Or he can eliminate the German 1-2-3 infantry unit and take the Italian armor from the Holding Box and place it in the hex. These markers have arrow, port, aircraft, and Limited Stacking icons on the front. Axis or Western Air Force, Interceptor, CV Fleet, CV Strike, or Surface Fleet: One of these units can contest a Sub Fleet placed in the Strategic Warfare Box if a Naval Base of the same nationality is somewhere on the map.

It does not matter which unit was being placed or contesting; only its unit type determines which Box it goes in.

In one Axis Organization Segment, the Axis player can first combine the infantry unit with an armor unit (to form a two-step German panzer unit), and then combine the second armor unit with the two-step panzer unit to flip it over to its three-step side. Nationality ID (located to the left of the unit-type symbol box) indicates which Minor Country or Faction the counter belongs to.

Airborne Cavalry Marine Mountain British BEF infantry British Def infantry/port-a-fort French Def infantry/port-a-fort German 2Flsj helicopter German GD, HG, Tot, Vik mech/port-a-fort German SS Russian G (Guards) infantry or tank Russian S (Shock) infantry Russian Def infantry/port-a-fort Clarification: Elite one-step units have their unit-type symbol shaded to remind you of this rule. Combining One-step and Two-step Units: A one-step unit can be combined with a two-step unit with a three-step unit on its other side.

�An Allied ground unit cannot move into an Off-Map Box on the DS map. Clarification: What this means is that you can�t play these cards �back-to-back.� For example, if the Axis Current Card is Demand Austria (card 10), then Demand Denmark (card 11) cannot be selected as the Axis Pending Card. Card selection is final. Play on the TK map ends immediately, but the game may continue on the DS map. �

While there are many ways into the Beachhead hex, there is only one way out.

Britain is not a PAC: The Axis faction must activate the selected country as an Axis Country. Step 3: Place all remaining French V counters in the Delay Box. Design Note: While defenders could turn an urban center like Stalingrad into a fortress, if it was on the verge of capture they would be just as likely to declare it an �open city� and abandon it to protect the historic landmarks and civilians within. Also, such an Allied unit cannot use a PAC Supply Convoy marker. Set aside all remaining French V counters. It�s trouble to have enemy replacements popping up behind your lines.

Both are Demand cards. A card�s War State is also indicated by text in the upper right corner.

A ZOC is not projected into a hex across an All-Sea or Strait hexside, except across a Beachhead Hexside. Important: If successfully placed in an On Station Box, the phasing faction must immediately decide if the unit will flip over to its Escort Troop Convoy marker side (2.2.3.6).

The attacker chooses to take a step loss, leaving the Axis faction to decide what to do.
Example: France�s Posture is Appeasement.


Axis Scratch Convoy: any Axis unit British or US Convoy: any Western unit German Convoy: a German unit only Minor Country Convoy: any unit of the same nationality or any friendly Major Country unit. �If� indicates that as long as the criteria are true, then the specified effect and/or restriction described applies.

Clarification: Fortress Conversion is allowed in a hex containing an enemy Air unit even though ground units cannot combine in that hex (per Combining Restrictions above, 2.3.1.2). Also, a French unit cannot move using a British Troop Convoy marker. (13.2.2 Minor Countries The Minor Countries that may appear in the game, and their abbreviated Nationality ID, are: Algeria (Alg) Austria (Aust) Baltic States (BS) Basque (Bas) Belgium-Holland (B-H) Bulgaria (Bul) Byelorussia (By) Catalonia (Cat) Caucasus (Cau) Crimea (Cri) Czechoslovakia (Cz) Denmark (Den) Denmark-Norway (D-N) Donbass (Don) Egypt (Egy) Finland (Fin) France (Fra) Greece (Gre) Hungary (Hun) Iraq (Iraq) Ireland (Ire) Italy (Italy) Libya (Lib) Morocco (Mor) Palestine (Pal) Persia (Per) Poland (Pol) Portugal (Por) Rumania (Rum) Spain (Spa) Sweden (Swe) Switzerland (Swi) Syria (Syr) Trans-Jordan (Jor) Tunisia (Tun) Turkey (Tur) Ukraine (Uk) Vichy (Fra) Yugoslavia (Yug) Clarification: As you can see, some smaller countries have been combined into a single Minor Country for game purposes. Clarification: Retreat Results are italicized on the CRT, to remind you to perform them first. Important: If successfully placed in an All-Sea hex, the unit must place a Beachhead marker (2.2.3.4).

If an Axis Strategic Hex is under Allied control due to the Republican Stronghold marker, refer to the Republican Support marker to see whether the Civil War Country is a Western Minor Country or a Soviet Minor Country for this purpose. Each card has a color that indicates its War State. If the result yields a Minor Country or Dependent, check the following. The Air Force unit is placed three Turns ahead on the Turn Track, in the Mar-Apr 1944 Box.

Flip the Republican Support marker to its other side.

Major Countries are always considered active. Western 15 HQ unit: British and US.