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== Overview ==
 
== 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>
 
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>
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== History ==
 
== History ==
 
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=== Star League Era ===
Following the [[2767]] formation of the [[14th Army Group (Star League)|Fourteenth Army Group]] to lead the invasion of the [[Rim World 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.<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/>
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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.  
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Along with the [[15th Army Group (Star League)|Fifteenth Army Group]], the 17th was reoriented as an operational force after the launch of CHIEFTAIN.<ref name="H:LOTv1p37"/> 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>
  
 
==Officers==
 
==Officers==

Revision as of 09:29, 29 June 2021

Seventeenth Army Group
Formed ~August 2767-October 2769[see Notes]
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command Star League Defense Force[1]

Overview

The Seventeenth Army Group was the Star League Defense Force Army Group formed during the Rim Worlds campaign, to provide training and occupation forces to other SLDF commands. It became operational during Operation CHIEFTAIN, the effort to liberate Terra.[1]

History

Star League Era

Following the 2767 formation of the 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 Fifteenth Army Group, the 17th was reoriented as an operational force after the launch of CHIEFTAIN.[1] By the closing of August 2772, the group had moved into the Terra Firma and Lockdale Provinces, landing on the planets of Acamar, Azha, Bharat, Hamal, Nopah, Slocum and Yangtze.[2][3]

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.[1]

Composition History

2772

Seventeenth Army Group (7 BattleMech Divisions, 22 Infantry Divisions, 13 independent regiments)[4]

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.[1]
    • The Rim Worlds campaign began in August 2067.[5]
    • The campaign ended, with the RWR's capture, in 2769, sometime prior to 29 October.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 37, "Military Regions and Army Groups"
  2. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 131, "High Hopes"
  3. ''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138, "Operation Liberation Wave 1 (July 2772 - December 2774)"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 120, "Operation CHIEFTAIN: Star League Defense Forces Order of Battle"
  5. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 30, "Amaris Coup/Star League Civil War"
  6. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 109, "Any Port In A Storm"

Bibliography