by GeneralHowitzer | Jun 2, 2025 | 1939, Armor, Artillery, Breakthrough Game, Countryside, Infantry, Medal Objectives, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Eastern
Tightening the Noose Tightening-Noose_whole Tightening-Noose_right Tightening-Noose_left Tightening-Noose_center “Listen up! In August ‘39, the Red Army under that tough son of a gun, Zhukov, went to work along the Khalkhin-Gol River—right on the border of Mongolia...
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, 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...
by GeneralHowitzer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1943, Armor, Artillery, Countryside, Eastern Front, Infantry, Location: Russia, Memoir 44, Scenario, Strategic, Theater: Eastern
Ponyri (Kursk) The Battle of Ponyri took place in Ponyri, a small town in the Kursk Oblast of Russia, during World War II. It occurred in July 1943 as part of the larger Battle of Kursk, one of the biggest tank battles in history. General Howitzer summarizes: Ponyri...
