Market Garden, Netherlands Fall, 1944

A German force probes towards the British Airborne positions

a scratch force of Panzergrenadiers and an augmented Panzer regiment

The Germans advance

The Paras hold a small foot bridge

Paras take position in town

a battalion hold a bridge

Royal Ulster Rifles hold the farm

1st Airlanding Regt RA lines up its guns

Jeeps holding this bridge

the local office building becomes the Para HQ

Paras hiding in the woods

A new Armored Jeep Recce unit debuts on the tables, it only took me 18 months to get them finished

1st Air-landing Battery, Royal Artillery.

Burma July, 1945

A British and American Airborne force has dropped into a position to demolish a Japanese Divisional HQ.

With Australian Armor support, they begin to hit Japanese.

In the first round, the Japanese poured a withering amount of fire onto the Allies. They took out a Frog tank, the first one fielded by me in a game,
The Australians move their tanks out of the line of fire. The American Airborne hit a Japanese battalion hard.

The British Airborne hit back hard, destroying a barracks, and taking a trench line. They also take out a Japanese 75mm gun position. The RA gun failed to fire on this first turn.

The Royal Marines will soon add their own firepower.

Pictures to follow.

On the Second turn, the Japanese ripped into the Australian armor, destroying everyone of their tanks. Its amazing what a Japanese soldier can do with a grenade.

Bridging a Crossing into Germany Winter 1944

The Royal Engineers begin to build a bridge to cross a smaller section of the Rhine

The Germans are desperate to hold back the British invading the Fatherland.

The game came from an idea of a scenario that I read in Wargames Illustrated.

The Germans throw whatever they can to drive back the Royal Engineers and Paras.

1st Air Landing Light Regiment, Royal Artillery

This regiment took part in Market Garden as an Airborne gun support using the American 75mm Pack Howitzer. I ordered an Airfix kit via amazon.uk My plan is to also use this unit for Operation Varsity even though they didn't take
part.

Operation Market Garden: British Airborne

My Parachute Regiment units are made of several figures. A funny story about my collection got my first set of figures at Maritime Hobbys and Crafts in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Then about twenty odd years ago, the manager of the local drug store in my hometown, who was friends from my family had brought in a large amount of these figures because the toy company had listed them as action figures. Thus they didn't sell. She called my family and gave me a good deal. 

So far my British Airborne consist of Airfix, Revell, Esci, 

I shall get new pictures