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Italy at the start of WW2 faced essentially 3 scenarios : war against France, war against Britain, war against both. In all 3, it was essential to keep open sea communications to Libya and the Italian possessions in the Dodecanese islands. Regia Marina...
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Let's face it, it's hard to identify a 1/2400 model, however great the sculpt can be. From 1 meter, it's not that easy to tell a Kagero from a Fubuki destroyer. So you'll need a way to identify ships. Of course, you can be content with scribbling the...
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Never had France, since the times of Napeleon III’s Empire, had such a strong navy, with some of its ships at the cutting edge of naval technology : its Gloire class light cruisers were unmatched in the world when they were launched, and its contre-torpilleurs,...
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The refight of our previous game, somewhere North of Java, some time at the end of winter in 1942. Here are the opposing sides, 2 fairly evenly matched forces. In the previous game, the Long Lances had availed the IJN of a crushing victory, sending both...
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Few people are aware of the tragedy that was the lot of the gallant Dutch Navy in World War 2. Indeed, the war did not stop for the Dutch after Germany invaded their homeland : there remained, on the other side of the planet, a place they had called home...
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Admiral Beatty’s management of the Battlecruisers force at Jutland remains a subject of controversy, more than a century after the battle. The truth of the matter, however, seems to be less a lack of protection than defective ammunition procedures, compounded...
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My second contact with the battle of Jutland came in the late eighties, with the little group of wargame enthusiasts that played around Bordeaux. At that time, we used The MicroFleet series to play naval battles, especially the WW1 pack that allowed you...
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I started collecting WW1 Micronauts with the ships present at the battle of Coronel. At the time, you couldn't find a GHQ model for SMS Nürnberg, so I substituted SMS Bremen in its stead, and acquired both HMS Canopus and SS Otranto from another manufacturer....
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Since my youth, I’ve always been a fan of military history, especially naval history. I can date it back to my 14th birthday, more than 50 years ago, when a friend offered me “Tonnerre sur le Pacifique” written by Commander Vulliez. I’d always been an...
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To pay a tribute to these incredible models, to showcase my collections, make available my wargame scenarios, to post game reports, and to discuss naval tactics and strategy during the 2 world wars.
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