Not far outside of Vienna (just a thirty minute drive south), one so included can find the Schloss Forchtenstein. Well, south then up a big hill!. The castle was owned by the…
Tag: Historical
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…
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…
Battle of Abelsbach, 1762
Austrian center positions, looking toward Prussian right. Background At the opening of the Prussian campaign in Silesia at the beginning of July, the Austrian General Brentano could count only on part of his…
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…
Bavarian Military History Museum – WWI Museum
Well, part two of my visit to the Bavarian Military History Museum in Ingolstadt Germany. Ironically, we did not think we would have time to visit this museum originally. However, with our…
Bavarian Military History Museum (1866 Display)
While on travel, I had a chance to visit the Bavarian Military History Museum in Ingolstadt Germany. The bad news was that most of the museum was closed for renovation…. The good…
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…
Americans in Wartime Museum – 2017 Open House
The AWM held their annual open house September 23rd weekend. The event is held in Nokesville Virginia every year. The AWM represents one of the largest privately owned collections of armored vehicles…
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…