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|Date = 998.[[M41]]
|Location = [[Golgotha]]
|Outcome = Imperial victory{{Fn|1a}}
|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{{Fn|1b}}
|Commanders2 = Golgothan [[Orks|Ork]] Warlord (KIA)<br>Multiple Golgothan [[Orks|Ork]] Warbosses
|Strength1 = Three Divisions<br> Small Naval taskforce
|Casualties2 = Tens of thousands
}}
'''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]].{{Fn|11c}}
The Operation was undertaken by 18th Army Group Exolon, under the command of [[General]] [[Mohamar deViers]].{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Gunheads (Novel)]] by [[Steve Parker]]{{cite this}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter Thirty-Five, pg. 572
**{{Endn|1b}}: ''Dramatis Personae''
**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter Three, pg. 66
[[Category:Armageddon Wars]]
[[Category:Battles (Astra Militarum)]]
[[Category:Battles (Orks)]]
