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Balkans 1941 is a game for two players based on the German blitzkrieg into Yugoslavia and Greece in World War II. This set the stage for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia.
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Balkans 1941 is a game for two players based on the German blitzkrieg into Yugoslavia and Greece in World War II. This set the stage for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. One player is the Axis player, the other is the Allied. The Axis player controls all German (including Army, SS and Luftwaffe), Italian, Hungarian and Bulgarian units. The Allied player controls all Greek, Yugoslav and Commonwealth (British, Australian, New Zealand and Polish Exile) units. Components: One 22 x34" mapsheet 280 die-cut cardboard counters Rules The map runs from Germany, Hungary and Rumania in the north, Italy on the west, Bulgaria on the east and the island of Crete in the south. In between is Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece. The scale is one week of actual time per game turn, regiment, brigade and division-sized ground units and air units of 10-150 aircraft.