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Great Battles & Fights
13 of the wars that shaped the galaxy, from the Great Crusade to the Dark Imperium. Each one covers the background, the forces, how the fighting unfolded, the key duels and deaths, and what it cost, with a gallery of community fan art of that battle.
Great Crusade & Horus Heresy
c. 000.M31 · Great CrusadeThe Ullanor Crusade & TriumphLuna Wolves, Ultramarines, White Scars and the Imperial Army vs the Ork empire of Overlord Urlakk Urg
005.M31 · Horus HeresyThe Burning of ProsperoSpace Wolves, Adeptus Custodes, Sisters of Silence vs Thousand Sons
005.M31 · Horus HeresyThe Drop Site MassacreIron Hands, Salamanders, Raven Guard vs Sons of Horus, World Eaters, Emperor's Children, Death Guard, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, Word Bearers, Alpha Legion
005.M31 · Horus HeresyThe Battle of CalthUltramarines and Imperial Army vs Word Bearers and the Dark Mechanicum
005–006.M31 · Horus HeresyThe Battle of Signus PrimeBlood Angels Legion vs the daemon legions of Khorne and the Word Bearers
007–009.M31 · Horus HeresyThe Thramas CrusadeDark Angels vs Night Lords
014.M31 · Horus HeresyThe Siege of TerraLoyalist Imperium vs the Traitor Legions of Horus LupercalThe 41st Millennium
745.M41 · 41st MillenniumThe First Tyrannic War: Battle for MacraggeUltramarines, Ultramar Auxilia, Imperial Navy and Legio Praetor vs Hive Fleet Behemoth
901.M41 – 912.M41 · Late 41st MillenniumThe Badab WarLoyalist Chapters (Red Scorpions, Star Phantoms, Fire Hawks, Salamanders, Raptors, Carcharodons, Minotaurs and others) vs the Astral Claws and the Secessionist Chapters (Tiger Claws, Mantis Warriors, Executioners, Lamenters)
941.M41 – 999.M41 · 41st MillenniumThe Wars for ArmageddonArmageddon Steel Legion, Space Marines, Imperial Navy and Titan Legions vs Waaagh! Ghazghkull
999.M41 · End of the 41st MillenniumThe Fall of CadiaCadian Shock Troops, Astra Militarum, Adeptus Astartes, Adepta Sororitas, Adeptus Mechanicus vs the Black Legion and the forces of the Thirteenth Black Crusade
