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 [[File:DiegoGarcia.png|thumb|Diego Garcia, located in the Indian Ocean.]]
-'''Diego Garcia''' is a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast and far east of the "African Horn". It houses a [[United Nations Space Command|UNSC]] [[military base]].<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 296'' (2011 edition)</ref>
+'''Diego Garcia''' is an atoll in the [[Wikipedia:Indian Ocean|Indian Ocean]] of [[Earth]], about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast and far east of the "African Horn". Diego Garcia houses a [[military base]] of the [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="enc">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 296'' (2011)</ref>
 ==History==
-The island has housed a military base since the 1970's. In 1941 RAF (British Royal Air Force) Gan was built near there and was shut down in 1976, to become Gan Internation Airport. In 1965, the Chagos Archipelago (a group of islands which include Diego Garcia) became a British Indian Ocean Territory and continued to be during the 21st century.
+Due to the atoll's proximity to [[Wikipedia:India|India]], [[Wikipedia:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Africa]], the [[United Kingdom]] established a [[military base]] on Diego Garcia for both training and refueling purposes. The base has been in use ever since, under control of the United Kingdom and later the [[United States]]. The base later became under the control of the [[Unified Earth Government]]'s [[United Nations Space Command]].<ref name="enc"/>
-===Battle of Earth===
+On [[2552#October|October 20, 2552]], when the [[Covenant]]'s [[Fleet of Sacred Consecration]] arrived at Earth, the military base on Diego Garcia was immediately alerted to the Covenant's presence.<ref>'''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''', campaign level, ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> The base launched the first counterattacks against the Covenant when they [[Battle of Mombasa|invaded]] [[New Mombasa]] in [[Kenya]], [[Africa]] during the subsequent [[Battle for Earth]]. These attacks proved effective as, later in the battle, a Covenant [[capital ship]] was sent to Diego Garcia to destroy the base.<ref name="enc"/> It is unknown whether it succeeded in doing so.
-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==
+==Behind the scenes==
 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]]''.