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|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><br>[[File:Atarus Icon.png|20px]] [[Legio Atarus]]{{Fn|2}}<br><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 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}}
This systematic annihilation of resource rich worlds, deprived [[Horus]] of precious materials he needed in order to maintain a lengthy [[Siege of Terra|siege]] of [[Terra]]. This ultimately forced the [[Warmaster]] to hasten his planned invasion of the [[Sol System]]. Other [[Imperial]] forces also took part in the [[Dark Angels]]' campaign as well. Some Imperials, however, had no choice but to fight beside the Dark Angels or else they would earn [[Lion El'Jonson|El'Jonson]]'s wrath, for showing what he perceived as disloyalty to the [[Emperor]] and the Imperium. The Primarch was so intent on his vengeance, though, that El'Jonson would refuse to allow the Dark Angels to directly aid or take part in any Imperial battles, that would deviate from his main objectives. The devastation that was left in El'Jonson's wake, as his forces quickly moved on to their next target, also aided the [[Night Lords]] in creating numerous [[Carrion Realms]] across the southern realm of the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|2}}
The Lion eventually made for [[Deliverance]], linking up with the [[Raven Guard]] and [[Space Wolves]] as well as their respective Primarchs [[Corvus Corax]] and [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]. The Lion is quick to question the Raven Lord's absence from major fronts of the war, but is ire is put to rest by Russ, who points at the survival of his own legion as evidence of their worth. Russ declares he will join The Lion's [[Passage of the Angels|Crusade of Vengeance]], including warriors equipped with new [[Mark VI Power Armour]] produced on [[Kiavahr]]. Corax however is cautious to commit his bloodied Legion to what he sees as a needlessly spiteful waste, and only assigns a small expeditionary force of his Raven Guard to The Lion's forces. Even in this role, Corax's forces will be used to eliminate key enemy targets ahead of the main Dark Angels fleet in order to spare entire worlds from annihilation.{{Fn|2}}
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