User Guide

Onward To Berlin
You now have the opportunity to lead Soviet troops to the final victory. The
Soviet campaign picks up once the tide has started to turn in the east, and the
Soviets are on the offensive. Should you emerge victorious, the party will be
greatly pleased that you have properly followed its doctrine. Should you lose,
you get to keep the blame all to yourself.
Saturn on the Chir
In Stalingrad, the Germans had been stopped by determined resistance. The
lines to the southeast and northwest of Stalingrad were held by allied armies
from Hungary, Italy and Romania. Though these forces included some very good
troops, all were short of tanks and especially short of anti-tank guns. The
Soviet high command saw this as an opportunity to trap the German Sixth
Army in Stalingrad.
This scenario takes place to the northwest of Stalingrad, in a vital sector held
by Romanian troops. The Romanian infantry was probably about equal to the
Germans on the defensive, but these divisions had much less artillery than a
German division and very few anti-tank guns.
The Soviet offensive shredded the Romanian line. Of the two Axis armored divi-
sions present, the Romanian Royal Armored Division fought very well despite
its worn-out tanks. German officers and some historians later claimed that the
22nd Panzer Division performed so badly because mice had eaten the wiring in
the tanks - the military equivalent of “the dog ate my homework.” The sce-
nario, therefore, takes its Axis positions from more reliable Romanian sources.
Soviet troops closed the Stalingrad pocket and trapped the Sixth Army, which
finally collapsed in February, 1943. The Soviet drive to Berlin had begun.
Prokhorovka
Inevitably, this game had to include a scenario from the legendary tank battle
near Prokhorovka.
By the time German troops and equipment had been gathered for the carefully
planned attack at Kursk, the Soviets knew exactly where the attack would come
and prepared for it. After the German tank units had been worn down by forti-
fied anti-tank guns protected by infantry, the Soviet tank brigades hurled
themselves on the panzers and a wild battle between hundreds of tanks followed.
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Savannah
Savannah has been an important commercial and military port since its found-
ing, and any invader of North America would eventually have to try to take it.
The American infantry divisions are determined to repel the invaders. Each of
these divisions had impressive war records. The 2nd Cavalry Division did very
well in maneuvers, but upon reaching the North African theater it was broken
up to provide manual labor to unload ships, a sad end to the proud history of
the “buffalo soldiers.”
Oak Ridge
Deep in the mountains of east Tennessee, Project Manhattan - the American
program to build an atomic bomb - built an entire city in great secrecy. Here
scientists built key components of the bombs that brought an end to the
Second World War. Oak Ridge remained closed to the public until 1949, and its
existence was only admitted in 1945.
The Germans have their best weapons of the game at their disposal and some
excellent units to use them. Standing in their way are some of the toughest
enemies they will face. Bob Dole’s 10th Mountain Division is supported by the
Tennessee Volunteers. The Texas Rangers are present, as are the valiant Polish
exiles and the elite 3rd “Spearhead” Armored Division.
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