"Operación Diadem 12 de mayo de 1944" Topic

"After two hours of intensive bombardment by the numerous pieces of the 2nd Polish Corps, on the night of May 11, the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division attacked Snake's Head Ridge, the 5th Kresowa Division attacked Ghost Ridge, and the 4th Armored Regiment advanced along the road the New Zealanders called Cavendish Road, above the Albanetta Farm…"
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Armand

Beautiful table! Using the Poles is unusual; we are used to British, Americans, Germans, and Soviets.

Out of curiosity, Armand, have you ever seen games based on the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy, the Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, or maybe other, even more unusual groups? I believe the Brazilians could be proxied by Americans (they were equipped by the Americans but might have had Brazilian shoulder insignia--only visible on 28mm figures) and the Jewish Brigade Group could be proxied by British figures, perhaps with a Star of David insignia on their shoulders.

I seem to remember seeing a movie on TV that showed a tank (a Sherman, I think) with a blue Star of David on the turret, and the person telling the story said it was the only Jewish tank in the war. I don't know if that story is true or not.

I looked this up to see what I could find out and came across an account of Jewish pilots from a South African unit flying support for the Jewish brigade, attacking in a Star of David formation. I wonder if that worked out as well as the usual RAF finger four formation.

Grelber

Happy you like this Argentine table/wargame.

Really not… Brazilians are not taken into account here in WW2 wargames … maybe in Brazil they did…

Nor have any info about the jews you mention…

What can I told you is why there were not Jewish casualty in Malvinas/Falkland war…

Armand

Well done, and looks great too!

Thanks for linking this Armand.

A votre service mon ami…

Armand