Background The tank battle near Alytus between German tanks and those of (the) Soviet 5th Tank division was probably the hardest combat ever conducted by 7th Panzer Division in the Second World…
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Battle of Arracourt, September 1944
Background The Battle of Arracourt took place between U.S. and German armoured forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France between 18 and 29 September 1944, during World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances…
Second Battle of Tel El Eisa, October 1942
Background The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam…
D-Day Air Assault, June 1944
Background The American airborne landings in Normandy were the first American combat operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions made night parachute drops early on D-Day, June 6,…
Seelowe Heights, April 1945
Background The Battle of the Seelow Heights (German: Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen) was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April–2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive…
Gajo Minis FOW Volksturm
So, while at an HMGS convention some time ago, I stopped by the Gajo booth to look at some of their Napoleonic Miniatures. While going through their display, I came across their…
Omaha Beach, June 1944
Background Omaha, commonly known as Omaha Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Landings here were necessary…
Battle of Orsha (June 1944)
Background Operation Bagration (/bʌɡrʌtiˈɒn/; Russian: Oперация Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, (Russian: Белорусская наступательная операция «Багратион», Belorusskaya nastupatelnaya Operatsiya Bagration) a military campaign…
Battle of the River Plate – ish… September 1939
Background The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the first one of the Battle of the Atlantic in South American waters. The German panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee had cruised into the South Atlantic a…
Iron Cross, When Soviets Attack, 1945.
We threw together a quick Iron Cross game at our last gaming night. The terrain was just a functional blocking position set up by the Germans to cover some cross roads and…