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|date= Before July 30, [[2537]]<ref name="Onyx">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 81''</ref>
|date= Before July 30, [[2537]]<ref name="Onyx">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 81''</ref>
|place=[[New Constantinople]]
|place=[[New Constantinople]]
|result=Covenant victory. New Constantinople is [[Glassing|glassed]]
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|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side2=[[Covenant Empire]]
|side2=[[Covenant Empire]]
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|forces1=*[[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] (300 Spartans)
|forces1=*[[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] (300 Spartans)
*Numerous UNSC personnel
*Numerous UNSC personnel
|forces2=*Unknown number of Covenant Ground Forces
|forces2=*Unknown number of Covenant ground forces
*Unknown number of Covenant ships
*Unknown number of Covenant ships
|casual1=Unknown number of UNSC personnel
|casual1=Unknown number of UNSC personnel
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'''The Battle of New Constantinople''' was a major engagement in the New Constantinople system between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces that occurred some time in late [[2536]] or early [[2537]]. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] distinguished himself in the battle and was awarded several decorations for his actions.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 179''</ref> [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] fought well in the engagement and were highly distinguished for their actions during the engagement.<ref name="Onyx"/> Nevertheless, the Covenant succeeded in glassing the planet.
'''The Battle of New Constantinople''' was a major engagement in the New Constantinople system between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces that occurred some time in late [[2536]] or early [[2537]]. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] distinguished himself in the battle and was awarded several decorations for his actions.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 179''</ref> [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] fought well in the engagement and were highly distinguished for their actions.<ref name="Onyx"/>


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*Constantinople, for which the system was named, was once the capital of the Roman Empire and its successor state, the Byzantine Empire.
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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{{Human-Covenant War}}
{{Human-Covenant War}}
[[Category:UNSC]]