156th Jump Infantry Division

156th Jump Infantry Division
Nickname The Moscow Blizzard[1]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command LXV Corps

Overview[edit]

The 156th Jump Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the LXV Corps, Nineteenth Army, to the Periphery Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery in 2765 as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[2] The 156th was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 156th Jump Infantry Division
Major General Glafira Rogova 2764[1]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF Jump Infantry division the 156th would have been formed from two brigades of Jump Troops, one brigade of 'Mech regiments and two Ground Aero Wings.[3]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 227
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 157: "Nineteenth"
  3. The Star League, p. 133

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