ULICA PIUSA - AUGUST THE 02ND 1944

an act of desperation or a show of German inginuity?


An Italian M14/31 re-used by German Police troops after Italy had surrended in 1943. In Warsaw, the German Police used a handfull of these Vehicles. This one has been destroyed on the first day of the Uprising at Ulica (street) Piusa XI

Dr Oskar Dirlewanger, flanked by two Rona Officers and his radio transmitter.

"cleaning" detachment, due to burn the buildings once cleared from any resistance and potential loot..

the besieged garrison of Warsaw , W-SS soldiers

heavy support unit, MG-42 with crew

Dirlewanger's "Life-guard"

Rona Renegade Squad #1

Rona Renegade Squad #2

Dirlewanger Squad #1

Dirlewanger squad #2

Dirlewanger Squad #3..

In a future post, we'll have a look at elements from the 5th Independant Polish Para Company (Polish para Brigade) , who actually landed in Warsaw on the 06th of August and was annihilated during the harsh combats of August and September.. I know what you mean... that never existed.. Well, who knows..

Figures are 20mm painted by... me

Manufacturer's :

FAA / Battlefield / AB Figures / TQD figures 

the gates of hell broke loose...

Task Number 1 from our 2012 Guild Groupbuild is...
Dirlewanger Battlegroup..

time to gather the piccies, here is the Devil himself..

Cartoon - Berlin les Murs de Braise

Realized I have more than 200 piccies on ths Game. So, I wanted to have a go on a litte cartoon..

Here we are..

that "baby" slept in my "Mess" for ages, between Grand Manner's Office uildings and Britannia's Brandenurg Door, all of the unpainted for 20 years, awaiting the day i'll grew up and learnt "how to"...

then, the other day, a friend of mine told me he wanted to play a Skirmish with Stalingrad Tractor works..

time to start painting that baby and dig the "Rattenkrieg" supplement for Battlegroung World war II out.

that could be a funny playground....

Battle for Kursk

Had a game last saturday.. Suppsed to be an armoured clash in the vicinity of Kursk. The objective of Ivan being to delay german advance, keeping the central hill, while germans had to take that position in order to "gain teh day".

Russian set-up east flank..

Russians starts with infantry a handfull of heavy tanks, AA and AT guns

Russian command .. david is in charge of the right flank and decided to take his Infantry co for a walk in the forest.. Bertrand, in chagre of the centre knows the hill has to be held at all costs.

German command. the main problem for them will be delayed entry, their forces are impressive, two Panzergrenadier cies, Tiger, Panthers, Elephants - all unreliable, subject to breakdown, plus a handull of Mark III and IV..

the Drang nach osten starts...

the might of the 'Panzerwaffe"

Wise, german command decides to risk moving their elephants to a predominent position from wherethey will start to claim targets...

the next turn.....

as foreseen, the hill is the objective for both players.. traffic jams on the SouthNorth axis foreseen..

While the defenders starts to bow in front of the heavy pressure, reinforcements finally arrive...

15 T-34/76C... call it christmas..

problems with Club games is the time limit... we had to stop at 18h00, no one really prevailed.

callita draw then...