Winter 1944-45 Allied offensive: 11th Armoured Division and 1st Airborne vs 2nd SS

 

the church tower has been a favorite spot for MG 42 and Panzercrecht teams

 the Comets and Firefly all go up and shortly after the Stuart also brews up

 the Airborne 75mm gun battery is  doing its best to give fire support 

the Cromwells are punching above their weight by taking out several Jagpanthers

a Panther Squadron takes cover to snipe at the British tanks

 the Brummbar is providing critical fire support 

while the King Tigers are smashing the British armor

a line of German mg 42 teams are holding back the Airborne 

and the Airborne are engaged in a firefight with the Mg 42 teams

Eventually after about 2 months, the British were able to push forward to take the church and the Ridge. As such, the Germans withdrew to their next line of defense. An allied victory 

53rd Welsh Division takes on 9th SS past Caen July 1944

covering both sides, I'm wearing my Luftwaffen Field cap and my British Army Desert DPM

the battlefield, some town in Normandy

one of the objectives is the church. Right off the bat, the British open fire on the church tower taking out the sniper

Cromwells, Churchills, and Comets begin to advance

a solo Dailmer advances up the road

British HQ

German forces consist of a 9th Waffen SS group 

while the unit is small, its powerful with very heavy tanks.

Over the Rhine, April 1945

Ian has been itching to get a Bolt Action game going.
I've got some super heavy tanks both for the British/Canadian forces and the Germans have some pretty heavy hitters.
So as the weather is planning on being warmon Easter Sunday I shall do battle in my garage

Canadian 1st Division moved from Italy to Northwest Europe, Spring 1945

Canadian and British troops begin to assault the Siegfried Line

The first Armoured assault goes in

and the Waffen SS begin to hammer the allied lines with well placed artillery fire

and the Waffen SS have amassed their heaviest armour to take on the British-Canadian attack

The King Tiger and Brumbar armor keeps getting built

So far, the Germans have increased by a short barrelled Panzer IV and a King Tiger getting put together. As well as a Brummbar 
The intent is to get a spring 1945 a going.
with my job affected by the Covid 19 Crisis, I will be able to get on some updates with this blog.
Both German tanks have been  built. My idea is to run a campaign of the British and Canadians taking on the Germans in the Rhineland.

my Mindy wants to take on the King tiger 

Spring 1942 Eastern Front

The Germans are holding a defensive position the Soviets are spoiling for a fight
A T-34-76 platoon will attempt to capture a village held by the Germans
Somehow the pictures I had, they didnt crop up but I will get them from my phone.

10th SS-Panzer Division Frundsberg

Like the 9th, this unit i will be modelling from the Valiant Minatures Germans in Normandy 1944 set. AFV will be coming from my collection.

12/29/2018

So I was able to make it to the post office to pick up the parcel I missed on Christmas Eve.  Lo and behold it was my Germans in Normandy set and the British Tommie set

I have begun to paint up the new SS 

3/27/2019

Transport for the Panzergrenadier is now an Opel-Blitz.

9th SS-Panzer Division hohenstaufen

This SS division I have decided to model to fight the British and Canadians, mainly after Falaise, and into Arhnem.
I will be modelling these with the Valiant Minatures Germans in Normandy 1944

I will use half the set to model this division
Correction, I shall be modelling these with a full box as the company sente two boxes of their new Germans accidentally, so one Panzer Grenadier group will be nice and strong. It's an unexpected Christmas present.