On 9 March 1941 HM/Sub Utmost torpedoed Italian merchant Capo Vita. The attack was successful and Capo Vita disintegrated in a giant explosion with the loss of all hands, 29 crew and 14 naval gunners and support crew.
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Just arrived- issue 28 of Banzai Magazine by Yasushi Nakaguro
featuring Balkan Gamble a what if game of invasions in the Balkans in 1943-45 by Brian Train #wargame
Operation Spring Awakening began #OTD in 1945. After three failed attempts to relieve the besieged garrison of Budapest, the German and Hungarian armies launched a massive offensive aimed at eliminating the 3rd Ukrainian Front and a stabilizing the front line. #history #WW2 #WWII
Reglas traducidas ST 357 CENTCOM PERSIAN GULF WAR 2001-03 #Decisiongames Descarga 👉 t.ly/uRp_i @desafioaguilas.bsky.social @ardwulf.bsky.social @agapablo.bsky.social @palafoxz.bsky.social @snafustore.bsky.social #wargame
Michael Gibbons Facebook - it is possible these men were inspecting the wreck of a raider, likely a Ju 88, that they helped to down.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Air_Ministry_Second_World_War_Official_Collection_CNA3943.jpg Artist Royal Air Force official photographer Description English: Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Copy negative of CH 15213 Date between 1939 and 1945 Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//15/media-15209/large.jpg Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph CNA 3943 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom. Permission (Reusing this file) This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation. Part of Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Category photographs Image sorted yes
Radar was heavily used to protect the night skies of Egypt from raiders, and directed the night-fighter Beaufighters towards their targets until their on-board could get readings or they obtained visual contact (exhausts).
‘We don’t have infantry’: Ukraine’s war machine evolves into machine war www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Admittedly human players lean towards extreme actions in the late stage of wargames -- where they don't have to deal with consequences of said choices (as the game ends). However, 95% is a pretty stark percentage for AI nuclear use in wargames. I am curious why.
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CIvilization predicted this.
23 Feb 1942 // HM Submarine P.38 was sunk with all hands (32 men) while preparing to attack an Italian convoy off the Libyan coast east of Tripoli. P.38 was detected and depth-charged by torpedo boat Circe and was also attacked by other escort vessels and aircraft. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
Newly emerged footage of a Ukrainian MANPADS crew shooting down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter over Hostomel, March 2022.
¡Ya lo tenemos aquí! #DosFlanqueanJuntos 09 - Erratas, metáforas y experiencias extracorporales go.ivoox.com/rf/168829978
I recently received “The Bomber Mafia” as a birthday gift (heh). It was bad, so bad that I believe it cannot be read as a reliable account of strategic bombing in World War II. In so many ways, it demonstrates the worst tendencies of the “pop history” genre. My review (and latest)⬇️
Final del T2. La República lucha por entrar en Navalagamella, pero no lo consigue, al igual que en Quijorna, donde los nacionales llegan con refuerzos. Los elementos de la 11ªD que estaban en Brunete bajan a Sevilla la Nueva pero encuentran una gran fuerza de la 13ªD nacional.
Final del T4. Las cosas se complican para los republicanos.
Final de partida. Los republicanos pierden Brunete y la esperanza de al menos conseguir un empate.
![German Newsweek No. 627- 9 Sep. 1942 [Full HD] (Afrikakorps, Stalingrad, Caucasus, Mt. Elbrus)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njcpzzh6j2gzb43jcrzggp2j/bafkreigyxo64m4e63dsuufkvlykxsjdj3qkzty7ngd2d3hkfeynihidwg4)
From 5mins 26 secs you can see Germans and Italians entering Siwa Oasis, previously HQ of the LRDG.
Some very interesting kit.
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HMS Denbigh Castle, under way on completion, early 1945. Image Imperial War Museum: FL 6032. Description: a small warship with one funnel and a central mast, moving at speed, her bows to the right, across a choppy sea.
13 Feb 1945 // Corvette HMS Denbigh Castle was torpedoed in the Kola Inlet by German submarine U.992 while on Arctic convoy escort duty. 11 seamen were killed in the attack. She was taken in tow but ran aground and then capsized and sank. (Imperial War Museum FL 6032) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
In a new series covering the strategic level WWI game La Der des Ders - The War to End War from Hexasim, in Action Point 1 we take a look at the Game Board discussing the Collapse Track, Trade Tracks, Russian Revolution Track and more. theplayersaid.com/2026/02/12/l...
#OTD in 1944. A Spitfire Mark IXC from Polish 302 Squadron. #WW2 #HISTORY
Hawker Tempest from 486 Squadron. (1,702 were produced. The fastest single-engine propeller-driven aircraft of the war at low altitude. Effective in bringing down V-1 flying bombs and the jet-propelled aircraft like the Messerschmitt Me 262. #WW2 #HISTORY)
Three "Crocodiles" in Holland. (October 1944. #WW2 #HISTORY)
🇨🇴 | The ELN’s offensive in Colombia’s Catatumbo region is just one part of its plan to achieve something no illegal armed group has accomplished in more than 60 years of conflict: gaining hegemony over the border with Venezuela. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3Mn2J7D
Preview of Siege of Constantinople, a reprint of the SPI game by Decision Games youtu.be/EzhFPsxMuGU?...
Preview of the deluxe edition of Year of the Rat Vietnam 1972 by Decisiongames youtu.be/H2xVZsTbyLo?...
Designer Mark Herman and Andrew Bucholtz talking about the upcoming Army of the Potomac at SDHistCon's Winter Quarters. Great to see this series expanding!
#boardwargames #boardgames
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🚨¡Cambio de fechas! Por motivos editoriales, hemos intercambiado la fecha de salida de dos de los títulos de este semestre: 'De Troya a Roma' de @antiguaroma.com y @parpatrimonio.bsky.social, que pasa al 27 de mayo, y 'La Guerra del Opio' de Julia Jovell, que se adelanta al 29 de abril.
Mucho hablar toda esta semana de libros y qué poco de estas dos joyitas que también llegan a librerías y a kioscos el próximo miércoles 4 de febrero. ¡Atentos!
Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Spartan. Imperial War Museum image: A 18725. Description: photograph showing a three-quarter view of a large warship with her bows towards the camera, at anchor with hills behind other and other vessels in the distance.
29 Jan 1944 // Light cruiser HMS Spartan was sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 glider bomb in Anzio Bay while operating in support of Allied landings at Anzio. She sank one hour after being struck: 46 men lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum image A 18725) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory
