by GeneralHowitzer | Jun 1, 2025 | 1941, Armor, Artillery, Big Guns, Breakthrough Game, Desert, Infantry, Location: Libya, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Mobile Artillery, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Mediterranean
Operation Crusader “Listen up, men! In November ‘41, the British Eighth Army—under the command of General Auchinleck—thundered across the sands of the Marmaric Desert like a damn hurricane, aimed straight at those Italian-German armored divisions. Cunningham’s boys...
by GeneralHowitzer | May 24, 2025 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Desert, Infantry, Memoir 44, Overlord Game, Scenario
Operation Lightfoot (Overlord Map) Op-Lightfoot_title Op-Lightfoot_right2 Op-Lightfoot_right1 Op-Lightfoot_Left2 Op-Lightfoot_Left1 Op-Lightfoot_center2 Op-Lightfoot_center1 October 23, 1942—Montgomery kicks off Operation Lightfoot, and the desert explodes. This...
by GeneralHowitzer | May 17, 2025 | 1941, Armor, Artillery, Desert, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Mediterranean
Bardia Bardia, January 1941—now that was a proper kick in the teeth for the Italians, and the Aussies delivered it with style. This was the first big ground fight cooked up and led by an Australian outfit—6th Australian Division, under General Mackay—and let me tell...
by GeneralHowitzer | May 16, 2025 | 1943, Armor, Artillery, Desert, Infantry, Memoir 44, Scenario, Tactical, Theater: Mediterranean
Sbeitla Tunisia Operation Frühlingswind—February 1943. The Krauts thought they had us dead to rights in central Tunisia. They were wrong. Rommel’s boys hit us hard at Sidi Bou Zid, busted through, and kept pushing west toward Sbeitla. On February 17, they grabbed the...
by GeneralHowitzer | May 16, 2025 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Combat Cards, Desert, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Tactical, Theater: Mediterranean
St. Joseph's Farm Chouigui Pass—November 1942. One hell of a day for the U.S. Army, and the first time our boys showed the Krauts what American steel could do. We were green, no doubt about it. The 1st Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment—part of my beloved 1st Armored...
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...
