I was looking at the tokens I designed in for Using Political Tokens for Military-Political Climate in an Insurgency Campaign and realised they weren’t very easy to make. They are round and double sided. Doh! So I decided to redesign them as square. And that led to doing the entire Campaign on an A4 sheet of paper. This campaign can be for any insurgency but I have the Portuguese Colonial War in mind. This is the third iteration on Simulating Politics in a Wargaming Campaign with Political Tokens – an idea I borrowed from Kapitan Kobold
Spanish Sahara
War in a Land of Sand and Stones
In the period 1956 – 1976 the native Saharans fought for independence from Spain, and when the Spanish finally left the Moroccans walked in. In parallel to the war in Spanish Sahara this period also saw Spain lose enclaves in Morocco during the Ifni War. This period mainly appeals to me because La Legion (Spanish Foreign Legion) were involved and it lets me get post-WWII equipment and Muslim guerrillas.
Helicopter Landing Zone Requirements and Crossfire
I have found myself looking at the Portuguese Colonial War again recently. Last night I was reading “The Chopper Boys: Helicopter Warfare in Africa” by Al J Venter again and thought I’d share something on Helicopter Landing Zone Requirements and Procedures.
Steven’s 2nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán
I’m building up the 2nd Tabor of Regulares of Tetuán from Column Asensio of 1936. Battalion Code = “T” for Tabor or Turban or Tetuán within the Unit ID for Crossfire.
As long as you led from the front
where they [the Moroccans] could clearly see you upright,
they would follow.
Alferez Juan Crespo.
Fuego Cruzado Scenarios: Crossfire Scenarios for Spain’s Wars
My scenarios for Fuego Cruzado – my variant of Crossfire for Spain’s Wars (e.g. Spanish Civil War and Rif War).
Timeline for Spanish Sahara and the Ifni War
My timeline for the Spanish Sahara and the Ifni War. I start a long way back to give context.
Sources for the Spanish Sahara and Ifni War
An annotated bibliography for the Spanish Sahara and the Ifni War.
Orders of Battle for the Spanish Sahara and Ifni War
Here are the orders of battle I’ve found so far for the Spanish Sahara and the Ifni War.