Background We are getting ready for a big throw back game next month using my Donner and Blitzen rules. They were originally written with Micro Armor in mind and we got a…
Tag: East Front
Battle of Kharkhov, August 1943
Background The Belgorod-Kharkov Strategic Offensive Operation, or simply Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation, was a Soviet strategic summer offensive that aimed to recapture Belgorod and Kharkov (now Kharkiv) , and destroy the German forces of the 4th Panzer Army and Army Detachment Kempf. The operation…
Battle of Vitebsk, July 1812
Background The Battle of Vitebsk, sometimes spelled Witepsk, was a military engagement that took place on 26 and 27 July 1812 during the French invasion of Russia. The battle put a French force, under the command of Emperor Napoleon I, in…
Battle of Kiev, September 1941
Background The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. This encirclement is considered the largest…
Battle of the Frontiers (Białystok), June 1941
Background The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Army Group Centre during the penetration of the Soviet border region in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa lasting from 22 June to 3 July…
Iron Cross Meeting Engagement – Soviets vs Germans
In order to better learn the Iron Cross WWII skirmish rules our group has landed on for our WWII Wednesdays, we started simple with an infantry on infantry match. This was followed…
Battle of Sandomierz, August 1944.
Background Sandomierz bridgehead, also known as Sandomierz-Baranów bridgehead (Polish: przyczółek baranowsko-sandomierski, Russian: Сандомирский плацдарм) was a pocket of resistance created by Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front in late July 1944 on the left bank of the Vistula River in German-occupied Poland.[1] Located around the…
Battle at Kuestrin, May 1945
Background The Soviet Vistula-Oder offensive was designed to strike west to the Oder River, cross it, and then drive on to Berlin. The lightly-held German defenses initially faltered, but as the Soviets…
Race to the Koenigsburg, January 1945.
Background The Battle of Königsberg, also known as the Königsberg Offensive, was one of the last operations of the East Prussian Offensive during World War II. In four days of violent urban warfare, Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front and…
Tanksgiving 2017, Battle of Brody 1941.
Background The Battle of Brody (other names in use include Battle of Dubna, Battle of Dubno, Battle of Rovne, Battle of Rovne-Brody) was a tank battle fought between the 1st Panzer Group’s III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps (Motorized) and five mechanized…