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MATCH 19
A Frozen Hell: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939-1940

William R. Trotter

1991

NON-FICTION

The definitive English-language account of the Winter War — Finland's desperate three-month defense against the Soviet invasion. Covers the tactical brilliance of Finnish ski troops and Soviet failure...

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

David Halberstam

2007

NON-FICTION

Sweeping narrative of the Korean War from MacArthur's Inchon triumph to the Chinese intervention and the bitter battles of 1950–51, told through the lives of the men who fought it.

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Love in Winter
Love in Winter

Yong-ik Kim

1963

NON-FICTION

Twelve short stories telling of the loves, triumphs, and tragedies of people of post-war Korea.

Same eventSame war
MATCH 06
The Korean War
The Korean War

Max Hastings

1987

FICTION

Chronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese.

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 06
The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)
The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)

Rick Atkinson

2022

FICTION

How did the United States become the country it is today? What led to its creation? Adapted from Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson’s deeply researched and stunningly vivid The British Are Coming, th...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 06
Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation]
Battle of the Bulge [The Young Readers Adaptation]

Rick Atkinson

2015

FICTION

On the 16th of December, 1944, in the frozen forests of the Ardennes, the German army attacked American Allied forces, launching a final bid to turn the tide of World War II. Thus began the long, hard...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 06
D-Day: The Normandy Invasion
D-Day: The Normandy Invasion

Marcia Amidon Lusted

2014

FICTION

This title examines an important historic event--the June 6, 1944, Allied landing in Normandy, France, during World War II. Easy-to-read, compelling text explores the planning and espionage prior to t...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 05
Catch-22
Catch-22

Joseph Heller

1961

MILITARY HISTORY

*Catch-22* is like no other novel. It has its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is t...

Tags: Fiction
MATCH 04
The Fort LP
The Fort LP

Bernard Cornwell

2010

FICTION

While the major fighting of the Revolutionary War moves to the South in the summer of 1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, sails to the fogb...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
War Lord
War Lord

Bernard Cornwell

2020

FICTION

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of Thrones The final installment i...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
Redcoat
Redcoat

Bernard Cornwell

2003

FICTION

It is autumn 1777, and the cradle of liberty, Philadelphia, has fallen to the British. Yet the true battle has only just begun. On both sides, loyalties are tested and families torn asunder. The young...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
War of the Wolf
War of the Wolf

Bernard Cornwell

2018

FICTION

Bernard Cornwell’s epic story of the making of England continues in this eleventh installment in the bestselling Saxon Tales series—"like Game of Thrones, but real" (The Observer)—the basis of the hit...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
Sword Song
Sword Song

Bernard Cornwell

2008

FICTION

The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and the Saxon kingdom of Wessex in the south. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord—warrior by i...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
The Fort
The Fort

Bernard Cornwell

2011

FICTION

While the major fighting of the Revolutionary War moves to the South in the summer of 1779, a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, sails to the fogb...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
The Pale Horseman
The Pale Horseman

Bernard Cornwell

2005

FICTION

Enter the historical world of THE PALE HORSEMAN, a story of divided loyalties and desperate heroism, with a wonderful range of characters desperately striving to survive as the battle sweeps over them...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
Enemy of God
Enemy of God

Bernard Cornwell

2007

FICTION

From the No. 1 bestselling author of WAR LORD comes an epic retelling of the Arthurian legend, from the bestselling Last Kingdom series Uniting the restive British kingdoms behind him, Arthur believes...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC
Stonehenge: A Novel of 2000 BC

Bernard Cornwell

2011

FICTION

A novel by Bernard Cornwell that follows the enormous success of his Arthurian trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God, and Excalibur) tells the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that creates...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
Sharpe's Command
Sharpe's Command

Bernard Cornwell

2024

FICTION

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain's peninsular wars with this epic tale ...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

2004

FICTION

The first book in a brand new series, The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred.Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at t...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
MATCH 04
The Lords of the North
The Lords of the North

Bernard Cornwell

2017

FICTION

ENGLAND IS BORN. BBC2's major TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell's bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. The Lords of t...

Tags: FictionThemes: Fiction
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MATCH 19
Nuklear Winter '68
Nuklear Winter '68

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2012

WT 3.0/5 1–2P

Designed by Petre Tutunea

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Operation Star: The Soviet Winter Offensive, 1943
Operation Star: The Soviet Winter Offensive, 1943

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1979

WT 2.3/5 2–2P

Designed by Brent Nosworthy

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Red Typhoon: The Soviet Winter Counter-Offensive, 1942
Red Typhoon: The Soviet Winter Counter-Offensive, 1942

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2017

WT 1.9/5 1–2P

Designed by Shigeru Hirano

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Red Winter: The Soviet Attack at Tolvajärvi, Finland – 8-12 December 1939
Red Winter: The Soviet Attack at Tolvajärvi, Finland – 8-12 December 1939

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2012

WT 2.9/5 2–2P

Designed by Mark Mokszycki

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
The Third Winter: The Battle for the Ukraine September 1943-April 1944
The Third Winter: The Battle for the Ukraine September 1943-April 1944

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2021

WT 3.9/5 2–6P

Designed by Antony Birkett, Dean Essig, Chip Saltsman

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict
Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1972

WT 2.4/5 2–2P

Designed by James F. Goff

Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
A Winter War
A Winter War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1992

WT 3.5/5 2–2P 360MIN RTG 7.2
Same eventSame war
MATCH 19
Freezing Death: Finnish Winter War
Freezing Death: Finnish Winter War

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2019

WT 2.5/5 2–2P 90MIN RTG 7.6
Same eventSame war
MATCH 02
Stalingrad '42
Stalingrad '42

GMT Games

2019

WT 2.3/5 2–5P 60MIN RTG 7.5

Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.

Same era
MATCH 02
D-Day at Omaha Beach
D-Day at Omaha Beach

Decision Games

2009

WT 3.4/5 1–2P 480MIN RTG 8.3

Solitaire game covering the first critical hours of the Omaha Beach landing.

Same era
MATCH 02
The Longest Day
The Longest Day

Avalon Hill

1980

WT 4.1/5 2–8P 5400MIN RTG 7.2

Classic monster wargame covering the entire Normandy campaign at regimental scale.

Same era
MATCH 02
Battle of the Bulge 1944
Battle of the Bulge 1944

GMT Games

2024

WT 2.1/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 7.9

Detailed operational treatment of the Ardennes offensive using the ZOC Bond system.

Same era
MATCH 02
Midway
Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

WT 2.4/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 6.6

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

Same era
MATCH 02
Kursk: The Southern Front
Kursk: The Southern Front

MMP

2010

WT 3.1/5 3–4P 45MIN RTG 6.5

Part of the Operational Combat Series covering the southern pincer at Kursk.

Same era
MATCH 02
'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45
'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1977

WT 3.6/5 2–4P

Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski, Jim Dunnigan, Redmond A. Simonsen

Same era
MATCH 02
A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, Russo-Finnish War, 1939
A Frozen Hell: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, Russo-Finnish War, 1939

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2000

WT 3.7/5 2–2P

Designed by Dean Essig, Alan Wambold

Same era
MATCH 02
A Time for Trumpets: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944
A Time for Trumpets: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2020

WT 4.3/5 2–5P

Designed by Bruno Sinigaglio

Same era
MATCH 02
A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941
A Victory Denied: Crisis at Smolensk, July-September, 1941

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2009

WT 2.6/5 2–2P

Designed by Adam Starkweather

Same era
MATCH 02
Across The Narva: The Soviet Assault on Estonia, February 1944
Across The Narva: The Soviet Assault on Estonia, February 1944

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

2018

WT 2.7/5 2–2P

Designed by Stefan Ekström

Same era
MATCH 02
Advanced Squad Leader
Advanced Squad Leader

PUBLISHER UNKNOWN

1985

WT 4.7/5 2–2P

Designed by Don Greenwood

Same era