A scenario for France 23rd May 1940. More famously known as the scene of an epic siege, Calais was initially defended on its outskirts by a mixture of units hastily conveyed across the Channel, including motorcyclists with no motorcycles! This scenario bends history slightly to give the British more tactical options as they pit armour and infantry against...
A BEF v Germans scenario for France 27th May 1940. Ordered to hold the hill-top town of Cassel to protect the troops nearing Dunkirk, 145th Brigade faced the full force of 6th Panzer Division. But a tenacious defence by two infantry battalions and their supporting guns meant this was no walkover for the German armour. Includes all the info you need to play...
A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. The delay at Hannut bought by 3rd DLM’s sacrifice gave time for an infantry-manned defence line to be established near Gembloux. This scenario depicts 3rd Panzer Division’s attempt to break through the defences manned by the redoubtable Moroccan infantry of 1st DIM near Cortil-Noirment. Includes all the info...
A scenario for France 27th May 1940. With three German infantry Divisions poised to cut the BEF’s corridor to Dunkirk, only three brigades stood in their way along the line of the mostly dried-up Ypres-Comines Canal. This scenario depicts the northern sector and the sacrifice of 17th Brigade from 5th Infantry Division in attempting to block the advance of...
A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. Having smashed through French defences along the River Meuse, Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division drove on to encounter determined North African infantry and, at Flavion, the heavy Char B 1bis tanks of 1st DCR (1st Armoured Division). With Rommel eager to press on to Philippeville this scenario pits his Pz 38ts...
A BEF v German scenario for France 27th May 1940. Not scaled down at all at 1:1 this scenario first featured in the original Rapid Fire rule book. Now freshly researched it depicts the famous defence of the village of Hondeghem, just outside Cassel, by a troop of British artillery that took on the infantry and Pz 35ts of 6th Panzer Division. Includes all...
A French v German encounter on 13th May 1940. This scenario depicts the northern sector of the battlefield near Hannut, where units of 3rd DLM (3rd Armoured Cavalry Division) stood their ground to slow the advance of German armour. At Orp Le Grand the French defenders used the little Petite Gette River as an obstacle to prevent 3rd Panzer Division breaking...
A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. The small village of Stonne stood on the eastern edge of the plateaux overlooking the German crossing of the Meuse at Sedan. It become the focus for a fierce ‘see-saw’ battle between elite French and German tank and infantry units determined to take and hold its battered ruins. Includes all the info you need...
A French v German encounter for 16th May 1940. The clash of armour and infantry at Stonne continued into a second day, but with the threat of a German incursion into the French rear near Tannay. Attacking on one flank and defending on the other both sides this scenario features tanks, armoured cars, motorcyclists and French armoured infantry. Includes all...
A scenario for France for 27th May 1940. At the southern end of the Ypres-Comines line 143rd Brigade from 48th Division faced off against the German 61st Infantry Division. However, near Comines, both the 143rd’s Brigadier and II Corps’ commander General Brooke thought attack was the best form of defence and launched almost simultaneous counterattacks. A...
Inspired by James Holland’s Brothers in Arms, this is a 40 page, fully illustrated A5 booklet providing four scenarios for actions involving the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry tank regiment in 1944. From D-Day to the Siegfried Line, follow the SRY as they take on Atlantic Wall defenders, SS panzers in Normandy, Jagdpanthers and Luftwaffe infantry on the Belgium...
Four scenarios for the four most important landings of Operation Mercury: the invasion of Crete by German fallschirmjager on 20th May 1941. Against alert New Zealand, Australian, British and Greek defenders, the parachute and glider assaults on Maleme, Prison Valley (east of Maleme), Retimo and Heraklion were close fought battles that hung in the balance....