| Dec 30 // Who's on First, Dublin |
.JPG) | Flames of War. The final battle of 2011. Two fully painted armies, for the first time ever. Here is the lay of the land.
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.JPG) | The Russians begin the advance.
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.JPG) | The Germans lie in wait.
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.JPG) | The Germans move up to secure the village.
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.JPG) | The Russians attack! Men surge toward the village!
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.JPG) | The Russians go over the battlements and begin a desperate hand to hand fight.
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.JPG) | The Russians sweep left after taking horrendous losses, but manage to destroy most of the German defenders.
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.JPG) | The sweep proceeds... right into a waiting German machine gun!
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.JPG) | Nearly all the Russians are killed. The lone survivors retreat, while being harrassed by dive bombers the whole way back.
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.JPG) | Meanwhile another Russian company advances on the left flank.
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.JPG) | The Germans engage their howitzers!
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.JPG) | The bombardment is devastating! The entire Russian company crumbles to dust!
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.JPG) | The lone survivors enjoy a last few seconds before being finished off by rifle fire.
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.JPG) | Finally, the armor meet outside the village.
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.JPG) | The Russian armor is annihilated. There is no hope left for mother Russia! This one is totally botched, maybe next year.
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