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| battle          = Ninth Battle of Iserlohn
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| caption-top      = Fleet Admiral '''Reuenthal''' ({{d|800|uc}})
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| rank            = {{rank|imperial|fleet admiral}}
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| flagship        = ''[[Tristan]]''<br />''[[Morholt]]'' (former)
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| date            = 20 November {{d|798|uc}} – 9 January {{d|799|uc}}
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| occupation      = Chief of High Command Office<br />Governor-General of [[Neue Land]]
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| location        = [[Iserlohn Fortress]]
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| status           = Deceased (combat injuries)
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| result           = Imperial victory, Alliance abandons Iserlohn
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| born            = {{d|767|uc}}
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| children        = [[Felix Mittermeyer]] (biological)
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| units1          = [[Reuenthal Fleet]]<br />[[Lutz Fleet]]<br />[[Lennenkampf Fleet]]
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| relatives        = [[Elfriede von Kohlrausch]] (child's mother)
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| units2           = [[Iserlohn Garrison Fleet]]
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| actor            = [[Norio Wakamoto]]
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| commanders1      = [[Oskar von Reuenthal]]<br />[[Cornelius Lutz]]<br />[[Helmut Lennenkampf]]
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'''Oskar von Reuenthal''' (Japanese: '''オスカー・フォン・ロイエンタール''') was an [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] {{rank|imperial|fleet admiral}} who served as the Chief of Naval High Command, Governor-General of the [[Free Planets Alliance|former Alliance]] [[Neue Land|territory]], and was one of the "Twin Pillars" of Kaiser [[Reinhard von Lohengram|Reinhard]]'s [[Goldenlöwe Dynasty]]. Nicknamed the "Bewitching Eyes" for his heterochromatic eyes, Reuenthal was a brilliant commander and was considered to be second only to Reinhard in terms of strategic ability. He was a close friend of fellow Fleet Admiral [[Wolfgang Mittermeyer]], the Supreme Fleet Commander and the other one of the Twin Pillars of the Goldenlöwe Dynasty. The two of them were some of Reinhard von Lohengramm's earliest supporters against the [[Goldenbaum Dynasty]] and [[Nobility|high nobles]] ruling the first Empire. However, after complex scheming by various interests behind the scenes, Reuenthal ended up being forced into [[Reuenthal Rebellion|rising in rebellion]] against his Kaiser, only to fall in battle.
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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]]. The operation was launched in response to 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]]. The plan of 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]]. After holding off several waves of Imperial attacks, fortress commander Admiral [[Yang Wen-li]] decided to abandon Iserlohn to join the fight against Reinhard's main force.
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Fleet Admiral von Reuenthal had been regarded as one of the five best tacticians of that era, and also proved himself to be a capable administrator as the Governor-General of the occupied Alliance territories.
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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}})
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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}})
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===Early life and service===
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[[File:Young Reuenthal flashback.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Oskar von Reuenthal as a child]]
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Oskar von Reuenthal was born around {{d|767|uc}}, to a couple of [[Nobility#Low Nobles|lower nobility]], similarly to Reinhard von Müsel. His father had chosen to get married at age forty after stabilizing his finances, to the third daughter of Count Marbach. The Marbach family by then had been in a poor financial state, so she married him in order to obtain his wealth. However, rumors that she was having an affair with a younger man persisted, and when their child Oskar was born, he had one brown and one blue eye, even though both husband and wife had blue eyes. His mother then tried to gouge out one of his eyes with a knife, as it was evidence of her affair, but was stopped by a servant who entered the room at that moment. She ended up committing suicide while Reuenthal's father drowned himself with alcohol, becoming distant and not caring about his son. Ever since that incident in his infancy, Reuenthal came to be better about women. He would only reveal this story to his friend Mittermeyer. ({{logh|028}})
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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}})
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At some point, Reuenthal joined the [[Imperial Armed Forces|Imperial Fleet]] and ended up meeting [[Wolfgang Mittermeyer]] at a bar when they were both {{rank|imperial|lieutenant commander|lc}}s, in {{d|788|uc}}. They both helped some lower ranking ratings who were being picked on by the [[Imperial Military Police]], fighting alongside each other in a bar fight with the MPs, and had been close friends ever since. Reuenthal later attended his best friend's wedding with [[Evangelin Mittermeyer|Evangeline]]. ({{logh|028}})
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==Order of battle==
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*[[Reuenthal Fleet]], under High Admiral [[Oskar von Reuenthal]], flagship ''[[Tristan]]''
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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 marine infantry forces were led by Fortress defence commander, Brigadier General [[Walter von Schönkopf]].
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By around {{d|794|uc}}, shortly after the [[Battle of Van-Fleet]], Oskar von Reuenthal was a {{rank|imperial|captain|lc}} in the Imperial Fleet (along with Mittermeyer), and the two of them had seen [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]] (then von Müsel) and [[Siegfried Kircheis]] for the first time, in what appeared to be the [[Ministry of War]] on [[Odin]]. Reinhard, who was eighteen at the time and just promoted to {{rank|imperial|rear admiral|lc}}, was said by Reuenthal to have been "a baby tiger mistaken for a house cat," in response to a comparison made by Mittermeyer. He believed that Reinhard was so successful due to his own abilities, as the enemy was under no obligation to lose just because Reinhard's sister was favored by Kaiser [[Friedrich IV]]. By December 794, Reuenthal had been promoted to the rank of {{rank|imperial|commodore|lc}} and fought in the [[Sixth Battle of Iserlohn]]. ({{logh|030}}, {{hbshbl|12}})
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==The battle==
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[[File:Reuenthal Schonkopf(DVD-CA).jpg|thumb|The duel aboard ''Tristan'' between Reuenthal and Schönkopf ({{d|798|uc}})]]
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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, Rear Admiral 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}})
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[[File:Reuenthal.jpg|thumb|200px|Rear Admiral Reuenthal, Imperial Fleet ({{d|795|uc}})]]
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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 armada under High Admiral [[Wolfgang Mittermeyer]]. Unbeknownst to the Alliance government and Fezzani leader [[Adrian Rubinsky]], in reality, after leaving the capital on December 9 these forces secretly proceeded to the Fezzan Corridor instead of Iserlohn. Admiral Yang predicted that this would happen but his warnings had been ignored by the Alliance government. ({{logh|043}})
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On 2 May {{d|795|uc}}, then-Rear Admiral Reuenthal swore allegiance to {{rank|imperial|Admiral}} Reinhard von Müsel in exchange for his help in freeing  Mittermeyer from prison, when the latter was detained after having executed an aristocratic subordinate for a crime (which was taken as a slight since he was a commoner). After that, Reinhard and Kircheis went to the prison along with Reuenthal, freeing Mittermeyer from the [[Nobility|high nobles]] who had him extra-judicially arrested. Despite his subsequent loyalty to Reinhard, Reuenthal sometimes harbored thoughts of seizing even more power for himself, thoughts that eventually which led to his downfall. Somewhat of a womaniser, he despises the idea of settling down or having any children because his mother attempted to kill him when he was an infant because of his heterochromatic eyes. ({{logh|026|028|075|093}})
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[[File:Reuenthal toasting.jpg|thumb|200px|Reuenthal toasting his commander's triumph at Astarte ({{d|796|uc}})]]
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The Empire's attack on Iserlohn succeeded in occupying the attention of both the Alliance and Fezzan, making the Imperial annexation of Fezzan in December {{d|798|uc}} a surprise.  
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By the winter of {{d|795|uc}}, Reuenthal and Mittermeyer were rear admirals serving at [[Iserlohn Fortress]]. Although they were Reinhard von Lohengramm's fleet commanders and staff officers, they were ordered by the Naval Command to remain behind during the operation to invade the [[Astarte Starzone]] of the Free Planets Alliance, which {{rank|imperial|high admiral}} von Müsel was ordered to carry out, and were temporarily replaced with other officers with whom Reinhard had not worked with. It was part of a set up by the high nobles, led by Duke [[Otto von Braunschweig]], to have Reinhard killed or fall from grace. Reuenthal thus stayed at Iserlohn Fortress for the duration of what would become the [[Battle of Astarte]], in January {{d|796|uc}}. However, much to Reuenthal's approval and the chagrin of the nobles, the blond admiral managed to pull off a victory against three numerically superior Alliance fleets regardless. ({{onw}})
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With Reinhard's success in the operation and his resulting promotion to {{rank|imperial|fleet admiral|lc}}, he established his own admiralty, and in it were several young, up and coming {{rank|imperial|vice admiral|lc}}s, with Reuenthal being among them. They mostly consisted of those who had a lower nobility or commoner background. During those early days Reuenthal, Mittermeyer, and the rest of them assisted their commander however they could, most notably by helping Kircheis free Reinhard's sister [[Annerose]] from the hands of a [[Sussanna von Beenemünde|certain vengeful noblewoman]]. However, they collectively did not get to make major accomplishments until the Alliance captured Iserlohn Fortress later that same year and began an attempted invasion of the Empire. When the Alliance's large expeditionary force occupied several Imperial regions and its supply lines were stretched to the limit, Imperial raids caused a shortage of supplies among the [[Free Planets Star Fleet]]'s front line units. Thus, the overextended and under-supplied Alliance invasion force at the height of its fatigued was overwhelmed by the Imperial Navy. The [[Reuenthal Fleet]] confronted Admiral [[Alexandre Bucock]]'s [[5th Fleet]] during the Imperial counteroffensive. Although Bucock was prepared to withdraw to Iserlohn beforehand due to their untenable situation in the Imperial territory, he nonetheless sustained 30% losses from Vice Admiral Reuenthal's pursuit. ({{logh|005|011|015}})
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With the successful defense of the Empire, Reuenthal received a promotion to full admiral around the late fall of {{d|796|uc}}. However, shortly after the Alliance invasion was repulsed, Emperor Friedrich IV died of a heart attack. The lack of a clear heir-apparent soon began a power struggle in the Imperial aristocracy. Reinhard was willing to work with the late Kaiser's Minister of State, [[Klaus von Lichtenlade]], to place the young [[Erwin Josef II]] on the throne, as he did not have influential parents like the other candidates and thus would be easy to control. The situation quickly deteriorated as the Empire was split into two camps, one defending the traditional order of the [[Goldenbaum Dynasty]], led by the highborn aristocrats, while the other sought power for itself, led by Reinhard and Klaus von Lichtenlade. This began an important chapter in Reuenthal's personal life. During the night of the Lohengramm–Lichtenlade "mini coup" against the high nobles on Odin, Reuenthal, incidentally, protected acting Imperial prime minister Lichtenlade's mansion. It was not the last time that Reuenthal would have dealings with the Lichtenlade clan. ({{logh|016|018}})
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[[File:TheImperialCity.png|thumb|210px|left|The forces under Reuenthal and Mittermeyer seize control of the [[Imperial Capital|capital]], ushering in a new era ({{d|797|uc}})]]
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As the [[Imperial Civil War]] began between the nobles' faction, the [[Lippstadt League]], and the Imperial government of Emperor Erwin Josef II, Reinhard was appointed the Fleet Commander-in-Chief, while Reuenthal and Mittermeyer served as his top fleet commanders after Kircheis, the Vice Commander-in-Chief. Reuenthal–promoted to full admiral, along with Mittermeyer–fought in a number of engagements during the Lippstadt campaign, including the fight for [[Rentenburg Fortress]], the [[Battle of Schann-tau|battle]] for the [[Schann-tau Starzone]] against Admiral [[Willibald Joachim von Merkatz]], and the final [[Assault on Geiersburg Fortress|siege]] of the Lippstadt headquarters, [[Geiersburg Fortress]]. Due to the incompetence and arrogance of the high nobles, they were ultimately defeated despite having a much larger fleet and resources. When Kircheis was assassinated in the aftermath of the last battle, and Reinhard was distraught, Reuenthal suggested they needed to do something to fix their young ruler's demoralized state. Reuenthal later stated that he somewhat regretted saying that, but it seemed right at the time. ({{logh|020|022|023|035}})
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It became apparent that Lichtenlade harbored plans to move against them, and so a force led by Mittermeyer and Reuenthal returned to [[Odin]] from Geiersburg around that time to carry out a coup against the acting Imperial head of government. While Mittermeyer secured the [[Imperial Seal]] at the [[Prime Minister's official residence]], Reuenthal ended up being the one to directly arrest Lichtenlade in his mansion, and as a result the man ended up being forced to commit suicide after being accused of plotting to overthrow Fleet Admiral von Lohengramm. The fact that Reuenthal was the one who detained Lichtenlade and carried out the punishment of his family on Reinhard's behalf would have consequences for him later. Meanwhile, as a result of this action, Reinhard became the new Prime Minister while simultaneously being the Fleet Commander-in-Chief, making him the de facto dictator of the Empire, as the reigning Kaiser was only seven years old. With the beginning of reforms under Prime Minister Duke von Lohengramm, it was also seen as the end of the Goldenbaum Dynasty (although it had not yet been formally deposed) and the feudalistic social structure that it enforced. ({{logh|026|027}})
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With the establishment of Reinhard von Lohengramm's uncontested rule, Oskar von Reuenthal began to question his allegiance to his lord. In a conversation shortly after the coup, Reinhard mentioned in a conversation about the fate of the Lichtenlade family that if Reuenthal felt that he could overthrow him too, he was welcome to try. In the early months of {{d|798|uc}}, when the force under Admiral [[Karl Gustav Kempff]] failed to use the mobilized Geiersburg Fortress to take over or destroy the Alliance-held Iserlohn, Reuenthal harbored the opinion that Reinhard viewed his top admirals as pawns that could be discarded when needed. His friend Mittermeyer disagreed and warned him to be careful of what he said, believing that if the faithfully functioned as Reinhard's arms and legs then they would get their due reward. Following the kidnapping of Kaiser [[Erwin Josef II]] by [[Dominion of Fezzan|Fezzani]]-supported Lippstadt veterans in the summer of 798, Reuenthal expressed distaste at the idea proposed by Reinhard to use the [[Fezzan Corridor]] to attack the Alliance, where the young Kaiser's kidnappers found refuge and established a [[Galactic Empire Legitimate Government|"legitimate" Goldenbaum government-in-exile]]. Reuenthal did not trust the scheming Fezzani enough to use their formerly demilitarized space to attack the Alliance, although Reinhard ultimately decided that it was the plan and the risks were nonetheless preferable to "piling up corpses" in the Iserlohn Corridor, especially after Kempff's failure earlier that spring. ({{logh|026|035|037|041}})
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After Reinhard's coronation, Reuenthal was appointed as Chief of the High Command with the rank of Fleet Admiral. He held this status through the second invasion of the Alliance but was accused of treasonous ambitions by [[Heydrich Lang]]. He had given shelter to [[Elfriede von Kohlrausch]], the niece of the former Prime Minister [[Klaus von Lichtenlade]] after she tried to kill him and they had an affair. However, she still despised him for the downfall of her family and testified that on hearing she was pregnant with his son Reuenthal had stated he should aspire higher than his own status, which implicitly would involve usurping Reinhard's power. Reuenthal denied both these words and that he had known of the child at all. ({{logh|075}})
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This scandal was intensely disruptive to the Imperial Fleet, with many believing that this was a plot by [[Paul von Oberstein]] to eliminate a rival for the favour of the Kaiser. Reuenthal's preparations were considered to have been vital in the restoration of order on [[Heinessen]] after the terrible fires that destroyed much of the [[Heinessenpolis|former capital city of the Alliance]]. In light of this and of Reuenthal's long-standing allegiance to him, Reinhard dismissed the charges but relieved him of the High Command. Instead he was appointed as Imperial Governor-General of the [[Neue Land|former Alliance worlds]], which after the [[Battle of the Corridor]] left him in control of effectively half the Imperial Fleet and civil rule over a large portion of the [[New Galactic Empire]]. ({{logh|076}})
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Late in {{d|800|uc}} a regicide attempt on Reinhard was made on the planet [[Uruvasi]] while he was en route to make a state visit to Heinessen. Rumours had been spread by Heydrich Lang that the visit was arranged by Reuenthal in order to make Reinhard vulnerable to capture. While this was not the case, the continuing adversarial relationship between Reuenthal and Oberstein made the former unwilling to approach Reinhard to explain how the attack had been made by soldiers supposed to be under his command. Rather than compromising his pride, Reuenthal decided that if he was going to be blamed for the treasonous attack then he would be a traitor in truth and broke from the Imperial Government, claiming that Oberstein and Lang were usurping power from Reinhard. ({{logh|092|093}})
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In a clash of fleets, Reuenthal's forces were forced into retreat by those of Mittermeyer. One of his subordinate fleets under [[Alfred Grillparzer]] betrayed him at this vulnerable moment and damaged Reuenthal's flagship ''[[Tristan]]'', leading to him being impaled by a shard of metal. He declined surgery in order to remain in command and was able to maintain an organised withdrawal of many of his forces in the face of the Mittermeyer's swift advance. Other portions of his fleet surrendered or were destroyed covering his retreat. ({{logh|097}})
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Returning to Heinessen with the awareness that his injuries were fatal, Reuenthal placed his affairs in order, handing the administration of his civil duties to subordinates who had not followed him in his uprising and taking the time to murder [[Job Trunicht]]. He was unexpectedly visited by Kohlrausch who he instructed to give their son to his friend Mittermeyer before offering her the chance to kill him rather than simply to watch him die, although she departed rather than taking either option. Although he tried to live long enough for Mittermeyer to arrive for a final farewell, Oskar von Reuenthal passed away on 16 December while dictating a letter. ({{logh|098}})
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Reuenthal was born with heterochromia, a condition that left his left eye blue, and right eye brown. Both of Reuenthal's parents shared blue eyes, so this was observed as proof of his mother's adultery: because of this Reuenthal's mother attempted to murder him when he was still just an infant. Caught in the act, his mother then took her own life. His father blamed Reuenthal for the loss of his wife and took to drinking and treating Reuenthal with heavy disdain. This trauma led Reuenthal to avoid the idea of settling down, or having any children.
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-Reuenthal Full-Reuenthal] is a municipality in Switzerland. ''Reuen'' also means "regret" in German, which could be a possible allusion to Reuenthal's own tragic life.
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The name of Reuenthal's flagship, the [[Tristan]], is a reference to the character of the same name from the tale of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_und_Isolde Tristan and Isolde]. It is interesting to note that the stories of Tristan and Reuenthal, although not exactly alike, have numerous similarities that would seem to suggest an intentional connection between the two:
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*Both characters betray their benefactor — in Tristan's case, King Marke; and in Reuenthal's case, Kaiser [[Reinhard von Lohengramm|Reinhard]].
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*Both characters are forced to fight a dear and loyal friend — in Tristan's case, Melot; and in Reuenthal's case, [[Wolfgang Mittermeyer]].
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===Apocrypha===
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[[File:Reuenthal_on_stage.jpg|thumb|left|190px|Played by [[Yoshihisa Higashiyama]]]]
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Ninth Battle of Iserlohn
(Alliance–Imperial War)
Date: 20 November 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) – 9 January 799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE)
Location: Iserlohn Fortress
Result: Imperial victory, Alliance abandons Iserlohn
Belligerents
Galactic EmpireFree Planets Alliance
Units
Reuenthal Fleet
Lutz Fleet
Lennenkampf Fleet		Iserlohn Garrison Fleet
Commanders / leaders
Oskar von Reuenthal
Cornelius Lutz
Helmut Lennenkampf		Yang Wen-li
Dusty Attenborough
Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
Strength
36,000 ships

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. The operation was launched in response to the kidnapping of Emperor Erwin Josef II in the summer of 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) and his reappearance in the Alliance at the head of a "legitimate" government-in-exile. The plan of 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. After holding off several waves of Imperial attacks, fortress commander Admiral Yang Wen-li decided to abandon Iserlohn to join the fight against Reinhard's main force.

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Background

After several previous failed attempts, in the spring of 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE) the Alliance 13th Fleet under Yang Wen-li captured the Empire's Iserlohn Fortress. But over the next two years since then the Alliance Fleet was severely weakened in a failed invasion of the Imperial Territory and later the Alliance Civil War. Thus by 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) 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: 'Iserlohn Captured!', 'New Trends', 'The Arrow Is Released', 'A Departure', 'Operation: Ragnarök', 'Invitation to a Requiem')

The summer of 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) saw the kidnapping of the young emperor Erwin Josef II in a scheme organised by Fezzani leader Adrian Rubinsky and the creation of a government-in-exile of former 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: 'Lost Things', 'Determination and Ambition', 'The Arrow Is Released', 'Operation: Ragnarök')

On 5 November 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE), in accordance with the Ragnarök Operation, Imperial High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal, along with admirals 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: 'Invitation to a Requiem')

Order of battle

Imperial

The Empire mobilised 36,000 ships for the operation.

The Eisenach Fleet of Admiral Ernst von Eisenach provided them with logistical support.

Alliance

Iserlohn Fortress was defended by the 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 marine infantry forces were led by Fortress defence commander, Brigadier General Walter von Schönkopf.

The battle

The duel aboard Tristan between Reuenthal and Schönkopf (798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE))

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, Rear Admiral 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: 'The Sounding of Gjallarhorn')

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 armada under High Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer. Unbeknownst to the Alliance government and Fezzani leader Adrian Rubinsky, in reality, after leaving the capital on December 9 these forces secretly proceeded to the Fezzan Corridor instead of Iserlohn. Admiral Yang predicted that this would happen but his warnings had been ignored by the Alliance government. (LOGH: 'The Sounding of Gjallarhorn')

Aftermath

The Empire's attack on Iserlohn succeeded in occupying the attention of both the Alliance and Fezzan, making the Imperial annexation of Fezzan in December 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) a surprise.

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