The Battle of District 3 is an unofficial term referring to the fight to seize control of District 3 from the Capitol in and around the Second Rebellion.
History[]
Pre-Second Rebellion civil unrest[]
When Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark visited the district on their Victory Tour, she mentioned that the people there, as well as in Districts 4 and 8, expressed "genuine elation... at the sight of [them], and under the elation, fury." She also characterized their cheers as cries for vengeance.[1]
Months later, on the day before the reading of the Quarter Quell card, there were shortages of electric gadgets from District 3 that implied rebel action.[2]
Second Rebellion[]
Several weeks after the end of the 75th Hunger Games, the airing of propos about the hospital bombing in District 8 boosted morale in the districts. This allowed rebels to take Districts 3 and 11, as well as "[make] inroads in several other districts as well".[3]
Notable persons involved[]
Beetee Latier in District 13.
While he was never directly linked to this battle, District 3 victor Beetee Latier made a number of notable contributions to the rebel cause. According to Plutarch Heavensbee, Beetee "essentially redesigned the underground network that transmits all the programming",[4] so he played a major role in getting propos to air across the districts[5] and later inside the Capitol.[3] He and Gale Hawthorne were also responsible for the strategies behind the bombing of the Nut[6] and the City Circle bombing.[7][8]