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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0008th]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0008th]]

Revision as of 23:20, 6 April 2023

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8th Infantry Division
Formed unknown
Nickname The Sideways Division[1]
Affiliation SLDF
Parent Command XL Corps

Overview

The Eighth Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XL Corps, Fifteenth Army, to District 2 of the Draconis Combine Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery.[2] The 8th was destroyed during the Periphery Uprising in 2765.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 8th Infantry Division
Major General Mahmoud Esmaieili 2764[1]

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

As an SLDF Infantry division the 8th would have been formed from two Brigades of Grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual SLDF, page 187
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 148, "Fifteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

Bibliography