This Bolt Action campaign book focusses on the conflict in the area most commonly referred to as the Western Desert – a campaign theatre reaching from the Libyan city of Tripoli to Cairo, and the Egyptian Nile valley, a distance of some 1300 miles, a featuring some of the most hostile terrains on Earth. When…
Almasy was born in 1895 into a Hungarian noble family. After being educated at a British boarding school and acquiring his pilot’s license, he served in the Austro-Hungarian air force during World War 1. After the war, he represented the Steyr automobile company as a racing driver, before convincing a wealthy friend to accompany him…
Max from our customer service team has been painting up an Afrika Korps army for a tournament. We couldn’t resist sharing it with you… Sent to North Africa to bolster the Axis war effort in the Western Desert, the Deutsches Afrika Korps, under their mercurial leader – Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox – pushed the…
The exploits of Combeforce are straight out of a Commando comic. A hell-for-leather drive across the desert, to block the retreat of a whole Italian army! Following their disastrous invasion of Egypt in December 1940, the Italian army was in full flight. Their fortified camps at Nibewa and Sidi Barrani had been overrun by courageous…
With our focus on the second wave of Western Desert releases, we were very excited to see these beautiful Bersaglieri from Johnathan Gallar! Johnathan’s Bersaglieri are assembling to defend occupied Libya from the fast-moving Commonwealth mechanised forces during Operation Compass. They might be part of the ill-fated Babini Group, or one of the many other…
Smash the enemy aside with the new Plastic A12 Matilda II infantry tank! View in Store Battle For France The battle for France saw Matilda IIs fighting what would become a general retreat. However, Matildas caused problems for the Germans, whose 37mm and 50mm anti-tank guns were simply too small in calibre to penetrate the…
Formed in Libya to consolidate any available Italian armour into a single unit, the Babini Group, who fought a heroic last stand at Beda Fomm! The Italian invasion of Egypt was a disaster from the very start. The deadline for the jump-off was set three times and cancelled. The general staff failed to issue proper…
Want some rules for using Erwin Rommel “The Desert Fox” then here you go… Lead your Bolt Action German army into France and the Western Desert, then on to the invasion beaches of Normandy 75 years on! Born on 15 November 1891, Rommel joined the Imperial army at 18. In the First World War, he…
Just before the release of our Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) Chevrolet trucks we sent a few out early on patrol – a set of which found it’s way into the more than capable hands of our friend Patch over at wwpd: Patch: The vehicles are resin with metal crew and weapons, and are easily some of the…
With the Bolt Action Theatre book ‘Duel In The Sun‘ and the latest Campaign book The Western Desert delving into the battles such as Beda Fomm 78 years on is easy! We couldn’t resist a brief look at the background of the famous 7th Armoured Division – otherwise known as the Desert Rats! (Unit insignia…
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