Case Blue 1942 - World at War 98

Articles in the magazine:

• The Battle of the Eastern Solomons took place on 24-25 August 1942. Just as at the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway a few months earlier, the opposing ships never came in sight of each other. All attacks were carried out by carrier-based or land-based aircraft. Though neither side won a total victory, the US gained tactical, operation and strategic advantages.
• Operation Crusader In November 1941, the Allied-held Libyan port of Tobruk was surrounded and cut off from overland supply. Gen. Erwin Rommel was planning to assault it late that month, but he had not anticipated his Allied counterpart in command, Gen. Claude Auchinleck, would strike first. He could not have been more mistaken.
• Germany’s War Machine Though the German military was well organized and efficiently led, it was not the flawless war machine propaganda and news coverage made it out to be, then or since. It performed so well in the first half of the war because its opponents were ill prepared and poorly organized. Even as those opponents gradually made improvements and applied what the Germans had taught them, ever more flaws in the German war machine became apparent.

The Game:

Campaigns in Europe (CIE) is a two-player series of games focused on campaign scenarios at the division/corps level. The system uses the same maps as War in Europe (WIE), with updated graphics and a more detailed terrain analysis. The counters have been upgraded and are presented with historical identifications. The game system utilizes a Move/Fight, Fight/Move sequence of play to portray simply doctrinal differences among contending armed forces. It also utilizes headquarters units to project logistics and combat support capabilities.

Case Blue 1942 covers the German offensive to the Caucasus and Stalingrad. It ends at the point where the Soviets launched Operation Uranus, their Stalingrad counteroffensive.

Each game turn (GT) represents around one week in clear weather and two weeks in mud and snow game turns. Each hex represents 20 miles (32.5 km) across. German, Finnish, and Western Allied units are shown mostly as division-sized units, with Soviet and Axis Allied units depicted as corps.

Includes: 22 x 34-inch game map and a sheet of 280 1/2-inch counters.

Design by Joseph Miranda