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Edited by Daniel Taylor.
Hardback (7.0×10.0 inches). 136 pages. 2025 reprint of articles from 1994 and 2008.
Subtitle: Le Havre and Boulogne
The two articles come from the After the Battle magazine, which recounted battles and combined period photography with current photography — current being 1994 and 2008. Books created from articles have been created recently and must sell well enough to keep the series going.
The articles are well written, containing considerable eye-witness accounts and general operational acuity. The photo comparisons age well, although the 1994 and 2008 are not up to 2025 date. The maps showing the attacks can be used as the basis for a couple tabletop scenarios with OOBs and numbers pulled from the text. An appendix shows TO&E of British tank formations.
Of note in the case of Le Havre, the 10,000-man garrison surrendered rather quickly in what wargamers would call a British 1:2 attack. It turns out the garrison didn’t have many anti-tank weapons, so the German order was to resist until tanks show up. When flamethrower and petard-tossing tanks made it to the bunkers, the German soldiers inside the bunkers surrendered. That sounds like a special scenario rule in any tabletop game.
The book contains 148 black and white photos, seven black and white maps, and 20 black and white illustrations of British vehicles which were reproduced lots of times for the TO&E charts.
A good tactical look.
Enjoyed it.
— Reviewed by Russ Lockwood
