Anschluss wargames

07/08/2026

We are all set up at Britcon. We look forward to seeing you over the weekend.

03/08/2026

A cool breeze tonight after the oppressive heat today. The beet is stressed and the maize, though a tropical plant is looking distinctly ill. The One Tree? Carrying on regardless.

03/08/2026

Pre orders now available for Britcon. 10% off on all your Britcon preorders when you use Britcon10 at the checkout. (Discount available for pre orders only)

31/07/2026

An experiment with zimmerit. 😀

31/07/2026

31/07/2026

How effective was German Zimmerit?

A good question, if you are a nerd. Here at Anschluss we revel in being nerds, so when we were at the Musee des Blindes in June, we took the opportunity to see how good zimmerit was against magnetic mines.

Applied as a past or putty in the factory before the tank was delivered (mainly Tigers, Panthers, assault guns but also some PzIVH and other types if there was spare material available) between late1943 and late 1944 it was designed to cause magnetic AT mines and grenades to fall off the tank.

Well... did it work? Lets find out with our 21st technology. (In the form of a phone with a magnetic strip on the back of it!)

Oh yes, another good ting about the Musee des Blindes is that you can if you wish get up close and personal with the vehicles... not sure how this experiment would be treated at Bovington?

24/07/2026

At Last! NEW Forgotten Battles book from Anschluss. Now available for pre order!

https://anschlusswargames.com/collections/forgotten-battles-books/products/pre-orders-forgotten-battles-in-russia-1943-volume-1-before-the-turning-point

Forgotten Battles in Russia 1943.
Volume 1
Before the Turning Point

Price: £25.50

Here is what is inside. 18 scenarios and full supporting text. Scenarios suitable for any set of rules but framed for our 'War on the Ground' set. Actions in these historical scenarios from company to reinforced battalion level. And yes, you wont have come across these before!

Contents
Section/Title Page No
Introduction
The Third Battle of Kharkov, January – February 1943
After Stalingrad... Setting the Scene
Scenario 1: Clearing the rail line. 1st January 1943
Scenario 2: The bridges at Kamensk 14th January 1943
Scenario 3: Desperate measures at Plotovka, 1st February 1943
Scenario 4: High Stakes Hide and Seek, 7th February 1943
Scenario 5: Clearing Nova Vodolaha, 13th February 1943
Scenario 6: The Surpriser Surprised, 16th February 1943
Scenario 7: Counter Attack at Hubynykha, 21st February 1943
Scenario 8: Nasty Surprise at Wjasovok, 23rd February 1943
Scenario 9: The Fight for Lozova, Part 1. 25th February 1943
Scenario 10: The Fight for Lozova, Part 2. 26th February 1943
The Beginning of the End at Leningrad 1943
Scenario11: Kruglaia Grove. 13th January 1943
Scenario12: Tigers in the Snow. 13th January 1943
Scenario13: Combined and un-combined Operations. 20th January 1943 83
Operation Little Saturn. Death of the 8th Italian Army
Scenario14: Partisans! 19th January 1943
Scenario15: The Last Bloody Fight. 26th January 1943
Crisis after Stalingrad: A case study
Scenario16: If only they had a map. 15th February 1943
Scenario17 Milovka. 19th February 1943
Scenario18: Fighting Retreat to Deriugino, 28th February 1943
Bibliography

Anschluss wargames, suppliers of war on the ground rules and WW2 scenario books. We also have a collection of 12mm models available too.

20/07/2026

Hot News!

Forgotten Battles... Eastern Front 1943, Before the turning point. New book about to drop. Pre orders start on Friday, and the book will be officially released at Britcon in August.

Front and back covers here to give you a taste of the epic book to come.

27/06/2026

Visit to the French National Tank Museum. Part 6.
Now we bumpred into the first Russian material, first being a rather nice Zis2 57mm At gun... the photo shows the seemilgly inveasable length of the barrel. A truly deadly adverary to German armour. (There was one at Duxford but they are closing the 'Land Warfare' hall... so who knows where that will go)
And on to the T34/76 A, which considering that it was captured by the Germans seems to have fared well, unlike the KVI beside it, which was used by the Germans as a range target... the detail photo shows some small calibre scars on the armour... and the barrel? a scaffolding tube.
Then round a corner, we find ourselves in the Desert War, and a lovely Matilda II, followed by what is, accoding to the sign, a Mk9 Valentine, but it looks more like a Mk3. Go figure.
If you look opposite thewse British Desert Warriors you will see the Italian opposition, or rather a small part of it. A Semovente M40 with te short 75mm gun really looks incredible, as does the M15/42... a rare find indeed. (It would be nice to know the story behind its arrival and history, but unlike Bovington, where they do try to do tis, not much evidence in France.) But not complaining really... these tanks and their condition is a real reflection of excellent stewardship.

26/06/2026

Visit to the French National Tank Museum. Part 5.
Gosh... now we looked round, ansd noticed that we had walked straight past a lovely PzIIC... not even any wear on the rubber road wheels...
It was not surprising that we had nearly meiised the PzII, as there against the sunshine burning through te windows... the profile of a Marder III. Yes... exactly.
And close by, a Nebelwerfer 41, 150,, rocket launcher, and again it looked ready to fire. (Having visited alot of tank museums we all agreed that this was the most complete... and undamaged one we had ever seen)
Lurking beside it was a 75mm AT gun, stillwith its full optics suite in place. This was getting ridiculous.