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…
Tag: Historical
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…
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,…
Muskets and Tomahawks Game
Check out some photos of our most recent Muskets and Tomahawks game. The game was on a 8×5 table, with 500 point armies. On the French side, there were Indians and on…
Stalino (August, 1943)
Background The Soviet Summer Counter-offensive Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev began in the early hours of 3 August 1943, with the objective of following up the successful Soviet defensive effort against the German Operation…
Pallova (August 1943)
Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation. It commenced on 12 July 1943, in the Central Russian Upland, against Army Group Center of…
Counter Attack at Calais (May 1940)
Background The Siege of Calais (1940) was a battle for the port and town of Calais during the Battle of France in 1940. The siege was fought at the same time as the Battle of Boulogne, just before Operation Dynamo,…
On the Road to Lyon (June 1940)
Background The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. In six weeks from 10 May 1940, German forces defeated…