Historicals

FROM THE EAST, A CONQUERING HORDE… As the Romans tried to hold their Empire together, a new threat emerged from the East: the Goths! Fleeing the growing power of the Huns, these Germanic tribes became allies and enemies of Rome and eventually sacked the...

STING OF THE ATLATL! CUT OF THE MACUAHUITL! From the highly ritualistic Flower Wars that were fought to take sacrificial victims, to the brutal battles against the Spanish Conquistadors, the Aztec Empire produced some of the finest warriors of the New...

FOR KING! FOR COUNTRY! FOR GOLD! The men who plundered the Americas were typically adventurers down on their luck and willing to risk all to change their fortunes. Many were well-trained mercenaries in service to the kings of Europe who vied among...

AUGEN ZU, UND HINEN! “Shut your eyes and go in!” General Fritz Bayerlein’s exhortation to his Panzer Lehr troops. This elite unit was formed from veterans who participated in the fighting on the Eastern Front, North Africa, and Sicily and was outfitted...

CREDERE, OBBEDIRE, COMBATTERE! “Believe, Obey, Fight!” was the slogan of the Fascist government of Italy under Mussolini as it entered World War 2 as an Axis member. Italian troops fought in France, North Africa, Eastern Europe, Russia and on...

“They Shall Not Pass!” the French battlecry adopted after Verdun. This hard plastic set allows you to build up to 35 French infantry equipped for either World War One or World War Two (with enough of each type of rifle and heads for all...

“In this sign, conquer”. The legions underwent significant expansion and changes through Diocletian and Constantine’s reforms but by the late 6th century would become almost unrecognizable. Still, the legionaries fought across the whole...

The 1807 Treaty of Tilsit forced Prussia to constrain their army to no more than 42,000 men. They evaded the restriction by the Krümper System of cycling new recruits through the army to create a reserve of trained men. When Prussia declared war on...

CHOSEN MEN The famous Riflemen of the British army fought from Spain to the final shots of La Haye Sainte on the field of Waterloo. Fighting in pairs and able to accurately aim and fire up to two shots per minute, Wellington’s Rifles were an...

VIVE LA FRANCE! 1940. France is occupied by the Germans and the Vichy government does Hitler’s bidding. In the cities and throughout the countryside, brave bands of French men and women work together to slow the Nazi war machine. Air drops of...

FEARSOME OPPONENTS DOWN THE AGES... The “Great Game” between Russia and Britain in the 19th century led to Afghanistan becoming a focal point of European interests. Little were British soldiers prepared for the ferocity and tenacity of these...

FEROCIOUS WARRIORS INSPIRED BY CÚ CHULAINN Descendants of the fierce Celtic people, the Irish engaged in constant warfare between tribes on their island and were famous for their raiders who took treasure and slaves from lands across the sea...