Great War: Rulebook (Hardcover)

1918 saw great changes in the warfare of the Western Front in France and Belgium. The Germans moved 500,000 men from the Eastern Front to the Western Front after the Russians pulled out of the war, and launched a series of offensives to break the Allied lines between March and July 1918. Great gains were made and the Allies' positions were pushed back huge distances.

The Germans utilised specialist offensive troops, the Strosstruppen (shock troops), to lead the attacks, using fire and moment to bypass and outflank enemy defensive positions. However, tenacious defence and timely allocation of reserves by the British, French and Americans was finally able to halt the German progress in July.

The Allies immediately launched a series of offensives that gave no respite to the now exhausted Germans. With new tanks to break through German positions and the Allies' own implementation of fire and movement tactics, they pushed the Germans back towards their own borders and defeat.

Inside you will find:

• History of the last battles of the Great War, including the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, Battle of Soissons, and the Meuse Argonne Offensive.

• Great War rules for fighting the battles of 1918.

• Options to field German Infanterie, Stoss, Jäger, or Siegfriedstellung companies with supporting A7V panzers in the great offensives of 1918.

• Field a British Line or Elite Rifle Company, ANZAC or Canadian Rifle Company, or a Cavalry Squadron and stop the German offensives, or go on the attack supported by the Army's great new war machines: Mark IV, Mark V, and Whippet tanks.

• Field a French Metropolitan Compagnie de Fusiliers, Colonial Compagnie de Tirailleurs, Escadron de Cavalerie or Foreign Russian and American companies as they drive the Germans from France with the aid of their Schneider CA.1 and Char Saint Chamond heavy tanks, as well as the nimble FT-17 light tank.

• Field an American trained, veteran, or Marine Rifle Company with French tanks, British tanks, or your own American FT-17 tanks in support.

• Field a Belgian Compagnie de Infanterie supported by artillery and their French and British allies.

• Great War missions and mission rules.

• Inspirational painting guides and color photos.