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Next up for release on January 12th (available only together as a set) and February 19th (available separately) are "Market Garden" and "Bridge by Bridge". Market Garden is the Allied compilation, and Bridge by Bridge is the Axis compilation.

Allies - British:
Frost
Brit Para
POL Para
Airlanding
Glider Pilot squadron (N)
Airborne Recce (podobno Raiding force)
Airborne Eng (N)
Armd Sqdr
ArmD recce sqdr
Motor Coy (N - was pdf)
Lorried Coy
2nd Houshold
Inns of Court (N - was pdf)
Commando - (N - Walcheren)

Allies - American:
Para 82nd
Para 101st
Glider Rifle (N - was pdf)
Armd sqdr
Armd recce
Motor
Armd Car
Rifle
Recce sqdr

Axis - German:
Vet FJ
Ersatz FJ (FT)
SS Spindler KG
SS von Tettau KG
SS Grabner KG
Schw. PzJg (Jpanters)
Grens
Pio
Panzer
SS Sperverband Euling -fort. SS
KG von Furstenber
KG Sperverband Harzer
KG von Swoboda -
KG SS Brinkman
KG Knaust
KG Hummel
KG SS Arnheim
Stug Batterie
Schw. PzKomp - KT

Image and information mostly taken from WWPD; also FOW Forum:
http://www.wwpd.net/2012/11/new-zealand-trip-diary-part-1.html
http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=126&aff=6&aft=549162&afv=topic

That's quite a specific theatre of war for two chunky books.

Out of curiosity, do people generally like to concentrate on a single battle area for their collections or aim for a wider range?

 Flashman wrote:
That's quite a specific theatre of war for two chunky books.

Out of curiosity, do people generally like to concentrate on a single battle area for their collections or aim for a wider range?

From my personal experience it varies. I know some people who buy generic stuff i.e. T-34s, Tigers 1E, STUGs, etc. so that they can be used in as many lists/eras as possible.

 Flashman wrote:
That's quite a specific theatre of war for two chunky books.

Out of curiosity, do people generally like to concentrate on a single battle area for their collections or aim for a wider range?

They're updates to the A Bridge Too Far and Hell's Highways books, as well as additional generic forces and what looks like the 11th Taurus Pursuant (although I'm sure a lot of those Kampfgruppes will be variations on Morale and Training).

As I can't speak for other people, I know my Late War British and Germans are very much bent towards forces found in the Normandy campaign and Market-Garden.

I think if what I was told is true, it will cover allied forces from September to December in Northern Europe ( much as the bulge trilogy cover the area further south in that period)

As a Brit para player I'm very very excited, and look forward to some new (and hopefully cheaper) para lists!

Bizzarely I try and make lists which can be easily altered to be lists from other theatres/battles. My current German list I'm working on is a panzgren list which with a few option changes should cover, Normandy, Italy, west and east fronts

Bridge by Bridge... hmmm looks like GW for western front... MUST HAVE IT!!!

Reaver83 wrote:... My current German list I'm working on is a panzgren list which with a few option changes should cover, Normandy, Italy, west and east fronts

That's what I'm trying to do with my army (building the first pieces now). I'm even planning on going so far as to magnetize the Panzerfausts in my units so that I can easily switch them to Panzerknackers for mid war.

BTW, Reaver, I'd be really interested in seeing what you've collected so far!

I'll get some pics up over the next week!

They look cool and all but it would be nice if Battlefront spread some love around instead of concentrating on the Western Front. Maybe that Barbarossa book that was supposed to be out in August....

Well in terms of western front i think Battlefront is tapped out, their next western front books will probably cover the period from Bulge to surrender, my guess is that will come in three: rhine crossings, breakthrough at the gothic line/wrap up of Italy and the final book covering whatever is left through to Elbe Day.

 IAmTheWalrus wrote:
They look cool and all but it would be nice if Battlefront spread some love around instead of concentrating on the Western Front. Maybe that Barbarossa book that was supposed to be out in August....

It wasn't that long ago that Grey Wolf and Red Bear came out, and those were both Eastern Front compilations. Plus there's Eastern Front for Mid War and they spent a lot of time on the Bagration campaign. Not to mention Mid War and Early War North Africa and Mediterranean books, of which there are several.

Walchren Commando List? YES PLEASE!!!

 Flashman wrote:
That's quite a specific theatre of war for two chunky books.

Out of curiosity, do people generally like to concentrate on a single battle area for their collections or aim for a wider range?

I would suggest it was no different to say NUTS. The Northern Flank of the allied advance with the British Attacking through the Low Countries, including the Walchren Campaign, the stuggle for Antwerp, Market Garden etc. It does cover a good period with a significant amount of operations and lots of troops.

So from this I can see that BF will be revisiting alot of the older books and expanding them, incorporating .pdfs etc from the Website.

Here are the actual lists (from http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=3686)::

British Companies

Frost’s Perimeter Force
Warrior: Lieutenant Colonel John Frost
British Parachute Company
Warrior: Major General Roy Urquhart
Polish Parachute Company
Warrior: Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski
Airlanding Company
Glider Pilot Squadron
Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Airborne Field Company, Royal Engineers
Armoured Squadron
Armoured Recce Squadron
Warrior: Captain Geoffrey Walter Fownes Luttrell, MC
Motor Company
Lorried Rifle Company
2nd Household Cavalry Armoured Car Squadron
Inns of Court Armoured Car Squadron
Commando

American Companies

Parachute Rifle Company: 82nd Airborne Division
Warrior: Major Julian Cook
Warrior: Brigadier General James Gavin
Parachute Rifle Company: 101st Airborne Division
Warrior: Major General Maxwell Taylor
Glider Rifle Company

Canadian Companies

Canadian Armoured Squadron
Canadian Armoured
Recce Squadron
Warrior: Major David V. Currie, VC
Canadian Motor Company
Canadian Armoured Car Squadron
Rifle Company
Recce Squadron

German Companies

Veteran Fallschirmjägerkompanie
Ersatz Fallschirmjägerkompanie
Warrior: Friedrich Feiherr von der Heydte
Schwere Panzerjägerkompanie
Grenadierkompanie
Pionierkompanie
Panzerkompanie
SS-Sperrverband Euling
Warrior: SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl-Heinz Euling
Kampfgruppe von Fürstenberg
Sperrverband Harzer
Kampfgruppe von Swoboda
SS-Kampfgruppe Brinkmann
SS-Kampfgruppe Graebner
Warrior: SS-Hauptsturmführer Victor Graebner
Kampfgruppe Knaust
Warrior: Major Hans-Peter Knaust
Kampfgruppe Hummel
SS-Kampfgruppe Arnheim
SS-Kampfgruppe Spindler
StuG Batterie
Schwere Panzerkompanie
Kampfgruppe von Tettau
Warrior: SS-Sturmbannführer Georg Sonnenstuhl

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Costs for the compilation are:
• £50
• €70
• US$85
• AU$100
• NZ$125

Great. Now im going to have to spend 85 dollars to make sure my force is still legal. Just great.

Nice set of books but i am going to have to pass on this one.I just want more list for the GErmans for the Ardenness Campaign.Sorry but i think BF did a crap job on the lists for the books.My fav is that KG Pieper doess not get any Volks. They should have kept that Norwind section and GAve us more NAzis list. Sorry just a little upset about the whole 12 and 2nd SS not getting a update.But my paras got a nice over haul,Just stuck it to my Glider boys after i went and bought 10 75 mm Howitzers.

FoWPlayerDeathOfUS.TDs wrote:
Great. Now im going to have to spend 85 dollars to make sure my force is still legal. Just great.

Erm... How so?

FoWPlayerDeathOfUS.TDs wrote:
Great. Now im going to have to spend 85 dollars to make sure my force is still legal. Just great.

You know that Battlefront does not invalidate their old books, don't you? You could use books from V1 if you want.

Here are the full covers: