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First Matanikau
After Lt. Col. Goettge's small reconnaissance patrol was wiped out near Matanikau on August 12, General Vandefrift ordered a strike against the Japanese concentration in the area. Given the overriding need to protect Henderson Field, it was a week…
The Sand Spit
The leading elements of the elite 2nd "Sendai" Division had arrived on Guadalcanal with same orders as their predecessors -- eliminate the Marine beachhead. With ample manpower, Japanese commanders planned to attack the perimeter from the west and…
Bailey's Demise
The Marine Raiders were looking to cross the Matanikau River to the west bank to complete an encirclement. Unbeknownst to the Marines, the IJA had crossed the river and was …
Ghosts in the Rubble
The last ferry-landing across the Volga was under German machinegun fire and the Russians were barely holding their positions in the rubble around Krasny Oktyabr and the Barrikady. Rather than waiting passively for the final blow, the Soviet “Army…
In Sight of the Volga
Defense of Stalingrad’s central district and the all important main ferry landing lay largely in the hands of hastily mobilized militia composed of factory workers and the NKVD garrison. These troops would have to hold the Wehrmacht at bay until the…
Halha River Bridge
The summer of 1939 saw a major border clash between Russian and Japanese forces over the line between the Mongolian People’s Republic and Manchukuo. Since the Japanese considered the Halha River the border, they felt a strong response was necessary…
The Youth's First Blood
The spearhead of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division moved with the airfield at Carpiquet as its objective. The Stuart tanks of the recon unit advanced at the point, followed by Company C of the Highlanders. The main body followed behind mounted on…
Jabo!
The long file of Kampfgruppe Peiper vehicles, many heavily camouflaged with pine boughs, filled the road north from Trois Ponts, through La Gleize, and on towards Cheneux where advance elements had discovered an intact, undefended bridge over the…
Will To Fight...Eradicated
As the 23rd Panzer Regiment failed to take Pabiance, the Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler entered into the firestorm and made great gains. Other units, however, couldn’t keep up with the Leibstandarte, with the result being a salient. The Waffen SS attack…
Auld Lang Syne
In the Ardennes sector, the U.S. 87th Division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont. The opening of the assault went well but while pausing to regroup in the outskirts of the town, the Americans were hit by a strong local counterattack. The…
The Liberators
Following the collapse of Hitler's Awakening of Spring, on March 16th, Marshall Tolbuhkin's 3rd Ukrainian Front went over to the attack. The 6th Guards Tank Army was placed at his disposal to deal with the stiff resistance. On April 2nd, having…
A Helping Hand
After landing on D-Day, the 2nd Infantry Division was immediately pressed into the attack despite their support weapons and equipment not having arrived. Almost a week later, the division was still fighting with rifles alone. On June 13th, the 1st…
Vaagso Venture
In October of 1941, Lord Louis Mountbatten took command of the Special Service Brigade. In accordance with a directive from Churchill, Mountbatten was to begin a “programme of raids in ever increasing intensity”. The first, a raid on the Lofoten…
Mountain Comes to Mohammed
During the Anglo-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran, British forces attempt to take a strongpoint in the desert held by a battalion of the elite Pahlavi Guards Regiment, devout Muslims pledged to defend the Shah, and armed with modern Czech weapons.
Habbaniya Heights
After a German-backed coup d'état against the pro-British Emir, the Allies had worries. An Iraqi alliance with the Axis would threaten Middle-East oilfields, the tenuous Soviet supply line across restless Persia and British shipping to Egypt -- as…
Cat's Kill
On June 8th, SS-Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop arrived in Normandy with his Panzer Abteilung as part of the ttempt to bolster the German defenses. Ribbentrop's troops were immediately ordered into a night assault to relieve the 1st Battalion…
Camp Nibeiwa
Operation Compass, the codename for Wavell’s offensive against Italian-held Libya, was kicked off with several assaults on Italian frontier camps. These fortified camps were built to cover the approaches to the coastal road which the British advance…
A Tough Nut to Crack
General MacArthur, furious at the perceived inability of his commanders to crack the Japanese fortified positions surrounding Buna, relieved his top field commanders and placed General Eichelberger in command. MacArthur’s last words to Eichelberger…
GOYA
The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion was a veteran airborne unit, whose distinctive patch was emblazoned with the acronym “GOYA” (for “Get Off Your Ass”). From the 21st of December through the 6th of January, the men of the battalion weathered “no…
Hakkaa Paalle
With their victories in the north, Finnish reinforcements were dispatched to the Kuhmo sector to seal the fate of the Soviet’s 54th Rifle Division, whose own advance had stalled in the frozen marshland. To counter, Russia’s only trained ski troops,…
The Akrotiri Peninsula
The German assault on the mountainous island of Crete called for airborne landings in four separate areas. One objective of the first wave was the quick capture of Canea, the capital city. To clear the way for the landing of the main regiment, a…
Gambit
The New Zealanders had spent most of the daylight hours of 20th May pinned down by German fighter aircraft. Communications were a shambles, casualties were heavy, and their local counterattacks had failed. Colonel Andrew of the 5th New Zealand…
Commando Raid at Dieppe
In a move to destroy German coastal batteries, the British No. 4 Commando unit, accompanied by a handful of American Rangers went against the Varengeville Battery. The attack was split into two groups. The first was to land directly below the battery…
Alligator Creek
The landings on Guadalcanal on 7 August met with no opposition, and the 5th Marine Regiment quickly established a secure beachhead at Lunga Point. Based on erroneous reports, the Imperial Headquarters, still concentrating upon their own operations…
The Whirlwind
On the night of 17th of April, elements of a recon troop of the American 26th Infantry Division occupied a tiny village on the outskirts of Aschaffenburg without opposition. Based on civilian reports of the presence by the enemy, the staff of the…
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