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| − | | | + | | Designation = Sixty-eighth Infantry Division |
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| − | + | | Nickname = The Thai Militia<ref name=FM:SLDFp203>Field Manual SLDF, page 203</ref> | |
| + | | Affiliation = [[Star League]] | ||
| + | | Parent Command = [[XLIII Corps (Star League)|XLIII Corps]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The | + | The Sixty-eighth formed a part of [[XLIII Corps (Star League)|XLIII Corps]], [[Seventeenth Army (Star League)|Seventeenth Army]], and in [[2764]] was stationed at an undisclosed location within the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] [[Territorial State]]. Although [[XLIII Corps (Star League)|XLIII Corps]] took heavy casualties during the [[New Vandenberg Uprising|Periphery uprising]] the Sixty-eighth survived to fight in the [[Hegemony Campaign]].<ref name="SLp155"/> |
| − | The | + | The Sixty-eighth made it through the Hegemony Campaign and the bulk of the [[division]] followed [[General]] [[Aleksandr Kerensky]] on the [[Operation Exodus|Exodus]], although some elements of the [[division]] chose to remain in the [[Inner Sphere]] and joined the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name="SLp155"/> The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] recruited enough SLDF personnel from the remains of the Sixty-eighth to form a new regiment, which was designated as the [[Eleventh Hesperus Guards]].<ref name="FSWp33">''First Succession War'', p. 33, "Those Left Behind (Continued)"</ref> |
| − | ==Composition== | + | ==Officers== |
| − | As an [[SLDF]] infantry [[division]] the | + | {| class="wikitable" |
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| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank | ||
| + | ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name | ||
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| + | | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Sixty-eighth Infantry Division''' | ||
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| + | | [[Major General]]||[[Walailak Shinawatra]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp203/> | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | ==Tactics== | ||
| + | Unknown. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Composition History== | ||
| + | As an [[SLDF]] infantry [[division]] the Sixty-eighth would have been formed from one [[brigade]] of light [[BattleMech]] [[regiment|regiments]] and two brigades of grunt infantry.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[The Star League]]'' | + | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' |
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[The Star League]]'' | ||
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| − | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands|Infantry Division, 0068th]] | + | [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Infantry Division|Infantry Division, 0068th]] |
| + | [[Category:Star League Defense Force - Exodus Commands|Infantry Division, 0068th]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:38, 6 August 2023
| Sixty-eighth Infantry Division | |
| Nickname | The Thai Militia[1] |
| Affiliation | Star League |
| Parent Command | XLIII Corps |
The Sixty-Eighth Infantry Division or the Thai Militia was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.[2]
History[edit]
The Sixty-eighth formed a part of XLIII Corps, Seventeenth Army, and in 2764 was stationed at an undisclosed location within the Magistracy of Canopus Territorial State. Although XLIII Corps took heavy casualties during the Periphery uprising the Sixty-eighth survived to fight in the Hegemony Campaign.[2]
The Sixty-eighth made it through the Hegemony Campaign and the bulk of the division followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus, although some elements of the division chose to remain in the Inner Sphere and joined the Lyran Commonwealth.[2] The Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces recruited enough SLDF personnel from the remains of the Sixty-eighth to form a new regiment, which was designated as the Eleventh Hesperus Guards.[3]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Sixty-eighth Infantry Division | |||
| Major General | Walailak Shinawatra | 2764[1] | |
Tactics[edit]
Unknown.
Composition History[edit]
As an SLDF infantry division the Sixty-eighth would have been formed from one brigade of light BattleMech regiments and two brigades of grunt infantry.[4]