Battlegroup: Fall of the Reich Supplement

Manufacturer: PSC Games

1945, Germany

The heart of the Third Reich is threatened by the remorseless advance of Allied armies from the east and west. From the borders of France, Belgium, and Holland, US and British armies fight their way through the West Wall and on to the river Rhine, then over it and into Germany's industrial heartlands. In Poland, the unstoppable tide of the Red Army sweeps across the Vistula river and strikes for the Oder, beyond which lies their ultimate objective - Berlin, and the final bitter battles of the Second World War in Europe.

Inside this book, you'll find:

 • Background - A general history of the war from Germany's borders to the streets of Gologne, Konigsberg, Bremem, and Berlin, covering the period from January 1945 to the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich in May.

 • Army Lists - Four army lists designed to play with the character of the principal combatants: German Defenders of the Reich, to recreate the ad hoc battlegroups thrown together to fight the invasion. These scratch units, mixing a few veteran survivors with Volkssturm and armed civilians, must face the power of Russian, British, and American armoured spearheads as they drive ever deeper into Germany. Also game data for all the late war tanks, guns, and equipment.

 • Special Rules - New special rules to adapt the core Battlegroup game to the battlefields of 1945. The rules recreate the desperate last stand nature of much of the fighting in 1945 whilst retaining game balance, despite the German Army's collapsing morale. Special rules include a new battle counters set and street fighting, as well as new innovations like jet fighters and infra-red sights.

 • Scenarios - Four new general scenarios, including an "Urban Assault" and a mini-campaign "Breakthrough to Berlin", of six linked historical refights set on the Seelow Heights.

Softcover
192 pages