by GeneralHowitzer | May 6, 2025 | 1939, Artillery, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Poland, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Special Weapons, Strategic, Theater: Western
Battle of Westerplatte September 1st, 1939—0448 hours. That was the shot that lit the damn fuse on World War II. The Germans kicked things off by bringing in the battleship Schleswig-Holstein, sitting nice and cozy in Danzig harbor, and then—boom—she opened up with a...
by GeneralHowitzer | May 4, 2025 | 1939, Armor, Artillery, Big Guns, Breakthrough Game, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Russia, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Special Weapons, Strategic, Theater: Eastern
Bain Tsagan Heights “Listen up, boys! In early July ‘39, over in the dusty wilderness of Mongolia, the Japanese thought they’d pull a fast one at the Bain Tsagan Heights—cross the river, flank the Soviets, and wrap the whole show up in a bow. But Zhukov wasn’t about...
by GeneralHowitzer | Apr 29, 2025 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Desert, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Overlord Game, Scenario, Special Weapons, Strategic, Theater: Mediterranean
The Capture of Tobruk (Overlord Map) Capture-Tobruk_title Capture-Tobruk_Right2 Capture-Tobruk_Right1 Capture-Tobruk_Left2 Capture-Tobruk_Left1 Capture-Tobruk_center2 Capture-Tobruk_center1 June 21, 1942—Tobruk falls, and Rommel gets his moment in the sun. The Desert...
by GeneralHowitzer | Apr 29, 2025 | 1945, Artillery, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Pacific, Mobile Artillery, Scenario, Tactical, Theater: Pacific
Medeera Pocket IMG_0782 IMG_0784 IMG_0785 IMG_0786 The Battle of the Medeera Pocket in June 1945 was a late-stage engagement during the Marianas and Palau Islands campaign of World War II. Located on northern Peleliu, the Medeera Pocket was one of the last strongholds...
by GeneralHowitzer | Apr 29, 2025 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Infantry, Location: Russia, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Overlord Game, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Eastern, Urban
Rats in a Factory [ Overlord ] Rats-Factory_title Rats-Factory_right2 Rats-Factory_right1 Rats-Factory_Left2 Rats-Factory_Left1 Rats-Factory_center2 Rats-Factory_center1 “Rats in a Factory”—Stalingrad, late ’42. You want to know what hell looks like? This...
by GeneralHowitzer | Apr 29, 2025 | 1941, Artillery, Beach, Breakthrough Game, Combat Cards, Countryside, Destroyer, Infantry, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Eastern
Soviet Raid on Grigorevka September 1941—Odessa’s under siege, and the Soviets are getting hammered by Romanian artillery. So what do they do? They go on the offensive—hard. Captain Koren takes the lead at sea with the 3rd Naval Infantry Regiment, nearly 2,000...
