Tanks! campaign continues as the 3rd Panzer Division drives through Belgium

Our campaign moved into 1940 with two battles in Belgium. The Chasseur Ardenais fought well and the French tanks very narrowly missed their objective in a counterattack at Hannant, Belgium (sadly no photos of the 2nd battle). The panzers struggled against the thick armored French tanks!

Our third game in the 1940 campaign featured a German attack to capture a river crossing of the Meuse at Dinant. The fighting against the French became focused on the bridge as the battle reached its climax.  The Germans achieved the objective on the last turn.  It was a costly victory. 

Another Polish campaign ends…Warsaw falls

Finished up the Polish campaign in our Tanks! campaign. I had a great time painting the Polish 7TPJW tanks in the checkerboard scheme. you can see one down the road in front of the Stuka...the other is in flames after the air attack.

Galeforce 9’s Tanks! campaign set in Poland 1939

I have had quite a bit of success running cooperative campaigns using the original version of Tanks! by GF9. I ran two campaigns for American tankers from D-Day to VE Day and now I am running my second campaign featuring German tankers. We are following 3rd Panzer tankers through the war and just wrapped up the Polish campaign.

Here are some pics from Normandy during the 75th anniversary

Omaha Beach and defenses

Saumur Tank Museum put on quite a display outside the museum at Utah Beach.

The Airborne Museum in Ste. Mere Eglise is First Class!

The price of freedom...

The brief apperance of a reenactor was a poignant reminder of the fallen. They are not forgotten.

Pegasus Bridge..."Ham and Jam." The historical bridge has been moved to a nearby museum site.