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Line 14: ==History== ==History== − In August [[3068]], Genoa was "invited" to become part of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> by the [[35th Division (Word of Blake)|35th Division]]. The Genoans resisted, and the Word a to deploy more forces, including units armed with tactical nuclear weapons.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 96</ref> After Genoa defenses killed [[Precentor]] [[Sergio Alveraz]] because of a fuel depot explosion, WoB decided to use the tactical nuclear weapons. Two nuclear blasts annihilated Buche Areste, site of the massive Aggerri Aerospace plant. At least a 100-kiloton blast leveled the Aggerri plant and over forty square miles of the city surrounding it.<ref name=BSTGenoa>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [09/09/3068]: "Blakist Shock Troops Kill Millions on Genoa"''</ref> The use of these weapons only hardened the Genoan's resolve however and they not only assisted the [[1st St. Ives Lancers]] when they raided the Word of Blake forces<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 18</ref>, but continued to resist the Blakist troops<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 41</ref> until they were liberated. Genoa wasn't initially liberated by coalition forces during [[Operation SCOUR]], but rather by Capellan forces acting independently of the coalition. The Capellan forces successfully freed Genoa on the 30th of January [[3077]].<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> However, on the 15th of April elements of the three Genoa Protectorate Militia pushed the Capellan forces back off Genoa.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It wouldn't be until the 21st of October that Genoa was finally freed, this time by allied coalition troops, who forced the surviving Word of Blake forces to retreat to [[Terra]].<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"</ref> + In August [[3068]], Genoa was "invited" to become part of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> by the [[35th Division (Word of Blake)|35th Division]]. The Genoans resisted, and the Word a to deploy more forces, including units armed with tactical nuclear weapons.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 96</ref> After Genoa defenses killed [[Precentor]] [[Sergio Alveraz]] because of a fuel depot explosion, WoB decided to use the tactical nuclear weapons. Two nuclear blasts completely annihilated Buche Areste, site of the massive Aggerri Aerospace plant. At least a 100-kiloton blast leveled the Aggerri plant and over forty square miles of the city surrounding it.<ref name=BSTGenoa>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [09/09/3068]: "Blakist Shock Troops Kill Millions on Genoa"''</ref> The use of these weapons only hardened the Genoan's resolve however and they not only assisted the [[1st St. Ives Lancers]] when they raided the Word of Blake forces<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 18</ref>, but continued to resist the Blakist troops<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 41</ref> until they were liberated. Genoa wasn't initially liberated by coalition forces during [[Operation SCOUR]], but rather by Capellan forces acting independently of the coalition. The Capellan forces successfully freed Genoa on the 30th of January [[3077]].<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> However, on the 15th of April elements of the three Genoa Protectorate Militia pushed the Capellan forces back off Genoa.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It wouldn't be until the 21st of October that Genoa was finally freed, this time by allied coalition troops, who forced the surviving Word of Blake forces to retreat to [[Terra]].<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"</ref> It is not known what happened to the Protectorate Militia in Terra, but very few Word of Blake forces escaped from there.{{cn}} It is not known what happened to the Protectorate Militia in Terra, but very few Word of Blake forces escaped from there.{{cn}}
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| − | In August [[3068]], Genoa was "invited" to become part of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> by the [[35th Division (Word of Blake)|35th Division]]. The Genoans resisted, and the Word a to deploy more forces, including units armed with tactical nuclear weapons.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 96</ref> After Genoa defenses killed [[Precentor]] [[Sergio Alveraz]] because of a fuel depot explosion, WoB decided to use the tactical nuclear weapons. Two nuclear blasts annihilated Buche Areste, site of the massive Aggerri Aerospace plant. At least a 100-kiloton blast leveled the Aggerri plant and over forty square miles of the city surrounding it.<ref name=BSTGenoa>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [09/09/3068]: "Blakist Shock Troops Kill Millions on Genoa"''</ref> The use of these weapons only hardened the Genoan's resolve however and they not only assisted the [[1st St. Ives Lancers]] when they raided the Word of Blake forces<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 18</ref>, but continued to resist the Blakist troops<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 41</ref> until they were liberated. Genoa wasn't initially liberated by coalition forces during [[Operation SCOUR]], but rather by Capellan forces acting independently of the coalition. The Capellan forces successfully freed Genoa on the 30th of January [[3077]].<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> However, on the 15th of April elements of the three Genoa Protectorate Militia pushed the Capellan forces back off Genoa.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It wouldn't be until the 21st of October that Genoa was finally freed, this time by allied coalition troops, who forced the surviving Word of Blake forces to retreat to [[Terra]].<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"</ref> | + | In August [[3068]], Genoa was "invited" to become part of the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref name="J:FRp45">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> by the [[35th Division (Word of Blake)|35th Division]]. The Genoans resisted, and the Word a to deploy more forces, including units armed with tactical nuclear weapons.<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 96</ref> After Genoa defenses killed [[Precentor]] [[Sergio Alveraz]] because of a fuel depot explosion, WoB decided to use the tactical nuclear weapons. Two nuclear blasts completely annihilated Buche Areste, site of the massive Aggerri Aerospace plant. At least a 100-kiloton blast leveled the Aggerri plant and over forty square miles of the city surrounding it.<ref name=BSTGenoa>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [09/09/3068]: "Blakist Shock Troops Kill Millions on Genoa"''</ref> The use of these weapons only hardened the Genoan's resolve however and they not only assisted the [[1st St. Ives Lancers]] when they raided the Word of Blake forces<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 18</ref>, but continued to resist the Blakist troops<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 41</ref> until they were liberated. Genoa wasn't initially liberated by coalition forces during [[Operation SCOUR]], but rather by Capellan forces acting independently of the coalition. The Capellan forces successfully freed Genoa on the 30th of January [[3077]].<ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> However, on the 15th of April elements of the three Genoa Protectorate Militia pushed the Capellan forces back off Genoa.<ref name="J:FRp57">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> It wouldn't be until the 21st of October that Genoa was finally freed, this time by allied coalition troops, who forced the surviving Word of Blake forces to retreat to [[Terra]].<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"</ref> |
It is not known what happened to the Protectorate Militia in Terra, but very few Word of Blake forces escaped from there.{{cn}} | It is not known what happened to the Protectorate Militia in Terra, but very few Word of Blake forces escaped from there.{{cn}} | ||