Reply To: Battle of the Bulge – December 16, 1944

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Awesome, pic, @wittmann007 – I like the washed color effect, too – it gives an authentic feel.  .  😀

@caileendeas – My answer to you comes in two parts.

1) Always play the army you want.  Gurkhas are come of my favorite Commonwealth troops and I can’t wait to see them on the table.  😀

2) From  historical perspective, there were virtually no British / CW troops involved in the Battle of the Bulge, much less Gurkhas.  There is one exception at the absolutely furthest westward tip of the German bulge, at Celles, where we see forward elements of the 2nd Panzer Division, strung-out and low on fuel, trying to cling to the furthest westward positions achieved by the Germans during the Ardennes offensive … only to be hit by Combat Command B of the 2nd Armoured Division (“Hell on Wheels”) and the vanguard of the British 29th Armoured Brigade.

We’ll be re-featuring this battle in this thread, probably later today.

Gurkhas in European combat would best be represented in Italy, where battalions and independent brigades were attached to several Commonwealth divisions, especially along the Gothic Line in late 44.

@zorg – so true, although I think you might have meant the 28th “Old Hickory” US Infantry division?