Normandy To
The Rhine

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Battlefield Visits — German War Cemeteries

March 27, 2022| Battlefield Visits

An earlier blog posting addressed the mission of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), which manages and operates American overseas military cemeteries, including the ten in what was the European Theater of...

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Miniature Wargaming and the Operational Art

March 14, 2022| Miniature Wargaming, Reading WWII History

This will be the first in a lengthy series of blogs on adding the Operational Art into 1944/45 miniature wargaming in Western Europe.  The following terms and a simple definition of their meaning will be used...

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Battlefields — WWII US Military Cemeteries in the ETO

January 30, 2022| Battlefield Visits

On all of our visits to Europe we always make a point of visiting US military cemeteries, as well as those of Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Belgium, and Germany.  We have never made a trip to Normandy without...

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Miniature Wargame Scenario: Sainte-Mère-Église

January 17, 2022| Miniature Wargaming

In the immediate aftermath of D-Day, both sides fought hard for possession of Sainte-Mère-Église, which would give the victor control of hard-surfaced roads leading north to the port of Cherbourg (an Operation...

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Normandy Case Study: The Hedgerows

January 16, 2022| Battlefield Visits, Map Study, Miniature Wargaming

The terrain feature of Normandy that had the greatest impact on military operations was the dense area of hedgerows that dominated the American sector and the western part of the British Sector, an area known as the...

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Normandy Case Study: Planning Your Visit to the Normandy Battlefields

December 12, 2021| Battlefield Visits, Reading WWII History, Uncategorized

Earlier blogs have addressed important considerations in planning a visit to the Normandy battlefields.  Here are some suggestions and ideas specifically regarding Normandy. How to See It There are several options:...

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Visit Normandy – The Importance of Battlefield Guidebooks

November 29, 2021| Battlefield Visits, Map Study, Reading WWII History

So after years of reading about Normandy, and maybe some wargaming, you’re looking forward to your first or a repeat trip to visit Normandy and its battlefields.  After nine trips there, we feel at home in Normandy...

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Normandy Case Study: Map Reading

November 21, 2021| Battlefield Visits, Map Study, Reading WWII History

Blog 7  Theme — Normandy Case Study: Map Reading Maps are an essential aid to good reading, miniature gaming, and battlefield visits.  It’s simply is impossible to study a battle without having a good...

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Normandy Case Study: Reading

November 14, 2021| Reading WWII History

If you are reading this blog, you’ve probably read quite a bit on the Normandy Campaign and may have an impressive library on the subject.  I continue to find new books that I somehow missed earlier when they...

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Normandy: A Case Study

November 13, 2021| Battlefield Visits, Map Study, Reading WWII History

The campaigns of greatest interest to me in the European Theater of Operations are Normandy, Lorraine, the West Wall,  and the Ardennes.  This reveals my partiality toward the US Army and how its operational...

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