Decisive Victory 1918 Volume One: Soissons July 18-23

Game Decisive Victory 1918 Volume One: Soissons July 18-23 Publisher Legion Wargames Players Two-player, high solitaire suitability Play Time 6-10 Hours Era WWI Description Fight one of the first battles in WWI to see large-scale American involvement along with coordinated armor and artillery assaults Game scaleUnit size: Regiment/DivisionGame Turn: 6 Hour Day/ 12 Hour NightMap Scale: 1 Kilometer per hex Whatever you do, you lose a lot of men – General Mangin, commander French 10 Army. The Battle of Soissons, 18 July to 28 July, 1918, is little known today, particularly in the English-speaking world. It is significant for a number of reasons; it was the first time that the French army used a large-scale attack with tanks supported by a surprise (i.e. not pre-registered) artillery bombardment, similar to the British attack the previous year at Cambrai, and it was the first time that full-size US divisions went on the offensive incorporated in the French army. But most im