Bastogne Campaign

Campaign Objectives

The overall objective of the German forces was to cross the Meuse River (off map to the west), encircle major portions of the Allied armies, and destroy them. Posession of Bastogne was important to this operation, as it would allow more efficient resupply of the panzer spearheads moving west. However, capturing Bastogne was not so important that all of the resources available to the Germans could be devoted exclusively to its capture; most of the armour and motorised troops had to keep moving to the west.

By the same token, the US needed to hold Bastogne, but also had other defensive responsibilities.

These additional resonsibilities will become apparant as the campaign progresses, nevertheless, victory in the game is determined by which side holds Bastogne at the end of the game on 26th December 1944.

Campaign Rules

The following is the latest version of the campaign rules (v4.0) in Word / PDF format:

• Campaign Rules v5.11 (90Kb PDF File) - last updated, 25/01/08
• Campaign Rules v 5.11 (1.12Mb Word File) - last updated, 25/01/08

Campaign Map

The followng is the master copy of the campaign map in "gif" format (either download it, or, if viewing in a browser, don't forget to use "zoom"):

• Master Campaign Map (570 Kb Gif File)

Player Briefings (not currently open to the public)

Please use the following links to view the campaign information for each commander. Please note that the pages require a password to view:

Campaign Information for the American Commander (password protected)

Campaign Information for the German Commander (password protected)