Background The Chir River is a tributary of the Don. Near their confluence the Chir River battles occurred in December of 1942. Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus’s Sixth Army, at Stalingrad, only 25 miles…
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Third Battle of Kharkov (1943)
Background 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 Berlin (1945)
Background The battle in Berlin was an end phase of the war against Nazi Germany. The battle encompassed the attack by three Soviet Army Groups to capture not only Berlin but the…
Battle of Halbe Pocket (1945)
Background The Battle of Halbe (German: Kessel von Halbe, Russian: Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) lasted from April 24 – May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under…
Team Yankee Playtest Thoughts
Background Our normal Friday FOW gaming group decided to put aside our normal historical FOW scenario playing for one day and give Team Yankee a test drive. We had been talking about…
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…
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…
Battle of Pruzana, (June 1941)
On Aug 27th, we finished our 1941 theme by playing a Barbarossa scenario out of the April 1982 issue of Wargamer’s Digest (vol 9, no.6) “Battle Stations – German Panzer Attack –…
Battle of Uman, (Aug 1941)
Background The Battle of Uman (15 July – 8 August 1941) was the German and allied encirclement of the 6th and 12th Soviet Armies—under the command of Lieutenant General I. N. Muzyrchenko…