Produktbeschreibung
The Battle of the Bulge: Allied Forces on the German Border, Sep 1944 – Feb 1945 and The Ardennes Offensive: German Forces in Lorraine and the Ardennes, Sep 1944 – Feb 1945 are the two newest hardback compilations for Flames Of War.
They take the forces from Blood, Guts, and Glory, Devil’s Charge and Nuts, update them and compile them in two useful volumes. To this we have added new content, some of which is familiar from digital and PDF Briefings, while the rest in entirely new.
In the Allied compilation, The Battle of the Bulge, we have added a US 29th Infantry Division Rifle Company submitted by Jonathan Baber, to cover the action of this famous division after Normandy, as they push up to the German border at the end of 1944.
The force covers their amphibious operations as they crossed the Roer River on their way to the Rhine. These troops can be carried in LVT-4 Amtrac APCs and can be supported by specialist troops such as Sherman Crab flail tanks and Sherman Crocodile flame-thrower tanks.
Another new unit is the US 2nd Ranger Battalion created by Alexander Constantino. You finally have the opportunity to field Fearless Veteran Rangers as they fought for Castle Hill during the battles for the Hürtgen Forest. As well as the elite Rangers, you can take a variety of support platoons from nearby infantry division, including tanks, artillery, infantry, anti-aircraft and air.
Michael McSwiney has created a pair of briefings to cover the US 761st Tank Battalion ‘Black Panthers’. The Black Panthers were the US Army’s first African-American Tank Battalion. They fought through France and Germany from November 1944. They supported a variety of infantry division, being attached as required by operational priority.
They come in two rating options for early and later actions (Fearless Trained or Fearless Veteran) and have options to field a variety of Sherman tanks in a Tank Company, or Stuart light tanks in a Light Tank Squadron. Their support reflects the variety of different divisions they fought alongside during their campaigns.
We have also added a British section to The Battle Of the Bulge. It covers the XXX Corps as they were redirected to halt the German thrust towards the Meuse River.
You can field an Armoured Squadron from the 11th Armoured Division’s 29th Armoured Brigade as they fight in their old Sherman V and Firefly VC tanks. They are accompanied into the Ardennes by their own Motor Battalion and you can field a Motor Company.
The corps also committed the 51st Highland Division, 53rd Welsh Division, and 6th Airborne Division to the fight. These divisions all fought a number of tough engagements against determined German panzer troops, in a holding action which eventually turned into a counterattack.
We have also included a section on the British 7th Armoured Division, covering their breakout from Normandy and advance through France, Belgium and the Netherlands and into Germany. You can field a Desert Rats Armoured Squadron armed with Cromwell IV cruiser tanks, Firefly 17pdr tanks, and Challenger 17pdr tanks. Even Chaffee light tanks have begun to make an appearance in the 7th Armoured Division as replacements for Stuarts. Support includes armoured divisional support such as armoured artillery, self-propelled anti-tank and even Commandos. You can also command a Desert Rats Motor Battalion, or a Desert Rats Rifle Company form the division’s infantry brigade. |
