Wargames from World War II: Examples of Axis and Allied Wargaming Rules and Umpire Guidelines for Tactical Actions (Professional Wargaming) Paperback – December 18, 2023

The games played just before and during World War II mattered. As a result of those wargames, battles were fought, campaigns were launched; lives were lost, lives were saved. An overview of such games has been covered in the literature before. This book is different as it aims to examine the detail of these wargames by including primary material; extracts from source documents, wargaming rules and umpiring guides from the pre-war period until 1945.Included are detailed guidelines on the German use of wargaming during the war based on post war analysis by the American military. This includes outlines of best practise and the value of these games.Samples of the German map based tactical exercises set at platoon and company level.An example of a British attack on a village.British and American umpire manuals with rules for arbitrating field exercises, sand table and map wargames.A Royal Navy carrier wargame: Find Fix and Strike (1944).The book is published by the History of Wargaming Project as part of its ongoing work to document the development of wargaming. Read more