Background 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…
Tag: Africa
The Bathtub at Sidi Rezegh, November 1941.
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…
In Her Majesty’s Name, The Great Ape Hunt – Pulp Game.
A call has gone out from King Leopold of Belgium. He is hiring hunters to help with in a great expedition into the Congo. The bounty is high and well worth the…
Battle of Sidi Rezegh, November 1941.
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…
Crescent Root 15mm Series I Hybrid Buildings Review
View of three of the new buildings. Each large square is an inch. In addition to the recently reviewed 28mm Crescent Root buildings, I also picked up a number of the new…
In Her Majesty’s Name, In Search of Brumhilde – Pulp Game.
Along the Nile up river from the tombs of Luxor lies the town of Quena. In this small outpost, you can find grave robbers galore and ever type of bandit. Word has it…
Crescent Root 28mm Series I Hybrid Buildings Review
View of all the new buildings. Each large square is an inch. I recently received a few of the new Crescent Root Series I Hybrid buildings to fill out my town collection…
In Her Majesty’s Name – Into the Emerald Valley Pulp Game
The final pages of Col. Henricks diary were found in the Zanzibar Museum of Antiquities. The old curator did not give it up easily, but nothing a few pounds sterling could not…
In Her Magisty’s Name – On the streets of Zanzibar Pulp Game.
Zanzibar, lyrical beauty in the name,” Col. Henricks wrote in his diary, in a typical outburst of romantic enthusiasm that all adventures had for all things foreign, exotic, dangerous. “The first time…
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…