Battle

Strike on Yavin 4

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During the Yavin blockade in 0 ABY, the 501st Legion retaliated for the destruction of the first Death Star.

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Prev: Rescue mission on Yavin 4
Conc: Yavin blockade
Next: Eventually the Attack on Yavin 4
Conflict: Galactic Civil War
Date: 0 ABY
Place: Yavin 4
Result: Imperial victory; Rebel Alliance entire Bothan High Command killed
Side 1: Galactic Empire
Side 2: Alliance to Restore the Republic
Commanders (side 1): General Maximilian Veers
Commanders (side 2): Jan Dodonna; Bothan High Command†
Forces1: 501st Legion; Stormtroopers; Imperial officers; Imperial engineers; Scout troopers; Shock troopers; Phase Zero dark troopers; Imperial Navy; Imperial pilots; Imperial Marines; 2 Victory II-class frigates; 1 Imperial I-class Star Destroyer; 3 TX-130T fighter tanks; TIE/LN starfighters; TIE/IN interceptors; TIE/sa bombers; Theta-class shuttle
Forces2: Rebel troopers; Rebel vanguards; Rebel marksmen; Smugglers; Wookiee warriors; 3 Bothan commanders; Rebel pilots; Rebel Marines; 2 CR90 corvettes; 5 GR-75 medium transports; T-65 X-wing starfighters; Y-wing bombers; RZ-1 A-wing interceptors; 1 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser; AAC-1 speeder tanks; 3 AAC-2 hovertanks
Casual1: An unknown amount of starfighter and infantry casualties, though presumably low considering the trooper's talk of the battle
Casual2: Hundreds of Rebel starships; Mon Calamari Star Cruiser sustained moderate damage; At least 8 GR-75 medium transports; At least 3 CR90 corvettes; Bothan High Command; An unknown amount of infantry casualties

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