WARGAMES SOLDIERS & STRATEGY N.118 - WARFARE ON THE ISLAND OF SICILY

This island off the coast of Italy has been a strategic bone of contention for millenia. In this issue, we explore some of the many wars fought over its shores, from antiquity to WWII.

Warfare on the island of Sicily

• Riccardo Bixio, 'Sicily, the boxing ring of the Mediterranean - The stepping-stone to Europe'.
• Francisco Luis Erize, 'Street fighting on the eve of the Punic Wars - Messana: the spark that lit a flame'.
• Riccardo Bixio, 'Medieval Sicily and the 1300 Battle of Gagliano - The very last "Desperata Ferro!"'.
• Eoghan Kelly and Riccardo Bixio, 'Garibaldi and the Battle of Milazzo, 20 July 1860 - Spedizione dei mille'.
• Dan and Rex Withers, 'A WWII British Bolt Action scenario set on Sicily - Assault on Johnny I'.
• Guy Bowers, 'Looking at Sicily through the ages - An offer you can't refuse'.
• Paul Cubbin, 'Multiculturalism in medieval Sicily - Carving out and island kingdom'.

• David Davies, 'To catch an admiral: Operation Vengeance - Killing Yamamoto'.
• Greg Wagman, 'The death of Brian Born, High King of Ireland - Defend the king!'.
• Joseph A. McCullough, 'A Silver Bayonet scenario for two or more players - Guardian of the shrine'.
• Olve Kroknes, 'A Norwegian ad-hoc battalion ambushes the invader - Lundehøgda 1940'.
• Stuart Pearson, 'Where to start with the Wars of Napoleon - Six steps to Napoleonics'.
• Andy Lilof, 'Modelling 28mm British troops for World War II - In praise of plastic'.
• Tony Harwood, 'Scratch-built fences for the wargame table - Safe behind wooden walls'.