There were several resistance movements throughout occupied Europe. With their ability to disrupt German communications and movements from behind enemy lines, they were a critical resource to the coming invasion. Their members were also at high risk of being captured and killed. The Allied high command realized that without help, many of these groups would…
After the failure of the 1942 Dieppe raid it was obvious that new equipment was needed to breach beach defences and other fortifications. The Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE) was designed to fill that need. Under the expertise of armoured warfare expert Percy Hobart, development began in 1943. “To have moulded the best two British…
To stem the aggression from Germany, Italy and Japan, Britain and her Commonwealth put huge numbers of men into uniform in WWII. Her small but professional army was swallowed up defending a worldwide Empire and soon her forces were shattered and in full retreat, culminating in crushing reverses at Dunkirk and in Singapore. However, Britain…
Pre-orders for the second in our Bolt Action campaign book series, D-Day: British & Canadian Sectors; have begun to arrive on your doorsteps. For those who have yet to pre-order, you have a limited time to do so to claim the exclusive miniature, CSM Stanley Hollis VC, as part of your order, or to take…
Desperate to exploit a gap in the German lines and break the deadlock around Caen, British armoured units are racing towards the town of Villers-Bocage. If their tanks can punch through the German screen, they will be able to encircle the veteran Panzer-Lehr division blocking the route south – forcing them to withdraw or be…
The fall of France and the subsequent evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk was one of the lowest points in the entire war for Britain. With the battered remnants of the British Army now focused on bolstering their ranks and reorganizing their forces and tactics to face a modern and powerful enemy, Prime…
In these troubling times and stuck at home, naturally I’ve got a bit more tme on my hands. Being the world’s slowest and laziest painter, I often struggle to get armies finished in a timely fashion – my late-war Waffen-SS have taken almost a year (although, admittedly, most of that time has been in frenzied…
The British army is in full retreat! Save the BEF from disaster with a linked Bolt Action scenario set on the Dunkirk perimeter! The Retreat to Dunkirk With Boulogne fallen and Calais about to fall into German hands, the plan to sweep up to the Channel Ports and draw a line bisecting the Allied defenders…
Using our fantastic range of miniatures, you can create a spectacular and unique Bolt Action force to re-fight the desert campaigns of the 8th Army… The Bolt Action British Commonwealth plastic infantry is based on the 8th army plastic sprues. The key difference is in the inclusion of optional heads to represent Australian, South African,…
The 7th Armoured Division, nicknamed ‘The Desert Rats’, found fame in their North African campaign, but they also played a vital role in the D-Day landings. “Dear Desert Rats! May your glory ever shine! May your laurels never fade! May the memory of this glorious pilgrimage of war which you have made from Alamein, via…
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