We continued our Salerno theme by playing the Second Battle of the Tobacco Factory. This scenario represents the German counterattack to regain control of the factory. In our first battle (see previous…
Tag: Historical
St Louis Soldiers and Sailors Museum
The last historical stop on my St. Louis road trip was the St. Louis Soldiers and Sailors Museum. I had driven past in a number of times in the past, but it…
Kansas City World War One Museum
The last time I was in St Louis, one of my buddies told me about a WWI museum in Kansas City. I had never heard of it, so looked online and it…
US Air Force Museum, Dayton Ohio
After my trip to Lancaster Pa for Historicon, I decided it was time to go on a road trip. I have a number of friends that live in the St Louis area…
Historicon 2022
Another year and another Historicon. With Covid restrictions now out of vogue, HMGS has their convention docket back in full swing. With the previous decision to cancel Cold Wars, I expect this…
VaS – Battle of Cape Esperance, October 1942
On the night of 11 October, the Japanese dispatched an extensive supply and reinforcement convoy to their ground forces engaged on Guadalcanal. At the same time, but in a separate operation, three Japanese heavy…
KK – Battle of Chotusitz, May 1742
This their second and last major battle of the 1st Silesian War gave both the Austrians, under Prince Charles, and the Prussians, under Frederick II, a chance to redeem mistakes from the…
FOW – Battle at the Person Tobacco Factory, September 1943
The next game in our Salerno theme was the First Battle of the Tobacco Factory. The below excerpt from the US Army Center of Military History provides the historical background and a…
ESR – Battle of Laichling, April 1809
We played our third game of Et Sans Resultant Version 3 (ESR). The scenario was The Battle of Laichling (21 April 1809), which we took from the ESR Version 2 Campaign Guide titled, “The First…
FOW – Battle of Persano, September 1943
We continued our Salerno 1943 theme by playing another scenario by Wargamerabbit. This scenario focused on the fighting around Persano on 11 September 1943. This battle pitted the US 179th RCT of…