Raid Series
Raid Series
The Great Chavauchee 1373
IN 1373, JOHN OF GAUNT SET OFF ON A GREAT RAID TO STRIKE AT THE HEART OF FRANCE
The Cockleshell Raid - Bordeaux 1942
BY THE END OF 1941 GERMANY WAS DESPERATELY IN NEED OF ESSENTIAL RAW MATERIALS
The Samurai Capture A King - Okinawa 1609
A BRILLIANT BUT LITTLE-KNOWN OPERATION, THE SHIMAZU CLAN RAID ON THE INDEPENDENT KINGDOM OF RYKKYU (MODERN OKINAWA) IN 1609
Rescuing Mussolini - Gran Sasso 1943
THE SUCCESSFUL RESCUE OF IMPRISONED ITALIAN DICTATOR BENITO MUSSOLINI FROM ATOP THE GRAN SASSO PLATEAU WAS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC SPECIAL FORCES OPERATIONS IN MILITARY HISTORY
Who Dares Wins - The Sas And The Iranian Embassy Siege 1980
FOR FIVE DAYS IN MAY 1980, THOUSANDS WATCHED AROUND THE WORLD AS THE SHADOWY FIGURES OF THE SAS PERFORMED A DARING AND DRAMATIC RAID ON THE IRANIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON, CATAPULTING A LITTLE-KNOWN SPECIALIST UNIT INTO THE FULL GLARE OF THE WORLD`S MEDIA.
Rangers Lead The Way - Pointe-du-hoc D-day 1944
IN THE EARLY HOURS OF D-DAY, 1944, A GROUP FROM THE US ARMY 2ND RANGERS BATTALION WERE SENT ON ONE OF THE LEGENDARY RAIDS OF WORLD WAR II
Carlson`s Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942
After the Guadalcanal landings, Admiral Nimitz wanted to distract Japanese attention by launching an amphibious raid elswhere
The Los Banos Prison Camp Raid - The Philippines 1945
IN THE DYING DAYS OF THE WAR AS THE AMERICAN FORCES PUSHED THROUGH THE JAPANESE DEFENSES ON THE PHILIPPINES, ONE OF THE MOST DARING RAIDS OF WORLD WAR II WAS MASTERFULLY EXECUTED
Killing Bin Laden - Operation Neptune Spear 2011
On May 2, 2011, a ten-year manhunt drew to a deadly end as the men of the US Naval Special Warfare Development Group (a
Kill Rommel! - Operation Flipper 1941
British Commandos attempted to assassinate Rommel, the Desert Fox, in a daring special forces raid in North Africa during World War II.
Tomahawk And Musket - French And Indian Raids In The Ohio Valley 1758
IN 1758, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, BRITISH BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN FORBES LED HIS ARMY ON A METHODICAL ADVANCE AGAINST FORT DUQUESENE, FRENCH HEADQUARTERS IN THE OHIO VALLEY
The Cabanatuan Prison Raid - The Philippines 1945
ON JANUARY 27, 1945, THE 6TH RANGER BATTALION AND THE 6TH ARMY SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE UNIT (THE ALAMO SCOUTS) BEGAN THE MOST DANGEROUS AND IMPORTANT MISSION OF THEIR CAREERS TO RESCUE 500 AMERICAN, BRITISH, AND DUTCH PRISONERS-OF-WAR HELD AT A CAMP NEAR CABANATUAN.
The Great Expedition - Sir Francis Drake On The Spanish Main 1585-86
IN 1585, WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND WAS ALL BUT INEVITABLE
Certain Death In Sierra Leone - The Sas And Operation Barras 2000
IN SEPTEMBER 2000 THE NOTORIOUS MILITIA GANG, WEST SIDE BOYS, KIDNAPPED ELEVEN BRITISH SOLDIERS IN SIERRA LEONE, AND OPERATION BARRAS WAS LAUNCHED AS THE RESCUE OPERATION
Tombstone - Wyatt Earp, The Ok Corral And The Vendetta Ride 1881-82
The Gunfight at the OK Corral on October 26, 1881, is one of the most enduring stories of the Old West
Kill Hitler - Operation Valkyrie 1944
Although far from a typical raid, the July 20 Plot - Operation Valkyrie - was still a daring and audacious attack undertaken by a small, very brave, group of individuals, determined to kill Hitler.
Behind Soviet Lines - Hitler`s Brandenburgers Capture The Maikop Oilfields 1942
Featuring specially drawn, full-color artwork and expert analysis of the Maikop operation, this assessment of the dramatic raid that delivered intact Soviet oil-production facilities into Nazi hands casts new light of the German special-forces operations on the Eastern Front.
Montcalm`s Crushing Blow - French And Indian Raids Along New York`s Oswego River 1756
The year 1755 saw the rivalry between Britain and France in North America escalate into open warfare as both sides sought to overcome the other`s forts and trading posts
The Fall Of Eben Emael - Belgium 1940
In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian-Dutch borderlands
Tora! Tora! Tora! - Pearl Harbor 1941
THE JAPANESE ASSAULT ON PEARL HARBOR IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS RAIDS IN HISTORY, IF NOT THE MOST FAMOUS
The Blocking Of Zeebrugge - Operation Z-o 1918
ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 22-23, 1918, THE ROYAL NAVY CARRIED OUT A RAID ON THE GERMAN HELD PORTS OF ZEEBRUGGE AND OSTEND - OPERATION Z-O
Takur Ghar - The Seals And Rangers On Roberts Ridge, Afghanistan 2002
On March 4, 2002, a team of SEALs was choppered onto a hostile Afghan mountain peak as part of Operation Anaconda
Heroes Of Telemark: Sabotaging Hitler`s Atomic Bomb, Norway 1942-44
In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertilizer plant in Norway
The Great Locomotive Chase - The Andrews Raid 1862
IN APRIL 1862, THE STAGE WAS SET FOR ONE OF THE GREATEST LOCOMOTIVE CHASES IN HISTORY
U-47 In Scapa Flow - The Sinking Of Hms Royal Oak 1939
Even with Germany in the ascendency at the beginning of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy
Roughshod Through Dixie - Griersons Raid 1863
ON APRIL 17, 1863, BENJAMIN GRIERSON LED A FORCE OF 1,700 UNION CAVALRYMEN ACROSS ENEMY LINES INTO THE CONFEDERATE-HELD TENNESSEE IN A BOLD DIVERSIONARY RAID
The Swamp Fox Francis Marions Campaign In The Carolinas 1780
Opposed by `Bloody` Tarleton`s Raiders, American Revolution patriots under Francis Marion fought a brutal guerrilla war throughout South Carolina and North Carolina
Dambusters - Operation Chastise 1943
IN MAY 1943, A SPECIALLY ESTABLISHED RAF SQUADRON MADE ITS PERMANENT IMPRINT ON MILITARY AVIATION HISTORY BY FLYING A HIGH-RISK, LOW-LEVEL, NIGHTTIME ATTACK AGAINST GERMAN HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAMS VITAL TO THE NAZI ARMAMENTS INDUSTRY IN THE RUHR VALLEY
Run The Gauntlet - The Channel Dash 1942
IN FEBRUARY 1942, THREE OF THE MAJOR SHIPS OF THE GERMAN SURFACE FLEET - THE BATTLE-CRUISERS SCHARNHORST AND GNEISENAU, AND THE HEAVY CRUISER PRINZ EUGEN - STORMED OUT OF THE HARBOR AT BREST ON A DRAMATIC VOYAGE BACK TO GERMANY
Decaturs Bold And Daring Act 1804
HORTATIO NELSON, HIMSELF ONE OF NAVAL HISTORY`S BOLDEST ACTORS, CALLED THE BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1804 `THE MOST BOLD AND DARING ACT OF THE AGE
Blackbeards Last Fight - Pirate Hunting In North Carolina 1718
In April 1713, in the wake of the War of the Spanish Succession, hundreds of privateers, now out of a job, turned to piracy
Pegasus Bridge - Benouville D-day 1944
THE NIGHT BEFORE D-DAY, LIGHT INFANTRY AND A DETACHMENT OF ROYAL ENGINEERS LANDED BY GLIDERS AT PEGASUS BRIDGE, WHICH SPANNED THE CAEN CANAL
The Last Boarding Party - The Usmc And The Ss Mayaguez 1975
ON MAY 12, COMMUNIST CAMBODIAN KHMER ROUGE ELEMENTS SEIZED THE S
Raid On Zeppelin Bases 1914
IN THE SUMMER OF 1914, AS EUROPE TEETERED ON THE BRINK OF WAR, THE PROSPECT OF IMMEDIATE ZEPPELIN RAIDS ON LONDON AND OTHER MAJOR BRITISH TOWNS AND CITIES LOOMED LARGE
Red Christmas - The Tatsinskaya Airfield Raid 1942
IN MID-DECEMBER 1942, THE SOVIETS HAD SURROUNDED THE GERMAN 6TH ARMY IN STALINGRAD, BUT THE WEHRMACHT WAS ENGAGED IN A DESPERATE RELIEF EFFORT WITH OPERATION WINTER STORM AND AN AIRLIFT
Stirling`s Desert Triumph
The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of World War II
Operation Archery Vaagso Raid 1942
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, 1942, JUST OVER 500 BRITISH COMMANDOS AND NORWEGIAN ARMY PERSONNEL ATTACKED THE GERMAN-HELD ISLANDS OF VAAGSO AND MAALOY OFF THE COAST OF NORWAY
Storming Monte La Difensa
Featuring full-color artwork, archive photographs, and first-hand accounts from participants, Storming Monte la Difensa examines the origins, execution, and aftermath of the FSSF`s (First Special Service Force`s) spectacular success at Monte La Difensa amid the savage winter conditions of December 1
Flight 181 Mogadishu 1977
IN 1977, LUFTHANSA FLIGHT 181 WAS HIJACKED BY TERRORISTS AND FLOWN TO MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
Ride Around Missouri - Shelbys Great Raid 1863
IN JULY OF 1863, FEDERAL FORCES, EMBOLDENED BY THE VICTORIES AT VICKSBURG AND GETTYSBURG, MOVED ACROSS THE MISSOURI STATE LINE SOUTH INTO CONFEDERATE-HELD ARKANSAS, ADVANCING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST IN A PINCER MOVEMENT THAT TOOK ALL OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE PROSPERO
A Far-flung Gamble: Havana 1762
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SEVEN YEARS` WAR, GREAT BRITAIN MADE AN AUDACIOUS STRIKE AT THE HEART OF SPANISH COLONIAL POWER IN THE CARIBBEAN
Raid & Trade
From the ashes of a devastating third World War, a precious few Golden Cities emerge offering hope to those who struggle for survival in the wastelands
Titan Series: Hive Mind
In Hive Mind, players are bees who take turns rolling the die, moving the Queen Bee along the garden track, and asking and answering questions to assess their compatibility with the hive
Tokyo Series: Currency Torraku
CURRENCY TORRAKU is a set of miniature metal pieces that can both be used as a currency in any TOKYO SERIES game, or as a standalone title