Battle for Iwo Jima (19th February to 26th March 1945) During their ‘island hopping’ campaign, the US Marines were tasked to take the heavily fortified island of Iwo Jima, in the Volcano Islands, the first area that was universally considered Japanese home territory. This battle was to become arguably the most famous engagement in the…
The 2nd Invasion of Zululand was not just fought by the iconic British redcoats – many British regiments took part in the conflict, decked out in a variety of uniforms. The Zulu! Black Powder supplement takes you through the history and background to the Zulu war with scenarios covering the battles from January to April 1879 when the…
The Amorite or Martu nomadic tribes from Syria and Arabian desert had been raiding and infiltrating the Kingdoms of Mesopotamia since the end of the Early Bronze Age. The Code of Hammurabi – which can be seen in the Louvre Paris By the last days of the Neo-Sumerian Empire, immigrating Amorites had become such…
Looking at a brief history of the conflict often forgotten as Empires erupt in flames across the Pacific A brief history of the Pacific theatre in World War II In late 1941 the war between Japan and China, began in 1937, was drawing to a bloody stalemate. The Japanese invaded French Indo-China to further surround…
The Sea Peoples, so named by a French Egyptologist at the end of the 19th century, are just one of many armies catered for within the Hail Caesar Range. Sherden depicted at Medinet Habu – note that they appear to be fighting on both sides! Their being named The Sea Peoples is also based…
With the release of Liberty or Death imminent lets look at a couple of the commanders from the American War of Independence Black Powder rules – Rebellion! Pre Order in Store Major-general Friedrich, Baron von Steuben (1730-1794) Rebel Commander of Note (from Rebellion! page 59) Von Steuben joined the Prussian army at the age of…
Frank Jastrzembski, M.A. introduces us to the colourful and fanatic Armies of the Mahdi (1881-1898) These black chaps know how to fight and how to die. –British soldier speaking of the Ansars. September 2, 1898. Along a five mile desert front, 40,000-60,000 fanatic followers of the Mahdi, or Ansars, descended upon a collection of British,…
With all the hubbub around Empires In Flames its easy to forget our fantastic range of Osprey books and today we’re adding more! View in Store The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Special Landing Force units enjoyed a reputation out of proportion to their small size. Often wrongly termed “Imperial Marines”, they were in fact sailors led…
By the middle of the war the US Army could field legions of tanks and support vehicles, backed by the industrial might of the USA. Using their reliable M3 Half-track as a basis, they created the M21, a mobile mortar carrier that could keep up with advancing tanks and armoured infantry. Produced by the White Motor…
The SS-Ki, officially the Soko Sagyo, a fully tracked – flamethrower armed – engineering vehicle of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). History By the 1930s the IJA had grasped the need for a dedicated engineering tank. In preparation for war against the Soviet Union they set about designing a vehicle which could destroy bunkers, clear…
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