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. With the…
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Battle for the Sapun Ridge, (June 1942)
Background: The Siege of Sevastopol also known as the Defense of Sevastopol (Russian: Оборона Севастополя, transliteration: Oborona Sevastopolya) or simply the Battle of Sevastopol (German: Schlacht um Sewastopol) was a military battle…
Battle of Pruzana, (June 1941)
On Aug 27th, we finished our 1941 theme by playing a Barbarossa scenario out of the April 1982 issue of Wargamer’s Digest (vol 9, no.6) “Battle Stations – German Panzer Attack –…
Battle of Uman, (Aug 1941)
Background The Battle of Uman (15 July – 8 August 1941) was the German and allied encirclement of the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies—under the command of Lieutenant General I. N. Muzyrchenko…
Crete (1941)
“The Battle of Crete (Unternehmen Merkur) was fought during World War II on the Greek island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, when Nazi Germany began an…
Battle for the Ockenburg Airfield, (May 1940)
During May 10 to May 12, 1940, Ockenburg, a small Dutch auxiliary airfield near The Hague, was the scene of bitter fighting between German airborne forces and Dutch defenders during World War…
Operation Conrad 1945
On June 24th, as part of our effort to fight battles from each year of World War II, we played a scenario based on the last German offensive of the war to…
Battle of Bautzen, the Last German Victory.
On June 3rd, as part of our effort to fight battles from each year of World War II, we shifted to 1945 and played a scenario based on the Soviet-Polish offensive south…
Encirclement at Cherkassy
In this weeks Flames of War Scenario, we decided to do a double envelopment game of the Battle of Cherkassy. The game was inspired by the Soviet effort to surround the German…
Attack on Ponte dei Malati Bridge
As part of our regular Flames of War Friday game, we chose to play a historically based scenario representing the British attack on Ponte dei Malati Bridge. Background: During July 13th, 1943,…