Battle of New York

Organizations| * Terran Alliance
* Galactic Republic

Personnel| * Lieutenant Samuel Adams
* Obi Wan Kenobi.
* CT-7567 "Rex"
* Rear Admiral Gary Roughead
* General Grievous (not physically present)

Strength| - United States Army* + 101st Airborne Division
	+ 1st Infantry Division
	+ 3rd Infantry Division
	+ 28th Infantry Division
		- Humvees
		- M1A1 Abrams tanks
		- M2A1 Bradleys
		- Mobile artilleries
		- 200,000+ troops

- New York National Guard* 42nd Infantry Division, ANG
	+ 20,000 troops

-United States Air Force* F-16 Fighting Falcon
* F-15E Strike Eagle
* A-10 Warthog
* + 1st Fighter Wing
		- F-15C Eagle

- New Jersey Air National Guard* 177th Fighter Wing
	+ F-16 Fighting Falcon

- Vermont Air National Guard* 134th Fighter Squadron
	+ F-16 Fighting Falcon

- United States Navy* 2 Iowa-class battleships
	+ USS Iowa
	+ USS Wisconsin
* 2 aircraft carriers
	+ 1 Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
		- USS Saratoga
* 1 Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
	+ USS Dwight D Eisenhower
* 2 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers
	+ USS Thomas S Gates
	+ USS San Jacinto
* 8 destroyers
	+ Spruance-class

- USN Naval Aviation* F/A-18 Hornets
* F-14 Tomcats
* A-6 Intruders

- Grand Army of the Republic* + 212th Attack Battalion
	+ 501st Legion
	+ 713th Legion
* 45,000 clones

- Royal Canadian Army* 15,000 soldiers
* Leopard 1 tanks

- Royal Canadian Air Force* CF-18 Hornets
* 7,000 heavy droid units
* AATs

(NR-N99 Persuader class droid enforcers* IG-227 Hailfire class droid tanks
* Spider droids

Casualties| * 10,000 U.S. troops
* 4,000 clones
* 50 aircraft
* 5,000 heavy droid units

The **Battle of New York** was one of nine ground battles to take place during the Terran campaign, and one of two to take place on US soil during the campaign. The battle took place in the cities of New York City, Buffalo, and Albany, and lasted a full day. Overall, it was a terrible loss for Separatists, and saw the first combat between a member of the Anti-Sith Assault Team and a Sith.

## Prelude

The Galactic Republic first arrived on Terra on October 5, 1991. After establishing first contact with the government of the United States, the Republic established contact with the world through the United Nations, and issued a warning to the whole planet that the Separatists had been attempting to find Terra.

On November 30, 1991, the United Nations voted on a resolution to declare an alliance with the Republic in the face of the expected invasion by the Separatists. Of the 169 member nations of the United Nations, 128 voted in favor of the alliance, 38 had voted to remain neutral, and 3 (Libya, Iraq, and North Korea), abstained from the vote.

Days after the vote, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was officially formed as a Terran unit to defend Terra against the Sith. It officially began its training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker.

In the following month, the nations of Terra who had voted in favor began to heavily militarize. Most of the countries in question instituted drafts to build up their armies.

On Christmas, a Separatist scout ship arrived in the Terran system. It was quickly destroyed, but not before it was able to transmit its location to the main Separatist fleet.

On January 8, the United Nations and the Republic launched Operation Thunderstrike, an operation to capture Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, and Kim Il-Sung, who intended to ally with the Separatists. The operation was successful, and all three rulers and much of their government were captured and imprisoned.

The night of the 8th, the Separatist armada arrived in the Terran system. Hours later, early the morning of the 9th, the Separatists fleet engaged the Republic fleet protecting Earth. The battle lasted for several hours before the Republic fleet, which was down to just 8 ships, retreated at the order of Anakin Skywalker.

The Separatist fleet took up a position in orbit, and launched two massive airstrikes against Terra. American and Soviet fighters successfully shot down most of the strike forces, but the two forces successfully distracted Terran air defenses long enough for Separatist ground forces to begin landing across the world.

Prior to the battle, the City of New York was heavily fortified, including installing anti-aircraft systems (both missile and cannon based) across the city. The US Army had deployed over 9 divisions, numbering over 200,000 troops, to New York. Two divisions were deployed to protect Buffalo, three more were deployed to protect Albany, and the last four, including the 1st Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division, were deployed to New York City. Most of the troops protecting Buffalo and Albany were Reservists or draftees. The Grand Army of the Republic also had 45,000 clones in New York, as well as Jedi General Obi Wan Kenobi.

## The Battle

The Battle of New York began in the afternoon of January 9th. The Separatist landed 300,000 battle droids and 3,200 heavy droid units (AATs, Persuaders, Hailfires, and spider droids) on Long Island to attack New York City. Another 160,000 droids and 1,500 heavy droid units were landed on the shore of Lake Erie to attack Buffalo, and another 200,000 battle droids and 2,300 heavy droid units were landed near Albany to attack the city.

The Separatist opened the battle with airstrikes against New York City. However, F-16 Fighting Falcons from the New Jersey Air National Guard and Vermont Air National Guard successfully drove off the attackers.

When droid attacks began against the cities, American tanks and fighter bombers attempted to stall the attacking forces. At the same time, F-15s from the Air Force's 1st Fighter Wing and F-14 Tomcats from the aircraft carriers *USS Saratoga* and *USS Dwight D Eisenhower* patrolled over New York to keep droid fighters and bombers at bay, with the assistance of land based anti-fighter missile and cannon systems.

General Kenobi and Lieutenant Samuel Adams, leader of the ASAT team, led the defense of New York City. Obi Wan led the 212th Attack Battalion and 713th Legion of the GAR, and the American 3rd Infantry Division, all of which were in the northern part of Queens. Adams and Captain Rex led the 501st and 1st Infantry Division in the southern part of Queens. The 28th Infantry Division protected the space between the two armies, the 101st Airborne Division protected civilians further into New York.

The troops protecting Buffalo and Albany established firm defenses that held their positions against all droid attacks. At the same time, droid attacks were slowly pushing American and clones forces back through Queens, but with murderous losses to the droids.

16 hours into the battle, Adams was on a rooftop with Captain Rex directing the defense against the droids' latest attack when Asajj Ventress arrived on the rooftop. Adams sent Rex and their support staff down from the building, and engaged in a lightsaber duel with Ventress.

As Adams' duel with Ventress began, the men of the 501st Legion and the 1st Division continued to engage droids marching along the coast of Long Island. Many of the clones and American troops were hiding in buildings that had been abandoned by their owners. The Americans and clones caused heavy losses to the droids, while taking few losses themselves. However, Hyena bombers were soon able to break through the F-15 and F-14 patrols and bomb the building where troops were hiding, allowing the droids to press their attack. The American troops retreated, with the clones covering them.

As they retreated, the recently recommissioned battleships *USS Iowa* and *USS Wisconsin* arrived off the coast of Long Island with their escorts, and began shelling the droids along the coast, with each shell destroying dozens of droids at once. The arrival of the battleships was noticed by Adams, as well as Rex and soldiers of the 1st and 501st. As the battleships began their bombardment, a strike force of 20 A-10 Warthogs and 48 F-15E Strike Eagles arrived from air force bases to the south. The strike force proceeded to where Kenobi's forces were engaged. The Strike Eagles began bombing targets behind droid lines as the Warthogs began providing close air support for Kenobi's troops.

At the same time, reinforcements arrived at Buffalo and Albany. A full division of the Canadian Army arrived in Buffalo to assist the Americans, as CF-18 Hornets of the Royal Canadian Air Force began to bomb Separatist forces and provide close air support. Simultaneously, the New York National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division arrived at Albany, along with F-16s from the Vermont Air National Guard.

As the reinforcements were arriving, Adams finally overpowered Asajj Ventress, and forced her to retreat. Once he was certain she was gone, he returned to command the troops of the 1st and 501st, accompanied by reinforcements from the 101st Airborne.

The men of the 1st, 101st, and 501st began a massive push against the droids, supported by fire from the *Iowa* and the *Wisconsin*, which broke their lines and forced them to retreat. The troops and battleships pursued them and kept up their fire. At the same time, a massive push from Kenobi's forces, supported by attack squadrons from the *Saratoga* and *Eisenhower*, broke the droid lines in the north of Queens, forcing them to retreat as well.

Before long, General Grievous ordered that all droids on Long Island be pulled out. Unfortunately, this allowed US aircraft that had been assisting the fight in New York City to begin attacking droid forces around Buffalo and Albany. Within a few more hours, Grievous ordered all remaining droid forces in New York to be pulled out. US fighters were able to destroy a number of Separatist forces as they retreated back to the fleet. The battle finally came to an end late in the morning of the 10th, when the final droids were pulled out of Albany.

## Aftermath

The Battle of New York was one of the most devastating defeats for the Separatists in the Terran campaign. Half of their battle droids and most of its heavy droid units were destroyed, with minimal losses to the US or Republic.

The battle was a major morale boost for the Terrans. The battle showed how well Terran forces could fare in a battle against battle droids. It also saw the first combat between a member of the ASAT team and a Sith, and proved that despite not being Jedi, the ASAT team could stand against a Sith.

Soon after the Battle of New York, and the other battles of the Terran campaign, the Terran Accords were ratified and the Terran Alliance was officially formed. Within a few weeks of the ratification of the Accords, the Terran Alliance formally entered the Clone Wars when it deployed forces to assist the Republic in the 2nd Battle of Geonosis

## Appearances

* *Rise of the Terran Alliance (first appearance)*