Last Panzer Victory, The

Last Panzer Victory - 1944 Battle of Debrecen in Hungary, the final great German tank offensive on the Eastern Front.

The autumn of 1944 fo7und the troops of Marshal Malinowski’s Second Ukranian Front sweeping through the Carpathian Mountains and onto the broad plains of Hungary. Behind them lay Rumania and the wreckage of the German 6th and 8th Armies. Ahead of them lay Budapest and Vienna and the battered lines of German and Hungarian defenders. The men of the Red Army were confident of a quick and easy victory. Appearances were deceiving, however.

Near the city of Debrecen the Russian Advanced Guard encountered, not the remnants of an already defeated force, but four full-strength panzer divisions, eager for revenge. They would clash in one the great battles of the Second World War. The result would be the last real victory for the Germans in the East, the last time that the Wehrmacht could slug it out toe to toe with a full strength German force. The victory, however, was close and might well have gone the other way.

It is this situation that The Last Panzer Victory seeks to simulate. The Last Panzer Victory is a fast paced, mobile, hard hitting game of operational warfare on the Eastern Front. The elegant game system realistically portrays armored combat in World War II. The effects of weather, supply, artillery, air power, and headquarters are represented through accurate yet playable rules, whose design features include: An interactive turn sequence - Special stacking and zones of control rules to reflect the unique conditions of the Eastern Front – Extensive unit specialization rules to simulate the unique unit capabilities and liabilities.