Background The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the war against Nazi Germany. The battle encompassed the attack by three Soviet Army Groups to capture not only Berlin but the…
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Lapin Sota (1945)
Background On 4-5 September 1944, the cease-fire ended military actions between Finland and the Soviet Union. An armistice between the Soviet Union and Finland was signed in Moscow on 19 September. Finland…
Battle of Halbe Pocket (1945)
Background The Battle of Halbe (German: Kessel von Halbe, Russian: Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) lasted from April 24 – May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under…
Team Yankee Playtest Thoughts
Background Our normal Friday FOW gaming group decided to put aside our normal historical FOW scenario playing for one day and give Team Yankee a test drive. We had been talking about…
Battle for Sandomierz (Sep 1944)
Background The Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive or Lvov-Sandomierz Strategic Offensive Operation (Russian: Львовско-Сандомирская стратегическая наступательная операция) was a major Red Army operation to force the German troops from Ukraine and Eastern Poland. Launched in…
Breakthough to the Trasimene Line (June 1944)
Background On Mark Clark’s U.S. Fifth Army front U.S. VI Corps was pushed up the coast along highway 1 and U.S. II Corps along highway 2 towards Viterbo. To their right British…
Battle for the Island (September 1944)
Background The Eleventh Armoured was tasked with securing the right flank of the operation. Attached to VIII Corps, it began moving on 18 September. Advancing in two columns, it managed to reach…
The Daugava River, Panzer Mobile Defense (1944)
General Situation – Major Russian attacks have occurred on the Central Sector of the Eastern Front. Russian breakthroughs have occurred, with their armor leading the exploitation. The result if this Russian has…
Battle for the Primosole Bridge, Operation Fustian (July 1943)
Background “Operation Fustian was an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 in the Second World War. The operation was carried out by Brigadier Gerald Lathbury’s…
Destruction of the Third Tank Army, Third Battle of Kharkov, (Mar 1943)
Backround The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the…