VAE VICTIS #179: Operation Gemse Eastern Front 1945

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Issue includes:

* News
* Hexagons: Berestchko 1651; OP Isabella; Holland 44 2e edition; Virtu; Caporetto 1917
* Boardgames: 1943-1945; 1812; OP Bollebanck; Tarawa; I, Napoleon; Old School Tactical; Robin Hood; 7 Empires; Wolfpack; In a Dark Wood; Red Dust Rebellion
* Hobby: Debuter a l'OCS; Des etudiants s'invitent au combat : La representation de la 3e dimension dans les wargames aeriens; Construire une ferme grecque - technique
* Figurines: Bolt Action v3 : Sword Beach; Les batailles du Temeraire 2e partie; Clash of Steel : Comment y jouer; Midgard; Silver Bayonet Italy; Once and Future King; The Road to Carentan; Monty v Rommel; Nam 68; Napoleon BBB
* Scenarios: ASL; M44
* Art of War: The Battle of Lauban 1945
* Wargame with die-cut counters : Battle of Lauban. The 1945 Vistula-Oder offensive turned into an overwhelming victory in a few days. After a 600 km ride, the first Soviet armored points reached the Oder, the last major natural obstacle before Berlin. From February 25, the German high command considered counterattacking. The objective is twofold. First, on the military level, re-establish the defense of the Oder by striking the enemy's flanks and on the political level, the sector seemed conducive to a welcome success in the catastrophic context of February 1945. Operation Gemse - a classic pincer movement around Lauban - engaged two Panzerkorps and began on March 1. Operation Gemse 1945 simulates the Soviet attack on Lauban and the subsequent German counterattack.

Game turn: 2 days; Units : battalion, regiments and brigades; One hexagon = 2 km; Complexity: 5/10; Solitaire: 7/10; Length of a game: approximately 3-4 hours.