Prelude to the Battle On September 22 1760, during the campaign in West Germany, Ferdinand resolved to prepare an offensive on the Lower Rhine with the objective of Capturing the fortress of…
Tag: Historical
Battle for the Island (September 1944)
Background The Eleventh Armoured was tasked with securing the right flank of the operation. Attached to VIII Corps, it began moving on 18 September. Advancing in two columns, it managed to reach…
Second Battle of Landeshut (1760)
Background For 1760, the Prussian Lieutenant-General Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué, at the head of approximately 13,000 men, was assigned to the defence of the Silesian frontier. He had his headquarters…
Pulp Gangster Era Game (HMGS Cold Wars)
While attending Cold Wars (HMGS East winter convention) in Lancaster Pennsylvania, I was fortunate to get some pictures on an incredible terrain board that was used for a Gangster Era pulp game….
Battle of Lobositz (1756)
Background When Frederick II of Prussia suddenly launched the invasion of Saxony at the end of August 1756, Austria was totally unprepared to oppose him. While the remaining of the Saxon Army…
The Daugava River, Panzer Mobile Defense (1944)
General Situation – Major Russian attacks have occurred on the Central Sector of the Eastern Front. Russian breakthroughs have occurred, with their armor leading the exploitation. The result if this Russian has…
Battle for the Primosole Bridge, Operation Fustian (July 1943)
Background “Operation Fustian was an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 in the Second World War. The operation was carried out by Brigadier Gerald Lathbury’s…
Destruction of the Third Tank Army, Third Battle of Kharkov, (Mar 1943)
Backround The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the…
Battle for the Sapun Ridge, (June 1942)
Background: The Siege of Sevastopol also known as the Defense of Sevastopol (Russian: Оборона Севастополя, transliteration: Oborona Sevastopolya) or simply the Battle of Sevastopol (German: Schlacht um Sewastopol) was a military battle…
Defense of the Calumpit Bridges, (Jan 1942
Background: The Philippines Campaign (Filipino:Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 through 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan and the defense…