As we wrote in the previous article “A Long Journey Begins,” one of the design goals of The Battle of Five Armies was to give a more important and definite role to the characters in the battle. In our previous designs in this series, War of the Ring and Battles of the Third Age, characters are very streamlined. These designs are more strategic in scope. Differences …
Following the article presenting the Sopwith Snipe, let’s learn something about the pilots who flew the versions of this fighter featured in the Wings of Glory Airplane Packs: the Canadian Ace William George “Billy” Barker, the Russian Ace Alexander Alexandrovich Kazakov, and Russian pilot Grigoriy Stepanovich Sapozhnikov. William George “Billy” Barker William George “Billy” Barker was one of the most awarded aces of the First World …
As we started to discuss in our previous article, Fate is an important concept in Tolkien’s works. Without drifting too far away from the purpose of these notes, we should remember the history of Middle-earth is deliberately reminiscent of classical epics, where the action of fate and gods influence, and ultimately determine, the action of men. At the same time, the approach used by Tolkien in …
Following the Fokker D.VII, our series of preview articles about the new aircraft featured in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs continues with the Entente single-seat biplane, the Sopwith Snipe. The Sopwith Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter in the Royal Air Force (RAF). It evolved from the successful war-winning Sopwith Camel design. It was designed and built by the Sopwith Aviation Company during …
In the previous article, we presented the Fokker D.VII fighter. Now, it’s time to take a look at the pilots who flew the versions of this fighter featured in the Wings of Glory Airplane Packs: Oberleutnant Hermann Göring (JG1, Luftstreitskräfte), Leutnant zur See Gotthard Sachsenberg (Jagdgruppe Flandern Marine Fliegertruppe), and Leutnant Rudolf Stark (Jagdstaffel 35b, Luftstreitkräfte). Hermann Göring in front of the Fokker D.VII. Hermann Göring …
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