Strategic Command: European Theater
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Strategic Command: European Theater is a turn based strategy game set in World War II
. it allows you to play the Allies
or the Axis. The smaller European nations can go either way depending on how the Axis or Allies act towards them. Although on historical mode some nations join the allies or axis by default while others depend on the course of the war and aggression of the major powers.
The game runs from 1939 till 1947 where unless you control the world the war ends. The game also features 6 major campaigns:
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. it allows you to play the Allies
Allies
In everyday English usage, allies are people, groups, or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out between them...
or the Axis. The smaller European nations can go either way depending on how the Axis or Allies act towards them. Although on historical mode some nations join the allies or axis by default while others depend on the course of the war and aggression of the major powers.
The game runs from 1939 till 1947 where unless you control the world the war ends. The game also features 6 major campaigns:
- Fall Weiss (invasion of Poland)
- Fall Gelb (invasion of France)
- Operation BarbarossaOperation BarbarossaOperation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
(German invasion of Russia) - Fall Blau (German advances towards Stalingrad)
- Zitadelle (Soviet counter attack on the eastern front)
- OverlordOperation OverlordOperation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings...
(the allied invasion of Europe)