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{{Military | |unit_name=Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' | ||
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|allegiance=[[United Nations Space Command]] | |||
|branch=[[UNSC Navy]] | |branch=[[UNSC Navy]] | ||
|type=[[Battle | |type=[[Battle Group]] | ||
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|size=9 ships | |size=9 ships | ||
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|battles= | |garrison= [[Earth]] | ||
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*[[Onyx | |nickname= | ||
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|battles=*[[Battle of Earth]] | |||
*[[Battle of Onyx]] | |||
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|commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] | |commanders=[[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]] | ||
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''' | '''Battlegroup ''Stalingrad''''' was a [[UNSC]] [[UNSC Navy|Naval]] [[Battle Group]] <ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', page 294</ref>. | ||
== | ==Background== | ||
It was comprised and detailed of nine ships and commanded by the late [[Admiral]] [[Carl Patterson]]. Its flagship was the [[UNSC Stalingrad]], a [[UNSC]] carrier. In [[2552]], the battle group was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Dr. Halsey]], a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II]]s and [[SPARTAN-III]]s, and (supposedly) examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had been excavated. | |||
==[[Battle of Onyx]]== | |||
Battlegroup Stalingrad rendezvoused with the [[Dusk]] soon after entering the system. The UNSC ships engaged the [[Covenant]] fleet under [[Fleetmaster]] [[Voro 'Mantakree]], and took losses, including the [[UNSC Glasgow Kiss]] which sacrificed itself to save the ''[[UNSC Stalingrad|Stalingrad]]'' from Covenant plasma torpedoes. Following this engagement, Admiral Patterson ordered a withdrawal. Battlegroup Stalingrad temporarily went into hiding. | |||
The remaining UNSC ships hid behind Onyx's moon. Meanwhile, the Dusk prepared a nuclear minefield as a trap for the Covenant. The UNSC lured the Covenant into the minefields, and used the nukes to destroy the entire Covenant fleet save for two badly damaged destroyers to the human four. Battlegroup Stalingrad moved in for the kill with six [[MAC]] rounds left. Unfortunately, at this point [[Sangheili]] reinforcements arrived in the form of over thirty warships. Battlegroup Stalingrad was annihilated except for the Dusk by these reinforcements. | |||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
* | *1 [[UNSC Carrier|Carrier]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} | **{{UNSCShip|Stalingrad}} | ||
* | *1 {{Class|Marathon|Cruiser}} | ||
* | *6 [[UNSC Destroyer|Destroyer]]s | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}} | **{{UNSCShip|Brasidas}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} | **{{UNSCShip|Glasgow Kiss}} | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} | **{{UNSCShip|Iwo Jima}} | ||
* | *1 [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]] | ||
**{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | **{{UNSCShip|Dusk}} | ||
== | ==Historical Reference== | ||
Stalingrad (now Volgograd) was the site of a brutal battle during the [[World War II|Second World War]], between [[Fascism|Nazi]] [[Germany]] and the Soviet Union (now Russia). It is popularly seen as marking the easternmost mark of the German invasion. The weakening of the German army at Stalingrad- the Nazis lost over 841,000 men- would ultimately culminate in the decisive battle at Kursk, ending the German offensive into the Soviet Union and beginning the Soviet push back toward Germany. | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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{{UNSC Home Fleet Units}} | {{UNSC Home Fleet Units}} | ||
[[Category:UNSC]] | |||
[[Category:UNSC Military Units]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Fleets]] | ||
