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|Combatant3 = [[File:Chaos.png|30px]] [[Armageddon Chaos Forces|Chaos]]
|Combatant4 = [[File:Ankh triarch.png|30px]] [[Necrons]]{{Fn|14}}{{Fn|23}}
|Commanders1 = [[File:Orks.png|20px]] [[Warboss|Warlord]] [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]]<br>[[File:Orks.png|20px]] [[Great Despot of Dregruk]]<br>[[File:Orks.png|20px]] [[Overfiend of Octarius]]<br>[[File:Orks.png|20px]] [[Urgok the Unstoppable]]<br><br>[[File:Rb6-Deathskulls.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Bullets]]<br>[[File:Rb6-Snakebites.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Grudbolg]]<br>[[File:Art-of-wh40k-Evil Sunz.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Shazfrag]]<br>[[File:7eC-bad-moons.png|20px]] Warboss [[Snazdakka]]<br>[[File:Rb6-Blood Axes.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Taktikus]]<br>[[File:Rb6-Goffs.jpg|20px]] Warboss [[Ugrak]]<br>[[File:Orks.png|20px]] Warboss [[Morkrull Grimskar]]{{Fn|16d}}<br>[[File:GovernorSymbol.png|20px]] [[Herman von Strab]] (KIA)†|Commanders2 = [[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|20px]] [[Commissar]] [[Sebastian Yarrick]] (KIA?){{fn|20}}<br>[[File:Steel Legion Icon.png|20px]] [[Lord General]] [[Kurov]]<br>[[File:FleetSymbol.jpg|20px]] [[Admiral]] [[Parol]]<br>[[File:Inquisiton.png|20px]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Lichtenstein]]{{Fn|23}}<br>[[File:BlackTemplarssymbol.png|20px]] [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]]<br>[[File:BlackTemplarssymbol.png|20px]] [[Reclusiarch]] [[Grimaldus]]<br>[[File:Spacewolvesymbol.png|20px]] [[Great Wolf]] [[Logan Grimnar]]{{Fn|21a}}<br>[[File:Grey Knights symbol.png|20px]] [[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Rothwyr Morvans]] (MIA)<br>[[File:Salamanderssymbol.png|20px]] [[Chapter Master]] [[Tu'Shan]]<br>[[File:Bloodangelsymbol.png|20px]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Erasmus Tycho]] (KIA)†<br>[[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|20px]] [[Colonel]] [[Schaeffer]]|Commanders3 = [[File:World Eaters symbol.png|20px]] [[Angron]]<br>[[File:World Eaters symbol.png|20px]] [[Hrothqar Furor]] (KIA)†{{Fn|4b}}<br>[[File:World Eaters symbol.png|20px]] [[Eightbound]] [[Jarrok Skreel]]<br>[[File:Chaos.png|20px]] [[Anskarra the Ensanguined]]
|Commanders4 = Unknown
|Strength1 = [[Armageddon Ork Forces|Ork Order of Battle]]
The '''Third War for Armageddon'''{{Fn|Note 1}} was fought in the latter years of M41, fifty-seven years to the day after the [[Second War for Armageddon]]. [[Ghazghkull Thraka]] was again the leader of the invasion and he was faced by his old nemesis [[Commissar Yarrick]], whom Ghazghkull had let go following his capture at the [[Battle of Golgotha]] to make the ensuing invasion more entertaining.{{Fn|2c}}{{Fn|4a}}
===Overview===
[[Image:3rd Armageddon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Ork]] forces rampage on the fields of Armageddon{{Fn|1}}]]
====Prelude====
{{main|Battle of Golgotha}}
Following his defeat in the [[Second War for Armageddon]] at the hands of [[Commissar]] [[Yarrick]], Ghazghkull marshaled his forces, licked his wounds, and gathered his strength for a fresh offensive. The Warboss was not deterred in the slightest by his defeat and understood that ''"to destroy your foe you must first know him."'' For Ghazghkull, the war for Armageddon had been a way to learn how the [[Imperium]] would react and deal with a major invasion. At the same time, his headaches were growing worse and a malaise was manifesting itself. He debated what to do, and was goaded by [[Grotsnik]] into returning to Armageddon despite it apparently being a violation of the will of the Gods, who instead wished he take to the stars and unite the Greenskin race. In the end, even [[Makari]] tried to talk Ghazghkull out of invading Armageddon again but was (temporarily) killed for it. Ghazghkull decided to ignore the gods and set out his own destiny.{{Fn|15a}} Thus it went that Ghagzhkull began preparations for an even greater invasion of Armageddon.{{Fn|2b}}