Battleplan
Battleplan is a 2006 military television documentary series examining various military strategies used in modern warfare since World War I. It is shown on the Military Channel in the U.S. and UKTV History. Each episode looks at particular military strategy – or "battleplan" – through two well-known historical examples, gauging them against the ideal requirements necessary to successfully conduct that strategy. All the episodes use examples from modern warfare, dating from the First World War (1914–18) up to the Iraq War (2003). Lloyd Clark (Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) and Bruce Gudmundsson (US Army War College) analyze the information and talk about it on the show.
Episodes
Battleplan (magazine)
Battleplan was a magazine devoted to providing variants, scenarios, and articles on game strategy for wargaming products by a variety of publishers. The first issue appeared in March/April 1987, with the last issue, Number 9, appearing in 1989. The first six issues had been published by Diverse Talents, Inc. (DTI also published Fire & Movement and Space Gamer at that time) until DTI was bought out by World Wide Wargamers (3W), who continued to publish the magazine for three more issues.
The magazine had low production values, being printed on low grade newsprint rather than high quality paper like its sister magazines of the day.
Major features of the nine issues (list is representative, not exhaustive) are as follows, giving an idea of the range of publishers and games covered by this ambitious but low quality periodical:
Issue 1 - March/April 1987
Podcasts:
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by Derdian
Battleplan
by: DerdianThe battle plan closed in my hands
I have already made to conquer all these lands
Will be released within tonight
Constraining Exentar to fight
What I've prepared is just unfair
But I don't care about it 'cause my goal's prevail
The Astar's fall and death for all, my role
Defeating him I get control.
My rising force sets off my wars
And his behaviour is so false
To make me nervous and to ruin his goals
No pity, no escape but a battle upon him!
I've got a plan to trick Lord Exenthar
He's daring to obscure my fame
He'll try the rage, he'll try the hate I need
To impede his fate
I will propose a false alliance
Deceiving my enemy and then
Will be a surprise, my crowd will rise
He nevermore will see the light
He nevermore will see the light!
I don't know why he said to be
A friend of mine, an old allied
I don't remember who is he
I only know he's just an enemy!
I'll simulate to be whom says
And finally he will be in a maze
I wanna see the blood upon his face
Just wanna cause the extinction of his race!
I'll call him in a golden town
To make new peace, I have been around!
Instead I'll wait for him in the Derdian gorge
No pity, no escape but a battle upon him!
I've got a plan to trick Lord Exenthar
He's daring to obscure my fame
He'll try the rage, he'll try the hate I need
To impede his fate
I will propose a false alliance
Deceiving my enemy and then
Will be a surprise, my crowd will rise
He nevermore will see the light