Background Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army (Lieutenant General Omar Bradley) seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World…
Tag: Historical
Battle of Mars La Tor, August 1870.
Background The Battle of Mars-La-Tour (also known as the Battle of Vionville or Battle of Rezonville) was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, near the village of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France. In the evening…
Battle of Oudenarde, July 1708
Background: The Battle of Oudenarde (or Oudenaarde) was a battle in the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 11 July 1708 between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Holy Roman Empire on…
Donner and Blitzen 15mm Playtest II
Background Continuing our playtest games of Donner and Blitzen, I decided to try some west front action. This time around it would be the British attacking the Germans in Italy. The Germans…
U.S. Marine Corps Museum
I had a buddy come and visit me over the weekend and we had some time to kill. He had mentioned that he had never been to the US Marine Corps Museum…
Fall In 2018
I attended Fall In over the weekend in Lancaster Pennsylvania. This is the smallest of the HMGS east gaming conventions (with Historicon being the largest). The convention was held at the Lancaster…
Donner and Blitzen 15mm Playtest
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…
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…
Crescent Root, Series 3, 15mm Building Review
View of the new buildings with Zvedza KV1s. Each large square is an inch. Crescent Root just keeps the new released coming this year. I’m not sure how much longer my bank…
Battle of Cape Matapan, March 1941
Background The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου) was a Second World War naval engagement between British and Axis forces, fought from 27–29 March 1941. The cape is on the south-west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece. Following the interception…