im now finished watching it and i agree on all of your named points. One Interessting Point though is that Osea being allied with many smaller Nations had a major Impact on the Belkan Advance which, and that i surely can say was more motivated than the 2019 Erusean Assault on Osean and IUN Airbases. Oseas and its allies Joint Arms doctrin is what really makes the differences. Erusea had to much trust in its Arsenalbirds they had stolen. Belka was arrogant with its Air Force. Yuktobanias Army and Air Force also lacked of support for one another. However Osea and its alllies had well coordinated Forces. In belka this is shown by the Offensive campaign. In Yuktobania the entire defensive war and the landing in Yuktobania have been a proof of it. And later in 2019 the Outstanding Coordination between the IUN, Osean Forces and the LRSSG crushed Eruseas Drone Fleet. Oseas Adaptability also were crucial in both belka and Usea. while Osea was able to repell the belkan offensive. Osea and the IUN went on the counteroffensive in erusea due to changed long range tactics, follwed up by Ground troops reclaiming the land. occupied by Erusean forces. In both Cases, Belka And later erusea used desperate meassures such as Nuclear weapons or a simultainosley Anti Sat Attack(And IRBMs) to hold off Osea from counter Blitzkrieging them. All in All the Osean and Allied Command structures do work way better than the Agressors Command. And even in failure(Two Pronged Strategy) Osea won vital information in how eruseas defenses worked and bypassed them with the Implementation of the LRSSG. Also Oseas Ability to strike back against Yuktobania is a sign of an overall well command structure. In Belka this was shown by Solis ortus were the Paratroopers and Air support were well coordinated. Belkas,Yuktobanias and Eruseas Failure point was Arrogance and Overestimation of their own skills. This lead in all Cases to their Military defeat. Yuktobania however, has a special situation due to the Conspiracy. in Erusea however this does not apply, since the lead goverment has been Willingly let themselves manipulate into the war with Usea. The Arrogance by posessing the Abirds or Excalibur or the Scinfaxi made them careless. Osea however did used the Arkbird for example wisely as a counter to the scinfaxi. the later on usage of it for a false assault on yuktobania however was also the part of the conspiracy. The whole Osea-Yuktobania conspiracy is a different story. But its really good to see how the Agressors in Ace Combat are arrogant and rely to much on new techs and superweapons, instead of a good chain of command and the war of combined Arms.

TFW you realize that The Demon Lord of the Round Table was fighting on a secondary front.

There’s only one big mistake Belka did in the war Dragging Ustio into it by invading them!

Thought it may interest the ace combat community, but has anyone heard of the recent passing of Jessi Combs? The story shared a lot in common with Avril rebuilding her f-104c. Jessi combs was a fabricator and welder who was driving an f-104a that she and her team had turned into a jet car when a mechanical problem lead to her passing this last week. Thought someone may find the similarities interesting, and I'd love if we could give her some recognition as a group.

After all this, and after the events of 2019 strangereal, could Belka, rise one more time? Maybe in AC8, where we, as an Ace fight a losing war for once. Then in AC9, if project aces has the budget, do an all out Ace combat consist of 30+ straight mission with some more 20 variation of it in an all out strangereal War. That would be an epic trilogy.

If you have to compare us to our real world counterparts i guess we're more like Imperial Japan. The unhealthy interservice rivalry in our armed forces and the "Victory Disease" heavily contributed to the downfall of the Rald regime.

Amazing video. Now, that's a pretty good Knight ranking u're getting with that background gameplay. Knight rank best rank

4:53-5:30 Looks like my headcanon came turned out to be true. Would be interesting to see how Belka got on Yuktobania's bad side. Would be nice if Ace Combat 8 (whenever it comes out) takes place on the Verusan continent (it's the only continent we have yet to really explore). before the Belkan war like mid 1980's to early 1990's. Their was the conflicts with Kaluga and Romny. Perhaps Belka was involved somehow? Advising & training Kalugan forces. My assumption is that Kaluga is the Strangereal equiviant to Ukraine? Except they were always independent from Yuktobania.

Thank you for a great video! Now I see the assault record was the greatest invention in Ace Combat. As for the separation between North and South Belka, I think it's basically because of the Waldreich Mountains. I believe such a big series of high mountains are solid enough to separate them not only geographically, but also psychologically. Also, as the mountains are between them, it is unnatural to assume they were originally in one society. Ancient civilization in North Belka probably couldn't have such a power as it could make one nation over the mountains, so I think it's rather natural to assume that South Belka was just the oldest "colony" of theirs. For reallife example, we can see the conflicts between UK and Ireland(was a part of UK for a long time).

Ace Combat Fan: It's like joining the Soviet Union and the United States in the same war against you. Nazi Germany: fights a two front war

A couple points... 1. I love the intro to the video. 2. Really great lore video. I like how the lore was presented and how your theories were backed up by those events. Rank: S

It is canon that Sapin did not fall because they had been modernizing and upsizing their army for the last two decades or something(don't remember the exact time), and that Belka was basically stalling on that front very badly after the element of surprise was lost.

They were probably hoping that the Skully Islands insurrection would divert some of the superpowers' attention. When Scarface Squadron managed to handle the conflict more-or-less single-handedly it threw a serious wrench into their plans.

Great analysis. But let me make some additions. Osea also issued a Rearmament Declaration in 1992, as such it had thrown significant money into modernising it's military several years before the war. Assumption that it was wrong to field the huge number of old aircraft is itself wrong. They had a large stock of obsolete, but still good enough for some missions equipment available in the reserve right now at a low cost. While the industrial and financial capabilities to build a substantial number of modern planes in just a few years was at least doubtful. They had to show everything they had, and fielding old aircraft didn't really affect production of modern planes. It was just rational. About Northern and Southern Belka. Since Belka is loosely based on Germany, we can see them like the Northern and Southern Germany, (Prussia and Bavaria mainly). They are both German in culure, but the Northerners were protestant and militaristic, while the Southerners were catholic and not warmongers. The dialects are also somewhat different. Just like Germany, Belka was united by the Northerners. So... The Southerners in Belka were just not that militaristic and may even had some dislike of "Prussian militarism" analogue and to some degree their own ethnic nationalism, but still they would prefer to be Belkans, not, say, Oseans.

Holy crap, Pops was a knight

Great video! Honestly I think Belka figured it could take the eastern nations out of the war early on (which it very nearly did) and then turn its attention onto Osea. More importantly I think Belka counted on Yuktobanian support in the conflict. UYR rhetoric at the time suggested it condemned Osean activity in the region and sympathised with the Belkan cause, and even even if it didnt join in the fighting it would have been an essential supply partner. Once Yuktobania joined the allied forces, I think Belka was pretty much screwed.

This is one of your best videos for sure.So much detail and lore I've never heard of in this.

Not much is known about the Sapinish military, but I can imagine that it has precured weapons and equipment from Osea, the sapinish navy could’ve had some osean made ships, their army could’ve had some osean made combat vehicles, their air force is knows to have the Su-32, J35J Drakes, and the Rafale M, but they could’ve also had some suoerhornets, tomcats, f-16s, f-15s. The possibilities are endless

Serves to show, Waldemarr Rald was just as bonkers as Hitler, just not in the genocidal part. If Belka had decided to strike Sapin first, ally with Ustio, establish a solid front to attack the eastern countries, and THEN attack Osea, with Yuktobania as support, the world of Strangereal would be mostly Belka, by now. But it's really interesting that this puts the lore a bit into a deeper perspective. It's really interesting that a militaristic strategy so flawed was pictured quite nicely, and it shows in Gelb 2's interview. By the way, there was another dynasty that is mentioned in the record. The Albrecht descendant, where Lola Sommer (Iris) hails.

Can you imagine if Yuketobania decided to help Belka fight Osea?

Belka invading Osea is like the Strangereal equivalent of Operation Barbarossa.

Thank you for making content like this! Personally, Ace Combat videos like this one have inspired me to make videos of my own (including a ‘movie’ of sorts). You don’t know how much of an inspiration you are to a lot of people!

I see you are having fun with after effects. Keep em coming those are cool

The Alternate Kaiserreich Germany is on the border of the alternate Mega USA, what do you think would happen.

Imagine using this for a presentation in history class and nobody suspects it's all imaginary

Umberto Eco said it best when he wrote that fascists lose wars because "they are unable to objectively evaluate their opponents". Belkan ideology prior to 1995 probably portrayed outsiders as both an important hyper-virulent scourge but also as weak, effeminate, and barbaric. This stopped any attempts to reform military organization for joint operations, it implied a defensive or even defeatist attitude towards Belkan power vis a vis their enemies.

So Belka was basically Germany during WW2?

Shoutout to the graphical effects on this one - really great stuff.

This is very interesting though curious are you gonna do a video on other nations in the Ace Combat series? Like why Erusea keeps declaring war with Usea, or the war Enmera and Estovaka?

Refreshing to go back to an Ace Combat game whose plot makes sense :) Also, subscribed. Glad I found your channel.

Cipher spammed QAAM’s thats why

I'd guess that the reason yuktobania was involved was that after belka fell apart the yukes found new strategic partners in the area. when belka invaded, yuktobania was forced to fight it's old ally or effectively lose all influence in the region.

Having half of your air force wiped out by a single mercenary in a dinky little fighter from the 1950's probably didn't help the attrition, either.

Meanwhile Bepsi Mig wining Belkan War as Belka: You don't even know what's possible

Good analysis, keep up the great work! And now I started to dream of new genre(new gameplay mode?) for Ace series that works like Gihren no Yabou of Gundam series, where you combine strategic and action play while be able to change the course of history as you wish. That would be Great!

Well done and speaking of Belkan Air Force in the native language it would be written as Luftwaffe they might have spent money on the ground attack planes like their 1940s homegrown Ju-87 in Yuktobania the Il-2 before the BM-335 Lindwrum and the joint North Point Wellow Emmeria Tornado 1974. Another reason to have they lost the war against was probably giving good aircraft and tanks to some of the foreigners in the Belkan military. Had they had an Ally such as Federal Republic of Estovakia Belka can open a second front by invading Northern Yuktobania using a Joint Belkan Estovakian invasion

Belka: Let's do a Blitzkrieg war against our neighbors! Germany: Erm, not a good idea pal!

These lore vids are awesome bro 👍🏼✌🏼

I would like to see videos made on Ace Combat lore from other than the main games, like the books and the magazines you referred to.

I Guess the only war in Strangereal that ISN'T caused by Belka, is the Aurelian War I would like to see a video like this but about the Aurelian War

14:49 So Belka was in essentially the same position that the Axis powers were during late WWII.

Would you consider doing a breakdown of all Belkas aircraft during the war? And give us your opinion on them and their role in the Airforce

Belka be like: "I'm going to declare war on literally everyone" and then be like "In hindsight this was a bad plan" within two months.

yuktobania most likely joined the war in order to have grounds to insert forces in order to try to seize belkan technologies and scientists, rather than letting osea lay hands on them uncontested

Putting a carrier in a lake... yes that sounds like a good idea.

Seems we've got a new briefing guy

Belka: exist* Literally everyone else in Strangereal: “I’m about to end this mans whole career... again... and again... and again.”

Please do more videos like this!!!

Will there be Belkan bias in this video? Does anyone wants to bet on it? Jokes aside, nice video, this is very informative.

"A mercenary boy with almost unlimited ammunition basically slapped the entire Belkan military to the point of nuclear suicide." I just love this.

This franchise really needs an animu

Awesome vid as always. Cheers.

They should have just invaded one Ustio and never declared war on Ocea

Not only a single german word was pronounced correct. THAT‘S WHAT V2 IS FOR!!!!!!!!!!!

"Our cause will live on, to be taken up by others that follow. Ready all cannons. We're going out in a blaze of glory!"

6:00 You'd be surprised to know that Belka did the opposite of what N*zi Germany did with its Air Force and STILL LOST. Germany insisted on a small, peacetime Air Force at the start of the war (despite being aware that the Soviets were capable of training thousands of pilots east of the Urals) but when the losses started to mount they sent raw recruits en masse to fight veteran pilots of the Eastern and Western Fronts.

After the war, Belka continues to find ways to BURN OSEA DOWN! ps: love the intro 👍

Osea: No to Belka! Yes to Osea! Ustio: Belka go out! Belka is People's Republic of China! Sapin: Belka is North Korea!

because they are antagonist side in AC series

Scorched earth would have worked better. Back in the early 1900s, Canada's plan for war against the US was to invade on all fronts as far until resistance was met, then retreat back to the border wrecking infrastructure as they went. This would hamper any us invasion. They then relied on Britain shipping in huge armies. Belka demonstrated huge success in rapid invasions. They should have kept that momentum up. Instead of holding on to all captured territory, withdraw fully at any counter attack, then launch another blitz catching whats left of the enemy in a cauldron. Alternatively, Yuktobania seems to be the wild card. If they even stayed neutral, much of osea's resources would be committed to the cold war. I doubt they would spare a top of the line carrier. If yuktobania stayed out and belka demonstrated the high cost of reconstruction if you manage to defeat them, then maybe they broker a peace.

No AC5 se não me engano há uma forte implicação de uma falta de pilotos experientes para pilotarem os caças militares da Osea e também que os oficiais militares da Osea são incompetentes demais, (e tá errado?) será que isso deve ser porque a maioria desses ases de combate talvez foram perdidos durante a guerra da Belka e por isso a Osea no AC5 foi para a guerra contra Yuktobania, mas levemente enfraquecida pela guerra anterior?

How on earth haven’t I found this video sooner.

Obviously if Belka mass-produced the XB-01 experimental air cruiser and just not invaded Ustio they would have won the war /s

Who would like a strangereal world war, with you flying through a small country? Supporters like !! Quem gostaria de uma guerra mundial em strangereal, com você pilotando por um país pequeno? Quem apoia deixa like !!

1995 Belka looks like India while 2010 Belka looks like present day Germany only slightly larger

I just realized that the excalibur does like sword upside down in 9:14 and the the beam came out from its handle

I think the Belkan war is sorta similar to WW2, as Osea defeated Belka and helped the countries invaded by Belka while the US literally destroyed Nazi Germany and helped the countries in the war. Not only that, I may think that since Belka is an allegory for Nazi Germany, I think that Belka today would be very not very nationalist due to its past just like Germany, and I would also think it may possibly become an economic powerhouse too just like Germany...

An underrated series has so much lore, compared to all the BS going on these days. SMH #remasterAC045

Well like Japan in ww2 there victory’s we’re based on speed not power or tactics while yes they’re speed were unmatched but when power came into play which includes numbers they were going to lose it either way

I'm surprised this Waldemarr Rald guy didn't end like Mussolini. I mean, nuking the shit out of their own contrymen wouldn't sit very well with the rest of the belkan population. If I was belkan I'd be calling for his head.

Last time I was this early Belka was winning the war.

Time to a Alternate History. What if Yuktobania had joined to the war in the Belkan Side.