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When it became clear that almost two-thirds of the deployed forces had survived the [[life-eater]], Horus made plans to saturation bomb their positions from orbit. However, his stratagem was altered by the actions of Angron, who seemingly decided that the survivors of his legion should be cut down by his own hand. Descending to the surface, with a full 50 companies of World Eaters at his back, Angron made straight for the largest concentration of his own betrayed troops and engaged them in close combat. Watching from orbit in outrage, Horus realised he had no choice but to commit his own ground forces in order to reinforce Angron's move. Thus the [[Battle of Isstvan III]] was begun.{{Fn|15h}}
{{QuoteBox|quote = '''''Tell me why, father. Why stand with the Arch-Traitor?<br>I do not stand with Horus. I stand against the Emperor. Do you understand, Kauragar? I am free now. Free.'''<br>-World Eaters [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] [[Kauragar]] and the Primarch Angron, after the former's mortal wounding by the latter.{{Fn|24}}
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{{main|Known Battles of the World Eaters}}
===The Great Crusade===
*[[Sarum]] - Relief action. The [[Tech-Priests]] of Sarum swear fealty to the legion in the aftermath.{{Cite This}}
*[[Ariggata]] - Compliance action. [[Cleansing of Ariggata|Compliance achieved]] (theoretically) in concert with the [[Luna Wolves]] and [[Ultramarines]]. [[Roboute Guilliman]] spoke out against [[Angron]] in the aftermath.{{Fn|5b}}
*[[The Ghenna Massacre]]*- Compliance action; entire planetary population [[The Night of the Wolf]] - Armed conflict breaks Ghenna Massacre|reportedly wiped out between the World Eaters and the [[Space Wolves]], including single combat between Angron and [[Leman Russin one night]].{{Fn|15d}}
* [[The Battle of Alpha Shalish|Alpha Shalish]] - The 203rd Expeditionary Fleet frees the world from [[lacrymole]] occupation.{{Fn|10a}}
*[[Aureus]] - The 203rd engages in a [[Auretian Technocracy War|compliance action]] in concert with the [[Sons of Horus]] [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]]; victorious.{{Fn|23}}
=== The Horus Heresy ===
*[[Isstvan III]] - Angron precipitates a second phase of the battle by leading the rest of his forces present down as a second wave, to wipe out the survivors of the first.{{Fn|15h}}
*The [[Isstvan V]] - [[The Drop Site Massacre]].{{Fn|26}}*[[The Shadow CrusadeNuceria]] - Joint World Eaters and [[Word Bearers]] grand campaign throughout [[Ultramar]]Extermination. Angron transcends to daemonhood at the battle's end.{{Fn|16e}}*The [[Battle of Bodt]] - The World Eaters de facto homeworld of Bodt [[Battle of Bodt|is destroyed]] is destroyed by an [[Iron Hands]]-led force.{{Fn|20b}}*[[The Siege of the Emperor's PalaceTerra]] - Took part in the [[Chaos]] [[Siege of the Emperor's Palace|grand assault]]; defeated.{{Fn|5b}}, {{Fn|5c}}
===Post-Heresy===
*[[The Battle of Skalathrax]] - Pitched battle against the [[Emperor's Children]]. Legion scattered in the aftermath.{{Cite This}}*[[Harmony]] - The [[Battle of Harmony]]{{Cite This}}*[[The First War for Armageddon]] - [[Khornate|Khorne]] invasion of the world of [[Armageddon]]; defeated.{{Cite This}}
*The [[Bloodtorrent War]]
*[[Vraks]] - The [[Siege of Vraks]]{{Cite This}}
*The [[Cholercaust]]
*The [[Fall of Absolom Reach]]
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three]], p. 17
*{{Endn|23}}: [[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]] by [[Graham McNeill]], Chapters Eighteen to Twenty
*{{Endn|24}}: ''[[Lord of the Red Sands (Short Story)|Lord of the Red Sands]]'' by '''Aaron Dembski-Bowden'''*{{Endn|25}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]], pgp. 35*{{Endn|26}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pgspp. 34-35, 38, 45*{{Endn|27}}: [[Butcher's Nails (Audio Book)|Butcher's Nails]] by '''Aaron Dembski-Bowden'''
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