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===Battle of Earth===
===Battle of Earth===
The base launched the first counterattacks against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] when they [[Battle of Mombasa|invaded]] [[New Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] in [[2552]] during [[Battle of Earth]]. Later in the battle, a Covenant [[capital ship]] was sent in to destroy the base. It is unknown whether it succeeded in doing so.<ref name="enc"/>
The base launched the first counterattacks against the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] when they [[Battle of Mombasa|invaded]] [[New Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] in [[2552]] during [[Battle of Earth]]. Later in the battle, a Covenant [[capital ship]] was sent in to destroy the base. It is unknown whether it succeeded in doing so.<ref name="enc"/>
==Production note==
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]]''.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==