72nd Infantry Division

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Overview

The Seventy-second Infantry Division was a part of the Star League Defense Force Regular Army.

History

In 2764, the unit was assigned, as a part of the XXIV Corps, Fifth Army, to the Capellan Confederation Military Region and transferred to District 2 of the Capellan Confederation Military Region by 2765.[1]. The 72nd survived the Periphery Uprising and the Hegemony Campaign, and followed General Aleksandr Kerensky on the Exodus in 2784.[1]

Composition

As an SLDF Infantry division the 71st would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Star League, p. 153, "Fifth Army"
  2. The Star League, p. 133

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