By Clash of Arms Games
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Review & Description
WINTER STORM CAMPAIGN SERIES Volume III Game # 1089-19 Tougher to Find Game Designer - Frank Chadwick Based on the Award-Winning White Death game system of alternating impulse movement that provides for unprecedented fluidity & realism in a tactical/operational game.. EDELWEISS Was the German code name for the third phase of their "Case Blue" summer offensive, and the operational plan for the invasion of the Caucasus in late July of 1942. The German objectives were dictated by both military and economic imperatives. Hitler's obsession with oil to fuel his expanding Reich make the petroleum works at Mykop, Groznyy and distant Baku the primary targets of the German advance. Only one of the major production targets was ever taken, and no significant economic benefit was realized due to the massive damage there. Still, Hitler saw a virtue in denying the Soviets the use of the fields, and continued to press for operations aimed at securing unconquered areas to the east and south. On the military side, the Germans hoped to destroy the retreating Soviet divisions, secure all the Black Sea ports to neutralize Soviet naval operations there, and persuade Turkey to join the Axis alliance. These goals were never achieved... A comnbination of terrain, supply problems and tough Soviet resistance brought the German offensive to a standstill like a wave breaking against the rugged mountains of the Caucasus range. Further, the German adventure in the Caucasus tied down two entire armies which might have intervened decisively in fighting to the north around Stalingrad. By the time the Soviets launched their winter counter-offensive in November, the German position in the Caucausus had become a major liability. By early January they were in full retreat to the north, in a race against time for survival itself. It is, therefore designed with the serious student of history in mind. Read more
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