Tide of Iron: Designer Series
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The Road to Oosterbeek
Day six of the battle at Arnhem, would become known as “Black Friday” for the British paratroopers of the 1st Airborne Division. The survivors of the failed attempt to take the vital bridge across the Rhine River at Arnhem had retreated into a pocket…
1944-09-22
Crisis at Kasserine
On February 19, 1943, German reconnaissance and the elite assault infantry troops of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps attacked Kasserine Pass, attempting to rush through the pass to the main Allied supply dump at Tebessa. To stay on schedule, the German …
1943-02-19
To Save Bastonge
The U.S. 9th Armored Division had never experienced a major battle, but the German offensive of December 16, 1944, saw it suddenly engaged with the veteran troops of two elite panzer divisions. By December 18, desperate American commanders deployed…
1944-12-18
The Bridge at Chambois
On August 20, 1944, a hodgepodge of retreating German forces, including heavy Tiger tanks, medium Panzer IV models, and hordes of demoralized but desperate Nazi soldiers, attacked the U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment at the town of Chambois in order to …
1944-08-20
Ring Around Aachen
Having broken through the Siegfried Line. fortifications by the end of the first week in October 1944. the American 30th Infantry Division wheeled south to link up with the “Big Red One" (1st Infantry Division) at Wurselen to encircle the …
1944-10-02
The Neck of the Gap
After Operation Cobra shattered the German armies trying to hold back the Normandy invasion, Allied forces raced to envelop and capture enemy troops in the Falaise Pocket. Colonel Harry D. McHugh’s U.S. 318th Infantry Regiment, supported by elements…
1944-08-18
Gela Beachhead
Elements of the American 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division are holding a perimeter for the beachhead on Sicily near Gela created by parts of the U.S. Army’s 16th Regiment (1st Infantry Division) and 180th Regiment …
1943-07-11
New Mission
During the maiden combat mission of the 761st Tank Battalion, the Black Panthers, the American forces seek to secure a river crossing by occupying the town of Vic-sur-Seille. They must also clear the nearby mountains to stop the murderous …
1944-11-07
2 on 2, Round One
In late July 1944, the German and Allied armies were still locked in close combat in the hedgerows and small towns of Normandy. On July 28 a German attack led by elements of the 2nd Panzer Division smashed into the …
1944-07-28
Fire and Brimstone
Late July 1944. After Operation Cobra's successful bombing of the area outside of Saint Lo, most German survivors fled. Even so, intense fighting continued as the Americans attempted to crack the now thin German front so that their armoured divisions…
1944-07-25
Smoking Cobras
In February 1945, after a static defense for nine weeks due to lack of ammunition, bad weather, and heavy losses - Brazil 's FEB would get another chance to prove their worth as assault troops in Italy. “Operation Encore”, a …
1945-02-18
Night Drop
On June 6, 1944, D-Day began with pre-dawn night parachute drops by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions behind Utah Beach. The 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 82nd Airborne Division were given …
1944-06-06
So Near and Yet so Far
German doctrine emphasized immediate counterattacks when the enemy was relatively weak and had not yet consolidated the positions they had just seized. During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the American airborne forces had the mission to prevent or…
1944-06-06
Totensonntag
In North Africa, there was far more desert than there were troops and equipment available to hold the terrain, so the opposing “lines” were often a series of loosely connected outposts, fortified camps, and bands of vehicles that formed defensive …
1941-11-23
Hell Week
By the end of July 1944, the Americans had successfully broken out of Normandy and into the open countryside to the south and southeast. The town of Mortain was taken by American forces at the beginning of August. This small …
1944-08-07
Night Hunt
The attack against Lindern in late 1944 by the U.S. 84th Infantry Division (“the Railsplitters”) was part of the 9th Army’s attempt to break through the German fortified West Wall, the so-called Siegfried Line. The 84th moved forward on the …
1944-11-20
Bloody Lindern
This was the 84th Division’s baptism of fire, and they had to push forward against stiff German Resistance in terrible weather. Not only did the rains ground the Allied air force, they reduced the farm fields and dirt roads to …
1944-11-29
Dash to the Wire
Throughout the month of January, the British 8th Army had to choose between running or fighting to try to delay or stop the pursuing Germans. Rommel ’s advance and the British retreat became a series of local engagements between opposing …
1941-11-23
Rat Patrol
A standard British LRDG patrol, a rapid moving strike force, contained about 40 men armed with heavy weapons (mostly Lewis machine guns) traveling in ex-civilian Fords, Chevrolets and Jeeps. The squads were also armed with anti-tank rifles, and the …
1942-09-30
The Twin Villages
As German troops poured into the Ardennes, Lt.-Col. William McKinley, grandson of the former president, found his depleted 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division facing the 12th SS “Hitler Youth” Panzer Division. The 9th Infantry…
1944-12-18