Royal Navy Archives - Military Muddling

Birds and Wolves: The Western Approaches Tactical Unit (WATU) wargame

1942WATU, a newly created wargaming unit of the British Royal Navy, is tasked with developing and disseminating new tactics that would counter the successful attacks of German U-boats on trans-Atlantic merchant shipping convoys seeking to bring essential supplies to Britain. Naval escorts were provided by the British and US navies, but still, they could not […]

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Trafalgar Day: This Friday 21 October

This Friday marks the 217th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805. I decided to find out a bit more about the battle. I was fascinated by Nelson’s strategy to attack the Franco-Spanish fleet. I wonder, how would a war game around this engagement or any other naval engagement be designed? What do […]

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By Deborah Southwell
October 17, 2022
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Movies: World War II 1939AD -1945AD (Part I)

1939 Battle of the River Plate (2006) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875504/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl On December 13th 1939, the first great naval battle of World War II took place off the coast of Uruguay. Known as the ‘Battle of the River Plate’, it set as rivals two great naval officers in a deadly psychological duel. 1940 The […]