by GeneralHowitzer | Aug 20, 2025 | 1944, Armor, Artillery, Breakthrough Game, Countryside, Infantry, Location: France, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Mobile Artillery, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Western
Coldstream Hill Hill 309 in Normandy wasn’t just another patch of dirt—it became Coldstream Hill because the 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards, stormed it on July 30, 1944, and planted their flag in blood and steel. This was part of Operation Bluecoat—launched while...
by GeneralHowitzer | Aug 19, 2025 | Armor, Artillery, Countryside, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Mobile Artillery, Scenario, Strategic
Tanks, Tanks, Tanks! What can I say? There’s a lotta tanks in this battle! ~~ General Howitzer VP’s 12 Card Balance: Allies – 7 Axis – 8 Complexity: 3 Conditions: Countryside Context: Fictional Location: Somewhere Year: Sometime Summary:...
by GeneralHowitzer | Aug 4, 2025 | 1941, Armor, Artillery, Breakthrough Game, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Russia, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Overlord Game, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Eastern
Force vs. Finesse: Battle of Dubno - Brody The Battle of Dubno–Brody (June 23–30, 1941) was one of the largest tank battles of World War II, fought during the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa between Germany’s Army Group South and the Soviet Southwestern Front....
by GeneralHowitzer | Jul 29, 2025 | Armor, Artillery, Countryside, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic
Wittmann’s Final Battle Wittmann’s last ride came on August 8, ’44, when the Canadians kicked off Operation Totalize south of Caen. He rolled out in his Tiger, thinking he’d stop the Allied push cold—but this wasn’t the Eastern Front, and the Allies...
by GeneralHowitzer | Jul 25, 2025 | 1944, Armor, Artillery, Beach, Campaign Book: V2, Infantry, Jungle, Location: Pacific, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Pacific
Capture of Parry Capture-of-Parry_title Capture-of-Parry_description Parry Island was a textbook assault—our 4th Marines hit the beach with tanks rolling, guns blazing, and the Navy pounding from offshore. The enemy was dug in and ready to die, and they did—every last...
by GeneralHowitzer | Jul 15, 2025 | 1944, Armor, Artillery, Campaign Book: V2, Infantry, Location: Pacific, Memoir 44, Pacific Theater, Scenario, Tactical, Theater: Pacific
Umurbrogol Pocket IMG_0923 IMG_0922 IMG_0921 IMG_0920 IMG_0919 IMG_0917 The Battle of the Umurbrogol Pocket in November 1944 was one of the fiercest and most grueling phases of the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. U.S. Marines faced deeply entrenched Japanese...
