Great War Commander
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Great War Commander
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Great War Commander is published by Hexism Games. The games are tactical, platoon/company level-games where formations are activated by playing command cards. This is a World War I game based on the popular Combat Commander series.
Games and Expansions:
British Expeditionary Force (2020)
Great War Commander (2018)
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Fast and Furious
"The Germans got us, and they got us right smart. They just stopped us dead in our tracks. Their machine guns were up there on the heights overlooking us and well hidden, and we couldn't tell for certain where the terrible heavy fire was coming from…
1918-10-08
Guillemont Farm
When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony sector to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin canal, the area had not been secured as expected by the British III Corps, and the Americans worked for three clays and…
1918-09-29
Faverolles
Excerpt from a French officer’s diary (167th Regiment d’Infanterie): “The attacks on the 3rd would be extraordinarily fierce. At 4 am the German artillery, launched a violent fire. The 75 behind us retaliated violently, and it was under a deadly…
1918-06-03
Following the Tanks
The 1/6th Black Watch on the right of 153rd Brigade, moving behind the tanks, overran the Outpost Line. At Mole Trench, the last in the main defences which ran behind the whole length of the German Line, they were held up by uncut barbed wire but…
1917-11-20
Operation Hush
Operation Hush was a British plan to make amphibious landings on the Belgian coast in 1917. supported by an attack from Nieuwpoort and the Yser bridgehead. It was intended to begin when the main offensive at Ypres (Third Battle of Ypres) had gained…
1917-08-30
Primera Patrulha
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (Corpo Expedicionario Poruigues, CEP), over 50,000-strong, was the supreme achievement of Portuguese interventionism in World War I. The CEP’s 1st Division, prepared over the course of 1916, set sail for France…
1917-06-02
Landships
The Battle of the Soimne raged for over four months and resulted in over a million casualties to Allied and German troops, The Canadians, originally in the Ypres sector, missed the first months of the fighting, but had been moved to the Somme by…
1916-09-15
Hill 60 Chapter II
2/KOSB’s B and C Company were to form the pioneer supports for the attack of 1/RWK. From the start difficulties arose from the problems of working in darkness amidst the great heaps of debris from the craters, turning the German trench around and…
1915-04-18
Hill 60 Chapter I
Hill 60 had been captured from the French by the German 30th Division late 1914. Initial French preparations to raid the hill were continued by the British who took over the line in Febiaiary 1915. An unfinished French mine gallery was extended by…
1915-04-17
Garibaldi Legion
The 4th Marching Regiment of ihe 1st Foreign Regiment, the Garibaldi Legion, was a unit of the French Foreign Legion created in November 1914 composed only of Italian volunteers and placed under the command of Lt-Colonel Peppino Garibaldi, the eldest…
1914-12-26
Race to the Bridge
Fortress Antwerp was heavily bombed by the Germans, and on 8 October 1914, the Belgian field army withdrew across the river Schelde into the province of West Flanders. Tliey eventually dug in behind the river IJzer. Tlie British forces too withdrew…
1914-10-09
Etrepilly
The previous attack on Etrepilly having been repulsed. General Quiquandon ordered the 4th Batallion of the 2nd bis RMZ to attack the village at night. This lock had to be blown up to open a passage in the Therouanne valley, and thus threaten the…
1914-09-07
A Stand-Up Fight
Minor spring raids against the new American troops produce little. Then on 20 April, the night is misty and visibility is poor. A heavy two-hour bombardment opens against the U.S. 102nd Regiment, 26th “Yankee” Division stationed at Saint Mihiel…
1918-04-20
Guillemont Farm
When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony area to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin Canal, the area had not been secured as planned by the British III Corps, and the Americans …
1918-09-29
Combler à Combles
As part of the Battle of the Somme, the combined attack of the 6th French Army and the 4th British Army at the end of September 1916, allowed the reconquest of Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesboeuf. On the morning of the …
1916-09-29
Patrol
As part of the "race to the sea", General de Castelnau launched a frontal attack on German positions near Albert (Somme). After a French advance, he had to face the counter-offensive of the German 6. Armee. The fighting remained …
1914-09-29
Last Charge Of The Sturm-Panzer-Kraftwagen
The last German tank action of the war occured when Abteilungen 12 (Beute), 13 and 14 (Beute) were deployed to support a counterattack by the 28th Division near Sebourg. Between them, Abteilung 12 and 13 fielded only five Mark IV …
1918-11-01
All For Schnuck
"At 5 a.m., the enemy barraged our front line, and half an hour later launched a strong counterattack. As the advancing Germans approached the line, it was seen that they were accompanied by tanks, a new experience for our men. …
1918-08-31
Yanks Are Coming
General Pershing continues to struggle with his Allies who want to take and absorb his American units into their own armies. One such division is the 33rd from Illinois. Since June it has trained with British lll Corps at the …
1918-08-09
Cerisy
At 4.20, as the artillery opened intense fire on the whole front of attack, the British infantry and tanks advanced to the assault. The tanks crashed into Cerisy knocking down buildings and opening fire on the German garrison. Three companies …
1918-04-08
Alter Fritz
Five minutes after dawn Group l's “heavy field kitchen's” initiated their attack on Villers-Bretonneux. After passing into no man's land ahead of the accompanying 207RIR, Lotti and unnamed A7V 560 stopped to eliminate machine-gun nests to get the…
1918-04-24
First Tank On Tank Deluxe
What if 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark TV tank A1 (4086) while ordering his gunner and machine gunners to better target “Nixe” spotted a new threat: A7Vs "Siegfried” (525) and “Schnuck” (504)…? What if “X” Company's Whippets…
1918-04-24
First Tank On Tank
A soldier reported to 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark IV tank Al (4086) that enemy tanks were about. Mitchell opened a loophole and saw the A7V tank "Nixe" (561) approaching half a kilometre away. As neither Mitchell nor …
1918-04-24
Manchester Hill
Posthumous Victoria Cross citation for Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrith Elstob, Commanding Officer, 16th Battalion Manchester Rifles: For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self-sacrifice during operations at Manchester Redoubt, near St.…
1918-03-21
Hotel Bellevue
The 43rd Battalion was assigned the objective of capturing Bellevue Spur, an adjoining hill with a trench system considered a main line of defence at Passchendaele Ridge. At first they made good progress with their advance but were soon caught …
1917-10-26
Delville Wood
Major General Furse ordered the 1st South African Brigade to attack Delville Wood, and to take it at all costs. This advance was to proceed, even if the 26th and 27th Brigades had not captured the north of Lougueval. The …
1916-07-15
Better Than The Best
At 7:30 am, the 86th and the 87th Brigade of the 29th Infantry Division attacked, but failed to clean out and occupy the German lines. The Newfoundland Battalion, as part of 88th Brigade, was ordered to reinforce the effort and …
1916-07-01
Gurkhas At The Chapelle
As the battlefield around the village is flat country and the ground is cut by many small drainage ditches, the Germans were not able to dig trenches in this area, but constructed instead above ground breastworks. This defense was easily …
1915-03-10
Sanatorium Furiosum
Field Marshal Sir John French had courageously agreed to hold the canal line for twenty four hours while the French 5 Armée reorganised its line; the time was nearly up. 3rd Division's 8th Brigade had withdrawn from Mons into the …
1914-08-23
Le Bois Haut
At 6 pm the Gordons were still holding their line on the Faubourgd'Havré-Malplaquet road, defying the enemy who seemed to have reverted to their tactics of pressing forward in massed, closed ranks. But the pressure was telling. The 18 pdrs …
1914-08-23
Nimy
Around the village of Nimy, the 4th Royal Fusiliers were engaged defending two bridges over the Canal du Centre, from about 7 am until forced to withdraw around 2 pm. Lieutenant Dease, a machinegun officer, won the first VC of …
1914-08-23
Obourg
The British Expeditionary Force arrived on the 21st, cavalry patrols clashed on the 22nd, and on the 23rd nine and a half British battalions along a nine-mile front fought all day to hold off four German divisions from von Kluck's …
1914-08-23
Lost Battalion
Tasked with taking a sector of Argonne Forest from the Germans, the 77th U.S. Division attacked on October 2nd. From the first waves, things went wrong. 1st Battalion of 308th Regiment advanced on the extreme left, the rest of 308th …
1918-10-07
Rock of the Marne
Spring-Summer 1918 brought the last German offensives on the Western Front. General Ludendorff's closing effort was against the Marne River line to the south, 56 miles away from Paris. The French there were reeling. Fresh American divisions rushed…
1918-07-15
Seizing Bouresches
When French General Joseph Degoutte ordered an attack on Belleau Wood, the American Marines were eager to oblige. Two days earlier, they had succeeded in stopping the German advance at Mares Farm and elsewhere. Starting at positions west of the …
1918-06-06
Devil Dogs
With little coordination and notice to the attacking forces, the marines struck at Belleau Wood at 1700 hours. Major Ben Berry's 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, crossed wheat fields and struck at the Woods waist. A creeping barrage was supposed to …
1918-06-06
Retreat, Hell
At dawn, exhausted remnants of the French 43 Division continued to pass through the US Marine line set up west of Belleau Wood. The 5th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Division, led by Colonel Wendell Neville, waited. Units of …
1918-06-04
Flesh and Iron
By 0900, the French 11 Corps d'Armée comes under heavy pressure, to hold the line at Vierzy-Neuilly Saint Front. To offset the pressure, the Division Marocaine counter attacks as soon as possible in the direction of Parcy-Tigny. A Brigade de …
1918-05-31
Over There
First U.S. troops arrived in France in July 1917, but they needed numbers and training. Over the winter-spring not much happened except a German raid at Seicheprey in April. By May, the Doughboys wanted in the fight. The big German …
1918-05-28
Moulin de Laffaux
As part of the Nivelle Offensive, VI French Army launches its assault on the Chemin des Dames at 04:45. Here Saint Chamond tanks enter action for the first time in the war. Their orders are to support infantry assaults by …
1917-05-05
Iron Ladies
Following extensive development tests, French tanks finally enter the battlefield. There are 128 Schneider tanks from the Groupement Bossut and Groupement Chaubes assigned to the Nivelle offensive on the Chemin des Damos. Hopes run high for a…
1917-04-16
Rush the Lines
Fearing for Verdun, the British launched the Somme Offensive early in the morning. French forces south of the river pushed the flank back a few hours later, catching the Germans off guard. It was expected the French would bombard longer, …
1916-07-01
Dead Man's Hill
Except for losing Fort Douaumont, French defendcrs do well and slow down the German attacks on the East Bank of the Meuse. To salvage the offensive, 5. Armee commander, Crown Prince Wilhelm, looks to the West Bank Standing in his …
1916-03-07
This Is Our Place
Planning a large attack for two months, the Germans finally struck at the French Achilles heel of Verdun. It was a city General Erich von Falkenhayn believed the French would die defending. The attack kicked off on the east bank …
1916-02-21
En Avant Les Grelus
After the German Anny pulled back from the Marne, they didn't leave Vimy Ridge. Their defenses extended west of the Ridge and dominated the Artois region. To the east lay Douai Plaine and Lens, a nearby coal center, waiting for …
1915-05-09
Chateau Fury
At the climax of the Battle of the Marne, while the German front fought to stabilize, two companies of the 4 Hannoversches IR 164, 20. Division, advanced to seize the crossroads village of Mondement and the nearby cháteau. The position, …
1914-09-09
Fix Bayonets
ln a late reaction to the German invasion of Belgium, French Commander Joseph Joffre sent IV and V Armies north to the Belgian frontier. When German 3rd Army forces under Max von Hausen began to turn their east flank at …
1914-08-23
Birth of a Legend
After crossing wet terrain and cutting down barbed wire fences along the way, the 124. lnfanterie-Regiment reached attack position at Hill 325. Hidden by a heavy fog, the German troops assaulted directly into the town of Bleid. Bitter street lighting…
1914-08-22