Produktbeschreibung
This is a simulation of the battle of Austerlitz, which was fought on December 2, 1805. In the aftermath of his strategic victory over the Austrians at Ulm, Napoleon advanced east, where he encountered a second Allied army, the predominantly Russian force under Czar Alexander. Napoleon, who feared being drawn deeper into Austria, feigned weakness in order to lure the Allied army into advancing. Alexander and his aides, taken in by the French deception, resolved to attack immediately rather than await reinforcements. In the ensuing battle, the Allied left advanced, but a French counter-attack first cut the Allied army in two, and then defeated each half in turn, resulting in one of the greatest victories in military history. Both Austria and Russia were knocked out of the war in a single day: Napoleon's domination of Europe had begun.
On 2 December 1805, the Emperor Napoleon had lured the Allied Army under Czar Alexander into attacking him in one of the most famous traps in military history. The Allied army attacked but was split in two by a French counter-attack and disastrously defeated, giving Napoleon one of the greatest victories in the history of war - Austerlitz.
Napoleon's Triumph is built on the same foundations as its acclaimed predecessor, Bonaparte at Marengo, but is bigger and grander in scale. It uses two boards to make a double-size 44" x 34" map of the Austerlitz battlefield and has twice as many pieces as the earlier game, but defying the tradition that big wargames must also take a long time to play, Napoleon's Triumph can be played from start to finish in a single evening.
"If the enemy dares to descend from the heights to take me in the flank, they will surely be beaten without hope of recovery."
- the Emperor Napoleon,two days before the battle |