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Line 1: − {{infoBoxMilitaryCommand + {{infoBoxStateUnit − | image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]] + | image = − | Designation = 256th Mechanized Infantry Division+ | nickname = The Belgium Fusiliers − | formed = + | parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]] − | Disbanded = + | formed = unknown − | Previous Designation = + | year = 2764 − | Nickname = The Belgium Fusiliers<ref name=FM:SLDFp207>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 207: "256th Mechanized Infantry Division"</ref> + | unitname = 256th Mechanized Infantry Division − | Affiliation = [[Star League]] − | Parent Command = [[XVIII Corps (Star League)|XVIII Corps]] − | Sub-Command = }} }} − The '''256th Mechanized Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. + The '''Two Hundred Fifty-sixth Mechanized Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. ==History== ==History== − The unit was created by reorganizing the [[65th Brigade (Star League)|Sixty-fifth SLDF Brigade]] into a full infantry division. It was first called the "Dutch and Belgian Fusiliers", but that name was shortened as most of the soldiers within the unit hailed from outside the Hegemony.<ref name=FM:SLDFp207 />+ In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as a part of the [[XVIII Corps (Star League)|XVIII Corps]], [[Seventeenth (Star League)|Seventeenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL155>''The Star League'', p. 155, "Seventeenth"</ref>. The 256th was destroyed during the [[Reunification War]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL155/> − By the final years of the [[Star League]], amphibious operations were a specialty of the 256th, thus making them ideal troops to deploy on water-rich worlds.<ref name=FM:SLDFp207 /> − − In [[2764]], the unit was assigned, as part of [[XVIII Corps (Star League)|XVIII Corps]], [[17th Army (Star League)|Seventeenth Army]], to the [[Periphery Military Region]].<ref name=SL155>''The Star League'', p. 155: "Seventeenth"</ref> The 256th was destroyed during the [[Periphery Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL155/> − − ==Officers== − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name − ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command − |- − | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 256th Mechanized Infantry Division''' − |- − | [[Major General]]||[[Giselle Machault]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp207/> − |} − − ==Tactics== − The mechanized infantry divisions of the Star League were used offensively to exploit gaps in the enemy front created by the BattleMech divisions. They also bore the brunt of defensive actions. − − ==Composition History== − The division comprised two brigades of mechanized infantry and a single BattleMech brigade. Also attached was a ground aero wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> ==References== ==References== Line 42:
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| − | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands | + | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Mechanized Infantry Division, 0256th]] |