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…
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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…
Battle of Kiev, September 1941
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…
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…
Iron Cross Meeting Engagement – Soviets vs Germans
In order to better learn the Iron Cross WWII skirmish rules our group has landed on for our WWII Wednesdays, we started simple with an infantry on infantry match. This was followed…
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…
Race to the Koenigsburg, January 1945.
Background The Battle of Königsberg, also known as the Königsberg Offensive, was one of the last operations of the East Prussian Offensive during World War II. In four days of violent urban warfare, Soviet forces of the 1st Baltic Front and…
East Front FOW Pick up Game
No planned battle this time around. Only two of us were available, so we decided just to try out a simple scenario during mid war on the Eastern Front. The Basic scenario…
Battle of Akhtyrsk – August 1943
Background Early on 3 August 1943, the Forces of the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts advancing on a wide front between Sumy and Volchansk (175 km), crossed the Vorskla river & quickly penetrated the defences of the 332nd Infantry Division & 167th Infantry Division to a depth of…
Battle of Kanev – August 1943
Background The Soviets, sensing a critical juncture, ordered a hasty airborne corps assault to increase the size of the bridgehead before the Germans could counterattack. On the 21st, the Voronezh Front’s 1st,…