It’s late on 5th July 1943, the second day of the Battle of Kursk. The first Soviet lines have been beaten and are retreating, but the Germans still have to push on and clear their final objective: the village of Cherkasskoye.Here the Soviets have fresh troops and have even been promised armoured support if they […]
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Mar
26
2020
Kursk Campaign Game 6: Breaking Through
It’s late on 5th July 1943, the second day of the Battle of Kursk. The first Soviet lines have been beaten and are retreating, but the Germans still have to push on and clear their final objective: the village of Cherkasskoye.Here the Soviets have fresh troops and have even been promised armoured support if they […]
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Mar
19
2020
First Corps Soviet infantry
If you’re going to field the Red Army, you really can’t have too much infantry, can you? So without further ado, here are two more squads of patriots ready to defend the Motherland from the fascists:
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Mar
12
2020
Kursk Campaign Game 5: Escape to Victory!
With the failure of Soviet force to Hold the Line at Butovo, they’re now retreating towards the final objective of Cherkasskoye. Along the road both fit fighting men and the wounded struggle, and the Germans are right on their heels. Can they hold the Germans for long enough to evacuate their wounded and fall back […]
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Mar
05
2020
Warlord Marder III
There are really two vehicles you’ve got to have in your WW2 German collection: the StuG III and the Marder. Both were used by absolutely everybody on every front and throughout the war. I made a StuG ages ago, but until now didn’t actually have any type of Marder.
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Feb
27
2020
Warlord T-34/85
My Soviet forces needed a bit of armoured support. I’d come at the collection from an odd angle, the first two infantry platoons being a Fortified Region and some Partisans, but I’ve recently been adding the bits required to field a regular infantry platoon. So when Warlord recently offered a good deal on this iconic […]
