Operation TANNENBAUM Report
The idea behind this wargame project is to dynamically study the context, conditions and, ultimately, the possible unfolding of an invasion of Switzerland by Axis forces at different points in the war.
Tannenbaum 1944
Pully, 04.05.2024: Compared to previous simulations of summer 1940 and spring 1943, the Axis forces' strategic options in 1944 are limited. Indeed, the Allied armies are simultaneously pressuring on the Eastern Front, on the Mediterranean front, and finally threatening the Atlantic coasts with the opening of a new front in the West.
Christmas tree 1943
Pully, 13.04.2024: The turning point of the war year 1942/1943 brings its own set of new strategic challenges in Europe: Germany, although already heavily engaged in the world conflict, finally decides to switch to a war economy.
Russian engagement formations
Au moment où la guerre en Ukraine fait rage, il est égitime de vouloir évaluer et peut-être critiquer es performances de l’armée russe.
Wargame Ukraine, Hostomel
Around Kyiv, 24 February 2022; the RUS (VSRF) army is mounting an operation that is as audacious as it is perilous, a task delegated to its elite units: the VDV (RUS Airborne Forces).
OB BTG RMS No. 08
The minutes
TANNENBAUM Report 1940
Pully, 02.03.2024: An underfed Swiss Army, prey to underinvestment for over twenty years, marked by pacifist utopia and disarmament, good quality but old equipment, doctrinal divergences and especially differing affinities within the Army command… no, we are not talking about the current situation, but indeed about that of 1939-1940.
Ukraine Tactical Report 2.0
Donbas, summer 2022; the Russian army (VSRF) is conducting an offensive aimed at conquering Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts, fighting against the Ukrainian army (ZSU). Its main manoeuvre formation is the battalion tactical group (BTG).