Ninth Battle of Iserlohn

From Gineipaedia, the Legend of Galactic Heroes wiki

Jump to: navigation, search
Ninth Battle of Iserlohn
(First Alliance-Imperial War)
Date: November 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE)
Location: Iserlohn Fortress
Result: Tactical Imperial victory
Belligerents
Free Planets AllianceGalactic Empire
Units
Iserlohn Fortress
Iserlohn Garrison Fleet
Reuenthal Fleet
Lutz Fleet
Lennenkampf Fleet
Commanders / leaders
Yang Wen-li
Edwin Fischer
Walter von Schönkopf
Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
Dusty Attemborough
Alex Cazerne
Lionel Morton
Oskar von Reuenthal
Cornelius Lutz
Helmut Lennenkampf
Strength
1 fortress
15,000 ships
36,000 ships

The Ninth Battle of Iserlohn (Japanese: 第9次イゼルローン攻防戦) was the Galactic Empire's attempt to retake Iserlohn Fortress from the Free Planets Alliance, with an Imperial fleet under High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal against the Iserlohn Garrison Fleet under Admiral Yang Wen-li. The engagement was part of the larger Operation Ragnarök and was ultimately served the purpose of a distraction for the Alliance while the bulk of the Imperial navy seized control of Fezzan, as the first stage to an invasion of the Alliance through the Fezzan Corridor.

History

On 20 November 798 UC (489 IC / 3598 CE), in accordance with the planned Operation Ragnarök, Imperial High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal, along with Admirals Helmut Lennenkampf and Cornelius Lutz, led a fleet of 36,000 warships against Iserlohn Fortress. It was a diversionary measure as the bulk of the Imperial Fleet was actually going to enter the Fezzan Corridor, annex the Dominion of Fezzan, and proceed to invade the Free Planets Alliance from there.

Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Actions
Miscellany
Common
Tool box