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General Howitzer’s Field Guide to Memoir 44

A Memoir 44 Strategy & Tactics Community

The Defense of Wanssum Woods

by GeneralHowitzer | Jul 15, 2025 | 1945, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Netherlands, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Pacific

The Defense of Wanssum Wood The Defense of Wanssum Woods in 1945 was part of Operation Snowman, a late World War II engagement in the Netherlands. German forces mounted a stubborn defense in the wooded area near Wanssum to delay the Allied advance. General Howitzer...

Reichswald – The Siegried Line

by GeneralHowitzer | May 9, 2025 | 1945, Armor, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Netherlands, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Special Weapons, Strategic, Theater: Western

Reichswald - The Siegried Line February 9th, 1945. The Reichswald—five miles of hell standing between us and the Ruhr, the industrial heart of Hitler’s war machine. You want to break Germany? You punch through there. We stacked the odds—brought in the numbers, massed...

Operation Market Garden (Overlord)

by GeneralHowitzer | Apr 29, 2025 | 1944, Armor, Artillery, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Netherlands, Overlord, Overlord Game, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Western

Operation Market Garden (Overlord Map) Op-Market-Garden_title Op-Market-Garden_Right2 Op-Market-Garden_Right1 Op-Market-Garden_Left2 Op-Market-Garden_Left1 Op-Market-Garden_center2 Op-Market-Garden_center1 Operation Market Garden, fought in September 1944, was a major...

Market Garden (Nijmegen Bridges)

by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1944, Armor, Artillery, Big Guns, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Netherlands, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Terrain Exp Pack, Urban

Market Garden (Nijmegen Bridges) The Battle of Nijmegen Bridge was a key engagement during Operation Market Garden in September 1944, a large Allied operation aimed at securing key bridges in the Netherlands to create a direct route into Germany. General...