Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group
This is Deborah Southwell’s offside report of ‘Fog on the Somme’ run by James Halstead at the CLWG Conference. Fog on the Somme – Offside (Deborah Southwell) Five phases were planned for the German Spring Offensive of 1918: Operation Michael (21 March – 6 April) Operation Georgette (9-29 April) Operation Blücher-Yorck (27 – 30 May) […]
1914 Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064754/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020629/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 A German youth eagerly enters World War I, […]
After an exchange of good war movies to view at a recent Virtual CLWG meeting, I offered to curate a list for Milmud. I had in mind pulling together war movies that would be plausible enough for members who may not have a strong background in a particular era to gain some context for creating […]