Panhard 178 AMD35

 Article on this successful French armoured car here

The Panhard 178^[2] (officially designated as Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935,^[2] 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan" was an advanced^[2] French reconnaissance 4x4 armoured car that was designed for the French Army Cavalry units before World War II. It had a crew of four^[2] and was equipped with an effective 25 mm main armament and a 7.5 mm coaxial machine gun.[2]

RPM do one in 1/72 which Hannants stock

Spring 1940 - Belgian T-15 and crew

 

Het Belgisch Leger Waakt 1938/39 (Belgian Army / L'Armée Belge)

Promotional propaganda movie, showing the Belgian Army with their equipment.

Belgian Air Force, Belgian Ground Forces, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry, Scouts. Vickers T.15 Light Tank T.13 SPG

The Campaign of the Belgian Army in 1940 From MGK Military Simulations

Jacqui Krause posted this on France 1940 wargaming. 

''Not everyone's cup of tea, but if you were thinking to yourself lately: 'what I really need is a history of the Belgian Army in 1940 in English' then here is the answer. I have uploaded not one but two translated histories of the Belgian Army. Given that there is no decent history available in English these might be of interest.''

This account of the Belgian Army in the eighteen-day campaign in 1940 has never been translated into English until now. Written in 1966 this book has a broader scope and includes access to German records. It includes excellent maps that track the eighteen-day campaign.

A glaring deficiency in the literature of the Second World War is a detailed history in English of the Belgian Army's experience in the eighteen day campaign in 1940. I eventually came to the conclusion that I would have to translate one myself. Here is one of the two I translated.

https://www.wargamevault.com/.../The-Campaign-of-the...

https://www.wargamevault.com/.../The-Battle-of-Belgium...

Airfix German infantry 1962

 One of the early 1/72 WW2 by Airfix. The box pics I found on the web. Re boxed in 1967.

Nostalgia. Where it all began for me. I like them. They are small and quite brittle these days. Daughter picked these figures up at a car boot sale.

The Battle of the Netherlands May 1940

 May '40 Miniatures posted this. 

The Battle of Netherlands was part of a German military operation dubbed Fall Gelb through which Hitler conquered the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. During World War II, seizing these lands ensured that Germany would have a buffer zone against Britain and France. Historical records state that it took the German defense forces a period of about seven days (from May 10 to May 17, 1940) to occupy all key cities of the Netherlands.

Mad Bob's Models

 Interesting selection of 20mm and 28mm models. 

Rubicon Models 1/56

 

This company looks interesting. Do 1/56th kits and figures that go with 28mm.  I think May '40 miniatures will be stocking them. 

Hitler's Blitzkrieg Enemies 1940 (Osprey)

 Denmark, Norway, Netherlands & Belgium. Looks essential for novices like me.

History Hit - Eben-Emael - The Underground Fortress That Should've Stopped Hitler

 New documentary. 

War historian James Rogers explores the massive fortress of Eben-Emael near Liege in Belgium. Covering 750,000 square metres, it was built in the 1930s and designed to stop the German advance into Western Europe. James investigates some of the massive remaining casemates that were packed with massive cannons and the latest in fortress technology. James will also find out about what happened when a group of just 78 German airborne troops landed on the fort in the first hours of Hitler's invasion of the West.

Polish 1939 by Jaroslaw Wrobel

TKS tankette with machine gun wz.25 the «stronghold of Polish armored formations». Jaroslaw Wrobel
 

Westerplatte 

May '40 Miniatures

 28mm Dutch troops - go here. A really useful range.

Belgium Vickers T-15

 Light tank. Wiki

Allied tanks 1940

 

Tank Chats #6 Vickers Light MKVI B | The Tank Museum

 Here. This tank appeals to me. I remember a picture of it in Purnell's in the 70s but I wasn't able to put one on the table not like now as there are plenty of resin models to choose from. Anyone have any favourite models? Early war miniatures do a nice one (see pic).

Early war miniatures

I just discovered Airfix did one in 1998

 which was originally by JB models.

Purnell's History of the Second World War

 I had these growing up. A part work from newsagents weekly. My Uncle Arthur worked for Purnell's as a proof reader and got us copies of these. We had all the volumes plus some duplicates.    When we wargamed it in the 70s these were invaluable. They had nice reconstructions but I haven't found any images online. If you have any get in touch.

A typical cover. Very good colour printing for the time 1966

This is what they looked like with their binders