by GeneralHowitzer | May 22, 2025 | 1942, Armor, Artillery, Beach, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Overlord Game, Scenario, Strategic
Disaster at Dieppe (Overlord Map) Disaster_titlejpg Disaster_Right2 Disaster_Right1 Disaster_Left2 Disaster_Left1 Disaster_Center2 Disaster_Center1 Alright, listen up— The raid on Dieppe? That was a damn mess. We sent in brave boys—mostly Canadians—straight into a...
by GeneralHowitzer | May 18, 2025 | 1942, Armor, Combat Cards, Infantry, Jungle, Memoir 44, Scenario, Special Weapons, Tactical, Theater: Pacific
Taukkyan Roadblock The Battle of the Taukkyan Roadblock? That was a brutal wake-up call in the jungles of Burma. It was April 1942, and the British were pulling out of Rangoon, trying to stay one step ahead of a fast and ruthless Japanese advance. But they weren’t...
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 | 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...
