Fascinating account of Operation Hardtack 1943, a British Commando raid and intelligence gathering raid on Occupied Jersey.
http://willwarweb.blogspot.com/2018/10/ww2-german-fortifications-on-jersey.html
http://theoccupationdetectives.com/Jersey/Occupation%20Stories/Operation%20Hardtack%2028/
Such heroic small scale raids are the stuff of gaming scenarios. One suitable book is Donald Featherstone’s Wargaming Commando Operations:
http://wargaming.co/recreation/details/dflosttalesvol2.htm
Blog posted by Mark Man of TIN Day 13 December 2019
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Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures.
I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures.
Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules.
To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ...
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