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edition as well as a premium edition that comes with a game on the same topic as one of the feature articles in the issue. Through a sister company (Decision Games), we also publish board games in a range of formats. We also publish books that go into greater depth on specific topics with our trademark copious maps (over 200 maps in one book!). www.decisiongames.com
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The Ottoman Empire began in 1299 when a Turkoman tribe ruled by a prince named Osman migrated to Anatolia. Due to their martial skills, they soon became a regional power, and in 1453, Sultan Mehmed II took Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire. He established his capital there, declaring it the center of the Islamic Caliphate.

In the two centuries following, the Ottomans expanded their empire to include all of the Middle East, Persia, Egypt, North Africa, Crimea and much of the Balkans. Their fleets terrorized the Mediterranean, waging campaigns of piracy and conquest against European seafaring nations. However, by the early 17th century, offensive campaigns had become problematic for them due to a combination of factionalism in Constantinople, a stagnant economy and a growing inability to maintain a military competitive with those of Europe.

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Battle of the Aegates Islands
The Liberation of Prague: 5–11 May 1945
The 1970 Cambodian Incursion

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Ch. 5, Battle at the Chinese Farm

On 7 October 1973, Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Shmuel Gonen consulted with the IDF General Staff and his subordinate division commanders. Gonen raised the questions: “When should we attack?” “Where should we attack?”

Gonen was referring to the overall Israeli strategy for achieving victory on the Sinai front. This strategy involved launching an attack across the Suez Canal and seizing territory on the African side in Egypt, which could then be used as leverage for a favorable peace settlement. As Gonen pointed out, the key considerations were “when” and “where” to launch this offensive. Timing for any counteroffensive would depend on stabilizing the Sinai front to release reserves from the Southern Command for action.
Regarding the location of the attack, on 9 October, reconnaissance elements from Sharon’s 143rd Division identified a weak point in the Egyptian lines between their Second and Third Armies, just north of Great Bitter Lake.

Sharon’s objective was Deversoir, an old Royal Air Force base situated on the west side of the Canal. His plan was for his division to lead the breakthrough, with Adan’s 162nd Division following to advance south toward Suez City. Mendler’s 252nd Division would provide support for Adan. Once Suez City was captured, the Third Army would be isolated and potentially forced to surrender. Sharon himself planned to move north to capture Ismailia on the Canal, thereby disrupting the Second Army’s lines of communication. Two additional divisions, Sassoon’s Composite and Meron’s 440th, would hold the line in Sinai, reinforced by additional reserve units as they arrived at the front.

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The French surrendered to the Germans on 22 June 1940, and Adolf Hi**er granted relatively easy terms to them. His forces would occupy northern and western France, but he allowed the south to be under a collaborationist regime with its capital in Vichy headed by Marshal Phillipe Petain. Another part of the agreement permitted the French to maintain their overseas empire, which included parts of Africa, Indochina and the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

An immediate concern in Vichy was, with much of the French military demobilized, their control over the colonies would become tenuous. The British might move to take over various territories, and there was always the danger of anti-colonial rebellions. Even worse, in the Far East, the Japanese were moving on Indochina. For that reason, Vichy sought some degree of cooperation with the Axis powers.

At the same time, Gen. Charles De Gaulle, an army officer who had escaped to Britain, organized “Free French” forces to continue the fight against the Germans. Some African colonies followed his lead, but most adopted a policy of watchful waiting. The British welcomed the Free French as allies but with some reservations due to their not wanting to push Vichy fully onto the German side.

Other articles:
The Vistula-Oder Offensive, 1945
Netherlands 1940
Defeating the U-boats

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The 11 Days War
In February 1918, the Central Powers launched their last offensive in Russia. Their objective was the overthrow of the new Bolshevik regime, and their forces made huge advances from the Baltic Sea to the Don Basin. The offensive was codenamed Operation Punch (Faustschlag in German) and it came close to changing the course of history.

Other feature articles including:

Arthur Wellesley & The Siege of Badajoz
The Battle of Ankara: 20 July 1402
The Russo-Georgian War of 2008

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1941 in the Middle East

Early in 1941, the British position in the Middle East seemed on the verge of collapse. On 3 April, Arab nationalists in Iraq overthrew the pro-British regime in Baghdad and called for support from the Axis powers. That same day, the offensive in Libya by Gen. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps reached Benghazi, and by the end of the month, he had surrounded Tobruk and reached the Egyptian border. In Cairo, other Arab nationalists were awaiting his arrival to depose the pro-British monarchy there. In Palestine, still other Arab nationalists—believing the days of the British Empire were numbered—waited for the right moment to launch an uprising.

After the fall of the Balkans and Crete in May, it seemed the entire Middle East would soon be lost to the Axis. Morale in Britain itself was low. As an often-told joke went at the time: “BEF stands for ‘Back [home in England] Every Fortnight.’”

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Vitebsk 1943: Third Panzer Army’s Fight for Survival
The Battle of Attu Island
The Doenitz Trial

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Ch. 5, Rosecrans Prepares

After Bragg crossed the Tennessee, Rosecrans pulled most of his army into an arc covering Tullahoma. Cavalry and a few infantry brigades pushed forward to watch Bragg across the river, while work crews began the task of repairing the railroad.

Rosecrans got little respite from calls by Halleck and Lincoln for a quick resumption of the offensive. As usual, he resisted the prods with lengthy explanations of the need to craft a solid new base for his next step.

For once there was no significant reorganization of the army. The main body comprised XIV, XX, XXI, and the Cavalry Corps, their commanders unchanged. Granger’s (Provisional) Reserve Corps was still responsible for protecting the line of supply, and as before would send roughly a third of its strength into battle. One minor change was detaching Wilder’s Lightning Brigade—now boasting a fifth regiment, the 92nd Illinois—from XIV Corps and assigning it to Rosecrans’ direct control. Total strength by mid-August was 67,909 infantry and 9,973 cavalry.

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Eagles of Rome: War in the Late Republic & Early Empire

The Roman army of the early empire had its origins in the late 2nd century BC. The army’s basic unit of operational deployment at that time was the legion. Originally, they were raised only from Rome’s propertied class, with each individual’s wealth determining his rank on entry.

The legion’s subordinate maneuver unit was the infantry maniple, each of which was usually composed of two centuries of 60 to 100 men. There were three types of heavy infantry making up the maniples: hastati (deployed in the first line), the principes (in the second line), and the triarii (older veterans in the third line). Additionally, the lower class provided light infantry. There was also usually a contingent of 300 cavalry (again, from the upper classes since they brought their horses with them). The strength of a legion could vary from 4,500 to 6,000...

Other feature articles including:

Gettysburg, Day 2
Wake Island, 1941: “Enemy on Island, Issue in Doubt”
Beirut 1982: Urban Guerilla War

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