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● Italian Front: the same.
● Russian Front: the Target region must be a city of a fortress or 2
towns situated at a distance of up to 5 regions from the front, and it is
necessary to conquer 5 other regions around it. If the Target region on
the Russian Front is already encircled or taken during the release of
the offensive, it is necessary to change objective. The new Target
region must be within, if possible, 5 regions from the old (or, failing
that, the next closest possible target).
11.7.6 The Start of the Offensive
The Main battle takes place against the target region on the Western Front
(French and Italian). The attack must be carried out with at least 4 to 6
corps (or only 4 corps if in mountains).
On the Russian Front, if the Target region is not to be found directly on the
front, it is necessary to attack a region that is within a range of 5 regions of
the Target region.
Once the Main battle is launched, the Attacker and the Defender must
respect these restraints as long as the Main battle lasts.
● The Attacker may not change the Armies that are carrying out the
Main attack.
11.7.7 The Continuation of the Offensive on Successive Turns
A Grand Offensive may last over several consecutive turns. The Attacker
has the choice to continue it or not at the end of every turn (clicking on the
Stop/Abandon button of the Offensive window).
If the Offensive is continued, the attacks restart every turn on the same
target region (more or less, see below) following the normal rules.
● Western Front (French or Italian): the Attacker must re-attack the
same region with the same Armies.
● Russian Front: the Attacker may change his attack region, but he must
attack with the same Armies, up to a
distance of 5 regions from the Target region.
Normally, the continuation of the Grand
Offensive is up to the Attacker, but certain
mandatory stopping events or situations exist,
as follows:
● One of the Attacker’s units “panics”, during
the Main battle.
● Western Front: the Enemy has launched
and succeeded with its own Grand
Offensive on the same sector of the Front
(Target region taken).
● Eastern Front: as above but the Enemy
must conquer its Target region + 5 regions.
● The Nov–December turn is finished. This
becomes the final stop date no matter
what.
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Rebuilding Trenches
If the Attacker decides to continue its Grand Offensive from one turn to
another, the Defender’s Trench Levels return to their normal initial level at
the end of every turn.
11.7.8 Victorious Offensive
A Grand Offensive is considered as victorious according to the different
fronts, as follows:
● On the Western Front (French or Italian), if the Target region of the
Grand Offensive is conquered, the Attacker is victorious (See 59.B).
● On the Russian Front, the Target region may be beyond the front
lines. In this case, it is necessary to win several battles or to carry out
a Breakthrough to reach it. It is also necessary to conquer at least 5
more adjacent regions on this front.
The success of a Grand Offensive is checked and deemed official at the
end of the game turn. If the Enemy carries out a Reaction and retakes the
Target region (thus before the end of the game turn), the offensive is not
successful The same happens if the Enemy reacts and ends the Offensive
in another way.
Even if the Attacker is victorious, he may continue the Grand Offensive,
from turn to turn.