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{{Battle
|Name         = Second War for Armageddon
|Image        = Armageddon War.jpg
|Image caption= [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]s battle [[Ghazghkull Thraka]] on Armageddon{{Fn|1}}
|Date         = 941.[[M41]]
|Location     = [[Armageddon]]
|Outcome      = [[Imperial]] victory
|Combatant1   = [[File:Orks.png|30px]] [[Orks]]
|Combatant2   = [[File:Aquila1transparent.png|30px]] [[Imperium]]
|Commanders1  = [[File:Orks.png|20px]] [[Warboss|Warlord]] [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]]<br>
[[File:7-deathskulls.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Bullets]]<br> [[File:7eC-snakebites.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Grudbolg]]<br> [[File:7eC-evil-sunz.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Shazfrag]]<br> [[File:7eC-bad-moons.png|20px]] Warboss [[Snazdakka]]<br> [[File:7eC-blood axes.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Straturgum]]<br> [[File:Orks.png|20px]] Mad Dok [[Grotsnik]]{{Fn|5b}} <br> [[File:UgliesSymbol.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Ugrak]] <br> [[File:7eC-snakebites.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Ugulhard]] (KIA) <br> [[File:7eC-goffs.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Urk-Gug]] (POW){{Fn|7b}}
|Commanders2  = [[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|20px]] [[Commissar]] [[Sebastian Yarrick]]<br> [[File:Bloodangelsymbol.png|20px]] [[Chapter Master|Commander]] [[Dante]]<br> [[File:Ultramarinessymbol.png|20px]] [[Chapter Master]] [[Marneus Calgar]]<br> [[File:Salamanderssymbol.png|20px]] [[Chapter Master]] [[Tu'Shan]]<br> [[File:GovernorSymbol.png|20px]] [[Planetary Governor|Overlord]] [[Herman von Strab]]<br> [[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[General]] [[Andechs]] (executed){{Fn|6b}}<br> [[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[Colonel]] [[Artura Brenken]]{{Fn|6b}}
|Strength1    =[[File:Orks.png|20px]] [[Waaagh!]] Ghazghkull (estimated at least 100 million Orks){{Fn|5c}}
|Strength2    =[[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[Armageddon Steel Legion]]<br> [[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[Armageddon#Military|Armageddon Defence Force]] [[PDF]]<br> [[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[Armageddon Hive Militia]]<br> [[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[Armageddon Ash Waste Militia]]<br> [[File:Bloodangelsymbol.png|20px]] [[Blood Angels]]<br> [[File:Ultramarinessymbol.png|20px]] [[Ultramarines]]<br>
[[File:Salamanderssymbol.png|20px]] [[Salamanders]]<br> [[File:MetalicaSymbol.jpg|20px]] [[Legio Metalica]]<br> [[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|20px]] [[Tempestus Scion]]s
|Casualties1  =Majority of Orks killed/fled
|Casualties2  =Most of the planet destroyed
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The '''Second War for Armageddon'''{{Fn|Note 1}} is the second best known of the [[Armageddon Wars|three wars of the system]]. It took place on the [[Hive World]] of [[Armageddon]] between the mighty [[Ork]] [[Warboss]] [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]] and the forces of the [[Imperium]] and included [[regiment]]s of the [[Imperial Guard]] and [[Space Marines]] of the [[Blood Angels]], [[Salamanders]] and [[Ultramarines]] [[Chapter]]s, along with a large [[Squat]] army. It would see the planet being swarmed with green-skinned Orks of five different tribes. The main war lasted for two years, but the actual combat continued for the next twenty years, a colossal effort for just one planet.{{Fn|3}}