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{{Battle
|Name = The Passage of the Angels
|Image =
|Image caption=
|Conflict = [[Horus Heresy]]
|Date = 012.M31-013.M31
|Location = [[Segmentum Tempestus]] and [[Segmentum Ultima]]
|Battles =
|Outcome = Traitors in the southern imperium are systematically annihilated
|Combatant1 = [[File:Aquila1transparent.png|30px]] [[Imperium]]
|Combatant2 = [[File:Chaos.png|30px]] [[Traitors]]<br>[[Image:NL Icon.png|20px]] [[Carrion Realms]]<br>[[Image:DG Icon.png|20px]] [[Realm of the Reaper]]
|Commanders1 = [[Image:DA Icon.png|20px]] [[Lion El’Jonson]]<br> [[Image:SW Icon.png|20px]] [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]
|Commanders2 =No centralized leadership
|Strength1 = [[Image:DA Icon.png|20px]] [[Dark Angels]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:SW Icon.png|20px]] [[Space Wolves]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:RG Icon.png|20px]] [[Raven Guard]] contingent{{Fn|2}}<br>[[File:UL Icon.png|20px]] [[Ultramarines]] elements{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:IF Icon.png|20px]] [[Imperial Fists]] elements{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Shattered Legions]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[File:Atarus Icon.png|20px]] [[Legio Atarus]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[File:Imperial Army Symbol.jpg|20px]] [[Imperial Army]]:
*[[Calth High Guard]]{{Fn|2}}
|Strength2 = [[Image:DG Icon.png|20px]] [[Death Guard]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:EC Icon.png|20px]] [[Emperor’s Children]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:IW Icon.png|20px]] [[Iron Warriors]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:NL Icon.png|20px]] [[Night Lords]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Image:SOH icon.png|20px]] [[Sons of Horus]]{{Fn|2}}
|Casualties1 = Presumably heavy
|Casualties2 = Numerous vital worlds destroyed, including the legion homeworlds of [[Chemos]] and [[Barbarus]]{{Fn|2}}
}}
The '''Passage of the Angels'''{{Fn|1}}, also known as '''The Passage of the Angel of Death''' and the '''Crusade of Vengeance''', was a 012.[[M31]] to 013.[[M31]] [[Horus Heresy]] campaign, that was waged by the [[Dark Angels]]' [[Primarch]] [[Lion El'Jonson]].{{Fn|2}}
==History==
*[[Siege of Inwit]]{{Fn|2}}
*[[Burning of Vrexor]]{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [https://thehorusheresy.com/explore-the-galaxy Horus Heresy Website: Explore the Galaxy - The Passage of the Angels (Posted on 02/06/22)] (Last accessed on 2 June 22)
