Summer'45 RED STAR / WHITE STAR East Meets West ALLIED UNITS CV HQs 7 16 Armor 5 14 Mech 8 24 Infantry 11 32 Para 2 4 Amphib 5 14 Mountain 1 4 Production 154 [+0] BHs Ready 1 Air Power DF Reinforcements (See 3 below) SOVIET UNITS CV HQs 6 12 Armor 12 34 Mech 7 20 Infantry 30 90 Shock 4 12 Cavalry 4 12 Production 118 [+0] Air Power SF Reinforcements (None) S'45 SPECIAL RULES 1) Setup The Allies deploy first in France, Belgium. Holland, Greece, Italy, Tunisia, and Germany/Austria west of the Frontline. Denmark is in Allied control but they cannot deploy there. The Soviets set up second in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia. Rumania. Bulgaria, and Germany/Austria east of the Frontline. Frontline: Schwerin/Rostock, Elbe River to Magdeburg, west of Leipzig, south to Danube, Klagenfurt/Graz, Yugoslavian border to Adriatic. Turkey and Sweden are neutral (unplayable hexes). 2) Initiative and Surprise The Soviets deploy second and have the first turn in all months and weathers. For June I turn, Soviet river and air assaults cannot be repulsed, and all Allied HQs are suppressed one step. 3) German Volunteers In this scenario, German units fight on the Allied side, and are considered Allied units in all ways (use Allied unit building costs). All German units begin the scenario eliminated. but are available for rebuilding in German home cities only. Exception: SS and German HQs can never be built. 4) Air/Naval Supremacy The Allies have neither Air Supremacy nor Extended Air Range in this scenario. They do continue to enjoy Naval Supremacy. Soviets can transfer their coastal Army to west, but their beachhead remains in Black Sea. 5) Victory This scenario ends after November 1945. Use the Campaign Game Victory Conditions (Victory Cities) to determine the outcome. At the start, the Soviets control 9 Victory Cities (Berlin is worth two, and they also control Warsaw and Bucharest) The Allies also control 9 Victory Cities (including Copenhagen). S'45 SCENARIO NOTES This scenario is blue-sky speculation, postulating a Soviet surprise attack one month after the German surrender. Stalin orders the attack because he now believes that Soviet control of only third of Germany is insufficient compensation for Russian losses in the war. He demands full control of Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. The Allies refuse. Such a Soviet attack is unlikely, but see what it has to say about Patton's dream of taking on the Russkies. Both armies are formidable and the narrow front is mostly defensive terrain. Although it may be interesting to continue a close came, keep in mind the Allies had the atom bomb and might have used it in a prolonged conflict. NB submitted by John Kula (kula@telus.net) on behalf of the Strategy Gaming Society (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/~sgs), originally collected by Andrew Webber (gbm@wwwebbers.com)