The Axis Highwater Mark – El Alamein (AAR Turns 21 – 30)
June 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Proceeding with Turns 21 – 30 for The Third Reich 42 – 45 North Africa. The screenshot doesn’t do justice for the whirlwind of fighting transpiring just west of El Alamein, Egypt. A mix of British armoured and infantry brigades continuously baited Rommel’s forces to advance toward Montgomery’s massive Eighth Army. Then, using one of [...]
Back to the Game – Turns 11 – 20
June 9, 2012 by 2 Comments
Continuing the play test of “Third Reich 1942 – 1945″ under The Operational Art of War, we already up to Turn 34 with no major game issues, only minor details to refine. Instead of going turn by turn, I’ll switch to covering larger blocks of turns. Finland/Karelian Front – Historically, Arctic Cicle Lend Lease Convoys [...]
The Odessa Files: The Bavarian Beerhall Blitz?
June 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Remember… Remember the Eighth of November? Probably not, it’s totally antithetical to the ideology behind V for Vendetta.. One of the most interesting facts concerning World War II is that Hitler did jail time! This was back on November 8th, 1923 when he attempted to lead an armed coup to overthrow the government of Bavaria. [...]
Tobruk and a Salute to the Shalala lala la Guys… (AAR T005-6)
May 30, 2012 by 1 Comment
Continuing with the action in North Africa, Rommel’s Afrika Korps follows in the footsteps of history with a series of hard fought attacks to take the Port of Tobruk. Most of the English Army has retreated, but by the time all is said and done, the English will have lost four brigades defending Tobruk and [...]
An Oilfield Too Far – Baku or Bust (WW2 Feature)
May 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Azerbaijan is a country that most westerners couldn’t find on a map. Those who can are likely to know it for one thing – Oil. The Capitol City of Azerbaijan is Baku – the birthplace of the modern Oil Industry. Baku was the ultimate objective of the German Army in World War II. Military historians [...]
The 1941 Iraq Coup and Rommel’s Afrika Korps
May 27, 2012 by 2 Comments
First, some real history… The history books almost completely gloss over German-Arab relations during World War II. It’s fitting to give some attention to Iraq’s role in World War II as it had some influence in the eventual formation of the Ba’ath Party. Without getting deep into Iraq’s history (or the affairs/aftermath of World War [...]
Operation Fridericus and Case Blue (T002)
May 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Third Reich 1942 – 1945 AAR Turn 002. Operation Fridericus and Case Blue – The Historical Narrative. Operation Fridericus was essentially the first phase of Case Blue, culminating in the Battle of Voronezh -a mere 280 miles south of Moscow. Axis forces included Fourth Panzer Armee under General Hermann Hoth versus the Soviet 40th [...]
The Third Reich 1942 – 1945; AAR Turn 001.
May 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
An After Action Report and TOAW IIII Play Test Mark (Axis) vs. Mike (Allies) The specifics of this campaign are detailed in the World War II and Odessa Files: Take Two. This is a monster – easily one of the largest wargame scenarios available. It runs 158 turns – far shorter than the even larger [...]
World War II & The Odessa Files… Take Two
May 22, 2012 by 2 Comments
To the victors go the spoils, and with it the capacity to embellish upon history. What “history” has handed down to us is not always accurate. A lot of times, too, what we see from history amounts to a loose collection of “static snapshots” which do not begin to paint the whole interactive, interlocking motion [...]