The Long Range Desert Group was a special forces troop which specialist in desert combat, waging unconventional warfare against Axis forces across the vast deserts of North Africa, executing highly mobile operations covering vast distances. The harsh, unyielding climate was itself as treacherous as the enemy. This set adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII...
Created and sent across the sea to reinforce their Italian allies against the juggernaut of the Allied Commonwealth forces in North Africa, the Deutsches Afrika Korps under the leadership of their inspirational commander Erwin Rommel fought in some of the fiercest campaigns in World War II in Libya and Egypt, and were both feared and respected by their...
The Battle of Bardia was one of the first Allied incursions into North Africa as part of Operation Compass, with the Australian 6th Division assaulting the fiercely-defended fortress and township of Bardia. It was a hard fought victory with over 30000 enemy prisoners taken, and opened the path for the Allied campaign to advance into Libya and Cyrenaica....
The Battle of Damascus was one of the final actions of the Syrian-Lebanon Campaign, with Free French troops, along with British Indian and Australian allies, in a final push to capture the capital city of Syria. The advancing forces captured the outlying towns at Qadim and Merdjayoun, relieving the siege of Mezzeh, before advancing on Damascus and...
Created and sent across the sea to reinforce their Italian allies against the juggernaut of the Allied Commonwealth forces in North Africa, the Deutsches Afrika Korps under the leadership of their inspirational commander Erwin Rommel fought in some of the fiercest campaigns in World War II in Libya and Egypt, and were both feared and respected by their...
The evocative nickname "Desert Rats" originated from the 7th Armoured Division, but later expanded to include all the Commonwealth troops - British, Australian, Indian and New Zealand - who fought and distinguished themselves in North Africa. This pack covers the fighting vehicles used by the Desert Rats, as well as featuring the same forces in an...
The evocative nickname "Desert Rats" originated from the 7th Armoured Division, but later expanded to include all the Commonwealth troops - British, Australian, Indian and New Zealand - who fought and distinguished themselves in North Africa. This pack covers the fighting vehicles used by the Desert Rats, as well as featuring the same forces in an...
“I have always considered the landing of the Seventh in the fog of Attu, on May 11, 1943 an amphibious landing without Parallel…” Maj. Gen. Holland M. “Howling Mad” Smith USMC. On May 11 th , 1943, 16000 soldiers of the United States 7 th Infantry Division made amphibious landings on Attu, a remote and windswept Island in the Aleutians. The 7th Division...
“We will carry out a charge with the heroic spirits of those killed in battle.” Col. Yamasaki Yasuyo. On June 7th, 1942, Soldiers of the Imperial Japanese invaded Attu in the Aleutians Islands. After the landing the Japanese soldiers began constructing fortifications and an airfield. Realising the need to hold Attu, the garrison was increased to a 2500-man...
In a blitzkrieg of just 73 days, the Japanese forces captured the entire Malayan archipelago, including the great fortress city of Singapore. The fall of Malaya was a resounding shock and humiliation to the Allied armies, who had vastly underestimated their opponents. Force 136 was the cover identity given to the Far East branch of the British Special...
Hungry, thirsty, poorly armed and in combat for the first time the brave soldiers of the 1st Marine Division endured day after day of horror and deprivation defending the Cactus Air Force flying out of Henderson Field. Fighting what became known as the key land battle of the Pacific War the marines beat back wave after wave of merciless attackers, their...
Flies swarm to the scabs...No strength to brush them away...Fall down and cannot move...How many times I've thought of suicide. - Sergeant Kashichi, Imperial Japanese Army. Drawn into a battle Japan did not expect or want, Guadalcanal blunted the expansion of the empire. Overly confident and initially dismissive of the fighting prowess of the USMC the...