Difference between revisions of "59th Infantry Division"

m
Line 2: Line 2:
 
| image    = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
 
| image    = [[Image:Star League Logo.png]]
 
| nickname = The Vancouver Division
 
| nickname = The Vancouver Division
| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
+
| parent formation = [[XXXIII Corps (Star League)|XXXIII Corps]]
 
| formed  = unknown
 
| formed  = unknown
 
| year    = 2764
 
| year    = 2764

Revision as of 02:47, 29 September 2018

Template:InfoBoxStateUnit

Overview

The Fifty-ninth Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Barlow's End[1], assigned as a part of the XXXIII Corps, Third Army, to District 2 of the Federated Suns Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed are of the Periphery by 2765, as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[2] The 59th was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of 59th Infantry Division
Major General Dionisie Benes 2764[3]

Composition

As an SLDF Infantry division the 59th would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

References

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 151, "Third"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 61, "59th Infantry Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography