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The '''Jovian Moons Campaign''' was a conflict that took place on the [[Jovian Moons]] between the [[United Nations]] and the [[Frieden]] movement in [[2160|March-June 2160]].<ref name="HE33">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 33''</ref><ref> | The '''Jovian Moons Campaign''' was a conflict that took place on the [[Jovian Moons]] between the [[United Nations]] and the [[Frieden]] movement in [[2160|March-June 2160]].<ref name="HE33">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 33''</ref><ref name="timeline">'''[[Xbox.com/Halo/Timeline]]'''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Jovian Moons Campaign began due to Jovian secessionist attacks on [[United Nations colonial advisers]] on the moon [[Io]]. This led to three months of fighting between [[United Nations]] and Jovian [[Frieden]] forces. Though this was not the first armed conflict in our [[Solar System]], it was easily one of the bloodiest, and is generally considered to be the spark of increased friction and militarization that followed the end of the campaign. | The Jovian Moons Campaign began due to Jovian secessionist attacks on [[United Nations colonial advisers]] on the moon [[Io]]. This led to three months of fighting between [[United Nations]] and Jovian [[Frieden]] forces. Though this was not the first armed conflict in our [[Solar System]], it was easily one of the bloodiest, and is generally considered to be the spark of increased friction and militarization that followed the end of the campaign. | ||
The Jovian Moons Campaign escalated tensions | The Jovian Moons Campaign escalated tensions on both the offworld colonies and [[Earth]] itself. The conflict strengthened the increasing anti-governmental and anti-corporate sentiments among the colonists, while Earth's [[national government]]s, many of whom sponsored their own distributed military forces as well as colonies within the system, began fighting proxy wars off-planet.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 42'' (2011)</ref> As these proxy wars continued, tensions on Earth mounted, leading to a number of armed conflicts on Earth itself, most prominently the [[Rainforest Wars]].<ref name="timeline"/> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== |