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...
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...