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"We sleep peaceably in our beds, because rough men stand ready to visit violence upon those that wish to do us harm."
"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of all those who threaten them."
^No the war started when the covenant came across a freighter, the first causalities were on Harvest. Reach was the 2nd to last planet to fall and occurred shortly before the battle of Earth which was the last battle and that was shortly before the battle of the Ark which ended the war. note this excludes Onyx as the UNSC still retains control of the remains of the planet (although you can argue the dyson sphere isn't part of the planet)
Their wasn't much planning that went into the attack either. As far as Covenant attacks go, actually, Harvest was the worst planned and second least effective attack I'm aware of. Right after the battle of Earth for effectiveness (but that was highly organized just the Spartans happened)
[Edited on 06.08.2009 3:02 PM PDT]