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The '''Eleventh Army Group'''<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/>, originally known as '''Task Force Taurus''',<ref name="H:LOTv1p36">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 37: "Ad-hoc Units"</ref> was the [[Star League Defense Force]] Army Group formed to command the invasion of the [[Taurian Concordat]] during the [[Periphery Uprising]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p37">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 37: "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref>
 
  
==History==
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The '''Eleventh Army Group'''<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> - originally known as '''Task Force Taurus'''<ref name="H:LOTv1p36">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 36, "Ad-hoc Units"</ref> - was the [[Star League Defense Force]] Army Group formed to command the invasion of the [[Taurian Concordat]] during the [[Periphery Uprising]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p37">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 37, "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref>
In common with the other SLDF Army Groups, the Eleventh Army Group was commanded by a [[General]] who answered only to the SLDF High Command and the [[First Lord]] of the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> In [[2765]] four additional armies were deployed from the [[Star League]] [[Inner Sphere]] military regions they were based in to the Periphery to support the [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]], which was under siege in the Concordat.<ref name="H:LOTv1p94">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 94: "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref> The Eleventh Army Group was formed to take overall command of all five armies operating in the Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> as [[Commanding General of the Star League Defense Force|Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] launched a campaign that saw the Nineteenth Army push out from their bases within the Concordat while the other Armies assigned to the Eleventh Army Group performed a multipronged assault into the Concordat from the borders of the [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
 
  
The Eleventh Army Group is not recorded as having taken an active part in [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]];<ref name="H:LOTv1p120">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 120–121: "Operation CHIEFTAIN Star League Defense Forces Order of Battle"</ref> at least three Army Groups were active during CHIEFTAIN but serving as training commands and not listed on the order of battle (the [[16th Army Group (Star League)|Sixteenth]], [[18th Army Group (Star League)|Eighteenth]] and [[23rd Army Group (Star League)|Twenty-third Army Groups]])<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/><ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> and it is unclear whether the Eleventh was still active during the campaign to free the [[Terran Hegemony]], or if it had been disbanded as an organization after the campaign against the Concordat ended.
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== History ==
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=== Star League Era ===
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In common with the other SLDF Army Groups, the Eleventh Army Group was commanded by a [[General]] who answered only to the SLDF High Command and the [[First Lord]] of the [[Star League]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> In [[2765]] four additional armies were deployed from the [[Star League]] [[Inner Sphere]] military regions they were based in to the Periphery to support the [[19th Army (Star League)|Nineteenth Army]], which was under siege in the Concordat.<ref name="H:LOTv1p94">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 94, "Military Regions and Army Groups"</ref> The Eleventh Army Group was formed to take overall command of all five armies operating in the Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> as [[Commanding General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] launched a campaign that saw the Nineteenth Army push out from their bases within the Concordat while the other Armies assigned to the Eleventh Army Group performed a multi-pronged assault into the Concordat from the borders of the [[Capellan Confederation]] and [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
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The Eleventh Army Group is not recorded as having taken an active part in [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]];<ref name="H:LOTv1p120">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 120-121, "Operation CHIEFTAIN Star League Defense Forces Order of Battle"</ref> at least three Army Groups were active during CHIEFTAIN but serving as training commands and not listed on the order of battle (the [[16th Army Group (Star League)|Sixteenth]], [[18th Army Group (Star League)|Eighteenth]] and [[23rd Army Group (Star League)|Twenty-third Army Groups]])<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/><ref name="H:LOTv1p120"/> and it is unclear whether the Eleventh was still active during the campaign to free the [[Terran Hegemony]], or if it had been disbanded as an organisation after the campaign against the Concordat ended.
  
 
At its peak, the Eleventh Army Group numbered 100 divisions and 43 independent regiments - a total of 433 BattleMech regiments and 510 conventional regiments. During the course of the Periphery Uprising the losses taken by the Eleventh amounted to 34 divisions and 14 independent regiments, with 11 divisions taking sufficient damage during the conflict to see them disbanded, for a total of 419 regiments.<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
 
At its peak, the Eleventh Army Group numbered 100 divisions and 43 independent regiments - a total of 433 BattleMech regiments and 510 conventional regiments. During the course of the Periphery Uprising the losses taken by the Eleventh amounted to 34 divisions and 14 independent regiments, with 11 divisions taking sufficient damage during the conflict to see them disbanded, for a total of 419 regiments.<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
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==Composition History==
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===2766===
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== Composition History ==
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=== 2766 ===
 
'''Eleventh Army Group''' (30 BattleMech Divisions, 70 Infantry Divisions, 43 independent regiments)<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
 
'''Eleventh Army Group''' (30 BattleMech Divisions, 70 Infantry Divisions, 43 independent regiments)<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
 
* [[3rd Army (Star League)|Third Army]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>
 
* [[3rd Army (Star League)|Third Army]]<ref name="H:LOTv1p94"/>

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