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BLOOD
&
THUNDER

 

Combat on the Eastern Front
1941-1945

Nazi Germany vs. The Soviet Union
 

 

 GDW
(Game Designers Workshop) 1988 

 

 Frank Chadwick 

100% UNPUNCHED & Never Played
Excellent Condition
box has minor edgewear
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THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

If WW2 could be said to have a Center Stage, the Soviet-German conflict was undoubtedly it! Stalingrad, Kursk, Siege of Leningrad, & the Defense of Moscow.. these battles are the litany of some the largest & hardest fought struggles in history!!   The Battles on the Eastern Front ran the gamut from every conceivable sort of military operation: amphibious assaults, para drops, sieges, end-runs, winter attacks across frozen terrain, sweeping battles of maneuver.  The action on the Eastern Front has held the imagination & historical study of the military world for over 50 years!!

 

WWII - not one war, but a series of many wars between many different combatants.

The Eastern Front - The war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union; the largest, the bloodiest, and the most intense of World War II's campaigns.  With nationalist pride, the Soviet Union has its won unique name for this hardest and cruelest of all wars in defense of the motherland:

THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR lets You relive the tense action of the Russian Front in game form. Using the FIRST BATTLES/SANDS of WAR System, BLOOD & THUNDER contains scenarios covering every major campaign on the Eastern Front from June 22nd, 1941 to the final drive on Berlin!!

The war that followed June 22, 1941 was incredible in scope, in ferocity, and in cost.  Germany lost 1.1 million combatants; the Soviet Union lost 5 million in battle.  In the end, Germany lost World War II because of the price it paid, in men and equipment, on the battlefields of the Soviet Union.

This is a fast-paced wargame that reproduces the circumstances, the events, and the forces that fought the fiercest war in history.  Using wargame techniques.  The Great Patriotic War simulates the operations, battles, and conflicts of the war; wargame systems make it an enjoyable conflict game for two people.

 

 SCENARIOS INCLUDE:

  • BARBAROSSA
  • FALL BLAU
  • KURSK
  • STALINGRAD
  • BAGRATION
  • CAMPAIGN GAME

 

Game Contents

  • (240) Die-cut Counters
  • (2) East Front Maps
  • (1) Rule Booklet rules, & 22 Scenarios
  • (1) Set of Game Charts
  • (2) Scenario Books
  • (2) Dice

 This game is considered HIGHER COMPLEXITY & HIGHLY SUITABLE for SOLITAIRE PLAYABILITY