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The nationalization allowed Eddis and his planners to insert almost the entirety of the division in a single wave. While that initial complement would be left by themselves to fight for the first night and much of the next morning themselves, if they were able to secure runways and airfields inside the Cape, it would permit the airlift of additional reinforcements until sea-borne forces could be landed, or brought by rail from Paulastra. | The nationalization allowed Eddis and his planners to insert almost the entirety of the division in a single wave. While that initial complement would be left by themselves to fight for the first night and much of the next morning themselves, if they were able to secure runways and airfields inside the Cape, it would permit the airlift of additional reinforcements until sea-borne forces could be landed, or brought by rail from Paulastra. | ||
== Order of Battle - Airborne == | |||
Headquarters - Major-General Johnathan Eddis | |||
* DZ Alpha (Red) | |||
** 1st Airborne Division HQ Company | |||
** 1st Parachute Battalion | |||
** 2nd Parachute Battalion | |||
** 1st Airborne Field Battery, Regiment of Arcer Horse Artillery | |||
* DZ Bravo (Blue) | |||
** 3rd Parachute Battalion | |||
** 4th Parachute Battalion | |||
** 5th Parachute Battalion | |||
** 10th Parachute Battalion (Reserve) | |||
** 3rd Airborne Field Battery, Regiment of Arcer Horse Artillery | |||
* DZ Charlie (Yellow) | |||
** 6th Parachute Battalion | |||
** 7th Parachute Battalion | |||
** 8th Parachute Battalion | |||
* DZ Delta (Green) | |||
** 9th Parachute Battalion | |||
** 11th Parachute Battalion (Reserve) | |||
** 12 Parachute Battalion (Reserve | |||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
=== Movement to the Cape === | |||
[[File:Arco Paras Pack.png|thumb|Members of Arcerion's 1st Airborne Division pack and prepare for their insertion into the Cape on H-Hour. ]] | |||
As the night of the invasion approached, Eddis was concerned that weather reports would prevent the accurate landing of his forces on the designated dropzones. | |||
[[File:Hill 220.jpg|thumb|A machinegunner with K Company, 4th Parachute Battalion fights Cape defenders in their hasty positions atop Hill 220, Cape Province, the Cape during the morning at H-Hour +7. ]] | |||
=== H-Hour === | === H-Hour === | ||
=== First | |||
=== First Hours === | |||
=== Hill 220 === | === Hill 220 === | ||
=== Novasar Airfield === | === Novasar Airfield === | ||
=== H-Hour +72 === | === H-Hour +72 === | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
=== Operational Successes === | |||
=== Casualties === | |||
[[File:Arco Casualty.png|thumb|Members of the 2nd Infantry Division (Moorden) transport a wounded infantryman on a litter to the Battalion Casualty Collection Point (CCP) during the advance on Canova. ]] | |||
=== Lessons Learned === | |||
=== Political Reactions === | |||
=== Subsequent Operations === | |||
[[Category: Arcerion]] | [[Category: Arcerion]] | ||