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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|041|042}}) | + | 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 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 a reason rally the people and 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}}) | 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 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 a reason rally the people and 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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| Ninth Battle of Iserlohn | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
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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. After 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, 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.
High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal led an Imperial fleet that laid siege on Iserlohn Fortress in November 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE) and kept the Alliance's premier fleet, the Yang Fleet of Admiral Yang Wen-li, tied up at Iserlohn for over a month. In the meantime the Empire annexed Fezzan and entered Alliance space. At that point the defenders chose to abandon the fortress to the Imperial forces, with the Yang Fleet evacuating and returning to Alliance territory.
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 a reason rally the people and 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 20 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. (LOGH: 'Invitation to a Requiem')
