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Mid War
With a lot of projects competing for time over the past few months, it has taken the game designers longer than we anticipated to bring the Mid War briefings to Digital, updated to full compatibility with Version 3 and including updates from Lessons From the Front. But they will be available in mid-January.

The Pacific
At long last, Flames Of War enters a new theatre of operations, with the release in March of the first two Pacific briefings, Gung-Ho and Banzai.

Gung-Ho - US Marine Corps in the Pacific
The US Marine Corps has had a long and proud history as part of the US armed forces, and the Pacific Campaign of 1941 to 1945 is perhaps its finest hour. During the course of the war the Marine Corps had expanded from two brigades of about 18,000 Marines to six divisions, five air wings, and various supporting arms to over 485,000 Marines. They were the tip of the American spear during the Pacific campaign conducting amphibious assaults from Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, through the atolls of Marshall Islands, to Islands of the Marianas with the invasions of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. They prepared the way for the assault on Japanese by taking the Japanese possessions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, facing fierce fanatical resistance from Japanese defenders in some of the most savage fighting of the entire war.

Banzai - Imperial Japanese Forces in the Pacific
The Japanese Imperial armed forces had been at war since 1931 in China and Manchuria. Their war in the Pacific is just the next step in asserting their leadership over the Asia-Pacific region. In a series and well-planned and executed campaigns in late-1941 and 1942 veteran Japanese forces quickly asserted their dominance in southeast Asia and the western Pacific, toppling the western colonial powers and taking control of these resource rich regions for the greater good of the Japanese Empire. However, the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor has woken the Americans. The Japanese must fight with determination to hold their gains, to push the westerners back, and consolidate Japanese control. Each inch of ground is not given lightly, with each beach, hill, village, island, and airfield defended and counter-attacked with a ferocity and spirit of will that no enemy can stand against.

Late War
For the Late-War period, we will see three new books. Two are the Bulge compilations, combining Blood, Guts & Glory, Nuts and The Devil’s Charge, including plenty of all-new content. The third will be a brand new book release, accompanied by new plastic models.

Team Yankee
As John-Paul has already officially announced, two new nations will be joining World War III next year, each with a model range comparable to those announced for the Americans and Soviets, starting with a plastic tank, APC and helicopter. The two existing Team Yankee nations will not be neglected, either. There will be the first of the Team Yankee Digital-Exclusive briefings, starting with the tough Afgantsy paratroopers. Hardened by the brutal war being fought in Afghanistan, these seasoned soldiers spearhead the Soviet advance. Their heli-borne assaults seize crucial bridges and defiles ahead of the leading elements, defying all attempts to crush them until the tanks roll through their positions and onwards to the Rhine.


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Like any preview, what is most interesting is what is absent - i.e. what is not mentioned. No Great War is sad, but perhaps expected. No VietNam is disappointing though. I'll pickup the Late War compilation, but Pacific doesn't interest me and neither does WW3 (at least not in 15mm). It sounds like 2016 will give me time to paint the stockpile that has built up over the last few years. Looking forward to focusing on that, and will catch up with what is new in 2017!

Happy New Year! Mez

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