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.

Dieppe August 19, 1942-2017

My grandfather L/Cpl E.C.Rose remembered the day the Canadians sailed out for the raid. He spent the next month sorting out the aftermath. As he was with the Ordinance Corps, he was responsible for turning in stores to the Quartermaster.
He once told me that his squad had a railbox car full of socks. The boys and him had just sorted the situation then went for lunch. Unfortunately they forgot to pick up and when they came back there was a solitary sock left.
My parents were married the same say thirty years later in 1972.

It's on days like today I miss my grandfather

The First Battle of The Marne 1914

This will be one of my first forays into The Great War.
My forces are limited but will be a small French unit, elements of the B.E.F and Imperial German Forces.

So far I have painted up the French troops.

My British force is based on the 29th Infantry Division.

My Imperial German force is made up of

Osprey publishing The British Army 1939-1945 (1) North-West Europe

The British Army 1939-45 (1) North-West Europe by Brayley and Chappell (2001)

While I have several books on Canadian units, I didnt have anything on the British. Well not except my book on the Scottish Units.

Bolt Action Demolition: 7th Canadian Brigade attack on Norrey-en-Bessin

This scenario is based on the reports contained in the book Maple Leaf Route: Caen
(Copp and Vogel, 1983)
Canadian units included:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles : 2 stands mounted in a Universal Carrier
Regina Rifles: 2 stands mounted in a Universal Carrier
Canadian Scottish: 2 stands mounted in a Universal Carrier

First Hussars: Humber Armored car armed with a 2pdr gun, and a Bren armed armored car with an M3 AA Half track

Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa 3 Mortars with a Bren gun group

3rd Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery: 6pdr Anti-Tank gun with tractor

12th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 1 Sexton

Queens Own Rifles also in support with tanks of 4th Canadian Armored Division 3 Sherman's with a Firefly

German forces

26th Panzer Grenadiers Regiment with 12th Panzer Regiment, elements of 12th Panzerjager, and mortar and Nebelwefer support
1 Panther and a Panzer III made up the Panzer force with attached Hanamog support

12 Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery 

Royal Regina Rifles

1st Hussars advance

7th Brigade begins the advance

26th Panzergrenadiers holding a hedgegrove

Elements of the 12th Panzerjager

12th Panzer Regiment also lends support

German fire takes out a Sherman

A Panzer III makes short work of some Canadian units 

Universal Carriers make a mounted dash while the infantry dismount and assault the Germans

PIAT rounds take out the Panzerjagers

Grenades make short work of the remaining Hanamogs

The SS make a withdrawl. Canadians have achieved their objective.

Royal Canadian Artillery Sexton

One of the kits I bought from Flames of War.
A bit smaller than my other kits but it'll do

This unit I shall portray the 12th Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery.

This piece of artillery was the only piece of equipment I did not have in my collection. 

To the trenches: Bolt Action for The Great War

So one of my basing methods turned out to be a dud. Popsicle sticks do not make good bases. However, since I have so many left over, with glue still on one side, I decided to turn them into trenches.

The local Canadian men and boys remembered on cenotaphs

small monuments

those of my home town

 more names

the flag our country fought under

the trenches from the attacking side

on the defensive

close up

Machine-gun teams 

British and Canadian troops slowly being based, and painted.