The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allied forces, mainly from the British Empire, against Axis forces, Italy and their colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941. Forces of…
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British Invasion of Abyssinia in 1935? (Part II)
We adapted a scenario taken from the old “Battlefields” magazine which proposed a counterfactual US intervention into Italian Somaliland in November 1935 in response to Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia. We substituted a…
British Invasion of Abyssinia in 1935?
Background The Abyssinia Crisis was an international crisis in 1935 originating in what was called the Walwal incident in the then-ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as “Abyssinia”). The League of Nations ruled against Italy…
Game 8, Market Garden Campaign, the Breakout.
Yesterday’s big game was a fitting end to a great campaign. The British smashed through the German defenses and broke out of Arnhem. Here is the battle report. According to the brief,…
Game 6 – Market Garden Campaign, September 1944
Our Market Garden campaign continued with the Battle for the Road Bridge at Nijmegen. We had five players in this very large game. To fit the table and number of players, we…
Flames of War – 21st Panzer Division Force Book Review
Being an avid FOW player and being a fan of the 21st Panzer in WWII gaming, I could not wait until the release of the new Battlefront force booklet on the 21st…
Game 7: Market Garden Campaign – The Island
We just finished game seven of our market Garden campaign. Here are the details. Objectives: The brief called for XXX Corps’ spearhead to form up and push north from its bridgehead across…
Game 5 – Market Garden Campaign, September 1944
Today’s post is another one of our ongoing Market Garden campaign battles. According to the brief, the Allies had two parachute rifle battalions of the 82nd Airborne Division defending the open polder…
Game 4, Market Garden Campaign – Battle of Osterbeek, September 1944
Background The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the Second World War at the vanguard of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It was fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze, Driel, and the…
Mediterranean Convoy Battle
The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II, from 10 June 1940 to 2 May 1945. For the most part, the campaign was…