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KRIEGSMARINE : THE GERMAN NAVY

Publié le 4 Février 2026

Catégories : #Destroyer, #German Navy, #battlecruiser, #battleship, #cruiser, #world war 2, #Kriegsmarine

Despite a few conspicuous successes (sinking of Glorious by Scharnhorst & Gneisenau, of Hood by Bismarck), the German naval surface forces were incapable of fulfilling more than a mission of « fleet in being ». They no longer ventured in the Atlantic...

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Game report HALSEY-NIMITZ : Fall of Java 1942

Publié le 26 Janvier 2026

Catégories : #Dutch Navy, #NIMITZ, #Pacific War, #Royal Navy, #world war 2, #cruiser, #US Navy, #Game Reports, #Destroyer

I could at last try the Netherlands East Indies 1942 scenario I had written for the HALSEY campaign rules of Sam Mustafa’s NIMITZ set. I controlled the ABDA, and my old partner in games Patrick was commanding the IJN. There was however a misunderstanding...

REGIA MARINA : THE ITALIAN NAVY

Publié le 29 Décembre 2025

Catégories : #Regia Marina, #Italian Navy, #world war 2, #battleship, #cruiser, #Destroyer

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...

MARINE NATIONALE : THE FRENCH NAVY

Publié le 17 Décembre 2025

Catégories : #Destroyer, #battleship, #cruiser, #world war 2, #French Navy, #Marine Nationale

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,...

The East Indies Dutch Navy and the fall of Java 1942

Publié le 10 Décembre 2025

Catégories : #world war 2, #cruiser, #Dutch Navy, #Destroyer, #Pacific War

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...

Battle of Coronel November 1st 1914

Publié le 7 Décembre 2025 par Frederic LAGOANERE

Catégories : #cruiser, #German Navy, #Royal Navy, #World War 1, #French Navy, #Marine Nationale

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....