Background The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, the Battle of Friday the 13th, or, in Japanese sources, the Third Battle of…
Tag: WWII
Battle of Monte Cassino, June 1943
The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle for Cassino) was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The intention…
Donner and Blitzen 15mm Playtest II
Background Continuing our playtest games of Donner and Blitzen, I decided to try some west front action. This time around it would be the British attacking the Germans in Italy. The Germans…
Donner and Blitzen 15mm Playtest
Background We are getting ready for a big throw back game next month using my Donner and Blitzen rules. They were originally written with Micro Armor in mind and we got a…
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 Cape Matapan, March 1941
Background The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου) was a Second World War naval engagement between British and Axis forces, fought from 27–29 March 1941. The cape is on the south-west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece. Following the interception…
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…
Normandy Visit (Part Two)
Background The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Code named Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The…
Normandy Visit (Part One)
Background The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France, on 6 June 1944. The invaders were able to establish a beachhead as part of Operation…