by GeneralHowitzer | Dec 10, 2024 | 1942, Armor, Combat Cards, Infantry, Jungle, Location: Pacific, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Tactical, Theater: Pacific
Hlegu Burma The engagement at Hlegu in March 1942 was a minor yet notable skirmish during the British retreat from Rangoon amid the Japanese invasion of Burma in World War II. As part of the broader Battle of Pegu, British forces, including the 7th Queen’s Own...
by GeneralHowitzer | Dec 10, 2024 | 1942, Armor, Combat Cards, Infantry, Jungle, Location: Pacific, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic
Payagyi Burma The Battle of Payagyi occurred in early March 1942 during the Burma Campaign of World War II. British forces, specifically ‘B’ Squadron of the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, engaged Japanese troops near the village of Payagyi, north of Pegu....
by GeneralHowitzer | Dec 6, 2024 | 1944, Beach, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Smackdown
Offense - 99% - Defense - Zero This is something that has never happened to me before. I played a scenario ( Pointe du Hoc), and the enemy only hit me once the entire game. I scored all four medals and lost only one infantry figure. Here is the final scene:...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 30, 2024 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Battle Maps, Countryside, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Urban
Sword of Stalingrad Stalingrad. July ’42 to February ’43. One of the bloodiest, ugliest slugfests in the history of war—and the place where Hitler’s dreams started bleeding out in the snow. The Germans charged in hard, aiming to take the city and crack open the Soviet...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 22, 2024 | 1943, Armor, Breakthrough Game, Countryside, Infantry, Location: Russia, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Eastern
La Prokhovorka ( The False Soviet Victory ) The Battle of Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943, was one of the largest tank clashes of World War II, fought between Soviet forces and Germany’s II SS Panzer Corps during the Battle of Kursk. The Soviets launched a massive...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 19, 2024 | Jungle, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario
Battle of Bataan: Abucay Line On January 7th, 1942 Japan invaded the Philippines. Under orders from General MacArthur American troops and their allies retreated to a defensive line that stretched from Mt. Bataan to the China Sea. The American troops, although...
