The Fallschirmjäger are Germany’s elite volunteer paratroops and amongst the finest troops in the German armed forces.The elite Fallschirmjäger are more than capable of stopping the best the Allied armies can throw at them, whether fighting in the deserts of North Africa, in the Greek Islands, across the mountains of Sicily and Italy or the swamps and...
Soviet industry proved up to the task of providing the Red Army with excellent tanks and self-propelled guns that were effective and capable fighting machines, fast to produce, and easy for the crews to use. Well supported by the 'Gods Of War' and their ZIS guns, Soviet Tank Shock Groups would break through any defences or die trying! —description from the...
The opening of Operation Bagration was fought across Byelorussia, a land of forests, farms, rivers and wooded marshes. In Poland terrain was similar, mostly flat with rivers, lakes, woods, and villages breaking up the farmland. Fighting in the Ukraine crossed fertile plains of farmland and woods, crisscrossed with rivers, before hitting the Carpathian...
During the calm weeks leading up Operation Bagration, the Soviets had amassed their armies for the greatest offensive yet undertaken on the Eastern Front. Three years after the German invasion, the Red Army stands as battle-hardened troops, ready to finally push the fascist invaders out of Mother Russia! A screaming barrage of shells and rockets signals...
The armoured squadron is the strike force of the British Army. With their exceptionally fast Cromwell tanks, the Desert Rats have the ability to rapidly strike the enemy rear area and relentlessly pursue the slower enemy forces. This speed allows the armoured squadron to continually work around to the weaker flanks of enemy formations, always striking from...
The British are pursuing the Germans through bocage country, where the narrow lanes and tall hedgerows mean that the fighting is up close and personal. Bocage Country Mission Terrain Pack offers enough bocage (40 pieces, to be exact) to fill a full 4′ x 4′ (120cm x 120cm) bocage table, with corners, straights, and bocage of varying length. —description...
The British have loads of interesting options that run the gambit from from the cheaper Desert Rat Motor Company to the most elite Commando Troops. It all comes down to your play style. D-Day: British book includes four more missions, three breakthrough Bocage missions and another Airborne mission. The British D-Day Command cards include six Warriors:...
The booklet covers the two most distinctive components of the 21st Panzer Division: its armoured panzergrenadier companies and its assault gun companies. The booklet also gives you two artillery options, both on the Lorraine Schlepper chassis. The booklet also comes with a selection of the most appropriate command cards from the D-Day: German book and two...
This book gives you everything you need to begin building your D-Day: Waffen-SS force. Between mid 1943 and mid 1944, the German focus was on the Eastern Front. After the failure of the German Kursk Offensive, the Red Army went on the offensive, throwing hammer blow after hammer blow to drive the Germans back to the Russian border. The elite 1st and 2nd SS...
Race to Minsk is the second in a series of Ace Campaigns, a narrative-driven system of Flames Of War battles. Ace Campaigns are extremely flexible in allowing players to tailor their campaign to fit their playgroups needs. There are three different modes that you can play the campaign in: Story Mode, Extended Mode, and Aces Mode. Story mode is your...
The Soviet 11th Guards Army (11ya Gvardeyskiy Armiya) and 31st Army (31ya Armiya) fell upon Orsha on 26 June 1944. A solitary Soviet tank brigade from the 2nd Tank Corps swept around to the west of the city, completing the encirclement. The German remnants of General Volkers' 27th Army Corps were now trapped inside the city and prepared for a tenacious...