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−	As a part of the Magistracy of Canopus task force, the Twentieth was stationed on [[Tellman's Mistake]] when military action against the Magistracy began. The Twentieth didn't undertake an offensive action at division strength during the Magistracy of Canopus campaign, but the Commanding Officer of VII Corps, [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]], would often assign a division or more of troops to the conquest of various worlds by drawing together brigades from across VII Corps. Brigades from the Twentieth operated in conjunction with independent regiments from within VII Corps as well as fighting alongside units from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] assigned to the task force as auxiliary forces.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp149"/>	+	As a part of the Magistracy of Canopus task force, the Twentieth was stationed on [[Tellman's Mistake]] when military action against the Magistracy began. The Twentieth didn't undertake an offensive action at division strength during the Magistracy of Canopus campaign, but the Commanding Officer of VII Corps, [[Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]], would often assign a division or more of troops to the conquest of various worlds by drawing together brigades from across VII Corps. Brigades from the Twentieth operated in conjunction with independent regiments from within VII Corps as well as fighting alongside units from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] assigned to the task force as auxiliary forces.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp149"/>
	Brigades from the Twentieth captured the worlds of [[Cranston]], [[Vakarel]] and [[Butzfleth]] in [[2577]], acting alongside various FWLM and independent SLDF regiments. It was on Cranston that the [[Fifty-eighth Brigade]] was surprised by the highly mobile defense that became the watchword for [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] tactics during the war, when an elaborate shell game and a daring pirate-point insertion left the Fifty-eighth Brigade fighting the [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] and the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]]. This battle led to the SLDF invasion plans being redrawn to compensate for a much more spirited and flexible defense than had originally been anticipated. Further changes were made when the Magistracy Navy ambushed the Fifty-ninth Brigade and its supporting naval forces in the Vakarel system, turning a time-consuming but generally low-key planetary campaign into an ambush that stung the SLDF and saw numerous losses amongst the SLDF transport elements, as well as the loss of two complete battalions of troops from the Fifty-ninth when their transport ships were destroyed.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 97–98: "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp98">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 98: "Butzfleth and Vakarel (October-November 2577)"</ref>		Brigades from the Twentieth captured the worlds of [[Cranston]], [[Vakarel]] and [[Butzfleth]] in [[2577]], acting alongside various FWLM and independent SLDF regiments. It was on Cranston that the [[Fifty-eighth Brigade]] was surprised by the highly mobile defense that became the watchword for [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] tactics during the war, when an elaborate shell game and a daring pirate-point insertion left the Fifty-eighth Brigade fighting the [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] and the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]]. This battle led to the SLDF invasion plans being redrawn to compensate for a much more spirited and flexible defense than had originally been anticipated. Further changes were made when the Magistracy Navy ambushed the Fifty-ninth Brigade and its supporting naval forces in the Vakarel system, turning a time-consuming but generally low-key planetary campaign into an ambush that stung the SLDF and saw numerous losses amongst the SLDF transport elements, as well as the loss of two complete battalions of troops from the Fifty-ninth when their transport ships were destroyed.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 97–98: "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp98">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 98: "Butzfleth and Vakarel (October-November 2577)"</ref>

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{{infoBoxMilitaryCommand | image = [[Image:Star League Logo.png|150px]] | Designation = Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division | Formed = Between [[2571]] and [[2577]] | Disbanded = Disbanded in [[2784]] | Previous Designation = | Nickname = Longhorn Stampede<ref name=FM:SLDFp97>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 97</ref> | Affiliation = [[Star League]] | Parent Command = [[LIII Corps (Star League)|LIII Corps]] | Sub-Command = }} ==History== ===Formation=== The '''Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division''' was a part of the [[Star League Defense Force]] Regular Army. It was originally formed as the '''Twentieth Division''' during the creation of the SLDF in [[2571]] and was a part of [[VII Corps (Star League)|VII Corps]] during the [[Reunification War]], where it served in the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] campaign from [[2577]] to [[2588]].<ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (Jump-Off &ndash 2582)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp149">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 149: "Magistracy of Canopus Front (2583 &ndash 2588)"</ref> Despite not using the Mechanized Infantry designation laid down within the doctrine and organization originally defined for divisions during the creation of the SLDF, the Nineteenth most likely formed up as a mélange of combined arms units.<ref name="H:RWp27">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 27: "Divisions and Brigades"</ref> The breakdown for the SLDF element of the Canopian task force indicates that just under a half of the SLDF regiments were [[BattleMech]] regiments, one-third were infantry regiments and the remaining forces were a mix of armor and aerospace regiments.<ref name="H:RWp95">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 95: "SLDF Task Force Canopus"</ref> ===Reunification War=== As a part of the Magistracy of Canopus task force, the Twentieth was stationed on [[Tellman's Mistake]] when military action against the Magistracy began. The Twentieth didn't undertake an offensive action at division strength during the Magistracy of Canopus campaign, but the Commanding Officer of VII Corps, [[Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]], would often assign a division or more of troops to the conquest of various worlds by drawing together brigades from across VII Corps. Brigades from the Twentieth operated in conjunction with independent regiments from within VII Corps as well as fighting alongside units from the [[Free Worlds League Military]] assigned to the task force as auxiliary forces.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp149"/> Brigades from the Twentieth captured the worlds of [[Cranston]], [[Vakarel]] and [[Butzfleth]] in [[2577]], acting alongside various FWLM and independent SLDF regiments. It was on Cranston that the [[Fifty-eighth Brigade]] was surprised by the highly mobile defense that became the watchword for [[Magistracy Armed Forces]] tactics during the war, when an elaborate shell game and a daring pirate-point insertion left the Fifty-eighth Brigade fighting the [[First Canopian Grenadiers]] and the [[Third Canopian Light Horse]]. This battle led to the SLDF invasion plans being redrawn to compensate for a much more spirited and flexible defense than had originally been anticipated. Further changes were made when the Magistracy Navy ambushed the Fifty-ninth Brigade and its supporting naval forces in the Vakarel system, turning a time-consuming but generally low-key planetary campaign into an ambush that stung the SLDF and saw numerous losses amongst the SLDF transport elements, as well as the loss of two complete battalions of troops from the Fifty-ninth when their transport ships were destroyed.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp97">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 97–98: "Restitution and Cranston (October-November 2577)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp98">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 98: "Butzfleth and Vakarel (October-November 2577)"</ref> The Fifty-eighth Brigade worked alongside forces from the [[Twenty-first Royal Division]] in [[2578]] to capture [[Ruschegg]], while in [[2579]] the other Twentieth Division forces captured the world of [[Bethonolog]], perhaps the most civilized battle of the war, where the Twentieth Division forces honored a request from the local militia commander to postpone the battle until after the festive holiday season and even exchanged gifts with the local militia.<ref name="H:RWp100">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 100–101: "Eleusis, Obrenovac and Bethonolog (October-November 2577)"</ref> Whilst the Nineteenth Division and the Twenty-first Royal Division went through a period of refit and rearmament in [[2580]] and [[2581]] the Twentieth Division was busy, capturing the worlds of [[Aspropirgos]] and [[Gallis]] in the first year and the worlds of [[Borgan's Rift]] and [[Fanardir]] in the second, low-key campaigns that saw the defending [[MAF]] forces contest the invasions but retreat swiftly after stinging the Twentieth, preserving their strength for later battles.<ref name="H:RWp148"/> As the SLDF campaign picked up pace in [[2582]] the Twentieth Division saw action again on [[Adherlwin]] and [[Royal Foxx]], but the most important battle of the year was for the key industrial world of [[Tetski]], site of some of the Magistracy's largest BattleMech repair facilities; the Fifty-eighth Brigade and two FWLM regiments followed up on a daring distraction raid by the [[First Marik Militia]] that drew the defending [[Third Canopian Light Horse]] away from the main industrial complex and nearly managed to capture the Canopian forces in the open. Instead, they ended up fighting a bloody battle against the Canopian troops who fought to the last man, refusing multiple offers to surrender.<ref name="H:RWp148"/><ref name="H:RWp101">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 101–102: "Tetski (September-November 2582)"</ref> As a part of the general encirclement of [[Canopus IV]], the Twentieth Division was responsible for capturing the worlds of [[Early Dawn]], [[Krimari]] and [[Megarez]] in [[2583]] and then [[Brixtana]] in [[2584]] before the Fifty-eighth and [[Sixtieth Brigade|Sixtieth Brigades]] were deployed as a part of the invasion of Canopus itself. The Canopus campaign took several weeks and the final battle around the capital city, Delphi, resembled a meat grinder until the Canopian forces surrendered; only the [[Fifty-ninth Brigade]] would see combat during the next two years, capturing the world of [[Techne's Revenge]] in [[2585]] while the Fifty-eighth and Sixtieth rebuilt and secured the Star League occupation of Canopus.<ref name="H:RWp149"/> During the closing stages of the war the Fifty-ninth Brigade would continue to serve as the operational brigade from the Twentieth Division, working with supporting forces to push the [[Second Canopian Light Horse]] and [[Buquoy's Bandits]] from [[Wildwood]] in [[2587]] before working with the [[Fifty-sixth Brigade]] and the [[401st Independent Regiment]] to capture [[Hardcore]] in one of the final battles of the war in [[2588]].<ref name="H:RWp149"/> ===Amaris Civil War=== In [[2764]] the Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division was a part of the [[LIII Corps (Star League)|LIII Corps]], [[Seventh Army (Star League)|Seventh Army]], and was assigned to District 3 of the [[Capellan Confederation Military Region]] but was moved to an undisclosed area of the [[Periphery]] to take part in the Periphery campaign following the [[New Vandenberg Uprising]] in [[2765]].<ref name=SL154>''The Star League'', p. 154: "Seventh"</ref> The Twentieth suffered heavy losses in the [[Hegemony Campaign]], and was disbanded in [[2784]].<ref name=SL154/> ==Officers== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name ! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command |- | colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division''' |- | [[Major General]]||[[Tiffany Mopp]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp97/> |} ==Tactics== The Mechanized Infantry Divisions of the Star League were used offensively to exploit gaps in the enemy front created by the BattleMech Divisions. They also bore the brunt of defensive actions. ==Composition History== ===2588=== '''The Nineteenth Division''' (3 Brigades)<ref name="H:RWp148"/> * [[Fifty-eighth Brigade]] :* CO: General [[Michael Martinnson]] (2577),<ref name="H:RWp97"/> General Kossovich (2582)<ref name="H:RWp101"/> * [[Fifty-ninth Brigade]] :* CO: General Mancini<ref name="H:RWp98"/> * [[Sixtieth Brigade]] ===2764=== The Division comprised two Brigades of Mechanized Infantry and a single BattleMech Brigade. Also attached was a Ground Aero Wing.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref> ==Notes== It was confirmed by the author of ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' that, in general, the Divisions listed within ''[[The Star League]]'' be traced directly to those Divisions listed within ''Historical: Reunification War''.<ref name="CGL:ATW05102011">''[http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,11015.0.html Ask The Writers: Star League Divisions: Reunification War to Liberation of Terra]'' (dead link)</ref> Therefore, it can safely be assumed that the [[twenty-sixth century|twenty-sixth-century]] Twentieth Division is the direct antecedent of the [[twenty-eighth century|twenty-eighth-century]] Twentieth Mechanized Infantry Division. ==References== <references/> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[The Star League]]'' [[Category:Star League Defense Force Commands - Mechanized Infantry Division|Mechanized Infantry Division, 0020th]]

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