Produktbeschreibung
It’s 1945 on the Eastern Front. Its a brutal, fierce, and desperate fight. The Germans are fighting at the borders of the Reich. Many of the soldiers can see their homes and will stop at nothing to prevent the Red Army from reaching them. For the Soviet soldier it is a time for revenge. Years of fighting and liberation have finally delivered the moment of crushing their fascist enemies completely. They too, will stop at nothing to make that happens. Enter into the final battles of World War II, starting with Desperate Measures.
The history of World War II during December 1944 and January 1945 often focuses on Hitler’s grand Ardennes Offensive, known popularly as the Battle of the Bulge. However, while Germany’s finest troops were fighting to reach Antwerp in Belgium, long and bloody winter battles raged unabated across Eastern Europe. Stalin’s forces, positioned in Poland on the Vistula River, launched a general Winter Offensive aimed at reaching the Oder River, the eastern border of the Reich itself. Meanwhile, Hitler and his staff sent armies and divisions, many formed overnight, to meet the Red Army in Poland, Prussia, and Hungary. The battles on the Eastern Front, already desperate and merciless, are about to get even more so as the war closed in on the Third Reich’s heartland.
What is Desperate Measures?
Desperate Measures is the latest Flames Of War supplement book. It takes players into the tough tank battles of early 1945 on the Eastern Front. The book offers tank and mechanised companies and battalions for German and Soviet armies. It also includes a general history of armoured operations in the East from January to March 1945.
The book incorporates all of the Soviet changes rolled into Red Bear (for more information on these changes, see the previous article: Back to the USSR). So it includes the updated Hen and Chicks points for T-34 tanks, new and improved Katyusha rocket launchers, and expanded medium assault guns. However, there is a lot more to explore and try out within the pages of Desperate Measures as we push the Flames Of War timeline right up to the gates of Berlin!
1945: The Beginning of the End?
Desperate Measures marks the beginning of a very dynamic and exciting part of the Second World War. The moment of truth is upon your armies. If you are an Allied player, this is the moment your troops have been fighting for all these years. The gates to Germany are in front of you, however they are well-guarded. If you are a German player, the enemy is at the doorstep of your homeland, but your men have known victory and they will fight hard to make sure that the sacrifices of their countrymen are not in vain. The war will rage on...
As wargamers we know that the end of the war is coming, but as field commanders of miniature men, we want to do everything in our power to write the end of our own stories. 1945 is upon us—how will it end on your tabletop? |
