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After Action Report Newsletter: August 2026

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After Action Report Newsletter — August 2026

 

Romans vs Germans: Field of Glory
Blenheim 1704: Alternate Fire & Fury
Snuffing Out a Greece Fire: WWII Command Decision
Avengers Assemble: Avoiding a Thanos Thumping
Thanos Rising: Another Close Game
Retro WWII: War in the Pacific
Hidden RUSE: WWII Eastern Front
Failure of the Will: Broken Game?
One Hour World War II: Doubletime
HMGS Next Generation: AmRev Gaming and More
NEWS: Games, Minis, Conventions, and More
Waterdeep Northern Campaign: Company of the Sun
Terminal Velocity: Wild Ride RPG
AI More Destructive Than Known: Shredding the Past

Books I’ve Read

War on the Turtle’s Back: 7YW (RtR154)
F4F Wildcat vs A6M2-N Rufe: Duel 155
With Napoleon’s Guard in Russia: 1812
Baptism of Fire: Hungary Slovak 1939 EaW62
We Then Prepared Our Batteries: ECW CS135
Philippines 1941-42: Air Campaign 62
Roman Britain & Celtic Ireland
Overshadowed: US Marines in WWII
Lost Legionary in South Africa: UK Colonial
To War With the All-American: US 82nd
Roman Army Units East Prov. 3: MAA 570
Regulator: Death of a Bank (novel)
The Lusitania Murders (murder mystery novel)
Second World War’s Military Legacy
Charles F. Ball: Gardens to Gallipoli
German Marders of WWII: New Vanguard 350
Pirates and Privateers: Atlantic Caribbean
The Second Mountain: Quest for Moral Life
Military History of Byzantine Rome: 1204-1261
Battle Atlantic 2: U-boats 1942-43: Camp. 432
Trayne of Artillery 1642-1646: Cent Sold 133
Second Day at Gettysburg: Casemate Illustrated
Crucible of Combat: Volume 1
Kadesh 1286 BC: Campaign 430
ABDA Striking Force 1943: Fleet 19
Gunboats and Empires: Early US Naval Policy
Tanks Caucasus 1942-43: New Vanguard 351
D’You Hear There! Daily Pipes of the Royal Navy

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ABDA Striking Force 1943: Fleet 19

by Angus Konstam. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2026. Subtitle: The Joint Allied Command Lost at Java Sea The ABDA (American, British, Dutch, and Australian) command of warships at the opening of WWII in the Pacific Theater seemed reasonable enough, but the reality that confronted them showed how badly outgunned

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Gunboats and Empires

by Boris Karpa. Hardback (6.2×9.2 inches). 153 pages. 2026. Subtitle: The Roots of Naval Policy in Early U.S. History This is not a naval battle book, but as the subtitle says, a naval policy book centered around the post-American Revolution era. Thomas Jefferson, and to an extent James Madison, shaped

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Tanks in the Caucasus 1942-43: New Vanguard 351

by William E. Hiestand Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 48 pages. 2026. This overview of German and Soviet tanks used in the 1942-1943 battles during Fall Blau including US and British lend lease tanks as well. All the usual armored suspects are covered. A short recap of the German operation to capture

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