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|Combatant1 = [[Imperium of Man]]
|Combatant2 = [[Orks]]
|Commanders1 = [[General]] [[Mohamar Antoninus deViers]](KIA)<br> [[Major General]] [[Gerard Bergen]]<br>[[Major General]] Aaron Rennkamp<br>[[Major General]] Klotus Killian<br>Commodore Galbraithe<br> High [[Commissar]]Morten <br>[[Magos|Magos]] Benedentius Sennesdiar|Commanders2 = Golgothan [[Commander Longknife]]<br>[[Aun'vreOrks]] Warlord (KIA)<br>Multiple Golgothan [[Governor]] [[AulisOrks]]Warbosses |Strength1 = [[Taros Campaign_#Imperial Order of Battle|See Order of Battle]]Three Divisions<br> Small Naval taskforce |Strength2 = [[Taros Campaign_#Tau Order Hundreds of Battle|See Order thousands of Battle]]Orks |Casualties1 = 10,000 Killed<br>15,000 wounded<br>Approx. 20-25,000 Captured<br>350 tanks<br>700 APCs<br>200 artillery pieces<br>1 [[Light Cruiser]]<br>8 [[Escort]]smen|Casualties2 = Thousands<br>1 [[Battleship]]<br>8 [[Escort]]sTens of thousands
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'''Operation Thunderstorm''' was the ''Expeditio Reclamatus'' to find and retrieve the wreckage of [[Commissar Yarrick]]'s personal [[Baneblade]], the ''[[Fortress of Arrogance]]'', from the [[Ork World]] of [[Golgotha]], in or around 998.[[M41]], shortly before the outbreak of the [[Third War for Armageddon]]. Yarrick and the [[Departmento Munitorum]] believed that the famous tank would be a much-needed boost to morale for the Imperial forces defending [[Armageddon]] from [[Waaagh!]] [[Ghazghkull]].
