likes the look of the Soviet KV-1 tank, and plunges into a project to paint three of them - plus a spare KV-2 turret!
Consider this an On Military Matters Public Service Wargamer Announcement – Valentine's Day is coming. Yes, we're sure you know it's in two weeks. It's never too early to plan. You're welcome…
As for the wargaming mistress, here are some things you may want to consider instead of jewelry or flowers. Most to be here in about two weeks, some in stock. Discounts up to 75%!
Warlord Games Figures…
ANGLO-ZULU WAR BRITISH INFANTRY – (24) 28mm Figures $32.00 USD
NATAL NATIVE CONTINGENT – (34) 28mm Figures $32.00 USD
TMP special offer: Save 10%. New price: $28.80 USD each
Rules…
OPERATION SQUAD: Reinforcements. This supplement to Operation Squad contains details on 17 new units to use in the five new scenarios that have been especially designed to let you play the game on bigger tables. $32.00 USD
More Interesting Books…
SIMULATING WAR: Studying Conflict through Simulation Games. Explores the theory of conflict simulation as used in contemporary wargames, giving readers the intellectual skills to play and design their own simulations of conflicts. In this new work, Philip Sabin explores the theory and practice of conflict simulation as a topic in its own right, based on his thirty years of experience in designing wargames and using them in teaching. Simulating War sets conflict simulation in its proper context alongside more academically familiar techniques such as game theory and operational analysis. It explains in detail the analytical and modelling techniques involved, and it teaches you how to design your own simulations of conflicts of your choice. $35.00 USD
THE HERALDIC KNIGHTS AND SCULPTURES OF BRIAN RODDEN Oversized 12x8.5, over 240 color photos. Eleven chapters all of his ranges from the magnificent 'Silver Knights' to his latest 50mm creations; chapters on the history and production techniques of Brian's work, short histories of the battles of Bannockburn and the Hundred Years War, illustrated with knights produced for each era. All of the Brielle Galleries 90mm Knights are listed with production numbers of each figure; includes a collectors guide with auction results, bibliography, and index. $89.00 USD
HANNIBAL: The Military Biography of Rome's Greatest Enemy. There is no doubt that Hannibal was the greatest Carthaginian general of the Second Punic War. When he did not defeat them outright, he fought to a standstill the best generals Rome produced, and he sustained his army in the field for 16 long years without mutiny or desertion. Hannibal was a first-rate tactician, only a somewhat lesser strategist, and the greatest enemy Rome ever faced. $35.00 USD…in stock
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EMPIRES OF THE SEA: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521 – 1580. Empires of the Sea tells the story of this great contest between the Ottomans and the Spanish Hapsburgs. It is a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar and features a cast of extraordinary characters: Hayrettin Barbarossa, the original Barbary pirate, the risk-taking Emperor Charles V, the Knights of St John, last survivors of the military crusading orders, and the brilliant Christian admiral, Don Juan of Austria. $30.00 USD
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THE BATTLE OF QUATRE BRAS 1815 This is the story of a battle that turned a campaign. Cracking good book. Paperback. $38.00 USD
RUSSIAN OFFICER CORPS: REVOLUTIONARY/NAPOLEONIC WAR Presented here, for the first time in any language, are more than 800 detailed biographies of the senior Russian officers who commanded troops in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, together with 440 portraits. This amazing study spans the critical years of 1792 to 1815, but also includes those officers whose service fell before and after this period. $65.00 USD
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SECOND MANASSAS – Longstreet's Attack and the Struggle for Chinn Ridge. 19 black-and-white photos; twelve maps. Details the story of Longstreet and his men's efforts to obtain the ultimate victory that Lee desperately sought. At the same time, this account tells of the Union soldiers who, despite poor leadership and lack of support from Pope and his senior officers, bravely battled Longstreet and saved their army from destruction along the banks of Bull Run. $27.00 USD
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ARMORED THUNDERBOLT: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II. Hundreds of photos, including many never published before, with riveting accounts of armored warfare in World War II. Compares the Sherman to other tanks, including the Panther and Tiger. $45.00 USD
ARMOURED OPERATIONS of the Second World War. Large format book recounts the history of several famous armored engagements of the Second World War. The engagements covered are: The Soviet Invasion of Poland, from Sedan to Abbeville (France), Montcornet, May 17 1940, Rommel's counterattacks in the desert, Barbarossa 1941, the encirclement of Minsk, The Battle of Krasnograd, Prokorovka, Villers Bocage 1944, and Operation Cobra. $50.00 USD
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MILITARY TRANSPORT TRUCKS & TRANSPORTERS Covers 75 modern vehicles from 1960 onward. $30.00 USD
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TANNENBERG: Clash of Empires Examining the battle in the context of contemporary diplomatic, political, and economic affairs, he also reviews both armies' social settings and military doctrine, and shows how the battle may be understood as a case study of problems that military organizations face in the initial stages of a major war. In addition, he demolishes many myths about the battle, such as the supposed superiority of the German military, the animosity among Russian field commanders, and the assumption that the Germans viewed their opponents as a horde of uniformed illiterates. $22.00 USD
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ROER RIVER BATTLES: Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944-45. Drawing on primary Wehrmacht and U.S. sources, including battle analysis and daily situation and after-action reports, Roer River Battles provides insight into the desperate German efforts to keep a conquering enemy at the borders of their homeland. Tactical maps down to battalion level help clarify the very fluid nature of the combat. Combined, they serve to explain not just how, but why decisions were made and events unfolded, and how reality often differed from doctrine in one of the longest U.S. campaigns of World War II. $33.00 USD
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ARMORED ATTACK 1944: U.S. Army Tank Combat in the European Theater from D-Day to the the Battle of the Bulge. First of two-volume set contains 1,199 photos of American and German tanks with Zaloga's expert captions. Covers D-Day, Normandy, southern France, the Siegfried Line, the push to the Rhine, and the Battle of the Bulge. $45.00 USD
ARMORED VICTORY 1945: U.S. Army Tank Combat in the European Theater from the Battle of the Bulge to Germany's Surrender. Second of two-volume set contains 1,200 photos of American and German tanks with Zaloga's expert captions. $45.00 USD
As usual, visit the OMM webpage onmilitarymatters.com for a complete list of all our in-stock books, rules, and other wargaming items.