Matrix Games

Location : Germany
Opponents : Western Allies/Red Army vs Axis

Description :

The last months of the Third Reich for TOAW 3.2.29.27 Original ACOW scenario by Thomas Kolley & Bill Wilson TOAW-Redux by Silvanski :::PBEM::: :::Axis PO - Allied PO::: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *260 turns full day turns *10 Kilometers per hex *Units ranging from Battalions up to Divisions *Northern climate area, heavy precipitation, temperature: frozen 2, dropping to frozen 3 before gradually rising. Several storm days, set on variable turn range. *MRPB: 3 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Gotterdammerung 1945 represents the final five months of the war in Europe on a division and independent brigade / battalion level. Unit types range from Soviet Tank Corps to German Volkssturm battalions to US strategic bombardment groups. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In the Festung Deutschland variant the PO and deployment have been altered to model some "what-if?" situations: -In the West there is "Unternehmen Herbstnebel" (Operation Autumn Mist), an offensive planned by Field Marshal Walter Model and his Army Group B operational staff in late 1944. It envisages a limited attack targeting the Allied forces. -In the East Guderian's "Operation Schlittenfahrt" (Sleigh Ride) has been implemented, a sane pull-back from the main defenses along the Vistula, out of range of the opening Russian barrage, an operation historically nixed by Hitler. (this should make the Vistula-Oder operation a tougher nut to crack for the Red Army) -During the Vistula-Oder operation Zhukov wants to advance directly on Berlin, as the German defences had largely collapsed. Historically the exposed northern flank of the 1st Belorussian Front, along with an attempted German counter-attack -Operation Sonnenwende- against its spearheads, convinced the Soviet command that it was essential to clear German forces from Pomerania before the Berlin offensive could proceed.