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Battlegroup Stalingrad was a nine-ship United Nations Space Command naval Battle Group commanded by Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson. In 2552, it was deployed to Onyx to retrieve Dr. Halsey, a joint unit of SPARTAN-IIs and SPARTAN-IIIs, and examples of Forerunner technologies that had been excavated. However, before it could carry out this task it was engaged and eventually defeated by a superior Covenant fleet at the Battle of Onyx. Only the UNSC Dusk survived.

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-'''Battle group ''Stalingrad''''' was a nine-ship [[United Nations Space Command]] naval [[Battle Group]] in [[2552]] under the command of [[Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson]]. Their objective was to exfiltrate [[Dr. Halsey]] and a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II]]s and [[SPARTAN-III]]s that were stuck on the planet of [[Onyx]], as well as to gather supposed [[Forerunner]] technologies on the planet that might turn the tide of war for the UNSC. However, they engaged a superior [[Covenant]] fleet in orbit, in what devolved into the [[Battle of Onyx]].Their tactics were superior to the covenant, but got overwhelmed when reinforcements came from [[Joyous Exultation]] after the [[NOVA bomb]] incident.
+'''Battlegroup ''Stalingrad''''' was a nine-ship [[United Nations Space Command]] naval [[Battle Group]] commanded by  [[Admiral Carl "Buster" Patterson]].  In [[2552]], it was deployed to [[Onyx]] to retrieve [[Dr. Halsey]], a joint unit of [[SPARTAN-II]]s and [[SPARTAN-III]]s, and examples of [[Forerunner]] technologies that had been excavated. However, before it could carry out this task it was engaged and eventually defeated by a superior [[Covenant]] fleet at the [[Battle of Onyx]].  Only the {{UNSCShip|Dusk}} survived.
-The Covenant destroyed all of Battlegroup ''Stalingrad'' except for the stealthed [[UNSC Prowler|Prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Dusk}}.
 ==Composition==
 *1 [[UNSC Carrier|Carrier]]