Operation Thunderbolt was a Havenite large-scale naval operation against the Manticoran Alliance that was carried out in 1919 PD. It marked the resumption of hostilities between the Republic of Haven and the Alliance and the beginning of the Second Havenite-Manticoran War.
Concetration points
- the First Fleet (Haven) - SXR-136-23 System, located less than forty light-years northwest of Trevor's Star
- the Second Fleet (Haven) - nameless system in the Silesian Confederacy
Outcome
With the exception of Trevor's Star, where Admiral Javier Giscard chose to withdraw when confronted with a combined RMN/Grayson defence force, and Silesia, where Admiral Honor Harrington decisively defeated Admiral Lester Tourville's Second Fleet, the Republican Navy recaptured virtually all systems lost in the previous war against the Alliance.
In the Star Kingdom, the staggering defeat led to the resignation of Prime Minister Michael Janvier, the fall of the High Ridge government and the suicide of First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Edward Janacek. (HH10)
References
Operations of the Second Havenite-Manticoran War | |||
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Thunderbolt | Cutworm | Cutworm II | Cutworm III | Gobi | Sanskrit | Beatrice | |||
Battles of the Second Havenite-Manticoran War | |||
Second Tequila | Grendelsbane | Second Thetis | Second Maastricht | Second Trevor's Star | Second Marsh | Raid on Alizon | Raid on Zanzibar | Gaston | Tambourin | Hera | Squalus and Hallman | Augusta | Chantilly | Des Moines | Fordyce | Lorn | Solon | Second Zanzibar | Lovat | Manticore |