Hi All,
Here are some photos from last night’s WWII game at the library in Greenwich. We had 7 kids participate including 3 first timers who came with their friend, who is one of our regulars. So it’s pretty good that word of mouth is helping. The librarian told me that there are some big projects due, so a lot of our regulars have been busy.
It was good to see Karena and Anul again since they are always very good players. I asked the group if they knew anything about the Battle of the Bulge. No one had heard of it except for Anul (the small boy with black hair and glasses), who as usual, did his research and actually watched two documentaries on the battle to prepare. He knew all about the bad weather, and even the different types of guns on the tanks. Pretty impressive.
It was a pretty straight forward German attack on a small hamlet while some American Shermans were trying to break through and relieve the hard pressed defenders. As usual, the Shermans held up pretty well against the Mark IV tanks, but were completely demolished by a lone Tiger. So the night didn’t end well for this section of the Bastogne defense.
I also gave a historical summary of the battle since the kids are not really learning the details of the different battles, but more of a general overview of WWII in school.
I am also reaching out the one of the high school history teachers to propose some events at the school to go along with whatever they are studying. They are on the WWI unit, so that might work for early next year. I’ll send another update on that. Fingers crossed.
Enjoy the photos. Best regards,
John
