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…
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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…
FOW – Battle of Persano, September 1943
We continued our Salerno 1943 theme by playing another scenario by Wargamerabbit. This scenario focused on the fighting around Persano on 11 September 1943. This battle pitted the US 179th RCT of…
FOW: Battle of Salerno – September, 1943
We started a new mini-theme for Flames of War, focused on the battles around Salerno in 1943. Our first game was the American amphibious landing at Paestum — a beach to the…
FOW – Battle or Corinth Canal, April 1941.
We finished our Greece 1941 theme with a bang, by playing the Battle of the Corinth Canal using Flames of War V.4 rules. This battle was an airborne attack by German Fallschirmjagers…
FOW – Battle of Proasteion, April 1941
We continued our Greece 1941 theme by playing part of the Battle of Proasteion. This battle was a delaying action by the British 1st Armoured Brigade vs. the German 8.Panzer Division. Background: The…
FOW – Battle of Vevi Pass, April 1941.
We continued our Greece 1940-41 theme by playing the Battle of Vevi Pass, using Flames of War V.4 rules. In the portion of the battle that we played, elements of the…
Battlefield3D 15mm Semovente 90/53
I was so happy with my completed Fiat armored cards, I decided to paint the other Italian models that I bought. Namely, four Semovente 90/53 kits. I had given up trying to…
FOW – Battle of Pindus, October 1940
Background After the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939, the Greek General Staff became alerted to a potential Italian attack from Albanian territory, which eventually started on 28 October 1940. The Italian command deployed…