Board Wargame Box Art Challenge

Board Wargame Box Art Challenge Number 6

Mondrian’s Gambit!

Inneoplasticism!

Board Wargame Box Art Challenge Number 6
Clue 2

Cityfight

Correct!

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Revealed:

Artist Redmond A. Simonsen

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Board Wargame Box Art Challenge Number 7

Tobruk?

Incorrommel!

Gott in himmel

Jpeg Artefacts: the Spying Wargame.

Incognito!

Board Wargame Box Art Challenge Number 7 Clue 2

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What a smart and polished group of soldiers. Can’t imagine why we lost that war with guys like those.

Looks can be deceiving.

https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Base-Illingworth-Remarkable-Staggering/dp/1250024951

Then you would be shocked at pictures of the war-winning Red Army circa 1945.

That is a picture taken of some survivors on the morning after the battle.

All true. Yep, if anyone needs to be questioned about that day, its the 1st Cav’s leadership.

_Bait…we were nothing more than bait!’ This is a refrain that is still batted around among some of the survivors of FSB Illingworth. The span of four decades has not dampened the resentment felt by men who fought there, especially those who lost friends or comrades. How accurate is that assertion? It is true enough in the strategic sense. Any soldier dangled out in front of an enemy’s lines in an effort to bring on an engagement is bait, and the troops stationed at FSB Illingworth during March and April, 1970, were, indeed, placed there to entice the NVA in the area into making an attack.

There was no question that the base at Illingworth had been placed in the path of the NVA; and, the amalgam of units that ended up at FSB Illingworth was placed there with the express purpose of egging on their opponents. The 1st Cav high command needed the enemy to reveal their strengths and positions in the local area.

Using American troops as “bait,” however, was a tactic specifically forbidden by the current ROE (Rules of Engagement) and also something that was total anathema to the Commanding General in Vietnam at the time, U. S. Army General Creighton Abrams.

It was a delicate dance. To understand the dispositions and weaponry of their opponents, the First Cavalry needed to draw out their opposite numbers and to do this; they needed to offer tempting targets. Just as with the tale of Goldilocks, however, the “porridge” could not be took hot or too cold. The NVA would not attack an outpost that had been hardened and had amassed enormous resources. They might, however, attack a fortification they felt they had at least an even chance of overwhelming.

No one wanted the Americans stationed at Illingworth to become sacrifices. The 1st Cav Division staff attempted to ensure that the defenders would have the means and the ability to meet any threat. Here, however, the plan came dangerously close to failure.”

Board Wargame Box Art Challenge Number 7 Clue 3

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That must be Across Suez.