Battle of Sandomierz, August 1944.
Background Sandomierz bridgehead, also known as Sandomierz-Baranów bridgehead (Polish: przyczółek baranowsko-sandomierski, Russian: Сандомирский плацдарм) was a pocket of resistance created by Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front in late July 1944 on the left bank of the Vistula River in German-occupied Poland.[1] Located around the…
Battle of Kulm, August 1813
Background Following the French victory at Dresden, Vandamme pursued the retreating allies. Napoleon sent Marshals Gouvion Saint Cyr and Auguste Marmont to support Vandamme’s corps. With Vandamme in advance, Saint Cyr’s and Marmont’s corps brought up the rear. Vandamme…
Iron Cross WWII Miniature Rules Review
Do you want to know where the Iron Crosses grow? Well, Great Escape Games is prepared to show you. While attending Cold Wars, I came across a game of Iron Cross published…
Flames of War V3 Scenarios Using V4 Rules.
Thoughts from the Balcony… As many readers will have noticed, our group is big on playing Flames of War for our WWII games. Unlike a lot of groups (not all of course),…
Battle at Kuestrin, May 1945
Background The Soviet Vistula-Oder offensive was designed to strike west to the Oder River, cross it, and then drive on to Berlin. The lightly-held German defenses initially faltered, but as the Soviets…
Battle of Burkersdorf, 1762
Background By July 18 1762, during the Prussian campaign in Silesia, Frederick II was on the verge of launching an attack on Daun’s position when Tchernichev informed him of the fall of Peter III. The Russian contingent…
Battle of 2nd Lutterberg , 1762
Background During the campaign of 1762 in West Germany, after their defeat at the battle of Wilhelmsthal on June 24, the French generals Soubise and d’Estrées retired behind the Fulda the following night. They left a single division to…