An Oilfield Too Far - Baku or Bust (WW2 Feature)

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 […]

Operation Fridericus and Case Blue (T002)

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 […]