The Istvaan III Atrocity, also known as the Battle of Istvaan III to Imperial scholars, was the treacherous military campaign conducted by the Chaos-corrupted Warmaster Horus on the rebellious Civilised World of Istvaan III that served both to amass those forces loyal to him without suspicion, and also cull those elements within the ranks of the Traitor Legions whose loyalties he suspected as remaining true to the Emperor of Mankind. The destruction of Istvaan III by virus-bombing and the subsequent internecine battle that followed between the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Traitor Legions and their own Loyalist elements was the first overt sign of Horus' turn to Chaos, and the first battle of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.
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| - The Istvaan III Atrocity, also known as the Battle of Istvaan III to Imperial scholars, was the treacherous military campaign conducted by the Chaos-corrupted Warmaster Horus on the rebellious Civilised World of Istvaan III that served both to amass those forces loyal to him without suspicion, and also cull those elements within the ranks of the Traitor Legions whose loyalties he suspected as remaining true to the Emperor of Mankind. The destruction of Istvaan III by virus-bombing and the subsequent internecine battle that followed between the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Traitor Legions and their own Loyalist elements was the first overt sign of Horus' turn to Chaos, and the first battle of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.
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Strength
| - One-third of Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Legions, Ordo Reductor
- Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children, World Eaters Traitor Legions, Legio Mortis, Legio Audax and Legio Vulpa
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Commander
| - Saul Tarvitz, Lucius, Garviel Loken, Tarik Torgaddon, and Ehrlen
- Horus, Mortarion, Fulgrim and Angron
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Attacker
| - Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Traitor Legions
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theatre
| - Istvaan III, Istvaan System, Segmentum Ultima
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Outcome
| - Loyalist elements culled from Space Marine Legions under the direct command of Warmaster Horus; entire population of Istvaan III is wiped out and the planet rendered a Nurgle-cursed Dead World
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Casualties
| - In the tens of thousands, extensive losses amongst all Traitor assets
- Over 8 billion dead as a result of the virus-bombing; tens of thousands of Loyalist dead
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Defender
| - Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Loyalists , Ordo Reductor
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| - The Istvaan III Atrocity, also known as the Battle of Istvaan III to Imperial scholars, was the treacherous military campaign conducted by the Chaos-corrupted Warmaster Horus on the rebellious Civilised World of Istvaan III that served both to amass those forces loyal to him without suspicion, and also cull those elements within the ranks of the Traitor Legions whose loyalties he suspected as remaining true to the Emperor of Mankind. The destruction of Istvaan III by virus-bombing and the subsequent internecine battle that followed between the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and World Eaters Traitor Legions and their own Loyalist elements was the first overt sign of Horus' turn to Chaos, and the first battle of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium.
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