Der Resin Kavalier

Thoughts, ideas, and discussion of painting and gaming with plastic toy soldiers.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

SWPA Campaign: Elizabeth Islands, Part 1-- Nomans Island

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 I've often found in my many years of gaming, that some of the interesting games occur within the context of an ImagiNation or Historica...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Toy Soldiers in the Pacific, or SWPA in 54's, Part 3

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 Last time I discussed the organization of the US Army Rifle Squad in the Southwest Pacific Theater, or SWPA. While the organization called ...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Toy Soldiers in the Pacific, or SWPA in 54's, Part 2

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  In my last post I wrote about my quest for using toy soldiers for war gaming the struggle in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) between th...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Toy Soldiers in the Pacific, or SWPA in 54's, Part 1

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 In my recent posts about American and Filipino forces in early (1941-42) World War 2, I looked at the organization of those forces for Too ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Back to Bataan! US Forces in the Far East 1941-1942, Part 5

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 I'd like to finish up this series with a discussion of what was probably the most famous unit of the Philippine Scouts (PS), the redoub...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Back to Bataan! US Forces in the Far East, 1941-1942 (Part 4)

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 In this installment of this series, I will take a look at the Regular Philippine Army (PA) whose defenders made up the bulk of the forces o...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Back to Bataan! U.S. Forces in the Far East, 1941-1942 (Part 3)

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 In my last post, I looked at the higher echelons of  the American-Philippine ground forces prior to the outbreak of war in December 1941. I...
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