Gotterdammerung - Twilights of the Reich, The Battle for Berlin 1945

Berlin, 1945: May Day found the symbol of victory flying from the Reichstag as Red Banners fluttered from the roof top having been placed the night before by Captain V.N. Makov and Lieutenant Sergi E Sorokin, accompanied by a recon platoon. But the fighting for the Reichstag was not over. SS Lieutenant Babick continued to funnel troops into the basement of the Reichstag from his headquarters across the street and the remaining SS troops in the upper levels of the Reichstag continued to resist fiercely. While the upper levels of the Reichstag continued to resist fiercely. While the 674th and 756th Rifle Regiments continued to fight with the SS die hards, the 380th Rifle Regiment passed by the Reichstag to clear the buildings around the Brandenburg Gate. Hand to hand fighting continued to rage through the day as fires blazed in the ruins of the Reichstag. It took the rest of the day to clear the upper floors, and the basement was not secured until 1300 hours on 2 May when General Weidling's order for all German troops in Berlin to surrender was received.

Twilight of the Reich is an operational level simulation of the battle that turned the fate of Europe eastward for a generation and ended Hitler's "Thousand Year Reich" in its infancy. The unit scale includes Divisions and Corps, but drills all the way down to German battalions holding out in the streets of Berlin using unique transition from Operation to City Fight map. The time scale is 2 days per turn but the tension will make you feel as if you are living this cataclysmic historical event in real time, and minute-by-minute.

When things move from Operational hexes, scaled at 5.5 klicks each, to the Berlin City map, scaled at 800 meters per hex, you will be taking part in a simulation experience like none before or since.

Contents:

16 pages of rules

2 player aids with combat tables

1 full and one half counter sheet with 420 1/2" counters

9 map sheets