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'''I will work on big projects here.''' ---- {{infobox/battle | battle = Ninth Battle of Iserlohn | campaign = | war = [[Alliance–Imperial War]] | image-top = | caption-top = | date = 20 November {{d|798|uc}} – 9 January {{d|799|uc}} | location = [[Iserlohn Fortress]] | result = Imperial victory | belligerents1 = [[Galactic Empire]] | belligerents2 = [[Free Planets Alliance]] | units1 = [[Reuenthal Fleet]]<br />[[Lutz Fleet]]<br />[[Lennenkampf Fleet]] | units2 = [[Iserlohn Garrison Fleet]] | commanders1 = [[Oskar von Reuenthal]]<br />[[Cornelius Lutz]]<br />[[Helmut Lennenkampf]] | commanders2 = [[Yang Wen-li]]<br />[[Dusty Attenborough]]<br />[[Willibald Joachim von Merkatz]] | strength1 = 36,000 ships | strength2 = | losses1 = | losses2 = }} The '''Ninth Battle of Iserlohn''' (Japanese: '''第9次イゼルローン攻防戦''') was the first phase of Duke [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]]'s [[Operation Ragnarök]], a diversionary attack by the [[Galactic Empire]] against [[Iserlohn Fortress]] to distract the [[Free Planets Alliance]] from the Imperial invasion through the [[Fezzan Corridor]]. After the kidnapping of Emperor [[Erwin Josef II]] in the summer of {{d|798|uc}} and his reappearance in the Alliance at the head of a [[Galactic Empire Legitimate Government|"legitimate" government-in-exile]], Imperial prime minister Reinhard von Lohengramm devised a plan to invade the Alliance. Operation Ragnarök hinged on the bulk of the Imperial Fleet passing through and entering the Alliance using the demilitarised Fezzan Corridor, but an initial assault on Iserlohn Fortress was launched to ensure that Alliance politicians continued to believe that the Imperial invasion would be through the [[Iserlohn Corridor]]. {{rank|imperial|high admiral}} [[Oskar von Reuenthal]] led an Imperial fleet that laid siege on Iserlohn Fortress in November {{d|798|uc}} for slightly over a month before Admiral [[Yang Wen-li]] abandoned the fortress. ==Background== After several previous failed attempts, in the spring of {{d|796|uc}} the Alliance [[13th Fleet]] under [[Yang Wen-li]] captured the Empire's Iserlohn Fortress. But over the next two years since then the [[Free Planets Star Fleet|Alliance Fleet]] was severely weakened in a failed [[invasion of the Imperial Territory]] and later the [[Alliance Civil War]]. Thus by {{d|798|uc}} the defence of the homeland relied entirely on the Alliance's control over Iserlohn Fortress. The Alliance National Defence Council and the head of state, [[Job Trunicht]], believed that any Imperial invasion could only come through the [[Iserlohn Corridor]], as the only other route, the [[Fezzan Corridor]], had always traditionally been demilitarised. ({{logh|007|016|038|039|041|042}}) The summer of {{d|798|uc}} saw the kidnapping of the young emperor [[Erwin Josef II]] in a scheme organised by Fezzani leader [[Adrian Rubinsky]] and the creation of a [[Galactic Empire Legitimate Government|government-in-exile]] of former [[Nobility|high nobles]] in the Alliance, with the aim of overthrowing Duke [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]]'s regime in the Empire. The Fezzanis convinced or persuaded Trunicht and his administration to accept the exiles. As Rubinsky intended, this gave Lohengramm popular support for and a pretext to declare war on the Alliance. The Imperial dictator's invasion plan, [[Operation Ragnarök]], called for a diversionary attack on Iserlohn while the majority of the Imperial Fleet annexed Fezzan and proceeded to invade the Alliance through the Fezzan Corridor. This way they could avoid dealing with Yang Wen-li and Iserlohn Fortress directly. With the assistance of defected Fezzani ambassador [[Nikolas Boltik]], Lohengramm decided to enact the plan. ({{logh|030|035|038|041}}) On 5 November {{d|798|uc}}, in accordance with the Ragnarök Operation, Imperial High Admiral [[Oskar von Reuenthal]], along with {{rank|imperial|admiral|lc}}s [[Helmut Lennenkampf]] and [[Cornelius Lutz]], led a fleet of 36,000 warships against [[Iserlohn Fortress]]. Their departure from the capital was leaked via Fezzan to the Alliance government. Despite the warnings of the Space Fleet Commander, Admiral [[Alexandre Bucock]], most of the Alliance's political and military leaders, including Admiral [[Rockwell]] and Defence Secretary [[Walter Islands]], believed the Empire would only invade through Iserlohn. ({{logh|042}}) ==Order of battle== ===Imperial=== The Empire mobilised 36,000 ships for the operation. *[[Reuenthal Fleet]], under High Admiral [[Oskar von Reuenthal]], flagship ''[[Tristan]]'' *[[Lutz Fleet]], under Admiral [[Cornelius Lutz]], flagship ''[[Skirnir]]'' *[[Lennenkampf Fleet]], under Admiral [[Helmut Lennenkampf]], flagship ''[[Garga Falmul]]'' The [[Eisenach Fleet]] of Admiral [[Ernst von Eisenach]] provided them with logistical support. ===Alliance=== Iserlohn Fortress was defended by the [[Yang Fleet|Iserlohn Garrison Fleet]], under Admiral [[Yang Wen-li]]. Two squadrons under the command of Rear Admirals [[Edwin Fischer]] and [[Dusty Attenborough]] took part in operations outside the Fortress itself, while the infantry boarding teams were led by Fortress defence commander, Brigadier General [[Walter von Schönkopf]]. ==The battle== The Imperial fleet under High Admiral Reuenthal reached the Iserlohn Corridor on November 20, positioning their formation outside of the [[Thor Hammer]]'s effective range and preparing for a battle of attrition. In response Admiral Yang ordered Rear Admiral [[Dusty Attenborough]] to a lead a squadron to lure them in, but the Imperial fleet advanced too quickly and entangled itself in the Alliance formation, making it impossible to use the Thor Hammer without hitting friendly ships. Around that time the ''[[Hyperion]]'', Yang's flagship, left the fortress and approached the formation, and was soon identified by the crew aboard Reuenthal's flagship. Reuenthal falsely believed that Yang was aboard and ordered the fleet to close in on ''Hyperion'', but in the process made it possible for an Alliance boarding ship to attach itself to his flagship's hull. Alliance soldiers fought against the crew of ''[[Tristan]]'' and there was a duel between the Alliance infantry commander, General Schönkopf, and Reuenthal, which ended inconclusively. After the failure to kill Reuenthal the Alliance soldiers abandoned the ship, at which point the Imperials temporarily withdrew. ({{logh|043}}) There was a short break in the fighting. The Empire began the next attack by launching hit and run raids on the surface of the fortress, damaging turrets and the outer wall of fluid metal. On Yang's orders, the Thor Hammer and regular gun batteries fired back and caused a significant amount of damage to the attacking Imperial ships, but not before they also broke through parts of Iserlohn's outer wall. Gun turrets firing from inside the liquid metal surface on Yang's orders put some of the metal liquid armour back in place. At that point, Reuenthal called off the attack and temporarily withdrew again. The Imperial government leaked information through Fezzan that ostensibly Reuenthal failed in his plan and requested reinforcements from Fleet Supreme Commander Reinhard von Lohengramm, who dispatched a large force under High Admiral [[Wolfgang Mittermeyer]]. In reality, after leaving the capital on December 9 these forces secretly proceeded to the Fezzan Corridor instead of Iserlohn. ({{logh|043}}) ==Aftermath== [[Category:Battles|Iserlohn 9 battle of]]

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