Objective Munich is a two-player alternative history wargame intended to investigate the operational parameters that would have been in place during the first four days of fighting in that border area of West Germany had the Soviet Union decided to try to attack sometime in the early 1980s. It was during that timeframe the Warsaw Pact achieved a possible decisive “correlation of forces” between their militaries and those of the West.

This game is the second volume of the 7DR (Seven Days to the Rhine) Series. Each single-volume game uses the same system and will be playable alone or mated to other games in the series. Each hexagon on the map represents 2.5 miles (four kilometers) from side to opposite side. The Warsaw Pact regiments, while the units of maneuver on the NATO side are battalions. Air power and electronic warfare counters and rules abstractly represent the effects of one side or the other gaining temporary superiority within those sub-realms of conflict. Each day of real time consists of one nighttime and two daylight turns.

Components: One 22" x 34" map on one sheet & 280 counters

Articles:

• Objective Munich - War in Europe in the 1980s: If war had erupted across the border between Czechoslovakia and West Germany in the 1980s, NATO high command would have faced critical strategic decisions. This article examines the possible decisions NATO could have made.
• Strategic Air Command - European Operations & Reflex Action 1946 to 1965: With barely a pause following World War II, tensions escalated between the Western Powers and the Soviet Union. Facing an expansionist Soviet Union, the US deployed much of its air power to bases throughout Western Europe in deterrence.
• The Bathtub Corps Grows Up - The Israeli Navy from 1949 to 1967: After achieving victory in their War of Independence, the Israeli Defense Force Navy underwent a period of assessment, growth, and acquisition. Over the next 18 years, it would continue to evolve as an arm of the defense force that faced Israel’s hostile neighbors.
• The Marines & Vertical Envelopment - The Commencement of Helicopter Warfare: Korea was not the first-time helicopters had been used in combat, but for the United States Marines, they would play a pivotal role in the first major conflict where they were heavily used. The lessons learned in Korea would be instrumental in Vietnam and later conflicts.