Category Archives: World War 2 – British Commonwealth Armies

Elizabeth The Great 1926-2022

Posted on 11th September 2022 by jemima_fawr
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The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 8 – 254th Indian Tank Brigade on the Road to Mandalay (and Rangoon) 1944-45)

Posted on 6th October 2020 by jemima_fawr

In the Part 7 of this series I looked at the 254th Indian Tank Brigade and their decisive role in the defence of Imphal in 1944.  This time I’m following the 254th Tank Brigade as they followed the ‘Road to … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 7 – 254th Indian Tank Brigade at Imphal 1944)

Posted on 30th September 2020 by jemima_fawr

For those who are still awake, here’s the next instalment of my series on the XIVth Army and specifically Commonwealth armoured units of the Burma Campaign.  What was originally going to be one simple article and then expanded to become … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 6 – XV Corps Armoured Group)

Posted on 4th September 2020 by jemima_fawr

As discussed in the last part of this series of articles, I’m presently looking at the British and Indian armoured units that fought in the Burma Campaign of World War 2.  In the last article I looked at the British … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 5 – 7th Armoured Brigade & 50th Indian Tank Brigade)

Posted on 28th August 2020 by jemima_fawr

The recent 75th anniversary of VJ Day and conversations with our friend Olivia on the Battle of Wetlet thread prompted me to re-read some history of the Burma Campaign and suitably inspired, I thought I’d add another post about the … Continue reading →

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Hobart’s ‘Funnies’ – 79th Armoured Division in Normandy

Posted on 6th June 2020 by jemima_fawr

I was half-way through writing another Napoleonic post, when it suddenly occurred to me that I really should do a WW2 post to commemorate the D-Day anniversary. So here’s a look at ‘Hobart’s Funnies’. Following the disastrous Dieppe Raid of … Continue reading →

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The Royal Marines Armoured Support Group in Normandy 1944

Posted on 9th May 2020 by jemima_fawr

As it’s VE Day (or at least it was when I started writing this), I thought I’d better do a WW2 post… 🙂 The Royal Marines Armoured Support Group was a short-lived organisation created for the Normandy Landings of 1944 … Continue reading →

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Churchill Tanks in NW Europe 1944-45 (Part 2)

Posted on 23rd April 2020 by jemima_fawr

As if the lockdown weren’t already tedious enough, here I am again with the second part of my Churchill tank waffle!  And there was much rejoicing.  Yay.  If you’re still here, this time I’m looking in a bit more detail … Continue reading →

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Churchill Tanks in NW Europe 1944-45 (Part 1)

Posted on 20th April 2020 by jemima_fawr

In my (unpaid) role as historical consultant for Dave Brown Esq, I was this week discussing with him the various marks of Churchill tank used by the British 21st Army Group (i.e. NW Europe from 1944 (Normandy) to 1945 (Germany)) … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 4 – Royal Artillery)

Posted on 1st April 2020 by jemima_fawr

Here’s the last of my Burma stuff for the time being; namely some elements of the Royal Artillery. You might be wondering why I need to have model artillery, as the artillery will ordinarily be flippin’ miles away and only … Continue reading →

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