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===Operation: FALLEN WALLS=== | ===Operation: FALLEN WALLS=== | ||
Operation: FALLEN WALLS began on February | Operation: FALLEN WALLS began on February 9, 2535.{{Ref/Book|Id=HOSFM|[[Halo: Official Spartan Field Manual]]|Page=82}} On the ground, [[Blue Team]] members: [[John-117|Blue-One]], [[Kelly-087|Two]], Three, Four, and Five massacred the Covenant troops. Blue Team's mission was to draw out the Covenant rear guard, so [[Red Team]] could slip behind their lines and plant a [[HAVOK Tactical Nuclear Weapon|HAVOK tactical nuke]], hoping to destroy the next Covenant ship that landed and dropped its [[energy shielding|shields]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Page=2}} These few Spartans were able to kill hundreds of [[Unggoy]] and destroy [[Shade]] turrets with little difficulty, as well using the [[Theta Maneuver]] to neutralize their [[Type-26 Banshee]] air support, by using the [[fougasse]]s they had planted in case the Unggoy got out of hand.{{Ref/Reuse|PRO}} Meanwhile, [[Green Team]] was preventing a Covenant ground force advance on the planet.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)]]|Page=113}} | ||
The three [[division]]s of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|for7}} operating elsewhere, suffered minor casualties and easily accomplished their goals as well. However, the [[105th Drop Jet Platoon]] was slaughtered by a massive force of Unggoy. Blue Team swept through the area and avenged the platoon by killing hundreds of the Unggoy involved in that operation. All of the Spartan teams accomplished their missions and returned safely to the remaining fleet in a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Page=20 (2010 edition)}} | The three [[division]]s of the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] on the planet,{{Ref/Reuse|for7}} operating elsewhere, suffered minor casualties and easily accomplished their goals as well. However, the [[105th Drop Jet Platoon]] was slaughtered by a massive force of Unggoy. Blue Team swept through the area and avenged the platoon by killing hundreds of the Unggoy involved in that operation. All of the Spartan teams accomplished their missions and returned safely to the remaining fleet in a [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropship]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: The Fall of Reach|Page=20 (2010 edition)}} | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The conflict was the first battle to be depicted in the ''Halo'' series. | *The conflict was the first battle to be depicted in the ''Halo'' series. | ||
*Operation: FALLEN WALLS, the UNSC operation on Jericho VII, is a clear [[List of references to religion in the Halo series|reference]] to the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Jericho|biblical event]] in which the walls of [[Wikipedia:Jericho|Jericho]] fell after an attacking army marched around the city for [[ | *Operation: FALLEN WALLS, the UNSC operation on Jericho VII, is a clear [[List of references to religion in the Halo series|reference]] to the [[Wikipedia:Battle of Jericho|biblical event]] in which the walls of [[Wikipedia:Jericho|Jericho]] fell after an attacking army marched around the city for [[seven]] days. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
