The brief from the campaign manager called for the lead elements of the 107th Panzer Brigade to attack Mook from the SE. Three artillery batteries were in support, and additional support could…
Tag: Flames of War
Flames of War – Ro Ho to Ro Ni
Background The Ho-Ni II was an improvement of the previous Ho-Ni I, which was armed with a 75 mm (2.95 in) gun. It was designed to carry out close infantry support using…
Flames of War Battle of Best Playtest.
BLUF: At 1200 hours on 17 September, the Germans made a battalion-sized hasty attack against the US defenses guarding the western approaches to the 101st Airborne’s drop zone near Best. This attack…
Battle of Mortain, August 1944
Background Operation Lüttich was a codename given to a German counter-attack during the Battle of Normandy, which took place around the American positions near Mortain in northwestern France from 7 August to 13 August 1944. (Lüttich is the German…
Battle of Alytus, June 1941
Background The tank battle near Alytus between German tanks and those of (the) Soviet 5th Tank division was probably the hardest combat ever conducted by 7th Panzer Division in the Second World…
Battle of Arracourt, September 1944
Background The Battle of Arracourt took place between U.S. and German armoured forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France between 18 and 29 September 1944, during World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances…
Second Battle of Tel El Eisa, October 1942
Background The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam…
D-Day Air Assault, June 1944
Background The American airborne landings in Normandy were the first American combat operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions made night parachute drops early on D-Day, June 6,…
Gajo Minis FOW Volksturm
So, while at an HMGS convention some time ago, I stopped by the Gajo booth to look at some of their Napoleonic Miniatures. While going through their display, I came across their…
Omaha Beach, June 1944
Background Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Landings here were necessary…