BLEU-NADC War

Abstract
On January 26, the alliances of the Blue Leadership Ensuring Unity bloc jointly declared war on the North Atlantic Defense Coalition for actions against the New Polar Order and allies. The official BLEU statement states that the war is retaliation against spy attacks, but there are theories that it is the NpO finally fulfilling their dream of Blue sphere dominance.

War's Name
As of this writing there is no official or widely-recognized name for this conflict. BLEU-NADC War and Blue Debacle have been suggested. For the blitz, Echelon's forces have been using Operation Blue Lightning and FCO forces have been using Operation Firestorm. Also mentioned on the NADC IRC chat is the "Blue Civil War," though this is an over-exaggeration.

Reasons For War
In BLEU's declaration of war, NpO Emperor Assington cited the following infractions:
 * A NADC member aided an enemy of Polaris, contributing to said enemy’s war effort against Polaris. Whilst reasonable reparations were negotiated, the NADC failed to pay these within the generous time of ten days. It is agreed in the NADC that this reason for the war is valid, and Maximus is threatened with expulsion.
 * A NADC nation destroyed nuclear weapons with spy attacks. This was not an act of war, it was retaliation to the destruction of 100+ nuclear weapons in the hours prior to the first attacks
 * Many consider Gunninglike of Belgi's sanctions of MCXA nations a reason for the war as well. However, the sanction dates clearly show that they were enacted on Jan 26th, after BLEU had declared war.

Timeline

 * Jan 25: Norden Verein and Viridian Entente call for resignation of NADC Secretary General EmperorCharlesVI ; Otto V Bismark attempts a "coup" but fails after Azure seizes temporary control
 * Jan 26: BLEU declares war on NADC ; over 200 NADC anarchies are recorded after the initial blitz ; The Black Defense Council cancels it's protectorate agreement with NADC ; LoSS cancels its treaty of amity with NADC; USB announces it will provide aid to BLEU and later announces full support for MCXA. ; MCXA releases an announcement and terms regarding NADC's senator belgi who sanctioned five of their nations ; TAE announces support for MCXA. By that evening, the number of NADC nations anarchied had risen to 332, meaning over half of NADC's 658 members sat in anarchy.
 * Jan 27: Atlantis announces the cancellation of it's Amity and Cooperation Treaty with NADC. ; NADC announces acceptance of terms from MCXA regarding the sanctioning of five of their nations by NADC's senator.