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…
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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…
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…
The Cauldron, Gazala, 1942
Background The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of…
Deep in the Congo, IHMN Pulp Action.
Background Deep in the jungles of the Congo lies an old trading post, that has not been heard from in a number of years. Many rumors have come back from area tribesman…
Race to the Koenigsburg, January 1945.
Background The Battle of Königsberg, also known as the Königsberg Offensive, was one of the last operations of the East Prussian Offensive during World War II. In four days of violent urban warfare, Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front and…
Battle of Malaya, 1941
Background The Japanese Invasion of Malaya began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 (local time) before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first major battle of the Pacific War, and was fought between ground forces…
Battle of Pfaffenhofen , 1745
Background In October 1744, the Franco-Bavarian army had succeeded, in coordination with Prussia, to expel the Austrians from Bavaria, and to reinstate Charles VII, Prince-elector of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor, in his capital Munich. Here…