59th Infantry Division

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Fifty-ninth Infantry Division
Nickname The Vancouver Division
Affiliation Star League
Parent Command XXXIII Corps

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

History[edit]

In 2764, the unit was stationed on Barlow's End,[1] assigned as a part of the XXXIII Corps, Third Army to District 2 of the Federated Suns Military Region, but was moved to an undisclosed area of the Periphery by 2765 as part of the redeployment effort to fight the Periphery Uprising.[2] The Fifty-ninth was destroyed during the Hegemony Campaign.[2]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of 59th Infantry Division
Major General Dionisie Benes 2764[3]

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

As an SLDF infantry division, the Fifty-ninth would have been formed from two brigades of grunt infantry and a brigade of light BattleMech regiments.[4]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 252: "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 The Star League, p. 151: "Third"
  3. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 61: "59th Infantry Division"
  4. The Star League, p. 133

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