Southern Thunder, the Royal Navy and the Scandinavian trade in World War One Steven R Dunn Reviewed by Jim Graham Southern Thunder, the Royal Navy and the Scandinavian trade in World War One by Steven R Dunn, is published by Seaforth Publishing. It has 304 pages including appendices and index, 16 pages
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Armies of the Late Roman Empire – AD 284-476 Gabriele Esposito Pen and Sword Military 2018 Reviewed by Bernd Biege Every once in a while a book comes along where I go “Wow!” – this is one of them. Mainly because of the splendid illustrations, scores of high quality colour photos of reenactors in
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North Korean Onslaught: UN stand at the Pusan Perimeter August - September 1950 Gerry van Tonder Pen & Sword Reviewed by Jim Graham North Korean Onslaught is the latest book in the Pen & Sword “Cold War 1945 - 1991” series, and is the second in their “Korean War” sub-series. Gerry van Tonder is
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Eyewitness Korea; the experience of British & American soldiers in the Korean War 1950 - 1953 James Goulty Pen & Sword Reviewed by Jim Graham Eyewitness Korea is a hardback of some 259 pages, the last 48 of which are the notes, bibliography and index which tells you straightaway the research which has gone
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Cold War 1945 – 1991, Angolan War of Liberation (Colonial – Communist Clash, 1961 – 1974) Al J Venter Pen & Sword Reviewed by Phillip Herbert “Cold War 1945 – 1991 Angolan War of Liberation (Colonial – Communist Clash, 1961 – 1974)” is the fourteenth book in the excellent Cold War series of books
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Useless Mouths – The British Army´s Battles in France after Dunkirk, May-June 1940 Peter Whelan Helion and Company Reviewed by Kevin Rolko The Battle of France and the Blitzkrieg in the west have been subjects of new hobby supplements for Bolt Action and Chain of Command in the recent past. Thus many a hobbyist´s focus
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The first in a proposed series of painting guides, the Partizan Press Wargamer’s Painting Guide Volume 1 focuses upon Painting World War One 28mm Wargaming Figures for the Middle Eastern Theatres: The British, Dominion and Indian Armies. Yes, we know, that’s a VERY long title, but it does let you
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Van Dyck Models & Figurines are masters of the 10mm miniature world. Two of the most recently released packs are these Early Roman Empire Legionaries in Lorica Segmuntum and Force Publique Infantry in Early WW1 Uniform In a sense, this is an incredibly easy review to write – just look at
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The Mad Mullah & Operations in Darfur book the latest in a series of supplelemnts for the excellent Setting The East Ablaze rules system from Partizan Press. It is a 80-page softback book which contains a wealth of history, scenarios, army lists and more for two of the most obscure
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Kallistra have added a number of tanks to their Raging Empires 1914-1918 range. These are all Late War tanks, primarily for use by the British, German and French forces. The single German tank is the slab-sided A7V, even more of a mobile pillbox than the British but slightly slower. Introduced too
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It’s interesting how much wargaming potential there is ‘between the wars’. This month’s theme looks at conflicts that took place after World War One ended and before World War Two began and without even straying into the fertile ‘what if’ territory of A Very British Civil War or Pulp, we
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers! Our first magazine of 2019 features as its theme: (pre-gunpowder) Empire Building. We have four articles taking us to the great empires of Persia, Rome and Mali then we saddle-up with Genghis Khan and the Mongolian Horde and head to
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Beyond Rome to the Alps – Across the Arno and Gothic Line 1944-1945 Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, 2018 Reviewed by Dom Sore Often when we think about the Italian Campaign we get up to Monte Cassino and the liberation of Rome and then stop. Even the liberation of Rome was overshadowed by some
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The Verdun Regiment Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, 2018 Reviewed by Neil Smith The Western Front in WWI is almost too big an experience to comprehend with any reasonable understanding, the killing too grinding in its manner, and often too horrific to digest in the comfort of our armchairs. But what about the
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Snipers at War – An Equipment and Operations History John Walter Greenhill Books 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore Snipers are a strange bunch, sitting hidden for hours at a time, patiently waiting for that one opportunity to shoot before moving on to the next hide. Through history they have been revered and reviled, feared
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Hero on the Western Front, discovering Alvin York’s WW1 battlefield Michael Kelly Frontline Books 2018 Reviewed by Jim Graham Hero on the Western Front is 343 pages long, including the index and footnotes, which are extensive. There are numerous illustrations, photos and maps which are generally very clear but the odd one is
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Images of War – SS Specialist Units in Combat Bob Carruthers Pen & Sword Military Reviewed by Images of War – SS Specialist Units in combat is the next book in this excellent series by Pen & Sword which covers military subjects ranging from the Crimean War to the Cold War and beyond,
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In this issue of Wargames Illustrated, come with us on a journey as we explore the campaigns of The Unkillable Soldier: Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. P.S. And make sure you take a diversion to check out the latest game from Warlord - Cruel Seas - as seen in our Rules
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FROM THE EDITOR This month we commemorate one hundred years since the end of World War One, perhaps the most poignant time for those alive now to reflect on the loss of life during a previous generation. This November also hosts another commemoration or more correctly celebration in the form of
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Wargames Illustrated Showcase Game for HISTORICON 2018 Robert Giglio Editor’s Note: Bob is our US Liaison and has run a WI Showcase Game the last two times WI has journeyed across the Pond to a Historical Miniature Gaming Society (HMGS) convention. At HISTORICON 2015, Bob ran his “Saving Prince Kishan” game, and
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Who doesn’t like campaign wargaming? What’s not to like about playing through a series of linked battles and adding in entertaining additional elements to your games, like logistics, character development and herding cats (i.e. your fellow wargamers!). In our theme for this issue we have asked Alan Perry (Perry Miniatures), Joe
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Against All Odds Stephen Wynn Pen and Sword Military Reviewed by Neil Smith In Against All Odds, Stephen Wynn attempts to tell the story of Walter Tull, the first black officer to serve in the British Army. It is a daunting task with little evidence to work with, so perhaps it is not surprising
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Occasional we post 'magazine' articles on our website. This one hasn't appeared in the print or on iPad version of Wargames Illustrated - it's an online exclusive. FOCH has been written by our French friend Pierre Aymeric and is a collection of rules and amendments for using Osprey's The Men Who Would
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Luftwaffe 1946 Miniatures is perhaps best known for producing miniature aircraft from the beginning of World War Two up to the present day. Many of these miniatures are based upon both historically accurate and hypothetical aircraft designs. However, some of the newest releases in the range are focused upon a
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Wee Wolf Miniatures produce some ‘very fine’ 28mm miniatures. One of their ranges is Franco-Prussian War French Line Infantry - spotted at Historicon 2018. The current range encompasses 7 packs, either packs of 4 figures or unit deals consisting of 24 figures. These are high quality sculpts with some great attention
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To the shores of Tripoli… and then back again. It only struck me when I sat down to write this editorial that our theme for this month, America at War, takes us from the famous US Marine action near Tripoli in 1804 (subject of the Marine Corps Hymn), via the
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Great War Miniatures have added new Late World War One German Cavalry to their range. They come in packs of four figures, two horses and two riders. The choice to produce mounted late war cavalry is an unusual but useful one. Each figure wears the stahlhelm and the eight troopers carry
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We have a bonus eight pages again for you this month. Our article submissions are on a real roll at the moment and as the print deadline for each magazine looms nearer we are struggling to fit all the articles we have into the magazine. Having said that, always bear
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These models from PSC have been out for a while, but caught up in ‘a new project moment’, Paul Davies decided to send us this review, which we thought we would share online. I recently became interested in wargaming late WW1, Ever on the lookout for value for money in terms
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1914 is a set of new rules from Great Escape Games, they cover Battalion up to Brigade level actions during the first few months of World War One. Designed to complement their recently released range of excellent 12mm miniatures, these are fast play rules that provide a real flavour of
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