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...
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...
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...
This first post introduces the US Army’s histories of the European Theater of Operations, my baseline reference for understanding the campaigns, sources of historical and contemporary maps, and my motivation for...