850610_01: Götterdämmerung - Twighlight of the Gods_Alt - MC 05 Danube Front '85

West Germany, June 10th 1985: For four decades the armies of East and West had faced each other from across the Inter-German Border. Though initially allies, these forces had long ago become bitter rivals, each prepared to enter mortal combat with the other if need be. The armies of NATO, consisting of Land Forces Jutland (LANDJUT), the Central Army Group (CENTAG) and Northern Army Group (NORTHAG), were the single largest grouping of the Free World's military power on Earth. Comprising all of the West German military, the NATO force also boasted the cream of the British Army in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), the finest of the US Army in its Vth and VIIth Corps, and the pick of the Dutch, Belgian, French, Danish and Canadian forces as well. Facing them were the best the Warsaw Pact could muster; 9 full armies comprised of troops from the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Over half a million men, 50,000 tanks, 10,000 guns and thousands of aircraft filled bases on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Each side husbanded stockpiles of fuel, ammunition, and supplies. All that remained was for a crisis to arise, and the order for war to be given. In the summer of 1985, that crisis arrived. The USSR launched its "Berserker Strategy" of attack from garrison, depending on complete surprise to gain the initial, crucial advantage over NATO. Through the Fulda, Hof, and Cheb Gaps, and across the North German Plain the Red Forces surged, catching the West's guardians unprepared. In the far south, three armies drove for Munich, in the upper south, two armies drove towards Frankfurt and the heart of West Germany, in the mid-north, three armies crashed across the watery, wooded landscape towards the Ruhr and the Netherlands, while in the far north, two armies drove for Denmark. World War III in Europe had begun, and the fate of the Western alliance hung in the balance. [Size: huge] Designer Note: *Best if played with Nuclear Termination optional rule on. *Explicit Supply is possible. *This is a campaign that combines both Fulda Gap '85, North German Plain '85 as well as NORTHAG and Berlin expansions. *This campaign differs from the stock campaign in that it attempts to bring the full weight of both sides into the fight, with additional forces arriving as reinforcements (REFORGER units and Soviet reserves). *Based on works and efforts from John Tiller, Saunders and Blackie, Dave "Sgt Fury" Gillies, Mark "Cpt Cav" Breed, Marc "Bayonet" Bellizzi and Edward "Volcano Man" Williams.