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…
Tag: Flames of War
Battle of Nibeiwa, (Dec 1940)
Background On July 1st, we restarted the clock again to fight battles from each year of World War II. We played a scenario based on the initial set of battles in North…
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,…