Editing Diego Garcia

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{{Wikipedia|Diego Garcia}}

'''Diego Garcia''' is the largest atoll on [[Earth]] and sits in the [[Indian Ocean]]. Diego Garcia houses a [[military base]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Book|Id=enc|Enc11|Page=296-297}}

==History==
Due to the atoll's proximity to [[India]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Africa]], [[Britain]] established a [[military base]] on Diego Garcia for both training and refueling purposes. The base has been in use ever since. The base later came under the control of the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s [[United Nations Space Command]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc}}

===Battle of Earth===
On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], when the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] arrived at Earth, the military base on Diego Garcia was immediately alerted to the Covenant's presence.{{Ref/Level|H2A|Cairo Station}} The base launched the first counterattacks against the Covenant when they [[Battle of Mombasa|invaded]] [[New Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] during the subsequent [[Battle for Earth]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/locations/new-mombasa|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=New Mombasa}}

These attacks proved effective as later in [[2552#November|November]], a Covenant [[capital ship]] was sent to Diego Garcia to destroy the base.{{Ref/Reuse|enc}} While most of the Earth's surface was later brutally [[Orbital bombardment|bombarded]] by a reinforced [[Truth's fleet|Covenant armada]], consisting of the remaining [[Jiralhanae]]-controlled ships of the [[High Charity defense fleet]], led by the [[Prophet of Truth]]'s [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] on November 17,{{Ref/Level|Id=H3CN|H3|Crow's Nest}} the base nevertheless survived the [[Human-Covenant War]] and is still in use by the UNSC as of [[2553]].{{Ref/Novel|MorDi|Page=265}}

==Production notes==
Diego Garcia was mentioned in the [[Halo 2 E3 demo|''Halo 2'' E3 demo]] as being the base of the "405th", a [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]] unit that became [[A Company]] in the finished game. Diego Garcia's existence as a military base, with units involved in the fighting at Mombasa, was later made official by the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]''.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Mortal Dictata]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]'' {{Mo}}

==Trivia==
*Diego Garcia is the main Island of a group of British islands (about 60) called the Chagos Archipelago.
*On November 30, 1983, a magnitude 7 earthquake 34 miles south of the island caused a small tsunami.
*The Island is prone to cyclones and typhoons.

==Sources==
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[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:UNSC military bases]]