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…
Tag: Flames of War
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…
Defense of the Calumpit Bridges, (Jan 1942
Background: The Philippines Campaign (Filipino:Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 through 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan and the defense…
Battle of Pelembang, (Feb 1942)
Background: The Battle of Palembang was a battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II. It occurred near Palembang, on Sumatra, on 13–15 February 1942. The Royal Dutch Shell oil refineries…
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…
Battles of Khalkhin Gol (1939)
Background “The Battles of Khalkhyn Gol were the decisive engagements of the undeclared border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The conflict was named…
Battle Along the Mannerheim Line (1939)
As we were suffering the hottest Heat Wave of the year in Washington DC…. We decided, of course, to play a scenario pitting Finns vs Soviets in the snows of the Winter…
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…