Hello commanders,
We have finished with our divisional previews of WARNO - SOUTHAG, but we turn - once again - to the Operations and Army General campaigns that will be featured in our upcoming new expansion.
In today’s DevBlog, we’ll look at the second of four Operations: Glory or Attrition.
WARNO - SOUTHAG’s Strategic Situation
Let’s briefly return to the WARNO’s battlefields of southern West Germany and Czechoslovakia. At the start of World War III in Europe, combat on this part of the frontier mostly consists of small-scale local battles, keeping a struggling NATO off-balance, but lacking any kind of vigor or determination on the part of the Warsaw Pact to make a lasting impact.
This proves to be the communists’ undoing, as the Soviet Central Group of Forces and the Czechoslovak People’s Army find themselves facing a rapidly reorganizing and reforming SOUTHAG command, with its reinforcing West German, American, Canadian, French, and Spanish troops.
While the battles in the north and in CENTAG’s area of command are putting NATO on the back foot, an over-extended flanking attack by the Central Group of Forces is squashed by a combined West German and American task force near Nuremberg.
Follow-up attacks by NATO intend to fix a wavering Warsaw Pact in place, while a more audacious strategic counter-attack is planned to strike through the Czechoslovakian flank, and take the fight to enemy territory. In order to do so, as many of the CSLAs 1. Armáda needs to be engaged as much as possible, some of them already beating a retreat; a task that falls on Canadian shoulders.
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Glory and Attrition
The communist forces are reeling on the southern front. The 1st Canadian Division receives the orders to continue the attack. They are to stop the retreat of the Czechoslovakian 19th Motorized Rifle Division. However, the arrival of the reinforcing elements of the 1st Tank Division throws a wrench into the planning. With more and more armor standing in the way, success in this NATO attacking Operation follows two strands of thought: battlefield domination or the total destruction of the enemy.
Highly mobile, the 1st Canadian Division brings Grizzly APCs, supported by swift Cougar fire support vehicles, medium Leopard C1 tanks, M113 ADATS which is able to engage heavy ground units as much as air targets with its unique missile system, and last but not least, an aerial support from CF-188, the Canadian designation of the F/A-18 Hornet. 
In Glory or Attrition, you’ll be presented with several tactical choices. The first one could be seizing the high ground, with three elevated plateaus giving you positional superiority. Alternatively, you can dive deep into the attack, and bludgeon the Warsaw Pact into submission before they establish a new defensive foothold?
As the communists are rallying in the mission, and pouring in reinforcements, Glory of Attrition is going to be a showcase of a commander’s tactical ingenuity. Either destroy all the units, or gain control over a sufficient number of command sectors to win by points. This sounds easier said than done; in the end, the Czechoslovaks will fight for survival, with plenty of combined mechanized-armor units rolling up to the Canadian positions.
Let us know what you think of Glory and Attrition!
WARNO - SOUTHAG Expansion In Short
WARNO - SOUTHAG is WARNO’s second expansion after WARNO - NORTHAG and showcases the fighting in southern West Germany near the Alps and on the Czechoslovakian frontier.
In the southern reaches of Germany, the Warsaw Pact with the Soviet Central Group of Forces, bolstered by the communist Czechoslovakians, battles against a counter-attacking NATO SOUTHAG command led by France, with American, West German, Canadian, and reinforcing Spanish troops.
2 new Army General campaigns.
4 new Operations, such as Delayed Retribution.
10 new Divisions, featuring Canada, Spain, and Czechoslovakia as new nations. These include NATO’s 1st Canadian Division, the Spanish División Mecanizada «Brunete» n.º 1, the French 6e Division Blindée Légère and Division du Rhin, plus the West German 1. Luftlandedivision. The Warsaw Pact features the Czechoslovakian 1. Tanková Divize, 19. Motostřelecká Divize, and 303. Tanková Divize, while the Soviet Central Group of Forces deploys the 31-ya Tankovaya Diviziya and the 17-ya Gvardeyskaya Tankovaya Diviziya.
New voice acting.
New units and models.
Until Next Week
We’ll be back soon with another WARNO DevBlog!
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See you on the battlefield, commanders.