Dawn on the Hill 30
13 June 1944, 05.30 a.m. – Manoir de Donville.
Members of the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment and
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division
«Götz von Berlichingen» plan the upcoming attack on enemy positions.
Prelude to what would go down in history as
the “Battle of Bloody Gulch”…
“Ghosts of Bloody Nose Ridge” Battle of Peleliu Island
This time I was inspired by Brian Wildfong’s beautiful diorama “Ghosts of Bloody Nose Ridge” (1:35 scale), depicting a team from the 1st Marines returning from a patrol in the Umurbrogal Hills (aka “Bloody Nose Ridge”) on Peleliu Island.
“Ambush at Poteau”. St Vith 18th December, 1944
Early in the morning on December 18 1944 an American convoy of the 14th Cavalry Group was ambushed by SS-Kampfgruppe Hansen. With help from the heavy fog Hansen achieved complete surprise and forced the allies to abandon their vehicles and pull back to the town of Poteau.
D-Plus 3. USMC South Pacific, 1944
Freely inspired by a painting by the renowned military artist Michael Gnatek entitled “D-Plus 3 – U.S. Marine Corps, South Pacific, 1944”.
WIP “LCVP (Higgins boat) crew”. D-Day – June 6, 1944
Hauptmann of Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland
The Panzergrenadier Division “Großdeutschland”, also commonly referred to simply as Großdeutschland or Großdeutschland Division, was an elite combat unit of the German Army (Heer) that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.
