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−	The '''Seventeenth Army Group''' was a [[Star League Defense Force]] Army Group formed during the [[Amaris_Civil_War#Civil_War|Rim Worlds campaign]], to provide training and occupation forces to other SLDF commands. It became operational during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]], the effort to liberate [[Terra]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 37, "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref>	+	The '''Seventeenth Army Group''' was the [[Star League Defense Force]] Army Group formed during the [[Amaris_Civil_War#Civil_War|Rim Worlds campaign]], to provide training and occupation forces to other SLDF commands. It became operational during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]], the effort to liberate [[Terra]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 37, "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref>
	== History ==		== History ==

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = | Designation = Seventeenth Army Group | Formed = ~August [[2767]]-October [[2769]]^{^{[see Notes]}} | Disbanded = | Previous Designation = | Nickname = | Affiliation = [[Star League]] | Parent Command = [[Star League Defense Force]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> | Sub-Command = }} == Overview == The '''Seventeenth Army Group''' was the [[Star League Defense Force]] Army Group formed during the [[Amaris_Civil_War#Civil_War|Rim Worlds campaign]], to provide training and occupation forces to other SLDF commands. It became operational during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]], the effort to liberate [[Terra]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 37, "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref> == History == === Star League Era === Following the [[2767]] formation of the [[14th Army Group (Star League)|Fourteenth Army Group]] to lead the invasion of the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] also authorized four additional army groups to serve as training and occupation commands. Along with the [[15th Army Group (Star League)|Fifteenth Army Group]], the 17th was reoriented as an operational force after the launch of CHIEFTAIN, as a core component of [[Task Force Confederation]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/><ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> By the closing of August [[2772]], the group had moved into the [[Terra Firma Province|Terra Firma]] and [[Lockdale Province]]s, landing on the planets of [[Acamar]], [[Azha]], [[Bharat]], [[Hamal]], [[Nopah]], [[Slocum]] and [[Yangtze]].<ref name=HLOTv1p131>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 131, "High Hopes"</ref><ref name=HLOTv1p138>''''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138, "Operation Liberation Wave 1 (July 2772 - December 2774)"</ref> [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]]'s [[IV Corps (Star League)|IV Corps]] landed on Acamar, prepared for the world that was described as "a constant winter wonderland"; the combat force easily defeated the single [[RWA]] regiment, with the routed survivors fleeing for [[Woodstock]].<ref name=DARWp95>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 95: "Acamar"</ref> Similarly, [[XXVI Corps]] had little trouble with Azha. However, Slocum proved to be a consistent, years-long issue for [[XXXIX Corps]], as the planet had two [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]] and four enemy regiments to displace. These challenges had been previously identified and for which the invaders had prepared, but what had gone unrealized was the planet's recent transition into a severe climactic event that was projected to develop constant snow, wind, and rainstorms for another twenty years. The planetary campaign was prolonged by 27 months, with the exacerbating factor of strong solar flares intermittently obstructing communications for long periods of time. [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]]'s [[XV Corps]] faced considerable resistance on Bharat{{m}}after quickly securing their initial targets{{m}}when export armaments were turned against them. Hamal and Nopah were not major challenges for [[XL Corps]], though the occupation timeline had to be adjusted to deal with some regions that had to be resecured on Hamal. A similar delay was experienced by [[XXIII Corps]] on Yangtze, in order to deal with defenders operating among the local communities.<ref name=H:LoTv1p133>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 133, "Seventeenth Army Group"</ref> The available units of the Tenth moved onto Woodstock in [[2773]], where their efforts were aggravated by the defenders' strong defensive measures.<ref name=H:LoTv1p134>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 134, "Follow-On Actions"</ref> In early [[2775]], the Tenth Army was assigned the task of relieving the "salted" [[Sheratan]], a world outside of the unit's assigned invasion corridor. The planet had been abandoned by the [[Amaris Empire Armed Forces]] (AEAF), but just as with eleven other worlds ringing [[Terra]], it wasn't before the planet's ability to sustain the populace was eradicated by nuclear weapons, forcing Kerensky to respond.<ref name=H:LoTv2p33>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 35, "Planets On Fire"</ref><ref name=H:LoTv2p39>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 39, "Fletcher"</ref> This relief effort freed up the Fifteenth Army for its planned attack on [[Fletcher]], which [[XXXV Corps]] pulled off with the help of preinvasion asymmetric insurgency operations.<ref name=H:LoTv2p37>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 37, "Fletcher"</ref> Very early in the morning Terran Standard Time, the Seventeenth Army Group (along with most of the SLDF's [[Operation LIBERATION]]) descended on Terra. The group was assigned two regional targets in [[Europe]]: [[Germany]] ([[Berlin]] was the specific objective of the Tenth Army) and [[England]] ([[London]] and [[Sandhurst Castle Brian|Sandhurst Castle]]) for the Fifteenth Army.<ref name=H:LoTv2p67>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 67, "The Landings"</ref><ref name=H:LoTv2p69>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 69, "Landings - European Theater"</ref> Berlin-specific objectives were the capture and occupation of the spaceport and the [[Ruhr]] industrial centers, with the [[Castle Brian]] in [[Bochum]]. The [[149th BattleMech Division|149th BattleMech]], [[210th Jump Infantry Division|210th Jump Infantry]], and [[14th Infantry Division]]s landed to the west and east of Berlin, promptly securing and expanding the beachhead. Further to the east, the [[120th Jump Infantry Division]] and [[146th Mechanized Infantry Division]]s moved along the River [[Spree]] towards towards the city, encountering and engaging the [[2nd Hegemony Patriots|Second]] and [[19th Hegemony Patriots|Nineteenth Hegemony Patriots]], the latter a unit of conscripts formed mere weeks earlier. These engagements would be played out with feints and false retreats, and eventually urban combat, in the outskirts before the enemy was cleared. By 28 February, the objective was completed when an insurrection overthrew the final vestiges of the AEAF defenders. [[Bochum Castle Brian]] was only secured in mid-May, three weeks following the combat assaults that provided the SLDF entry. The rest of the Tenth would then move on to occupy [[Prague]] and [[Vienna]] and to link up with the forces handling the Italian landings.<ref name=H:LoTv2p73>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 73-74, "Berlin and the Ruhr"</ref> No earlier than the northern hemisphere's [[2779]] springtime, the Seventeenth Army Group was to target a drop into [[Iceland]], followed by a move to [[Greenland]], with minimal opposition anticipated.<ref name=H:LoTv2p96>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 96, "North American Landings (January 2779-June 2779)"</ref> ==Officers== In common with the other SLDF Army Groups, the Seventeenth Army Group was commanded by a [[General]]-rank officer who answered only to the SLDF High Command and the [[First Lord]] of the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> <!-- commented out due to lack of information {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Thirteenth Army Group''' |- | |- |} == Tactics == --> == Composition History == === 2772 === '''Seventeenth Army Group''' (7 BattleMech Divisions, 22 Infantry Divisions, 13 independent regiments)<ref name="H:LOTv1p120">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 120, "Operation CHIEFTAIN: Star League Defense Forces Order of Battle"</ref> * [[10th Army (Star League)|Tenth Army]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> * [[15th Army (Star League)|Fifteenth Army]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> * [[5th Regimental Combat Team|Fifth Regimental Combat Team]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> * [[6th Volunteer Brigade|Sixth Volunteer Brigade]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> ==Notes== * The citable range for the Seventeenth's formation date can be narrowed down by the following criteria: ** The Fifteenth through Eighteenth Army Groups were organized during the Rim Worlds campaign.<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> ** The Rim Worlds campaign began in August 2067.<ref name=HLOTv1p30>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 30, "Amaris Coup/Star League Civil War"</ref> ** The campaign ended, with the RWR's capture in 2769, sometime prior to 29 October.<ref name=HLOTv1p109>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 109, "Any Port In A Storm"</ref> ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' [[Category: Star League Defense Force Commands - Army Group|Army Group, 17th]]

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