In the division of alliances of World War II which saw nations join with the Allies or the Axis, the Italian army found itself on opposing sides as the war progressed. Face the brunt of the Commonwealth 8th Army in North Africa, defend Sicily from the onslaught of the Allies, or fight to liberate Italy from the German occupiers. This set adds 56 cards to...
Operation Tombola was a British SAS-led mission to carry out a series of harrassing raids behind enemy lines in the Reggio Emilia region, at the top of the Italian "boot". The operation was put together by Major Roy Farrar, who was not allowed to go on the actual mission, although he was allowed to accompany the SAS on the aircraft as they were airdropped....
The Battle of Crete marks the occasion in which the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) executed the first major airborne invasion in warfare, only to be faced by stiff resistance from Allied forces, bolstered by Cretan civilians who also took up arms against the invaders. Initial fighting from the defenders was so fierce that the German offensive briefly...
The Battle of Crete marks the occasion in which the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) executed the first major airborne invasion in warfare, only to be faced by stiff resistance from Allied forces, bolstered by Cretan civilians who also took up arms against the invaders. Initial fighting from the defenders was so fierce that the German offensive briefly...
The Battle of Rimini was part of Operation Olive, the Allied offensive against the Gothic Line in Northern Italy. The township of Rimini, situated along the Adriatic coast, was the easternmost anchor point of the Rimini Line, which was part of the multi-layered wall of Gothic Line defenses. The battle for the town along its outlying regions and into the...
The Gothic Line was a major German strategic defensive line along northern Italy, and its final line of defense used by the retreating German forces in Italy in the late stages of the war, with over a million soldiers combined in the British 8th Army and American 5th Army facing the German 10th and 14th Armies. The Gothic Line itself was a series of...
After the tide had turned against the Axis and civil war broke out in Italy following the Armistice of Cassibile in 1943, brave civilians began their insurrection and arose against the tyranny of the former fascist government forces and German invaders. In much chaos and confusion, often battling on several fronts, the Italian civilian resistance groups...
Incepted and formed just before the onset of World War II, the Italian Paratrooper Brigade "Folgore" saw extensive action throughout the Mediterranean basin, whether it was fighting in North Africa, reinforing the Aegean islands or defending mainland Italy, and establishing a formidable reputation for itself. This set adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII...
The Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Izbushensky Khutor (hamlet) in the Volga Region was a skirmish between the Italian Cavalry 3rd Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" and the Soviet 812th Siberian Infantry Regiment in August 1942. Although it was a minor encounter in the larger Eastern Theatre of Operations, the Charge of the Savoia Cavelleria has historical...
As the nations continued the arms race leading up to World War II, even the Italian army had realized the need for armoured fighting vehicles in its inventory, and their national factories were ready to respond with numerous designs in the emerging requirements of modern armoured warfare. These included the Carro Armato M13 medium tank and its variants...
Warfighter is a card game for 1 to 6 players. You can play solo or cooperatively with your friends against the system to complete World War II squad-level combat missions, set in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in North Africa. The core game gives you a full team of British 8th Army Soldiers. Expansion then adds to these sets. This includes...
The Battle of Bir Hakeim and the delays which it caused to the Axis offensive contributed to the cancellation of Operation Herkules, the invasion of Malta. The Free French forces fiercely defended the oasis known as Bir Hakeim against a superior marauding Panzerarmee force, taking heavy casualties, but in turn became a moral and propaganda victory in its...