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For most of the [[Jihad]], Dixie served as a [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] storage depot and launching point for raids into the Free Worlds League.<ref name=O:LAp15/> Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the [[Lyran Alliance]] in what was termed [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]], Marshall [[Jeremy Brett]] took command of the local [[FWLM]] and launched a counteroffensive under the name [[Operation BROKEN FIST]]. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Dixie was one of the worlds hit and was overrun by the League forces on the 10th of September [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
 
For most of the [[Jihad]], Dixie served as a [[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]] storage depot and launching point for raids into the Free Worlds League.<ref name=O:LAp15/> Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the [[Lyran Alliance]] in what was termed [[Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN]], Marshall [[Jeremy Brett]] took command of the local [[FWLM]] and launched a counteroffensive under the name [[Operation BROKEN FIST]]. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Dixie was one of the worlds hit and was overrun by the League forces on the 10th of September [[3068]].<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref>
  
Dixie saw another battalion of the Knights of the [[Inner Sphere]] assault the world on 10 September [[3068]]. The Knights faced the [[Furillo BPM]] in the Junket Wastes and after ten days of constant skirmishing, the elite Marik warriors retreated.<ref name=Knights>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [14/10/3068]: "Knights, Legionnaires Retreat, But Others Fight On"''</ref>
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Dixie saw another battalion of the Knights of the [[Inner Sphere]] assault the world on 10 September 3068. The Knights faced the [[Furillo BPM]] in the Junket Wastes and after ten days of constant skirmishing, the elite Marik warriors retreated.<ref name=Knights>''BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [14/10/3068]: "Knights, Legionnaires Retreat, But Others Fight On"''</ref>
  
 
By the end of the Jihad, the LAAF had begun repairing the Castle Brian located on Dixie, despite it having been picked clean long before.<ref name=O:LAp15/>
 
By the end of the Jihad, the LAAF had begun repairing the Castle Brian located on Dixie, despite it having been picked clean long before.<ref name=O:LAp15/>

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