Toaw Scenario: 1941-45 Great War in the East (Variant)

Eastern Europe,
June 22, 1941,

Axis army of 370 units opposed to Soviet army of 434 units
for a battle of complexity 2.81 at Corps(XXX) level
on a 25 Km/Hex map
for 220 turns of Full Week each.

by Piero Falotti submited on 11-01-2003

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Briefing

War in the East (1941-1945)

This version is made to be played as the german player, or between two human opponents.

This scenario was largely inspired by :
  • John Michiels' adaptation for TOAW of the Avallon Hill's boardgame "Russian Front";

  • The original "Russian Front" game itself;

  • Tod Klemme's "Barbarossa" scenario;

  • A lot of books and maps.


    • NOTES

    The russian campaign was the largest and most decisive land campaign of World War II. This scenario is a modest attempt to simulate this gigantic struggle, at the scale of 1 hex=25 km, 1 turn=1 week. Units are armies and corps for the USSR, corps and divisions for Axis, with a few air and naval counters.
    The scenario begins on Barbarossa Operation's D-Day (the 22 of June 1941), and ends on april 1945. If you play the whole game, it will last 200 turns. If Moscow falls, there are 50% chances USSR surrenders. If Berlin falls, Axis will automatically surrenders. Why such a difference? Soviet Union is huge, and we can imagine that the fall of the capital is not enough to break the will to fight of such a gigantic country. Germany is NOT so huge... And for it, the fall of Berlin is really critical.

    If Budapest falls, Hungary army will surrender. Same thing for Bucuresti and Romania Army. Finnish Army will withdraw if Helsinki falls, or on turn 170.

    There are nearly four hundred events. Conquest or lost of critical towns as Moscow, Leningrad, Minsk, Kiev, Stalingrad, Rostov, Königsberg, Berlin and so on, will dramatically alter the course of the game by changing some belligerent's characteristics as supply, replacements, arrival of reinforcements and so on.

    Events also introduce U-Booten attacks, Murmansk's convoys and many other things.
    If Axis takes Grozny, Turkey will enter the war on Germany side.

    Only Fintroops may by transported by sea in the Baltic sea.

    Sea road is to place the right ships back.

    Winter turns are :
  • 20-40

  • 75-90

  • 125-135

  • 183-193


    • Colour code
  • USSR

    • - Corps : brown and yellow;
    - Armies : brown, red and white;
    - Garrisons : red, white and black;
    - NKVD : red and white;
    - Navy : red and black;
    - Planes : red and green;
    - AA units : red an white;
    - Militia/workers : red and light brown;
    - Guard : red and gold;
    - Shock armies : red and dark brown.

  • Axis

    • - German AGN : grey, black and white;
    - German AGC : grey, white, blue and black;
    - German AGS : grey, brow, black and white;
    - Guderian's Panzergruppe : light grey, yellow;
    - German reinforcements : grey and black;
    - SS : black, dark grey;
    - Panzers SS : black and white;
    - Security forces : grey, black and white;
    - Luftwaffe : blue and white;
    - Paras : blue and white;
    - FLAK : blue, dark blue, black and white;
    - Kriegsmarine : blue and white;
    - Supply, Railroad repair : green and black;
    - Coastal defence : blue and brown;
    - Romania Army : light brown, green and white;
    - Romania Air Force : light brown and white;
    - Romania Navy : light brown and blue;
    - Hungary Army and AF : light brown, purple, red;
    - Finnish Army : white and grey;
    - Finnish AF : white and green;
    - Finnish Navy : white and blue;
    - Italian Army and AF : blue, red and white;


    This scenario must be played using OPART 300.