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| rdfs:comment | - The Gothic War, also called the 12th Black Crusade, was a vast military campaign against the Imperium of Man launched by the Warmaster of Chaos Undivided Abaddon the Despoiler of the Black Legion in 139.M41 which lasted until 160.M41. Abaddon managed the rare feat of uniting the disparate forces of the Ruinous Powers under the banner of Chaos Undivided and led his Chaos Space Marines and the rest of the Forces of Chaos from the Eye of Terror into realspace where they engulfed the strategically important Gothic Sector of the Imperium of Man in war. The conflict consisted of hundreds of planetary invasions and naval battles and only ended when Abaddon was forced to retreat to the Immaterium with the arrival of Imperial reinforcements. It saw the destruction of several planets and four of the
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| Strength | - multiple Chaos Warfleets, 3 Blackstone Fortresses, Planet Killer, Chaos Space Marines, Traitor Imperial Guard, Dark Mechanicus, Traitor Titan Legions, Daemons, Mutants, Chaos Cults
- Battlefleet Gothic, elements of Battlefleet Cadia and Battlefleet Agripinaa, Eldar fleets, multiple Adeptus Astartes Chapters, multiple Imperial Guard regiments, Adeptus Mechanicus, Collegia Titanica
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| Commander | - Lord-Admiral Cornelius von Ravensburg
- Abaddon the Despoiler, many subsidiary Chaos Warmasters
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| Status | - Imperial and Eldar victory
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| theatre | - Gothic Sector of Segmentum Obscurus
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| Outcome | - Forces of Chaos driven back into Eye of Terror; Abaddon gains control of two Blackstone Fortresses
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| Casualties | - Tens of billions dead or corrupted
- In the millions; extensive losses amongst all Chaos assets
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| abstract | - The Gothic War, also called the 12th Black Crusade, was a vast military campaign against the Imperium of Man launched by the Warmaster of Chaos Undivided Abaddon the Despoiler of the Black Legion in 139.M41 which lasted until 160.M41. Abaddon managed the rare feat of uniting the disparate forces of the Ruinous Powers under the banner of Chaos Undivided and led his Chaos Space Marines and the rest of the Forces of Chaos from the Eye of Terror into realspace where they engulfed the strategically important Gothic Sector of the Imperium of Man in war. The conflict consisted of hundreds of planetary invasions and naval battles and only ended when Abaddon was forced to retreat to the Immaterium with the arrival of Imperial reinforcements. It saw the destruction of several planets and four of the six known Blackstone Fortresses, as well as the deaths of billions of Imperial citizens. The Gothic War is the most common name for the wider conflict stimulated by Warmaster Abaddon's 12th Black Crusade against the Imperium, which spanned the dates 139-160.M41. The conflict was fought almost entirely around the Gothic Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus of Imperial space, which was cut off by Warp Storms generated by the Ruinous Powers from all contact or communication with the rest of the Imperium for almost a decade. The 21-year-long war resulted in billions of casualties, at least one Imperial world was completely obliterated, many starships were destroyed and some very important Imperial personages were killed or incapacitated. Most significantly, the events of the Gothic War revealed the true nature and purpose of the ancient spaceborne alien artefacts known to the Imperium as the Blackstone Fortresses.
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