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{{ | {{Infobox Military Conflict | ||
|name = Battle of Actium | |||
|name | |conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | ||
|conflict = [[Human-Covenant War]] | |previous = [[Raid on the Third Fleet of Glorious Consequence]] | ||
| | |next = [[Operation: TORPEDO]] | ||
|place | |begin = May 2545 | ||
|result | |end = June 2545 | ||
|side1 = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | |place = [[Actium]] | ||
|side2 = [[Covenant Empire]] | |result = Covenant victory<br/> | ||
|commanders1 =[[Colonel]] [[Acono Mentiath]] | Actium glassed | ||
|forces1 =[[53rd Armored Division]] | |side1 = [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] | ||
|forces2 = | |side2 = [[Covenant Empire]] | ||
|casual1 = | |commanders1 = [[Colonel]] [[Acono Mentiath]] | ||
|commanders2 = ''unknown'' | |||
|forces1 = [[53rd Armored Division]] | |||
|forces2 = Covenant Navy<br/> | |||
Covenant Army | |||
|casual1 = Total destruction | |||
|casual2 = Heavy casualties | |||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Battle of Actium''' was a military engagement that occured between [[UNSC]] forces and the [[Covenant]] between May and June | The '''Battle of Actium''' was a military engagement that occured between [[UNSC]] forces and the [[Covenant]] between May and June 2545 on the colony world [[Actium]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/featured/video/herocourage/c2ada678-e9ce-4db9-9ce9-1864070bd198 ''Halo Waypoint'' video], [[Hero-Courage]]</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Revision as of 09:21, July 3, 2011
Template:Infobox Military Conflict
The Battle of Actium was a military engagement that occured between UNSC forces and the Covenant between May and June 2545 on the colony world Actium.[1]
Background
- "Let no one here question our place in human history. That we are here right now is not a 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."
- — Colonel Acono Mentiath to 12,000 men and women
May 10, 2545
In 2545, a Covenant armada invaded the planet in an attempt to conquer and glass the world.
By May 10th Colonel Acono Mentiath assumed command of the 53rd Armored Division and gave his famous speech to the surviving UNSC forces. Later that month he led the remnants deep into Covenant-held territory in a suicidal attempt to take out three large-scale Covenant Army staging areas - three of the largest in recorded history. Detonating two HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapons nearby the Covenant Army took heavy casualties at the cost of the UNSC forces that activated them. With no significant military presence remaining the Covenant Navy was no longer under threat and the colony was quickly glassed.
