Background Operation Crusader was a military operation during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army against the Axis forces in North Africa between 18 November and 30 December 1941. The operation was intended to relieve the 1941 Siege…
Tag: Flames of War
Building Flames of War Terrain – The Wachtmeister’s Mountain.
Heading in to Fall In! 2018. A few of us Hobby University instructors were asked if we would be interested in creating terrain center piece for Cold Wars 2019. The theme is…
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…
Battle of Gertsovka, August 1943
Background The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 kilometres or 280 miles south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943. The battle began with the launch…
Battle of Walcheren Causeway, October 1944
Background By 31 October 1944, all lands surrounding the Scheldt estuary had been cleared of German control, save for Walcheren Island, whose coastal batteries commanded the approaches to the waterway. These guns…
Battle of Kiev, September 1941
Background The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the operation that resulted in a very large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II. This encirclement is considered the largest…
Battle of the Frontiers (Białystok), June 1941
Background The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Army Group Centre during the penetration of the Soviet border region in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa lasting from 22 June to 3 July…
Battle of Meyngo – 1942
Background The Island, also known as Myengu, is an island in the Bay of Bengal, Burma(Myanmar). It belongs to Rakhine State and is located 5 kilometres (3 miles) to the south of Sittwe, separated from the continental shore…
Crescent Root Series II 15mm Factory Building Review.
A few weeks ago, I ordered the new Crescent Root 15mm Series two building line. As with all Crescent Root buildings, you order each building ala carte. The new set is a…
Battle of Sandomierz, August 1944.
Background Sandomierz bridgehead, also known as Sandomierz-Baranów bridgehead (Polish: przyczółek baranowsko-sandomierski, Russian: Сандомирский плацдарм) was a pocket of resistance created by Red Army’s 1st Ukrainian Front in late July 1944 on the left bank of the Vistula River in German-occupied Poland.[1] Located around the…