35th Infantry Division
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35th Infantry Division | |
Unit Profile (as of 2784) | |
Nickname | The Liberators of Java[1] Might Before Metal[2] |
Parent Formation | 19th Army |
Formed | unknown |
Overview[edit]
The Thirty-fifth Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.
History[edit]
In 2764 the Thirty-fifth was assigned to LVI Corps, a part of the Nineteenth Army, and was stationed in the Periphery Military Region. In fact it was stationed on Laconis, which at the time was undergoing a massive influx of immigrants. Unlike most SLDF units in the Taurian Concordat, the Thirty-fifth had a positive reputation after its commanding officer assigned her engineering, combat, and support units to help the planetary government rebuild the capital city after a hurricane destroyed it in 2759.[1]
Later the Thirty-fifth was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in response to the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[3]. The Thirty-fifth survived both the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[3]
Officers[edit]
In 2764 the Division was commanded by Major General Mila Vandroogenbroeck.[1]
The last commanding officer of the Thirty-fifth Infantry Division was Lieutenant General John Fletcher[4] who was in command of the Thirty-fifth from at least 2765[5] until the end of the Amaris Civil War. Fletcher would later become the first Khan of Clan Hell's Horses.[6]
Composition History[edit]
As an SLDF Infantry division the Thirty-fifth would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[7]
Notes[edit]
The Alpha Keshik of Clan Hell's Horses shares the same nickname as that of the 35th.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 225
- ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 53 The Long Trail - 35th's nickname mentioned.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Star League, p. 157, "Nineteenth"
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 109
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 99, "Hard Choices"
- ↑ Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 109
- ↑ The Star League, p. 133