At the end of last year, I was a message on the Crescent Root site that they would be ending their 28mm lines of pre painted buildings. I followed up with them…
Tag: Mediterranean
FOW – Herman Goering Infantry Force.
This years birthday present to myself was another FOW army. Because I clearly do not have enough…. Well, sometime ago while ordering some Gajo painted troops, I looked at the Gajo Hermann…
FOW – SS Infantry Platoon.
Last Christmas, a buddy of mine brought me some random FOW models. He had bought the years ago and never did anything with them. So, he figured I could use them. So…
FOW – German Infantry Company.
I decided last year that I wanted a Mediterranean based infantry force in my collection. I must admit that this is a bit superfluous, but what the heck. The reason was that…
FOW – German Fallschirmjager Platoon
Last Christmas, I was given a unit of partially painted FOW German Fallschirmjager. I pulled these out and finished them up, so I could add these to my collection. I just had…
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 – Crossing the Calore, September 1943
The final game of our Salerno theme was another scenario from “wargamerabbit” –“Crossing the Calore River.” This scenario pits a reinforced US Rifle Company against a reinforced German Panzer Pioneer company. The…
FOW – Second Battle of the Tobacco Factory, September 1943
We continued our Salerno theme by playing the Second Battle of the Tobacco Factory. This scenario represents the German counterattack to regain control of the factory. In our first battle (see previous…
FOW – Battle at the Person Tobacco Factory, September 1943
The next game in our Salerno theme was the First Battle of the Tobacco Factory. The below excerpt from the US Army Center of Military History provides the historical background and a…