With the latest Bolt Action Campaign book Battle Of The Bulge about to arrive it’s time to take another look at some of the actions that defined this decisive battle: St Vith The Ardennes, 17 – 21 December 1944, US units expecting a quiet Christmas before pushing forward in to Germany find themselves confronting what…
Who was this infamous character? One of three sons of a German army officer, Joachim Peiper was born in Berlin on 30 January 1915. He joined the Hitler Youth with his brother Horst, and the two would also go on to join the SS – with Joachim taking his oath in 1935. He served with…
With the recent release of Bolt Action Second Edition, I thought it time to take a look at two of the most famous and iconic tanks of the Second World War, the German Panzer VI Tiger I, and the British A22 Churchill, Mk III in this particular case. A22 Churchill The A22 Churchill tank was…
“The Polish Soldier Fights for the Freedom of other nations, but dies only for Poland.” (general Stanislaw Maczek) The Escape In the evening of the June 17th 1940 newly appointed Prime Minister of France, Philippe Petain delivered a radio speech in which he declared that he had asked the German Command for a truce. The…
Carl Titterington brings us the 2nd installment of his 4th Indian Division series – building time: View part 1 Having researched the unit I wanted to base my force on, the 4th Indian Infantry Division, I found myself extremely motivated to build my force and as if by magic a package from Warlord arrived just…
The History of the 4th Indian Infantry Division, by Carl Titterington With my Operation Compass list completed it is now time for me to move on to my Indian force, which will be roughly set in 1941/42 and will be based around the Operation Lightfoot list. The ultimate plan is to build my Indian force…
Andy Singleton of VolleyFire Painting introduces us to the Light tanks used by the British and German forces toward the end of the war: Light Tank Mk VIII Tetrarch The Tetrarch’s initial design process commenced in the 1930’s to provide a replacement for the Vickers VIb light tank, with the intent being to provide a…
In this article looking at how the Konflikt 47 game came together, author Chris Hale will be discussing the design choices made when planning the alternative world that the game takes place in and looks at how this affects both model design and rules design. Chris’ll be using the development of the US Grizzly walker…
With the release of the Konflikt ’47 Rulebook a few long days away, we thought it might be useful to have author Chris Hale pen some words on the thoughts and aims of the team behind this exciting new gaming direction. View Konflikt ’47 Hardback Rules in Store Today! Chris: This is the culmination of…
Osprey Publishing have a bewildering array of historical works to choos from and here are 5 such focusing in on the German Waffen-SS Uncompromising and well-equipped, the core of the Waffen-SS were some of the most heavily indoctrinated of Germany’s elite soldiers who struck fear into the heart of many of their Allied opponents. Clad…
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