The title of this report could be referring to the ease of the historical victory of CCA, 4th Armored Division over 113 Panzer Brigade near the town of Arracourt on 19 September…
Tag: Flames of War
FOW – Battle of Longstop Hill (Part II), December 1942.
The final game of our Tunisia theme (which should have been titled, “The Race to Tunis” since all of our battles were from the opening stages of the campaign) was another battle…
FOW – Battle pf Longstop Hill (Part I), December 1942.
It is necessary to provide the dates when discussing the fighting at Longstop Hill, because the hill was contested in a series of actions from 22-25 December 1942, and in the spring…
FOW – Battle of Bordj Toum, December 1942.
“Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia, December 10, 1942: As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army, in an…
FOW – Battle of Chouiga Pass, November 1942.
We continued our Tunisia campaign by playing the Battle of Chouigui Pass, fought during the afternoon of 26 November 1942 (which was Thanksgiving Day). This was the first time that American and…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 2)
This game represented the fighting around the Tunisian town of Medjez-el-Bab on 19-20 November 1942, and would continue our game from the first session (see our previous AAR for the background, description…
FOW – Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, November 1942 (Part 1).
Our Operation TORCH campaign reached Tunisia with the battle of Medjez-el-Bab, which was fought on 19-20 November 1942. This game represented the opening phases of the battle; a second game would cover…
FOW – Rocking the Kasbah, November 1942
We continued our Morocco-Tunisia theme by playing the final assault on the Kasbah at Mehdia, Morocco. According to Rick Atkinson’s “An Army at Dawn,” the “Kasbah” was a 16th Century fort that…
Peter Pig 15mm FT-17 Tanks
If you follow this blog, you know that our group plays a lot of WWII historically based scenarios using Flames of War rules. Every so often we do the esoteric early war…
Flames of War – British Bulge Command Cards
I covered the Unit Cards earlier and that rings us to the second volume of the set, the Command Cards. As usual, this is where the army gets its special feel. This…