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|Conflict     =[[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|1}}
|Date         =008.[[M31]]{{Fn|1}}
|Location     =[[Erellia]]{{Fn|1}}
|Battles      =
|Outcome      =Loyalist victory<br>infighting erupts amongst survivors{{Fn|1}}
|Combatant1   =[[Imperium]]{{Fn|1}}
|Combatant2   =[[Chaos Space Marines|Traitors]]{{Fn|1}}
|Commanders1  =Unknown
|Commanders2  =Unknown
|Strength1    =[[Salamanders]] elements{{Fn|1}}<br>[[Iron Hands]] elements{{Fn|1}}
|Strength2    =[[Iron Warriors]] elements{{Fn|1}}
|Casualties1  =Unknown
|Casualties2  =All destroyed{{Fn|1}}
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The '''Erellian Subjugation''' was a battle that occurred in 008.[[M31]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], when a [[Shattered Legion|battlegroup]] of the [[Iron Hands]] and [[Salamanders]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]] attacked the [[Traitor]]-held world [[Erellia]].{{Fn|1}} 

===History===
Elements of the [[Emperor's Children]] and [[Iron Warriors]] were rearming on [[Erellia]] when the [[Loyalist]]s attacked. The Loyalists descended from orbit on the planet using [[Xiphon Interceptor]]s and [[Fire Raptor]] gunships, meanwhile, the Traitor Divisio Aeronautica squadrons of Voss pattern [[Lightning Strike]] fighters hastily took off to meet them but they were quickly overwhelmed by the superior pilots of the [[Legiones Astartes]]. Afterwards, entire battalions of Traitor Legionaries and aircraft undergoing resupply were annihilated by the Loyalist aircraft in bombing and strafing runs before [[Thunderhawk]] and [[Stormbird]] assault landers deployed ground troops and support vehicles. The [[Traitor Legions]] were caught by surprise and their forces were eradicated on the world's mustering grounds by the battlegroup.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

In the aftermath of their deaths, however, the [[Iron Hands]] began a brutal subjugation of Erellia's population. The [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] saw Erellia's people as willing supporters of [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]' cause but, as the massacre began, the [[Salamanders]] attempted to stop them. The last [[Astropathic]] message, hurled in desperation, from Erellia spoke of the Salamanders' intervention causing violence to erupt between them and the Iron Hands.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

===See also===
*[[Battles of the Horus Heresy (List)]]

===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 470]], pg. 102 — ''Chronicles of the Horus Heresy'' 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Horus Heresy: Aeronautica Imperialis]], pg. 7

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