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==History==
Prior to the planet's destruction, Tanith had a spotless record for supplying its [[Imperial Tithe]].{{Fn|2}}
===The Fall of Tanith===
On his deathbed, [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]], commander of the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]], bestowed upon [[Ibram Gaunt]] — a [[commissar]] who had fought with distinction at [[Balhaut]] — the rank of [[Colonel-Commissar]] and dispatched him to Tanith to raise three regiments for the Crusade.{{Fn|1e}} Gaunt himself regarded Tanith as an excellent world for this new raising, having dutifully paid its Tithes and lacking any sort of complicated martial traditions.{{Fn|2}}
On the day of the Founding, the Chaos armada bombarded Tanith from orbit, and deployed ground troops to kill vital Imperial personnel before burning Tanith and its forests with the fleet's firepower. [[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]] was one of the last people to leave the planet before its demise, and was saved by a youth called [[Brin Milo]], whom he took with him in gratitude.{{Fn|1b}} Milo later confirms that he was the only civilian to leave Tanith alive, being too young to join the Guard.{{Cite This}}
**{{Endn|1i}}: Part Five, Chapter Nine
**{{Endn|1j}}: Part Six, Chapter Fifteen
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Of Their Lives in the Ruins of Their Cities (Short Story)]] — [[The Founding (Omnibus)]]
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