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17th Century Wars, Arms and Armour, League of Augsburg, Nine Years' War, Thirty Years' War, Wargaming, WW II
This is a WIP…
1. ONLINE BOOKS, DATABASES and SOFTWARE
General
- Hans Delbrück, Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte, Georg Stilke, Berlin, 1900-1920
- US Army Center of Military History, Online Book Shelves
- Nafziger Collection of Orders of Battle
- Perry-Castañeda Library, Historical Maps
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- History of Wargaming Project
- Draw a Map
- Battle Chronicler
- Photographing Miniatures from Wee Toy Soldiers
Renaissance and 17th Century
- Mansfeldische Histori, Schlacht, und herrliche Victoria in Ungern, 1595
- Theatrum Europaeum, 21 volumes, Frankfurt am Main, 1646-1738
- Hartmann, Hartmanni, Gründtliche, Warhafte, kurze Beschreibung … wie ein Fürst sein Regiment gottselig bestellen soll, Heidelberg, 1623
- Mémoires de Montecuculi, Nouvelle Édition 1664
- Billon, Jérémie de, Les Principes de l’Art militaire, 1633
- The Relation of Sydnam Poyntz, 1624-1636, 1908
- An history of the late warres […] by the Count Galliazzo Gualdo Priorato, London, 1648
- Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von, Ritterkunst, 1614
- Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von , Kriegskunst zu Pferd, 1616
- Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von , Programma Scholae Militaris, 1616
- Lostelneau, Colbert de, Le mareschal de bataille, 1647
- Vincart, Jean-Antoine, Relations des campagnes de 1644 & 1646
- Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von, Der Abentheurliche Simplicissimus Teutsch, Mompelgart (probably Neurenberg), 1669
- Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von, Continuatio des abentheurlichen Simplicissimi, Mompelgart (probably Neurenberg), 1669
- Bessé, Henri de, Relation des campagnes de Rocroi et de Fribourg, 1826 (1673)
- Histoire générale des guerres de Savoie, de Bohême, du Palatinat …, 1616-1627, par le seigneur du Cornet, 1868
- Cardinal de Richelieu, Mémoires, 1908
- Gush, George, Renaissance Warfare (Airfix articles), 1975
- La época de los Tercios
- Tercios de Flandes
- Conde de Clonard, Historia organica de las armas de infanteria y caballeria españolas desde la creacion del ejercito permanente hasta el dia, 1851-1859
- Schiller, Friedrich, Geschichte des Dreißigjährigen Kriegs, 1790
- Schiller, Friedrich, The History of the Thirty Years’ War, 1996 (1790)
- Gardiner, Samuel Rawson, The thirty years’ war, 1618-1648, 1875
- Grant, James, Memoirs and Adventures of Sir John Hepburn, 1851
- Wedgwood, Cecily Veronica, The Thirty Years’ War, 1938
- Gindely, Anton, History of the Thirty Years’ War, 1884, volume 1
- Gindely, Anton, History of the Thirty Years’ War, 1884, volume 2
- Helfferich, Tryntje, The Thirty Years War; A Documentary History, Indianapolis, 2009
- Le Poulet Gauche
- Atlas Van der Hagen and Atlas Beudeker
- Wer war wer im Dreißigjährigen Krieg
- Der Dreißigjährige Krieg in Selbstzeugnissen, Chroniken und Berichten
- Die Geschichte der Söldner
- Researching & Dragona
- De Bello Belgico
- Dutch Regiments
- München im Dreißigjährigen Krieg
- Ingolstadt im Dreißigjährigen Krieg
- Agoston, Gabor, Military Transformation in the Ottoman Empire and Russia, 1500-1800
- Pike and Shot Society and P&SS TYW Yahoo Group
- UK Battlefields Resource Centre
- British Army Lineages
- University of St. Andrews: The Scotland, Scandinavia and Northern European Biographical Database (SSNE)
- British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-1660
- Condottieri di Ventura
- Börekçi, Günhan, The Janissaries’ Use of Volley Fire during the Long Ottoman-Habsburg War of 1593-1606 and the Problem of Origins
- Ottoman Articles and Illustrations of Soldiers
- Polish Renaissance Warfare 1450 to 1699
- Sienkiewicz Society
- Giancarlo Boeri, Josè Luis Mirecki, Josè Palau, The Spanish Armies in the War of the League of Augsburg (Nine Years War 1688-1697), 2002
Second World War
- World War II resources for Gamers and Modelers
- All World Wars
- World Military
- WWII Armed Forces
- Lone Sentrey, Photographs, Documents, and Research on World War II
- World War II Aerial Photos and Maps
- Tanks & Vehicles Database
- Battle tanks
- War Wheels, Rollin’ Since 2005
- The Battlefield
- The Armor Site!
- US Army Center for Military History WWII Bookshelf
- Australian War Memorial Second World War Section
- New Zealand Electronic Text Centre World War II History
- History of the British 7th Armoured Division (“Desert Rats”)
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Feldgrau.com – The German Armed Forces 1918-1945
- Wehrmacht History 1935 to 1945
- US Army pamphlet Operations of Encircled Forces, German Experiences in Russia
- 2nd Panzer Division
- The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945
- The Battles of the Winter War
- Engines of the Red Army in WW2
- RKKA in World War II
- Axis History Factbook
- 1941 Russian/German front
- The Eastern Front
- Map Archive of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 1919-1939
- The Russian Battlefield
- Mechanizirowanye Korpuza RKKA
- Military Improvisations during the Russian Campaign
- Kursk – July, 1943
2. Imagery
General
- Héraldique Européenne
- Warflag
- Historical Flags for Wargames
- The Vinkhuijzen collection of military uniforms
- Richard Knötel’s “Uniformenkunde”
- Viskowatov’s uniform plates
- Theatrum ichnographicum omnium urbium by Frederick de Wit
Renaissance and 17th Century
- Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
- Alabarda’s uniform plates
- Miniaturas Militares de Alfons Cánovas
- Don Juan de Valencia, Catálogo histórico-descriptivo de la Real Armería de Madrid, Madrid, 1898
- Count of Clonard, Álbum de la Infantería Española: desde sus primitivos tiempos hasta el día, 1861
- Count of Clonard, Álbum de la Caballería Española: desde sus primitivos tiempos hasta el día, 1861, Part I
- Count of Clonard, Álbum de la Caballería Española desde sus primitivos tiempos hasta el día, 1861, Part II
- NY Public Library Picture Collection: Costume in the 1600s
- Swiss Soldiers of the Renaissance
- Fisher Library, Wenceslas Hollar Collection
- Jacob de Gheijn, Wapenhandelinghe voor roers musquetten ende spiessen, FIGVIRLYK UITGEBEELT, 1607
- Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen, Kriegskunst zu Pferd, 1616
- Theatrum Europaeum, 21 volumes, Frankfurt am Main, 1646-1738
- Colbert de Lostelneau, Le mareschal de bataille, 1647
- myArmoury.com
- The 1640s Picturebook: Costume & Stuff from the English Civil War
- The Military Costume of Turkey, 1818
- Nicole Kipar’s Late 17th Century Clothing History
- Ottoman Articles and Illustrations of Soldiers
Second World War
- WWII in Color
- Eye on the Reich: German Propaganda Photographs, 1939-1942
- Uniformes et équipement du soldat français en 1940
- Russia and Eastern Europe in Rare Photographs, 1860-1945
- WWIIdaybyday
3. RULESETS
General
- H.G. Wells’ Little Wars (free)
- Jack Scruby’s Basic War Game Rules (free)
Renaissance and 17th Century
-
Dadi&Piombo’s Impetus (basic rules are free)
- Dadi&Piombo’s Basic Baroque, an Impetus expansion for the Baroque Age
- Nicholas Wright’s Irregular Wars
- Warlord’s Pike & Shotte
- The Perfect Captain’s Spanish Fury (free)
- Trevor Raymond’s A Glorious Victory (free)
- The Assault Group’s Father Tilly and the Father Tilly Yahoo Group
- Osprey’s Field of Glory Renaissance and the FoGR Yahoo Group
- Clarence Harrison’s Victory Without Quarter (free)
- Jack Scruby’s Rules for TYW Game (free)
- Chipco’s Age of Gunpowder
- For Parliament, King or Glory ECW rules (free), downloadable from the PKG Yahoo Group
- De Bellis Renationis (free), downloadable from the DBR Yahoo Group
- John Armatys’ Pike and Shot ECW rules (free)
Second World War
- SMP’s Blitzkrieg Commander
- Arty Conliffe’s Crossfire and the Crossfire Yahoo Group
- Arty Conliffe’s Spearhead and the Spearhead Yahoo Group
- Fire and Fury’s Battlefront WWII and the Battlefront WWII Yahoo Group
- Hervé Caille’s Blitzkrieg
4. WARGAMING SCENARIOS
General
- Charles Grant’s Table Top Teasers
Renaissance and 17th Century
- Ottawa Miniatures Gamers Wargames Scenarios
- Fire and Furia Frances, Great Northern War scenarios
- Historical Miniatures Wargaming Resource Site, two scenarios for the French Wars of Religion
Second World War
- Steven Thomas’ Crossfire scenarios
- IanH’s Crossfire scenarios
- Tim Marshall’s Crossfire scenarios
- Nikolas Lloyd’s Crossfire scenarios
- Keith McNelly’s Spearhead scenarios
- Battlefront WWII scenarios
- Blitzkrieg Commander scenarios
- Blitzkrieg scenarios
- Bob Mackenzie’s Command Decision scenarios
- Rapid Fire! game scenarios
- Mark Piper’s Rapid Fire! scenarios
- US Army Pamphlet Small Unit Actions During the German Campaign in Russia
- Command decision 2 scenarios
- Ottawa Miniatures Gamers Wargames Scenarios
- Panzer War scenarios
- Society of Twentieth Century Warfare scenarios
- GHQ’s WWII Micro Armour scenarios
- Arc of Fire’s “Skirmishcampaign” scenarios
- Final Round’s scenarios
- Battle Group II scenarios
5. WARGAMING CLUBS, MAGAZINES AND INFO SITES
- Warfare and Wargaming
- The Miniatures Page
- Edinburgh Wargames
- Schild & Vriend Leuven
- The Society of Gentlemen Gamers
- Wellington Warlords
- Gentlemens’ Wargames Parlour
- Armchair General Magazine
- The Wargamers’ Emporium (Scarborough Wargamers)
- Scalemodel.net – an International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites
6. 10mm BASING, PAINTING AND TERRAIN
- Nik Harwood’s Compleat & Excellente 10mm Painting Guides
- Video by Toby of Artmaster Studio: How to Paint 28mm Horses (works for 10mm as well!)
- Coritani Magnetic Displays
- Terrain Mat
- Mark Luther’s 6mm Terrain Guide
- Elliott James’ 10mm Terrain Cloth Guide
- The Lion of the South’s Wargaming Terrain Cloth Tutorial
- Jeff Knudsen’s Building the Table Guide
7. 10mm MANUFACTURERS AND VENDORS
- Pendraken Miniatures produce 10mm figurines and models ranging from Ancients to Fantasy and Sci-Fi as well as scenics, flags and other accessories. Their new League of Augsburg range is ground-breaking. Staff are helpful and maintain an active forum.
- Irregular Miniatures produce a wide range of affordable 10mm figurines, scenics and accessories ranging from Ancients to WWII. Of particular note is their range of (die-cast) miniature trains. Staff are helpful.
- Pithead 10mm Miniatures produce a large and distinctive range of 10mm WWII military hardware, including armor and vehicles of various smaller nations. Staff are helpful.
- Magister Militum produce a wide range of 10mm figurines ranging from dinosaurs to modern and Sci-Fi armies. Of particular note is their range of 1:200 scale aircraft. They also sell 10mm scenics, flags and other parafernalia.
- Bend Sinister produce a pretty range of “Redline” 10mm Napoleonic models as well as some Peninsular buildings
- Old Glory Miniatures produce a “Grand Scale” 10mm range including a large variety of early Renaissance and English Civil War models, as wel as a line of fine 10mm buildings
- TBLine (Tridente Bologna) produce a range of 10mm Ancient and Medieval figurines and the Anticamente wargaming rules
- Warrior Miniatures sell a small range of 10mm models
- Orange Scenics sell a small range of highly detailed, highly refined 10/12mm buildings and assorted scenics. They do custom work as well.
- Timecast produce many small ranges of delicately wrought and cast 10mm “historic” buildings and related scenics suited to specific periods and landscapes, as well as N scale railway buildings and accessories plus wargames rule books
- Hovels produce 10mm Arab, French and Fantasy buildings and related scenics
- JR Miniatures produce 10mm buildings both Ancient and Modern
- Chiltern Miniatures sell the “Mainly Military Scenics” range of 10mm buildings for Tudor period and after
- Field Works produce a distinctive range of 10/12mm buildings for urban warfare in WWII, mostly Stalingrad. Of particular note are their GUM and Tractor Factory.
- The Baggagetrain sell several ranges of 10mm figurines, scenics and miscellaneous equipment
- Total Battle Miniatures produce an interesting line of Dark Age to Early Modern village houses in their “Skirmish” section
- Jerry’s Hobby Junction sells ranges of N-scale European and American houses and buildings
- SHQ MIniatures sell a range of 10mm Arabic, European and Vietnamese buildings
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Aart Brouwer said:
Thank you, kind Sir. One aims to please, doesn’t one?