France '40
- The Germans however had devised a new attack. A bold and risky plan to push the bulk of their mobile forces through the Ardennes Forest, outflank the Allied forces and pin them to the coast. Will the German Panzer Divisions be able to duplicate this brilliant maneuver and this time defeat the Allies before the Army can be evacuated at Dunkerque? Or will the Allies rescue the situation like they did on the Marne River in 1914?
France '40 is the latest John Tiller wargame in the Panzer Campaigns series. This new wargame title covers the invasion of France by the Germans during May of 1940, allowing players to either run the Wehrmacht through France or attempt to stop the Germans before northern France is overrun. This was the critical time while the Panzers cut like a scythe through the Ardennes, and when the Luftwaffe was unleashed against the British and French troops trapped in the pocket at Dunkirk. For players who want to see what would happen had Hitler not halted the Panzers before Dunkirk, there is an extended campaign portraying the apocalyptic battle on the English Channel. How long could the remnants of the Allied armies have held Dunkirk if the German had not let up the pressure?
- 26 Scenarios covering the battles such as Sedan (1940), The Gembloux Gap, Dinant, Stonne, and Arras.
- A map cover 78,000 1km hexes encompassing France, Belgium, and parts of Holland and Luxumborg.
- An OOB with over 6,000 Air and Ground units using a style whereby at the start of the scenarios units are combined to a maximum but still offer player flexibility in deployment. For example a German Infantry division may contain ~37 uits but at the start it is tightly combined into 17 units making it more like the size of the divsions typical in Smolensk '41.
- Campaign optional setups allow for either free Allied play from 10 May or Allied commitment to deploy historically in central Belgium while lightly screening the Ardennes until it is almost too late.
- The game is focused entirely between May 10th and the 24th. In addition, the game offers a detailed OOB which includes German, French, British, Belgian and Dutch units.
Click HERE to read the Game Designer Notes by by David Guégan and a few additional comments by myself (Glenn Saunders).
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