Nordrhein-Westfalen Landwehr

The Nordrhein-Westfalen Landwehr or Landeswehrare the forces of the  world of Nordrhein-Westfalen, a planet populated primarily by German descended settlers. They are known as being one of the best in terms of morale, equipment, and training of any non- military organizations in human dominion. This is primarily due to the colony's great resource wealth, population size, and industrial output, which allow it to equip a large force of well-drilled and armed men to defend the planet from issues within and without. Though officially part of the and later the UNSC the latter's absorption of the former, the Landwehr through competence, talent, loyalty, and determination, have maintained a heavy degree of autonomy, especially in ground military affairs. This autonomy would be weakened by the Great War, but Landwehr units and officers still saw a much greater amount of self-command during the conflict, including when the planet was assaulted by the in late 2549. Although the attack was repelled the following spring by a joint effort of Landwehr, UNSC Naval and land-based troops, it still caused horrific devastation to the planet's resources, infrastructure, population, and overall military might. Nothing like the destruction wrought upon the planet had ever been seen by the Nordrheinlanders and it permanently scarred the world and its populace. While already deployed units would continue to see action on the blood-soaked colonial battlefields of the genocidal war, no new units were founded post invasion. Colonial focus was shifted entirely toward home defense. However, a handful of volunteers would serve as replacements for these wayward armies during the conflict's waning years. Post-War saw major upheaval in Nordrhein-Westfalen society, as rebel elements in the Landwehr and the colonies assembly made themselves known and began to call for self-rule, often quoting Landwehr Marshal Manfred Vorbeck word's 'Self determination, through peace or war." In 2554 negotiations broke down between the UEG and Nordrhein-Westfalen, leading to the August Revolution, where the secessionists, who had the loyalty of roughly 70% of the government and militia, seized power in the Colonial Assembly and the Landwehr high command, issuing a Declaration of Home Rule on August 19th, 2554. This began a civil war amongst the loyalists and insurrectionists, which lasted for 2 and a half years. It was interrupted by a UNSC response in November 2554, whom looked to crush the rebellion so close to home. However the weakened UNSC military could not provide a significant enough force to help the loyalists defeat the rebels on their home turf. Many interplanetary revolutionary groups provided aid to the Nordrheinlander rebels, including men, supplies, equipment, and officers with expertise in guerrilla warfare. This failure by the UNSC, combined with Innie help culminated in a hard-fought self-rule victory in early 2557. The people of Nordrheinland, with their newly won independence, were finally able to properly rebuild their world in the wake of nearly a decade of planet-side warfare, with the Landwehr ready to defend against the alien, the pirate, or the imperialist interloper, should any arise to threaten their people and homeland.

Colonial Origins
Nordrhein-Westfalen was unique for an early Inner Colony, as it was considerable further from Earth and many of her other early settlements, being practically an decades before the first 'real' one was founded. This isolation allowed the creation of a large colonial militia, as it was necessitated by fears of piracy, civil war and rebellion. Charged with putting down planet-wide, violent civil unrest during the, including the crushing of several early resistance movements whose ideologies would go onto inspire many during the