Promoting the study of military history through the art of tabletop miniature wargaming

HMGS News & AARs

Second Sirte 1942: Campaign 417

. . by Angus Konstam. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2025. Subtitle: The Desperate Battle to Relieve Malta A British Malta-bound convoy from Alexandria (Egypt) ran into the intercepting Italian Navy and the German Luftwaffe in March 1942. The convoy

Read More

Swordfish Units of World War 2: Combat Aircraft 157

. . by Matthew Willis. Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2025. This British biplane, already somewhat obsolete as the war started, nonetheless served with distinction with the British Navy. The air attack on Taranto was a highpoint in their service,

Read More

Mediterranean Sweep: The USAAF in the Italian Campaign

. . by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver. Hardback (6.3×9.5 inches). 328 pages. 2025. If you enjoyed Clean Sweep: VIII Fighter Command Against the Luftwaffe 1943-1945 about Allied air operations on the Western Front, you’re going to enjoy this one, too. This

Read More

The Advance on Caen: 6-9 June 1944

. . by Tim Saunders. Hardback (6.5×9.5 inches). 252 pages. 2025. Subtitle: From Sword Beach Towards the City The plan was to grab Caen on D-Day. The actual result was a slog towards this hub city. This is the first

Read More

We Stormed the Reichtag

. . by Vassili Subbotin, Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Softcover (6.2×9.2 inches). 147 pages. 2025 reprint of 2017 reprint of 1980 book. This eye-witness account by a Soviet war correspondent describes the vicious advance across the river to the

Read More

The Siege of Dunkirk: 1944-1945

. . by Graham A. Thomas. Hardback (6.5×9.5 inches). 228 pages. 2025. Subtitle: And the Capture of the Channel Ports I’ve reviewed a few books about the German attack on Dunkirk (France) in 1940, but here’s one on the reverse:

Read More

Sturmartillerie Crewman: Casemate Illustrated

by Simon Forty and Richard Charlton Taylor. Softcover (7.0×10.00 inches). 128 pages. 2025. Subtitle: Sturmgeschutz, panzerjaeger and sturm artillerie This particularly fine example of the Casemate Illustrated series that concentrates on the crew of the various self-propelled guns, including anti-tank,

Read More

BOOK REVIEW: The Crimean Offensive 1944

Author: Ian Baxter. Softcover (6.7×9.3 inches). 128 pages. 2025. Subtitle: The Russian Battle for the Crimea Half of this Casemate Illustrated volume has little to do with the Crimea — it starts with 1941 and the initiation of Operation Barbarossa. A four-page timeline

Read More
Secret Link

Contact an Individual

Please select the individual you wish to email.

Contact HMGS

Please only use this form if you can’t use one of the other Contact Us links.

Contact Outreach

Please only use this form to communicate with the Outreach volunteers.

Contact Membership support

Please only use this form to communicate with the Membership volunteers.

Contact Information Technology

Please only use this form to communicate with the Information Technology volunteers.

Contact Fall In! Exhibitors Manager

Please only use this form to communicate with the Fall In! volunteers.

Contact Fall In! Events Manager

Please only use this form to communicate with the Fall In! volunteers.

Contact Fall In!

Please only use this form to communicate with the Fall In! volunteers.

Contact Cold Wars Exhibitor Manager

Please only use this form to communicate with the Cold Wars volunteers.

Contact Cold Wars Events Manager

Please only use this form to communicate with the Cold Wars volunteers.

Contact Cold Wars

Please only use this form to communicate with the Cold Wars team.

Contact Historicon Exhibitors Manager

Please only use this form to communicate with the Historicon Exhibitors Manager.

Contact Historicon Events

Please only use this form to communicate with the Historicon Events Manager.

Contact Historicon

Please only use this form to communicate with the Historicon team.

Contact Convention Operations

Please only use this form to communicate with the Convention Operations volunteers.

Contact Marketing & Communications

Please only use this form to communicate with the Marketing & Communications volunteers.

Report a Website Issue