Background This battle, one of the most sanguinary of all those that were fought during the Franco-Prussian war, took place on August 16th, 1870. The French, defeated all along the line, had…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French Shermans
With the mid war equipment out of the way, it was time to move to late war. Unfortunately, the 1st FFI was rechristened as a mech division for the invasion of France….
V&F – Battle of Huesca, May 1837
The Game
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French T30s.
With the APCs out of the way, the next thing I needed was some artillery support for the French. So, I pulled out the T-30s and a couple of jeeps. I believe…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French M3 Scout Cars.
With my new decals at hand, I am now working through my backlog of French late war armor. It is funny, this was the force I meant to start with. However, my…
IHMN – Hut for the Great Cou Cou Bird.
Reports have come out of the Altas Mountains of spotting of the famed and thought long extinct Great Cou Cou Bird. The Zoological societies of both Berlin and London have sent teams…
Lend Lease Armor Project – French M3a3s
Last year I started my big push to paint up my metric ton of unpainted Flames of War allied vehicles. The plan was to do them in mass, using the same colors…
FOW – Battle of the Psel River, July 1943.
On the day after Thanksgiving, we always play a big tank battle, which we call “Tanksgiving”! Our game this year was based on an attack by elements of the Soviet V Guards…
FOW – Carnage in the Caucuses, September 1942.
Forward Our Friday battle took place in September of 1942 shortly after the Nazis has crossed the Terek River from Mozdok in the Caucasus as part of the drive to Grozny and…
More Content, Links Tab Added!
I decided it would be a good idea after all these years to add a new drop down tab to the blog. There are a number of pages that I think that…