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|name = Battle of Actium | |name = Battle of Actium | ||
|image = | |image = | ||
|prev = [[ | |prev = [[Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence]] | ||
|conc = | |conc = | ||
|next = [[Operation: TORPEDO]] | |next = [[Operation: TORPEDO]] | ||
|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | |conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|date = [[ | |date = May [[2545]] | ||
|place = [[Actium]] | |place = [[Actium]] | ||
|result = * | |result = *[[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] pyrrhic victory | ||
**Heavy Covenant casualties | **Heavy Covenant casualties | ||
* | *[[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] strategic victory | ||
|side1 = | |side1 = [[United Nations Space Command]] | ||
|side2 = | |side2 = [[Covenant Empire]] | ||
|commanders1 = [[Colonel | |commanders1 = [[Colonel]] [[Akono Menteith]]† | ||
|commanders2 = | |commanders2 = ''unknown'' | ||
|forces1 = [[UNSC Army]] | |forces1 = [[UNSC Army]] | ||
*[[ | *[[53rd Armored Division]] | ||
|forces2 = [[Covenant Navy]]<br/> | |||
[[Covenant Army]] | |||
|casual1 = * | |casual1 = *Total destruction | ||
**12,000+ soldiers | **12,000+ soldiers | ||
|casual2 = | |casual2 = Heavy casualties | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright — our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you, my fellow soldiers - were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity. And they will fear us.|[[Akono Menteith|Colonel Akono Menteith]]'s address to the [[53rd Armored Division]] | {{Quote|Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not coincidence or accident. It is our fate. And this war, our birthright — our legacy. Our generation was born to fight the Covenant, and you, my fellow soldiers - were born for this very day. Today the enemy will hear the roar of humanity. And they will fear us.|[[Akono Menteith|Colonel Akono Menteith]]'s address to the [[53rd Armored Division]]}} | ||
The '''Battle of Actium''' was a military engagement that occurred between [[United Nations Space Command]] and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces during [[2545|May 2545]] on the colony world [[Actium]].<ref name="Waypoint">[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 '''Halo Waypoint''', ''Hero - Courage'']</ref> | |||
The '''Battle of Actium''' was a | |||
==The battle== | ==The battle== | ||
In May 2545, a [[Covenant | In May 2545, a [[Covenant]] armada invaded Actium. By May 10, [[Colonel]] [[Akono Menteith]], whom had assumed command of the [[UNSC Army]]'s [[53rd Armored Division]], gave a rousing speech to the roughly twelve-thousand surviving UNSC soldiers. Later that month, he led the remnants of the division deep into Covenant-held territory in order to destroy three of the largest Covenant staging areas on record; the 53rd did so with the aid of a pair of [[HAVOK tactical nuclear weapon]]s, though they suffered heavy attrition. | ||
Within the month, the 53rd Armored Division was annihilated. Actium fell to the Covenant and was presumably [[Glassing|glassed]]. Colonel Menteith's speech became legendary throughout the colonies as a symbol of [[human]] resistance against the Covenant.<ref name="Waypoint"/> | |||
Colonel Menteith's speech | |||
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{{Human-Covenant War}} | {{Human-Covenant War}} | ||
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