Battle of Umbara

Organizations| * Galactic Republic
* Jedi Order
* Terran Alliance
	+ Umbaran government

Personnel| * Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Jedi General Saesee Tiin
* Jedi General Pong Krell (Republic traitor)
* Jedi General Anakin Skywalker (early battle)
* Clone Marshal Commander CC-2224 "Cody"
* Clone Captain CT-7567 "Rex"
* Clone Lieutenant "Waxer"
* Colonel Daniel Mofaz
* Colonel Dennis Rommel

Strength| - Galactic Republic* 6 Jedi
	+ Jedi Commander Barriss Offee
	+ Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano
	+ Saesee Tiin
	+ Obi-Wan Kenobi
	+ Pong Krell
	+ Anakin Skywalker
* At least 2 Advanced Recon Commandos
	+ CT-5555 "Fives"
	+ CT-1409 "Echo"
* Clone troopers
* At least one clone medic
* Advanced Recon Force Scout troopers
* 7th Sky Corps
	+ several battalions, including 212th Attack Battalion
		- Waxer's platoon
* 501st Legion
* Clone Flight Squad Seven
	+ Clone trooper pilots
* All-Terrain Recon Transports
* ARC-170 starfighters
* BTL-B Y-Wing starfighters
* Z-95 Headhunters
* At least 2 Delta-7B Aethersprite class light interceptors
* Low Altitude Assault Transports/Infantry
* 3 Acclamator class transgalactic military assault ships
* 4 Venator class Star Destroyers
	+ TAS Victorious
* 1 Lucrehulk class battleship
	+ TAS Vladivostok

-Terran Armed Forces* Canadian Army
	+ Royal Canadian Regiment
	+ Royal 22 Regiment
* Anti-Sith Assault Team
	+ Colonel Dennis Rommel
	+ Colonel Daniel Mofaz
* SF-15 Space Eagles
	+ 69th Fighter Squadron
* Su-36 Flankers
* SB-1B Lancers
* SFA-18 Hornets
* SA-10 Thunderbolt IIs
	+ Millicreep droids
	+ Impeding Assault Tanks
	+ Umbaran heavy tanks
	+ Umbaran mobile heavy cannons
	+ Zenaus 33 Umbaran starfighters
* B1 series battle droids
* 1 T-series tactical droid
* Droid tri-fighters
* Hyena class bombers
* Vulture droids
* Umbara blockade
	+ At least 8 Munificent-class star frigates
	+ At least 3 Providence class dreadnoughts
	+ At least 4 Recusant class destroyers
* 1 DH-Omni class support vessel

Casualties| * Heavy clone losses
* ~200 Canadian troops
* Light starfighter losses
* At least one LAAT
* Many All Terrain Recon Transports
* Jedi General Pong Krell
* Many warships
	+ Several Munificent class star frigates
	+ at least one Recusant class destroyer
	+ the DH-Omni Support Vessel
* T-series tactical droid commander

Result| * Republic/Terran Alliance victory
* Execution of Pong Krell

The Battle of Umbara was a battle that took place during the Clone Wars on the planet of Umbara. It was also the event that revealed the treason of Jedi General Pong Krell, whose ultimate goal was to become Count Dooku's apprentice.

## Prelude

In late 1992 and into 1993, the Separatists began to tighten their grip over vital and isolated supply routes. Following the death of Umbara's Senator, Mee Deechi, the Umbarans withdrew from the Republic and committed the militia to the Confederacy of the Independent Systems. The Republic sent Jedi Generals Pong Krell, Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, and Saesee Tiin to retake Umbara with their troops. The Terran Alliance sent Colonels Daniel Mofaz and Dennis Rommel, along with several Regiments of Canadian troops, to assist in the operation.

By this point in the war, Krell was a recognized war hero, but was known for his exceptionally high rates of troop casualties compared to other Jedi Generals. Unknown to anyone else, Krell had had a vision of the Jedi Order's fall and the rise of the Empire, leading him to fall to the dark side and begin sabotaging campaigns he fought in with the aim of attracting the attention of Separatist leader Count Dooku, who he hoped would reward him by making him his new apprentice.

## The Battle

### Northern Landing

Spearheaded by a force of Z-95 Headhunters and SFA-18 Hornets, led by Barriss Offee and Ahsoka Tano, the Republic forces broke through the Separatist blockade. As they prepared to begin landings, Obi Wan Kenobi spoke to the various commanders to discuss their plans. Jedi General Tiin and Colonel Mofaz with their troops would be supporting Kenobi's in the south, while Anakin Skywalker's 501st Legion and Colonel Rommel's Royal Canadian Regiment would come in from the north and take out enemy reinforcements. The main objective was to conquet the capital as quickly as possible and hold it. As the Acclamator class assault ships entered the atmosphere, the ground forces were deployed in LAAT gunships, escorted by the Headhunters and Su-36 Flankers.

Gunships deployed numerous AT-RT walkers as the clones and Canadians began to land. As Umbaran hover tanks began inflicting heavy losses, several Terran SA-10s made strafing runs on the hover tanks, destroying them and paving the way for the ground forces. More troops were landed after the tanks were destroyed, and Skywalker and Rommel led their troops to take a ridge.

At the ridge, clones and Canadians began digging in and preparing for an Umbaran counterattack. However, Umbarans ambushed the allied forces with millicreep droids, killing multiple clones and Canadians. Skywalker, with Rommel's encouragement, ordered all the Republic and Canadian troops off the ridge, and Rommel called in an air strike. An SB-1B bomber from the 1st Bomber Squadron bombed the ridge with forty 500 lb bombs, wiping out the Umbarans on the ridge.

As Skywalker and Rommel worked to regroup their forces, Pong Krell arrived with orders from the Jedi Council for Skywalker to return to Coruscant at Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's request. Skywalker left reluctantly, and Krell took command of the 501st in his place. Krell immediately ordered the clones to march to the capital. Upon reaching the main road to the capital, Krell ordered them to launch a full assault on the capital along the main road, despite Rommel's and Rex's protests. The force sent to conduct the attack quickly walked into a minefield, which killed two clones. Moments later, they were ambushed my Umbaran fighters. Rommel, who was with the force, ordered them to retreat and rejoin the rest of the clones and Canadians. Together, they were able to repel the attack. Krell was furious at the retreat, but Rommel was able to defend his actions with Rex's help and convince Krell he had acted in the best way. The Umbarans then began a counterattack, which the clones and Canadians raced to fend off.

### Capturing the Airbase

Krell and Rommel, along with the 501st and Canadians, continued to hold their ground against attack by Umbaran air and ground forces. Krell and Rommel were then contacted by Kenobi, who ordered them and their troops to capture an Umbaran airbase that was supplying the capital with supplies that prevented the 212th from taking the capital.

Rommel and Krell immediately moved their troops towards the airbase. As they neared the airbase, Rex suggested a recon mission to find the safest way to attack the airbase. Krell, feeling a sense of urgency, instead ordered Rex to lead a portion of the 501st into the gorge immediately to launch a full scale attack. Rommel requested air support, but was told it would take some time. Krell ordered the attack despite protests from Rex and Rommel, but agreed to allow Rommel to send a platoon of Canadian troops to reinforce the clones in their attack. As the clones and Canadians made their way down the gorge, they came under fire from caterpillar tanks. However, Canadian soldiers who had grenade launchers attached to their assault blasters were able to destroy the tanks very quickly.

As the clones and Canadians continued down the gorge, they encountered a pair of Umbaran MHCs. However, before the MHCs could fire on them, they were destroyed by a pair of SF-15 Space Eagles from the 69th Starfighter Squadron. However, one of the Space Eagle pilots contacted the men on the ground and informed them two more MHCs were inbound. Rommel immediately took 5 more platoons of Canadians into the gorge and ordered Rex to send two clones to steal fighters from the airbase. Rex dispatched Fives and Hardcase to steal the fighters. Meanwhile, Rommel soon reached Rex's position and ordered all the men to dig in.

The tanks soon reached them, and began firing on them, but casualties were lessened thanks to how well the troops were dug in. The men were able to hold their position until Fives and Hardcase were able to return in their stolen starfighters and destroy the tanks. Krell and Sergeant Appo of the 501st then led the rest of the troops into the gorge and joined the rest of the forces in taking the airbase.

### Attack on the Supply Ship

After the 501st and Royal Canadian Regiment took the airbase, the Umbarans began a series of counterattacks to try and retake the airbase. The clones and Canadians established firm defenses around the airbase's perimeter to guard against the attacks by the Umbarans.

Not long after taking the airbase, Krell and Rommel were contacted by Kenobi, who congratulated them on taking the airbase, but informed them that the 212th and Royal 22 Regiment were now being held off by long range missiles, and that the Umbarans were resupplying from a Separatist supply ship in orbit, which was protected by a Separatist fleet that was stronger than the joint Republic/Terran fleet. Krell insisted they would just have to continue their attack on the capital regardless of the missiles. The transmission was then cut off before Kenobi could respond. Krell told Rommel to prepare his men to move out, but Rommel, having finally had enough of Krell's attitude, refused, saying his men would continue to guard the airbase, but would not participate in what Rommel called a suicide mission. Krell was angry, but had to back down, as Rommel was technically not under his command.

In the meantime, Fives had been examining the Umbaran starfighters at the base. Shortly after the confrontation between Rommel and Krell, Fives told Rex he believed that he and and some other clones could use the starfighters to infiltrate the supply ship and destroy it. Rex and Rommel took the idea to Krell, who quickly dismissed it. However, Fives decided to go ahead with the plan anyway, and Rommel sent one of the Canadian lieutenants, Lieutenant Doyle, to go with them. After preparing the fighters, Fives, Echo, and Doyle took off in three fighters. A Flight Officer noticed this and informed Krell, who confronted Rex about it. Rex lied and said that the fighters had been sent on a reconnaissance mission against the Umbaran capital on his orders.

## Gallery

Galactic Republic and Terran Forces engaging on a blockade against the Umbaran-CIS fleet.