10_02s: Plan Rhinegate - Initial Warsaw Pact Attack - MC 02 Fulda Gap '85

Central Germany, June 10th 1985: The plan by the Group of Soviet Forced Germany (GSFG), labeled "the berserker strategy", was brutally simple. Surprise NATO by an unexpected assault and head westward towards the Rhine and crush NATO resistance along the way. The entire campaign depended on absolute surprise. All along the border of East and West Germany, Warsaw Pact divisions moved out of their garrison positions undetected and into staging positions for their attack on West Germany. The northern sector’s main goal is Hannover, Hamburg and the Ruhr Valley, the industrial heart of Germany. The central sector, also called the "Fulda Gap", has the overall objective of capturing Frankfurt and Mainz and establishing a bridgehead across the Rhine. If Frankfurt could be captured then Bonn might even be seized as well. The southern sector’s main objectives are to support the central sector’s advance and cover its flank, at the same time capturing the strategic cities of Stuttgart, Nürnberg, München and crossing th e Rhine to capture the city of Strasbourg in France. As the ground war starts the Red Banner Fleet will leaves its ports heading into the North Atlantic to prevent NATO supply convoys from reaching Europe. American, West German and Canadian forces are now scrambling to man their equipment and move to stop the onslaught while aircraft take to the air to battle for control of the skies over Europe. Both sides have been planning and preparing for this day. [Size: very large] Designer’s notes: Best played as NATO, or Human vs. Human. Explicit Supply is possible. Only the initial attack of Warsaw Pact is covered of the Full Standard Campaign.