is a 1992 Japan-exclusive

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strategy Strategy (from Greek στρατηγία ''stratēgia'', "art of troop leader; office of general, command, generalship") is a general plan to achieve one or more long-term or overall goals under conditions of uncertainty. In the sense of the "art ...

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that revolves around

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's involvement in the

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campaign called ''

Operation Barbarossa Operation Barbarossa (german: link=no, Unternehmen Barbarossa; ) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. The operation, code-named after ...

''. The game was originally ported from the Japanese personal computer to the Super Famicom.

Gameplay

The player fights on the Eastern Front of World War II as a senior officer in the

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. The object is to capture

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and the player is given a timeline between 1941 and 1945 to do so.

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s displayed before the start of the game, in between missions, and after the end of the campaign help to tell the story of the rise and fall of

. A map of Europe that starts in

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and ends about hundreds of miles east of Moscow. There are a total of 11 missions in the campaign plus a two-part final mission that portrays the

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. Each unit has a special ability regarding their speed, searching ability, fuel consumption, and attack power. There are three to five attacking squads within a unit. When one unit attacks another unit, a combat screen appears to resolve the conflict and to show the damage. Customizing each unit before every mission in the campaign is possible as a measure to ensure that each unit has plenty of ammunition, fuel, and fighting strength. Attacking squads range in strength from weak

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units to powerful artillery and armored tanks. Mountains, trees, and settlements are clearly dotted on the map in their appropriate colors. Each type of terrain has its own bonuses for offense, defense, and movement. A typical mission in a campaign lasts for at least 27 turns per side and wind levels come in five degrees of severity. The board is divided into multiple

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s like in similar

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games.

References

External links

''Barbarossa'' (Soundtrack)
at SNESmusic
''Barbarossa'' (Instruction manual)
at

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Gameplay

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