Salute 2019 – World at War

Gringo 40s put on a colonial game at Salute 2019 in the unusual setting of the Tonkin Campaign. In a combined naval and land action, French troops and their allies went up against the Black Flags.

Colonial French in naval and land action against the Black Flag Army
Tonkin 1885 by Gringo 40s at Salute 2019
Colonial French in naval and land action against the Black Flag Army
Tonkin 1885 by Gringo 40s at Salute 2019
Colonial French in naval and land action against the Black Flag Army
Tonkin 1885 by Gringo 40s at Salute 2019
Colonial French in naval and land action against the Black Flag Army
Tonkin 1885 by Gringo 40s at Salute 2019
Colonial French in naval and land action against the Black Flag Army
Tonkin 1885 by Gringo 40s at Salute 2019
Colonial French in naval and land action against the Black Flag Army
Tonkin 1885 by Gringo 40s at Salute 2019

Ardhammer created a battle on the ‘Highway to Hell – the Road to Nanjing’ during the 2nd Sino-Japanese War in 1937.

Battle on the road to Nanjing
Highway to Hell by Ardhammer at Salute 2019
Battle on the road to Nanjing
Highway to Hell by Ardhammer at Salute 2019
Battle on the road to Nanjing
Highway to Hell by Ardhammer at Salute 2019
Battle on the road to Nanjing
Highway to Hell by Ardhammer at Salute 2019
Battle on the road to Nanjing
Highway to Hell by Ardhammer at Salute 2019

TooFatLardies presented ‘Malaya 1942’ using their Chain of Command rules, pitching Australian forces versus Japanese. Thank you undeadhighelf for the close-up shots.

Australians fighting Japanese in the jungle
Malaya 1942 by TooFatLardies at Salute 2019
Australians fighting Japanese in the jungle
Malaya 1942 by TooFatLardies at Salute 2019
Australians fighting Japanese in the jungle
Malaya 1942 by TooFatLardies at Salute 2019
Australians fighting Japanese in the jungle
Malaya 1942 by TooFatLardies at Salute 2019
Australians fighting Japanese in the jungle
Malaya 1942 by TooFatLardies at Salute 2019

Peterborough Wargames Club staged D-Day landings by US forces on the beaches of ‘Bloody Omaha’.

US landing on Easy Red sector
Bloody Omaha by Peterborough Wargames Club at Salute 2019
US landing on Easy Red sector
Bloody Omaha by Peterborough Wargames Club at Salute 2019

Pendraken Miniatures demonstrated a 10mm scale WW2 battle using their rules set Blitzkrieg Commander.

World War 2 battle in 10mm scale
Blitzkrieg Commander by Pendraken Miniatures at Salute 2019
World War 2 battle in 10mm scale
Blitzkrieg Commander by Pendraken Miniatures at Salute 2019

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