Background Operation Herkules was the German code-name given to a planned but never-executed Italo-German invasion of Malta during World War II (the Italian code-name was Operazione C3). Through combined air and sea…
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Operation Herkules, Second Battle, (mid 1942).
Background The Axis plan to invade Malta had its origin in Italian military studies conducted in the mid-1930s during Italy’s conquest of Ethiopia. By 1938, the Italian army command had estimated the…
Battle for Longstop Hill, (Dec 1942)
Background The Run for Tunis was part of the Tunisia Campaign which took place during November and December 1942 during the Second World War. Once French opposition to the Allied Operation Torch…
Battle of Warburg (1760)
Background At the end of June 1760, the French Grande Armée, under the command of the Duc de Broglie, proceeded to the invasion of Hesse, seizing Marburg. On July 10, at the…
Battle for the Bridge at Son (Sept 1944)
Background The future of Panzer-Brigade 107 was more promising than of any other Panzer-Brigade assigned to the Western Front. It was raised around the remnants from Panzer-Grenadier-Division 25. Although the brigade only…
Jacobite Rebellion Under the Lilly Banners
No battle report this time, just a few pictures for eye candy. We got together to try to playtest a scenario using Under the Lilly Banners. As we ere trying to…
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…
Breakthough to the Trasimene Line (June 1944)
Background On Mark Clark’s U.S. Fifth Army front U.S. VI Corps was pushed up the coast along highway 1 and U.S. II Corps along highway 2 towards Viterbo. To their right British…
Battle of Clostercamp (1760)
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…
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…