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|defender= Ultramarines | |defender= Ultramarines | ||
|commander1= | |commander1= Kor Phaeron <br> Erebus | ||
|commander2= Roboute Guilliman | |commander2= Roboute Guilliman | ||
|date=007.M31 | |date=007.M31 | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 20 April 2017
| The Battle of Calth | |
| Date | 007.M31 |
| Scale | Intrasolar & planetary |
| Theatre | Shadow Crusade |
| Status | Pyrrhic Ultramarines victory |
| Belligerents | |
| Word Bearers | Ultramarines |
| Commanders and Leaders | |
| Kor Phaeron Erebus |
Roboute Guilliman |
| Strength | |
| Entirety of the Legion with Imperial Army support | ~200,000 Legionaries with Imperial Army support |
| Losses | |
| ~50,000 Legionaries, unknown number of Auxilia | 119,422 Legionaries, half a million Auxilia |
| Outcome | |
| Created the Ruinstorm, preventing passage out of the Five Hundred Worlds | |
The Battle of Calth was one of the major battles of the Horus Heresy and the reason for most of the current hatred between the Word Bearers and Ultramarines.