We’re joining the Canadian advance towards Caen this week with a look at the fierce fighting around the Carpiquet airfield during Operation Windsor. The Battle for Caen One of the principal objectives for the British and Canadian forces on D-Day was the capture of Caen. Sitting astride the Orne river and Caen canal, the city…
Join the battle for Normandy and expand your Bolt Action army with a new support group! Help turn the tide by adding these powerful units to your force! Drive the enemy back with an array of powerful weaponry, including mortars and machine guns. Direct the flow of the battle with senior officers and call in…
Lieutenant Speirs Our fantastic special figure – Only available if you are a member – is based on Lieutenant Speirs, as immortalized in the HBO production Band of Brothers in his crazy run through German line during the battle of Foy (part of the Battle Of The Bulge). Speirs (20 April 1920 – 11 April…
The struggle for control of a vital hill in Normandy is chronicled by Mark Barber. Mark also introduces a scenario allowing you to taste the action for yourselves! “We Shall Fight in the Hills; We Shall Never Surrender” – The Assault of Hill 112 Some five kilometres southwest of the historical city of Caen is a tall…
We’re continuing our look at some special characters from the D-Day book with the brilliantly eccentric Captain Colin Maud RN. Maud’s wartime service included destroying and capturing numerous enemy ships and submarines, taking part in the Second Battle of Narvik, the Dunkirk evacuation, the hunt for the Bismarck, the Spitzbergen raid, Malta convoys, and Russian…
The “Ox and Bucks” first saw action on the retreat at Dunkirk, under Operation Dynamo 26th May-3rd June 1940. The 1st Battalion fought at the Battle of Ypres-Comines Canal, in which they had lost 300 men before evacuation could occur. During the retreat from France the rest of the regiment was fighting in the defence…
The countdown has begun as the Allies prepare themselves for the largest and most ambitious amphibious landings in history to return the fight to Western Europe. Till that day, prepare your own battlefields with a selection of awesome War World scenics terrain! View in Store Bocage Field Kit 1 View in Store This set contains:…
Each transport in this deal gets a free sprue of soldiers, mount up! Burma Road transport View in Store This deal contains: 1 x Japanese Type 97 Isuzu truck 1 x Japanese Infantry Sprue
Each transport in this deal gets a free sprue of soldiers, mount up! Ice Road Transport View in Store This deal contains: 1 x GAZ AAA lorry (double rear axle) 1 x Winter Soviet Infantry Sprue Road to Berlin View in Store This deal contains: 1 x GAZ AAA lorry (double rear axle) 1 x…
Each transport in this deal gets a free sprue of soldiers, mount up! Krupp Protze Blitzkrieg transport View in Store This deal contains: 1 x Krupp Protze heavy field car 1 x Blitzkrieg German Sprue Opel Maultier Winter Workhorse transport View in Store This deal contains: 1 x Opel Blitz/Maultier 1 x Winter German Sprue…
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