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| conflict = Human-Covenant War | | conflict = Human-Covenant War | ||
| image = [[File:Human-Covenant War.png|400px]] | | image = [[File:Human-Covenant War.png|400px]] | ||
| caption = Clockwise from top left: UNSC and Covenant infantry clash, the UNSC responds to a Covenant invasion of a UNSC colony world, the | | caption = Clockwise from top left: UNSC and Covenant infantry clash, the UNSC responds to a Covenant invasion of a UNSC colony world, a squad of SPARTANs engaging the [[Sangheili]] in the ''[[Battle of Reach]]'', the [[Battle_of_Earth#The_Flood_on_Earth|invasion of the]] [[Flood]] on [[Battle of Earth|Earth]], the ''[[Great Schism]]'' over ''[[High Charity]]'', the ''Pillar of Autumn'' fleeing from the ''Battle of Reach''. | ||
| date = February 11, [[2525]]<ref>[[First Battle of Harvest]]</ref> – March 3, [[2553]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]''</ref> | | date = February 11, [[2525]]<ref>[[First Battle of Harvest]]</ref> – March 3, [[2553]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', ''[[From the Office of Dr. William Arthur Iqbal]]''</ref> | ||
| place = The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref> | | place = The [[Orion Arm]] of the [[Milky Way Galaxy]]<ref group="notes">The Human-Covenant War briefly extended outside the Milky Way galaxy for the [[Battle of Installation 00]]</ref> | ||
| result =<div> | | result =<div> | ||
;[[UNSC]] pyrrhic victory, [[Covenant Separatist]] victory<ref>'''[[Believe]]''', ''[[Museum]]''</ref> | ;[[UNSC]] pyrrhic victory, [[Covenant Separatist]] victory<ref>'''[[Believe]]''', ''[[Museum]]''</ref> | ||
* | *Sundering of the [[Covenant Empire]] | ||
**Emergence of the [[Covenant Separatist]]s | |||
**Emergence of the [[Covenant Separatist]] | |||
*Destruction of Forerunner installations | *Destruction of Forerunner installations | ||
*Neutralisation of the Flood threat</div> | *Neutralisation of the Flood threat</div> | ||
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;[[UNSC High Command|HIGHCOM]], [[Colonial Military Administration]] | ;[[UNSC High Command|HIGHCOM]], [[Colonial Military Administration]] | ||
*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] | *[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] | ||
*[[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]† (MIA assumed KIA) | *[[Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]]† (MIA, assumed KIA) | ||
*[[Admiral]] [[Margaret O. Parangosky]] | *[[Admiral]] [[Margaret O. Parangosky]]† | ||
*[[Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]]† | *[[Admiral]] [[Michael Stanforth]]† | ||
*[[Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]† | *[[Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]]† | ||
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*Devastation of a Sangheili colony, [[Joyous Exultation]]. | *Devastation of a Sangheili colony, [[Joyous Exultation]]. | ||
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The '''Human-Covenant War''', also known as '''The Great War''', was a major interstellar conflict pitting the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2553|March 3, 2553]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict; them being the [[Flood]], and a small number of surviving Forerunner constructs. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from [[Forerunner]] constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in | The '''Human-Covenant War''', also known as '''The Great War''', was a major interstellar conflict pitting the [[Unified Earth Government]] and its [[United Nations Space Command]] against the [[Covenant Empire]] during the mid-26<sup>th</sup> century between [[2525#February|February 11, 2525]] and [[2553|March 3, 2553]]. There were two additional factions sporadically involved in the conflict; them being the [[Flood]], and a small number of surviving Forerunner constructs. Both factions proved to be invaluable to the efforts of humanity, as the information taken from [[Forerunner]] constructs and the Flood invasion of ''[[High Charity]]'' were helpful in [[Great Schism|splitting the Covenant apart]] in November 2552. | ||
The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose [[High Prophet]]s discovered that humans were directly related to the [[Forerunner]]s. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity. Over the next few decades, the Covenant, with superior firepower, numbers and technology, overpowered humanity on hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]]. The Humans would only win scattered and costly victories. | The war was instigated by the Covenant, whose [[High Prophet]]s discovered that humans were directly related to the [[Forerunner]]s. In order to keep the Covenant intact, war was declared against humanity. Over the next few decades, the Covenant, with superior firepower, numbers and technology, overpowered humanity on hundreds of worlds, including heavily defended strongholds such as [[Reach]]. The Humans would only win scattered and costly victories. | ||