Category Archives: Periods – World War II

‘Mustang Aces of the Eighth Air Force’ (Osprey) reviewed

Posted on August 7, 2021 by admin2

Jonathan Aird has reviewed this Osprey title from their Aces series and finds that, while the combat descriptions are sparse, the accompanying airplane illustrations are “superb.” It’s on the Ospreys at a Glance page. Share this…emailPrintFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedin

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D-Day reading, Part 2

Posted on June 29, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan Having mentioned the “Penguin Atlas of D-Day and the Normandy Campaign” by John Man, it seems sensible to write a review note of it. My well-thumbed copy was bought when it was first issued in 1994 for … Continue reading →

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D-Day reading

Posted on June 26, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan In June, my thoughts, and my reading, often turn to the Normandy Campaign, after so many holidays there in past years, and the fact that of all battlefield regions of Western Europe, this is the one where … Continue reading →

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Malaria in WWII Italy

Posted on June 9, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan I’m grateful to my colleague Marco Galandra of Pavia for this little snippet. Now, chemical and biological weapons rarely crop up on the wargames table, and certainly I’ve never resorted to them in any modern campaign at … Continue reading →

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Bergepanther with 20mm cannon

Posted on May 11, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan This, as you will all recognise, is a PzKw V, the Bergepanther recovery version of the Panther tank. When the Mk V appeared in numbers on the Ostfront ready for the debacle at Kursk, there was a … Continue reading →

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The PzKpfw VIII Maus at war

Posted on May 4, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan My OstFront Winter set-up has, I have to admit, a few oddities among its armoured ranks, including a few of the attractive E-Series modelled by Pegasus in 1/76th. But of course, by the autumn of 1944, in … Continue reading →

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Luftwaffe NCO on the ground

Posted on April 20, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan As we are unlikely to encounter dozens of splendid photographs of re-enactments this summer, at least until the world settles itself again, I’ve been digging in my files to see what I could come up with. Take … Continue reading →

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Banana oil and wargaming!

Posted on March 18, 2021 by admin2

By Rob Morgan Yes, now that takes me back! Brian Cameron is quite right, several of the old Airfix articles on modelling 20mm plastic figures contained instructions on ‘fixing’ additions with banana oil. I recall being given advice by an … Continue reading →

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A new sample article is now available

Posted on March 6, 2021 by admin2

Another article from past issues of Lone Warrior is now available. This one is by David Newport. In it, he explains how he set up a game based on the D-Day invasion and the rules he used in the game. … Continue reading →

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Commando raid replay

Posted on February 24, 2021 by admin2

By Paul Le Long I wanted to congratulate Peter Davies on his commando raid article in the most recent issue of Lone Warrior (No. 214). It was excellent stuff and I was inspired to play the game over the weekend. … Continue reading →

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