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Reply To: Help needed to build my first Bolt Action Army

February 9, 2019 at 5:39 pm #1346294

limburger

21713xp

That’s probably enough plastic to build a 1:1 scale version of both armies 😉

You’re probably going to need the theatre and army specific books (if you don’t have them already).
With D-day as your focus those would be :

– Armies of Germany (2nd edition) : generic lists covering the entire war

– Armies of America : ditto for the USA

– Battleground Europe – D-day to Berlin (D-day themed in more detail)

– (optional) Campaign : Battle of the Bulge

– (optional) Campaign : Operation Market Garden

– (optional) Campaign : Road to Berlin

(source : https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/rules-books/bolt-action )

Warlord also sell the Osprey series of historical books if you want a bit more detail. I got a few of their DAK themed books which cover the basics from uniform to actual formations.
I’m sure the more dedicated historical gamers on this forum can give you a list of interesting books.