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Category Archives: World War 2
Churchill Tanks in NW Europe 1944-45 (Part 1)
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
The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 4 – Royal Artillery)
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
The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 3 – Indian Cavalry)
Some more Burma stuff today, namely a reconnaissance patrol from the Indian 16th Light Cavalry Regiment. When we did our game of the Battle of Wetlet late last year, we needed a recce group from that regiment and rather than … Continue reading
The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 2 – Indian Engineers & Valentine Bridgelayer)
As discussed in Part 1, I’ve been photographing a lot of my old stuff during the recent spell of sunny weather amid Plague Lockdown. It’s occurred to me that I’ve got nowhere near enough WW2 stuff on this blog, even … Continue reading
The Forgotten Wargames Army: XIVth Army in Burma (Part 1 – A Sikh Infantry Battalion)
It’s been gloriously sunny here this week while on lock-down from the ‘Flu Manchu’, so I decided a photograph a stack of models. At the top of the stack were some boxes of XIVth Army British and Indian troops for … Continue reading
The Action at Wetlet, Burma 8th March 1945
Following my recent flurry of games using Battlefront: WWII rules (by Fire & Fury Games) to fight actions in 1980s Angola, the lads at The Carmarthen Old Guard were interested in how the rules actually work in their natural environment, … Continue reading
75 Years Ago Tonight…
I’m just having a drink to the memory of my late father-in-law, Chief Petty Officer Harry James RN, chief engineer of a Royal Navy Landing Craft Flotilla, who 75 years ago tonight was being fished out of Portsmouth Harbour by … Continue reading
Black Cat v White Tiger: The 1st Battle of Bishenpur (Imphal 1944)
This game was our ‘Battlefront Big Bovvy Bash’ game at The Tank Museum, Bovington in 2011. Most of our Bovvy games have been set firmly in the NW European Campaign, but we have gone ‘off-piste’ a couple of times – … Continue reading
Refighting Operation ALAN: The Welsh Victory, 22-29 October 1944
From 22-28 October 1944, the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, with supporting elements from 7th Armoured Division, 79th Armoured Division and 33rd Armoured Brigade, won a remarkable (and now largely forgotten) victory at the Dutch city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch. The city (whose … Continue reading
Normandy 1944: Operation WINDSOR
Operation WINDSOR: The Battle for Carpiquet Airfield 4th July 1944 Report by Richard De Ferrars Bovington 2009 saw the “Battlefront UK” group put on the demonstration game “Operation Windsor” – the assault by 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on Carpiquet Airfield on … Continue reading