From Osprey

 BRINCHMANN’S NORWEGIANS WITHDRAW FROM MOAN, 25 APRIL 1940

Artwork from Narvik 1940, illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro

At Moan, the Norwegian 2nd Platoon, 2nd Company, Trønder Battalion commanded by Lieutenant Helge Brinchmann, had dug snow pits, and he had posted guards. At 0430hrs, they reported movement at the boarding school 400–500m away. Brinchmann raised the alarm. He sent a warning to the company commander and 1st Platoon stationed 100m from his position. No enemy could be seen because of the darkness. Then at 0500hrs mortar bombs started to land on the camp. Machine-gun fire from two directions made his platoon's snow positions untenable and he sent them to some buildings. They were soon crowded out and Brinchmann told a section to sprint to the rest of the company positions. Some were hit and wounded. Others had started to leave the buildings without waiting to be ordered to do so. The Germans were slowly getting closer; when they appeared within 20–30m, Brinchmann and some others strapped on skis and with no kit bags on dashed out. The scene depicts Brinchmann and his men as they start to pull back. A machine gunner armed with a Madsen provides covering fire, as the loader prepares a fresh magazine for him. A mortar round has landed near their positions. The other Norwegian infantry are armed with the Krag–Jørgensen 1894 6.5mm rifle. All the Norwegians wear white camouflage smocks. Brinchmann and most of his group got out safely and made it to Fjordbotneidet. 2nd Company lost ten killed, 17 wounded and 67 missing.

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Battle of France book

 Anyone read this? 

Dünkirchen 1940

 

Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning and ground-breaking history of a battle we thought we all already knew.

The British evacuation from the beaches of the small French port town of Dunkirk is one of the iconic moments of military history, The battle has captured the popular imagination through LIFE magazine photo spreads, the fiction of Ian McEwan and of course, Christopher Nolan's hugely successful Hollywood blockbuster. But what is the German view of this stunning Allied escape? Drawing on German interviews, diaries and unit post-action reports, Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning history of a battle that we thought we knew.

Dünkirchen 1940 is the first major history on what went wrong for the Germans at Dunkirk. As supreme military commander Hitler had seemingly achieved a miracle after the swift capitulation of Holland and Belgium, but with just seven kilometres before the panzers captured Dunkirk – the only port through which the trapped British Expeditionary force might escape – they came to a shuddering stop. Hitler had lost control of his stunning advance. Only a detailed interpretation of the German perspective – historically lacking to date – can provide answers as to why.

Drawing on his own military experience, his German language skills and his historian's eye for detail, Robert Kershaw creates a page-turning and ground-breaking history of a battle we thought we all already knew. With a fresh angle on this famous conflict, Dünkirchen 1940 delves into the under-evaluated, major German miscalculation both strategically and tactically that arguably cost Hitler the war.

Command decision miniatures (15mm)

 

CD-601: Renault R-35

WW2 miniatures.

CDEB-002: 1940 British Riflemen pack

Operation Barbarossa book

 FORGOTTEN BATTLES IN RUSSIA 1941 : OPERATION BARBAROSSA - THE FRONTIER BATTLES.

£30

''This covers the campaign in Russia at the start of Operation Barbarossa, in June 1941, the actions and operations of the first 9 days from the High Arctic to the Black Sea being covered, along with 20 scenarios for all rules systems as well as the Anschluss The War on The Ground system, from Company to Battalion level actions''

https://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?7h0spsvhabra9qr102jtm2j3f7&id=29773

Kampen om Narvik | TRAILER | På kino 25.desember

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• April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hiter's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.

April 1940. Den gryende krigen i Europa virker fjern for nordmennene, men verdens øyne er allerede rettet mot Narvik som skiper ut jernmalmen Hitler er avhengig av for å holde det tyske krigsmaskineriet i gang. Natt til 9. april krenkes Norges nøytralitet og tyske soldater går i land. Bykommandanten overgir Narvik uten kamp, men ikke alle er villige til å legge ned våpnene. Et kompani på 200 norske soldater bløffer seg ut av byen og tar opp kampen. Blant soldatene finner vi den unge korporalen Gunnar Tofte, som får sin ilddåp i kamp mot de profesjonelle, tyske alpejegerne i fjellene. I Narvik blir Royal Hotell, der hans kone Ingrid Tofte jobber som stuepike og tolk, tyskernes nye hovedkvarter. Fra skyttergraven er det enkelt å vite hvem som er venn og hvem som er fiende. Fra den sivile siden er bildet mer komplisert. Følg oss på facebook og instagram: http://www.facebook.com/NordiskFilmNorge https://www.instagram.com/nordiskfilm...