Editing Operation BULLDOG

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| conflict = Operation BULLDOG
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| caption = Operation BULLDOG
| date = [[3059]]
| place = [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] Occupation Zone
| planet = 
| territory = 
| faction1 = Attacker<br />[[Second Star League]]
| faction2 = Defender<br />[[Clan Smoke Jaguar]]
| commander1 = [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]]<br>[[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]
| commander2 = [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Mikhail Ward]]<ref name=TDRp65> ''The Dragon Roars'', p. 65 </ref>
| forces1= 
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| result = Clan Smoke Jaguar ejected from [[Inner Sphere]]
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'''Operation BULLDOG''' was the military codename for the phase of the [[Second Star League|Star League]] offensive against [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] in [[3059]] that was aimed at liberating that [[Clan]]'s [[Occupation Zone]] in the [[Inner Sphere]]. Led by [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Anastasius Focht]] and [[Archon-Prince]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]], the assault succeeded beyond their most optimistic hopes, thanks in large part to a lack of preparedness on the part of Clan Smoke Jaguar and no help from their fellow Clans.<ref>''The Dragon Roars''</ref>

The operation's forces went under the flag of the new [[Star League Defense Force]]. The force included a large quantity of the [[Draconis Combine]] [[DCMS|army]] and newly claimed [[Bondsman|bondsmen]] of [[Clan Nova Cat]], who had secretly defected to the Star League.

An earlier military operation, [[Operation BIRD DOG]], paved the way for Operation BULLDOG by softening Smoke Jaguar garrison forces.<ref>''Shattered Sphere''</ref>

==Overview==
Operation BULLDOG started with two waves, which were impressively successful in reaching their objectives. This momentum was briefly hindered by a Smoke Jaguar counterattack, which was largely unsuccessful. The SLDF forces regrouped and pushed twice more in waves three and four, which succeeded in securing yet more planets for the Inner Sphere.<ref>''The Dragon Roars''</ref>

===Planetary Chart===
Below is a chart of the planets invaded in their respective waves:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"; text-align:center;
|-
! width="65pt" |  Wave One
! width="65pt" |  Wave Two
! width="65pt" |  Counterattack
! width="65pt" |  Wave Three
! width="65pt" |  Wave Four
|-
| [[Irece]]
| [[Avon]]
| [[Lonaconing]]
| [[Marshdale]]
| [[Richmond]]
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| [[Hyner]]
| [[Mualang]]
| [[Matamoras]]
| [[Outer Volta]]
| [[Idlewind]]
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| [[Kiamba]]
| [[Yamarovka]]
| [[McAlister]]
| [[Bangor]]
| [[Stapelfeld]]
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| [[Kanowit]]
| [[Caripare]]
| [[Pesht]]
| [[Schuyler]]
| [[Kabah]]
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| [[Tarazed]]
| [[Jeanette]]
| [[Meinacos]]
| [[Garstedt]]
| [[Jeronimo]]
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| [[Port Arthur]]
| [[Juazeiro]]
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| [[Coudoux]]
| [[Albiero]]
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| [[Asgard]]
| [[Itabaiana]]
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| [[Rockland]]
| [[Savinsville]]
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| [[Cyrenaica]]
| [[Labrea]]
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| [[Schwartz]]
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| [[Teniente]]
| [[Byesville]]
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| [[Jeanette]]
| [[Courchevel]]
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| [[Chupadero]]
| [[Jeanette]]
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| [[Sawyer]]
| [[Luzerne]]
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| [[Avon]]
| [[Hanover]]
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| [[Nykvarn]]
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| [[Almunge]]
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| [[Turtle Bay]]
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| [[Virentofta]]
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| [[Bjarred]]
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| [[Tarnby]]
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|}

==Clantech Refits==
During the early waves of the operation, the SLDF captured large stockpiles of Clan Smoke Jaguar supplies and equipment. With this newfound cache of technology, a number of quick field configurations for Inner Sphere [[OmniMech]]s were developed in an effort to boost the invading forces' effectiveness in later waves. Below is a list of these alternate configurations:

* [[Raptor#Alternate Configurations|''Raptor'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Owens#Alternate Configurations|''Owens'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Strider#Alternate Configurations|''Strider'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Firestarter_Omni#Alternate Configurations|''Firestarter'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Blackjack_Omni#Alternate Configurations|''Blackjack'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Black Hawk-KU#Alternate Configurations|''Black Hawk-KU'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Avatar (OmniMech)#Alternate Configurations|''Avatar'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.
* [[Sunder#Alternate Configurations|''Sunder'' Bulldog]], also known as Alternate Configuration R.

== Troop Movement Maps ==
Below is a list of maps depicting the progress of each wave of Operation BULLDOG:

<gallery>
Image:Operation_bulldog.png|Clan Smoke Jaguar's Occupation Zone before Operation Bulldog
Image:Bulldog-Wave1.png|Wave One
Image:Bulldog-Wave2.png|Wave Two
Image:Bulldog-WaveSJCA.png|Smoke Jaguar Counter Attack
Image:Bulldog-Wave3.png|Wave Three
Image:Bulldog-Wave4.png|Wave Four
</gallery>

==Units Overview==
Below is a listing of all military units that were involved in Operation BULLDOG:

===SLDF Forces===

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="3" width="400pt" | '''DCMS Forces'''
|-
|[[8th Alshain Avengers]]<br />[[11th Alshain Avengers]]<br />[[14th Alshain Avengers]]<br />
|[[1st Amphigean Light Assault Group]]<br />[[2nd An Ting Legion]]<br />[[6th An Ting Legion]]
|[[4th Arkab Legion]]<br />[[3rd Benjamin Regulars]]<br />[[9th Benjamin Regulars]]<br />[[17th Benjamin Regulars]]
|-
|[[2nd Dieron Regulars]]<br />[[8th Dieron Regulars]]<br />[[22nd Dieron Regulars]]<br />
|[[42nd Galedon Regulars]]<br />[[1st Genyosha]]<br />[[2nd Genyosha]]
|[[1st Ghost]]<br />[[6th Ghost]]<br />[[Izanagi Warriors]]
|-
|[[2nd Legion of Vega]]<br />[[11th Legion of Vega]]<br />[[16th Legion of Vega]]
|[[2nd Night Stalkers]]<br />[[3rd Night Stalkers]]
|[[4th Pesht Regulars]]<br />[[7th Pesht Regulars]]
|-
|[[1st Proserpina Hussars]]<br />[[3rd Proserpina Hussars]]<br />
|[[Ryuken-ni]]<br />[[Ryuken-go]]<br />[[Ryuken-san]]<br />[[Ryuken-Roku]]<br />[[Ryuken-yon]]<br />
|[[1st Shin Legion]]<br />[[2nd Sword of Light]]<br />[[5th Sword of Light]]<br />[[7th Sword of Light]]<br />[[8th Sword of Light]]<br />[[5th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre|5th Sun Zhang Cadre]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" width="400pt" |'''AFFS Forces'''
|-
|[[1st Aragon Borderers]]<br />[[Davion Assault Guards]] RCT<br />[[1st Davion Guards]]<br />[[3rd Davion Guards]] RCT
|[[Davion Heavy Guards]] RCT<br />[[1st Federated Suns Armored Cavalry|1st FedSuns Armored Cavalry]]<br />[[1st Kestrel Grenadiers]]<br  />[[1st Robinson Rangers]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" width="400pt" |'''LAAF Forces'''
|-
|[[2nd Donegal Guards]] RCT<br />[[3rd Donegal Guards]] RCT<br />[[6th Lyran Guards]] RCT
|[[10th Lyran Guards]] RCT<br />[[15th Lyran Guards]]<br />[[3rd Royal Guards]] RCT
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" width="400pt" |'''ComStar Forces'''
|-
|[[9th Division (ComStar)|9th Division]]<br />[[11th Division (ComStar)|11th Division]]<br />[[31st Division (ComStar)|31st Division]]
|[[34th Division (ComStar)|34th Division]]<br />[[39th Division (ComStar)|39th Division]]<br />[[79th Division (ComStar)|79th Division]]
|-
|[[85th Division (ComStar)|85th Division]]<br />[[91st Division (ComStar)|91st Division]]<br />[[198th Division (ComStar)|198th Division]]
|[[208th Division (ComStar)|208th Division]]<br />[[278th Division (ComStar)|278th Division]]<br />[[403rd Division (ComStar)|403rd Division]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''FWLM Forces'''
|-
|[[1st Free Worlds Guards]]<br />[[1st Fusiliers of Oriente]]<br />[[1st Regulan Hussars]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''CCAF Forces'''
|-
|[[Warrior House Dai Da Chi|House Dai Da Chi]]<br />[[1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry]]<br />[[Red Lancers]]<br />[[Harloc Raiders]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''MAF Forces'''
|-
|[[1st Canopian Cuirassiers]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''FRR Forces'''
|-
|[[3rd Drakøns]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''St. Ives Forces'''
|-
|[[1st St. Ives Lancers]]<br />[[St. Ives Cheveau-Légers]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''Clan Wolf-In-Exile'''
|-
|[[4th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf-in-Exile)|4th Wolf Guards Assault Cluster]]<br />1st Wolf Legion Cluster<br />2nd Wolf Legion Cluster<br />1st Wolf Strike Grenadiers<br />2nd Wolf Strike Grenadiers
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="1" width="400pt" |'''Mercenary Forces'''
|-
|[[Crater Cobras]]<br />[[1st Kell Hounds]]<br />[[2nd Kell Hounds]]<br />[[Stirling's Fusiliers]]<br />[[Northwind Hussars]]
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" width="400pt" |'''Nova Cat: Forces'''
|-
|1st Star League Nova Cat Guards Trinary Alpha<br />1st Star League Nova Cat Guards Trinary Bravo<br />1st Star League Nova Cat Guards Trinary Delta
|1st Star League Garrison Cluster<br />3rd Star League Garrison Cluster<br />5th Star League Regulars<br />SLDF Nova Cat Lancers
|}

===Smoke Jaguar Forces===
{|class="wikitable" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 2px solid black;"
! colspan="2" width="400pt" |Smoke Jaguar Forces
|-
|'''Alpha Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />9th Jaguar Cavaliers<br />6th Jaguar Dragoons
|'''Beta Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />362nd Assault Cluster<br />267th Battle Cluster<br />1st Jaguar Guards<br /> 2nd Jaguar Guards
|-
|'''Delta Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />3rd Assault Cluster<br />3rd Jaguar Cavaliers<br />19th Striker Cluster
|'''Epsilon Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />4th Jaguar Dragoons<br />7th Jaguar Dragoons<br />6th Striker Cluster
|-
|'''Zeta Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />5th Garrison Cluster<br />47th Garrison Cluster<br />189th Garrison Cluster<br />2nd Jaguar Regulars<br />11th Jaguar Regulars
|'''Kappa Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />3rd Garrison Cluster<br />4th Garrison Cluster<br />17th Garrison Cluster<br />19th Garrison Cluster<br /> 51st Garrison Cluster
|-
|'''Nu Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />4th Jaguar Regulars<br />12th Jaguar Regulars<br />124th Garrison Cluster<br />143rd Garrison Cluster<br />168th Garrison Cluster
|'''Psi Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />7th Garrison Cluster<br />8th Garrison Cluster<br />10th Garrison Cluster<br />11th Garrison Cluster<br />17th Jaguar Regulars
|-
|colspan="2" | '''Omega Galaxy'''<br />Galaxy Command Trinary<br />151st Garrison Cluster<br />27th Garrison Cluster<br />10th Jaguar Regulars
|}

==References==
<references />

==Bibliography==
* ''[[The Dragon Roars]]''
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''

==Dates==
*Start Date - [[Start date::3059]]
*End Date - [[End date::3059]]


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