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Like the title says, folks. Mine would have to be the Siege of Terra. Generic, I know, but everybody and their grandmothers was there. It came down to tooth anb nail, even the kitchen sink was not spared. Its pretty cool and important. What's yours? Xenos vs Humans and so forth.

The final attack on Badab Primaris. It easily made the Space Sharks as my favorite chapter.

Hmm. Calth being destroyed by the Word Bearers.

Siege of Vraks

I was a fan of all of the Badab war fights. Especially the one in which Huron almost beasted the Head Commander of the Crusade in a surprise attack (The new one, not the one that got killed during the negotiations earlier in the war).

Good question!

It's a tie. My first pick is the space battle between the Covenant of Blood and the Red Corsairs forces. Really, though, what I truly loved is the fight between Vandred and the Exalted, so this one probably doesn't count.

My REAL choice, the only one that probably counts, isn't an important battle, but it's great for the iconic feel of the setting.

The Battle for Pasternach, between Unknown Space Marines (who I think might have been Imperial Fists, although it hardly matters) and a small group of what sounded like Tyranids. Awesome stuff. Described in Angels, a short story by Robert Earls that you can find in Let the Galaxy Burn, a short story anthology edited by Marc Gascoigne and Christian Dunn.

The war in heaven hands down my favorite battle of all time
It just shows how strong the Necrons are

Second war for Armageddon. Not only is it really cool, but it proves that the eldar are dicks, causing the war in the first place instead of taking the orcs like a man.

It's the 3rd War for Armageddon for me... though 2nd comes close. In both cases, there is history of the Blood Angels - and Captain Tycho in particular - being forged. Not to mention the epic grudge match between Yarrick and Ghazghkull.

My favorite battle comes from Helsreach. Not that fight itself, but when Grimaldus describes that chapter (Wolves something, been awhile) going extinct fighting the Tyranids to the last man. I always enjoyed that bit of the book.

Probably the Battle of Iyanden vs Hive Fleet Kraken.

Seeing such a prosperous (by the standards of an already dying race anyway) nearly brought low by ravening monsters and the depths they sink to for survival is great reading. It is also some of the best Eldar fluff imo.

That and Yriel is a badass.

Also, I absolutely loved the Battle for Prospero in A Thousand Sons. It completely showed Magnus' legion in a whole new light to me.

The battle of Iyanden, and how the Eldar unwittingly saved countless Imperial worlds and many of their own kin, and facing an incredibly desperate battle against a foe even the Eldar know relatively little about.

Ghazzkuls waagh.

There isn't much about it as far as I know, but the Battle of Tallarn sounds pretty awesome to me.

I know you guys mentioned the Second War of Armageddon, but it's this specific battle.

The one where Commissar Yarrick got his armed looped off, then while the Ork what done it was cheering, he got up and decapitated him. Then took his power klaw in return.

Yarrick, man. Beat the Orks by being more Orky than them.

My favorite battle I read of was when the Death Korps of Krieg utterly destroys the main hive city on the hive world Derondii. Either that or the civil war on Krieg.

The Battle of Helsreach. Where Grimaldus uttered his cry:

"I have dug my grave in this place and I will triumph or I will die."

And in the mean-time, He throttled an Ork to death because he deemed him unworthy of his Crozius...

I've never been overly fond of the Ultramarines, but Calth and the whole grudgmatch thing between Guilliman and Lorgar is turning out to be one of the more interesting parts of the HH series.

I have always had a soft spot for Vandire and the whole 'Age of Apostacy', in particular the final battle at the Imperial Palace. Sisters, astartes, guard, mechanicum, all battling it out with a guest-star appearance by the Emperor. Who could ask for more?

That battle in the Horus Heresy novel 'Fulgrim' where Fulgrim meets with Eldrad, gak goes down and they end up with the EC captains vs an eldar army..
either that or the Drop site Massecare

I'm going to have to say the second battle of Santuary 101, from James Swallow's book Hammer and Anvil. My favourite army, the Sisters, in a badass last stand against the Necrons. What I like about it is how the Sisters put up a strong fight despite the overwhelmingly large Necron force attacking them. I also love how even when they're close to losing, they all rally around their Canoness, who proceeds to fight the Necron Lord one-on-one, right on top of his own personal Monolith. Awesome stuff.

That cannoness duel on the Monollith was epic.

But my favorites are the Word Bearers attack on Calth. The scale of destruction was more massive than anything I've ever seen. It was something like 15 pages just devoted to one act of violence that blossomed into a worldwide cataclysm. And that was just the first shot so to speak.

Second is Battle of the Fang. I love the two arch enemies meeting again hundreds of years later with the Thousand Sons being so reduced in power and glory. You get a real sense of self loathing from some of them. It was a sequel to Prospero Burns and I loved it. And Bjorn dueling a primarch? Oh yes.

The Terran Crusade during the Wars of Apostasy. Pissing off both the Black Templars and the Adeptus Mechanicus Fabricator General is a really bad idea.

Battle for Certus-Minor in Legion of the Damned.

Kersh personified exactly what a space marine ought to be like. Honorable, Strong, Fearless and dedicated to the preservation of humanity even when your own brothers are against you. Even when your own demise is imminent.

Coming from a Dark Angel fanboy, probably the damning battle of Caliban. Both sides were trying to protect what they thought was honorable.... and... well it's actually just a big mess.

My choice would have to be the first battle of the fang less than 500 mortals charging a primarch is epic.


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My choice would have to be the first battle of the fang less than 500 mortals charging a primarch is epic.

mine would have to be either the battle on Istvaan V

or the Battle between Lion El'Jonson and Luther on Caliban.

Probably the retreat from Istvaan V or the battle of Istvaan III.

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Hmm. Calth being destroyed by the Word Bearers.

The battle where wazdakka rams a warlord Titan and takes the princep's and crews' still flaming skulls.

Or the battle where the Elysian drop troops have to fight of bids on a moon and get devastated,

My favorite battle has to be either the Titan duels in helsreach, or when Grimnaldus goes apes hit and murders everything within reach.

Also I did enjoy the battles in the Gaunts Ghosts book Salvation Reach