The Battle of Reach – Complete Timeline

It's been over 6 years since I first released by "Battle of Reach Timeline" video. Since then, a ton of new information has come to light. With Halo Reach coming to PC later this year, there's no better time to revisit this subject!

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0:00 Intro
3:02 Boot-Up
3:12 Prelude to Battle
3:56 July 18th
4:19 July 19th
4:38 Reach Discovered
4:54 July 23rd
5:26 July 24th
6:22 July 26th
7:08 August 1st
7:48 August 5th
8:07 Battle of Teller Station
8:46 August 11th
9:02 August 12th
10:17 August 13th
11:02 August 14th
11:59 Wake of Disaster
12:21 August 23rd
13:35 August 25th
14:07 August 26th
14:21 August 27th
14:59 August 29th
16:27 August 30th
24:02 Wrap-Up

[mosley_actual]

"It didn't take long for Reach to fall. Our enemy was ruthless. Efficient. But they weren't nearly fast enough. For you had already passed the torch. And because of you, we found Halo, unlocked its secrets, shattered our enemy's resolve. Our victory - your victory - was so close... I wish you could have lived to see it. But you belong to Reach. Your body, your armor - all burned and turned to glass. Everything...except your courage. That, you gave to us. And with it, we can rebuild."

[JC-Alan]

"Negative, I have the gun. Good luck Sir"


"Good luck to you Spartan."

[maxawesom]

You can tell the fall of reach is the first real “expanded universe” book because *everything* happens in it

[Doomed-pfbc]

You forgot the part where Emile and Kat leave to go kill swarm and terminators on Sera with Marcus Fenix and friends

[Yorkington]

I know this may be off topic of talking about the timeline, but seeing that alien corvette gutted by the SMAC gets me rock hard everytime.

[SgtCandy]

The biggest jarring difference is how so much of Reach is fighting for its life while a lot seems completely fine.

[DeeonleeCobb]

So much things happens at August 30th that it gives a new light of the stakes for Noble Team delivering the Cortana fragment to the Pillar of Autumn.

[UnifiedEntity]

Gotta give 343 credit for not just throwing out Fall of Reach and merging it with Halo Reach story line.

[ArmadaFan]

I like how this timeline really fixes Halo Reach’s campaign and the overall timeline of Reach. ❤️

[andrewmaderer]

I forget that there are halo fans that legitimately dislike Reach. I mean it’s all opinion so none of it matters, but I just can’t imagine seeing the beautiful vistas of Reach and hearing the incredible music and experiencing the tragedy of the story and then thinking, “Ah, this game didn’t happen.”

[lieutenantdiamond]

I like the idea that the conflicting information is part of the story. That the battle was so dire and messy that the conflicting accounts happen both in universe and out.

[zebaguettefromfrance]

from how reach portrays it, i've always known that the battle of reach was a huge disaster and that humanity was on the ropes, but this video put into context just how badly humanity is losing. reach was the second most fortified planet the UNSC controlled and they got overrun in slightly over a month. The covies were so efficient half the planet wasn't even aware they were being invaded until a few weeks into the battle. This video puts into context how hilariously outmatched the UNSC actually is and how impressive it is that they managed to crawl out of this desperate struggle as the winners.

[fibraaa]

Fun fact (if you already didn't know): the Field Marshal Elite part of the Zealot class shown at 4:48 was the one who killed Kat and coordinated the death of Emile as well (but didn't directly kill him). This same Field Marshall is the one Emile asked to engage in Winter Contingency but his permission was evidently denied by Noble 1. Imagine how different things would have been on Reach if this Field Marshal was killed by Noble team in Winter Contingency... :(

[Soundwave]

"Halo Reach and Halo the Fall of Reach are canon" "Worked to make the two stories work together"


THIS is how you respect a fanbase and established fans when developing new products and story. take note, Star Wars writers.

[Crizzly]

Carter: "Jun, escort Dr Halsey off-world"

Jun: "But sir, Fred and Kelly are supposed to meet her on Reach in First Strike. This will fuck up the canon."

[MistahFox]

"Linda is declared medically missing in action and is placed into cryostasis"

[Litany_of_Fury]

Halo Reach, Halo 3 and Halo Wars are the only Halo games that really capture that struggle for survival against the odds. Halo 1 is more or less detached from the greater universe with the entire game plot revolving around the Halo Ring mcguffin, Halo 3 does not suffer from this as the stakes are truly too high and the plot well fleshed out at this point.

[twojacksandanace]

And thus brave Leonidas and his brave 300 die... oh wrong battle.

[KevinKoolx]

Even though I've played the Reach campaign multiple times I often lose the context in game. This was great!

[elipsorange]

Wish you would've went into the return on the Master Chief after returning from Alpha Halo. With the use of the slipspace Crystal. The whole arc is confusing as shit with the time jump and/or different reality and how it effected the story line. Otherwise nice job piecing together this, with the book and game it can get jumbled. Great job man.