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…
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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…
Flames of War V3 Scenarios Using V4 Rules.
Thoughts from the Balcony… As many readers will have noticed, our group is big on playing Flames of War for our WWII games. Unlike a lot of groups (not all of course),…
Battle at Kuestrin, May 1945
Background The Soviet Vistula-Oder offensive was designed to strike west to the Oder River, cross it, and then drive on to Berlin. The lightly-held German defenses initially faltered, but as the Soviets…
The Cauldron, Gazala, 1942
Background The Battle of Gazala (near the modern town of Ayn al Ghazālah) was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of the port of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of…
Battle of Malaya, 1941
Background The Japanese Invasion of Malaya began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 (local time) before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first major battle of the Pacific War, and was fought between ground forces…
Tanksgiving 2017, Battle of Brody 1941.
Background The Battle of Brody (other names in use include Battle of Dubna, Battle of Dubno, Battle of Rovne, Battle of Rovne-Brody) was a tank battle fought between the 1st Panzer Group’s III Army Corps and XLVIII Army Corps (Motorized) and five mechanized…