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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand
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{{infoBoxStateUnit
| image         = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]]
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| image   =
| Designation    = 53rd Infantry Division
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| nickname = n/a
| formed         = unknown
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| parent formation = [[Star League Defense Force]]
| Disbanded      =  
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| formed   = unknown
| Previous Designation =  
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| year    = 2764
| Nickname      = The Silver Sword Division
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| unitname = 53rd Infantry Division
| Affiliation    = SLDF
 
| Parent Command = [[XVI Corps (Star League)|XVI Corps]]
 
| Sub-Command    =
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Overview==
 
 
The '''Fifty-third Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
 
The '''Fifty-third Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[2764]], the unit was stationed on [[New Ivaarsen]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>, assigned as part of [[XVI Corps (Star League)|XVI Corps]], [[2nd Army (Star League)|Second Army]], to District 1 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]]. In [[2765]] the Fifty-third was transferred to District 3 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region|FSMR]] as part of the redeployment effort to fight the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]].<ref name=SL150>''The Star League'', p. 150, "Second Army"</ref>
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The 53rd Infantry Division was a part of [[XVI Corps (Star League)|XVI Corps]], [[2nd Army (Star League)|Second Army]], which in [[2764]] was assigned to District 1 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]]; by [[2765]] the 53rd had been transferred to District 3 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region|FSMR]].<ref name=SL150>''The Star League'', p. 150, "Second Army"</ref>
  
The Fifty-third was the only division of Sixteenth Corps to survive the [[Amaris Civil War]], and would follow General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL150/>
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The 53rd survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and followed General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]] in [[2784]].<ref name=SL150/>
 
 
==Officers==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
 
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 53rd Infantry Division'''
 
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| [[Major General]]||[[Bharat Heintze]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp51>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 51, "53rd Infantry Division"</ref>
 
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|}
 
 
 
==Tactics==
 
Unknown.
 
 
 
==Composition History==
 
As an [[SLDF]] [[Infantry]] [[division]] the Fifty-third would have been formed from two [[Brigade|brigades]] of grunt infantry and a brigade of light [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
*''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
 
*''[[The Star League]]''
  
  
 
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[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Infantry Division, 0053rd]]
[[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0053rd]]
 
[[Category:Star League Defense Force - Exodus Commands|Infantry Division, 0053rd]]
 

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