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GWASL 10: SLAVIC WARRIORS
Serbia
Serbia was blamed for the start
of World War I following the assassination of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand
in Sarajevo. Yet the Serbs would enjoy the first Allied victory
of the war, after they drove the Austro-Hungarians out of the
town of Sabac on 19 August 1914. Before they could, however, civilians
were rounded up in the town and massacred. On the 5 October 1914,
Austria launched their offensive against Serbia. The Serbian
Army, weakened by Typhus, couldn’t hold out and the capital,
Belgrade, was evacuated on the 9th. Two days later, Bulgaria declared
war on Serbia, hoping to annex the Serb possession of Macedonia.
By the 24th, the Bulgarians had driven a wedge between the Serb
army and the Allied armies in Greece attempting to come to their
aid. The Serbs fought with courage, but found their army critically
low on ammunition stocks. With defeat staring them in the face,
over 200,000 soldiers and civilians fled over the rugged mountains
and into Albania. Many were evacuated by sea to the island of
Corfu, in what would stand as the world’s largest evacuation
by sea until the ‘miracle at Dunkirk’ in 1940. Surviving
Serbian soldiers made their way to Greece, and remained in uniform
to serve in the Yugoslav Division of Serbs, Croats, Macedonians,
Montenegrins and Slovenes. When Bulgaria surrendered on 30 September
1918, Serb, Yugoslav, French and British forces united to drive
the Austrians and Germans out of Serbia.
Ownership ASLRB, GWASL 1 and all preceding GWASL modules required to play.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
WITH EACH COPY:
- >> 4 New Geo Boards.
- >> A collection
of 8 scenarios in color format
- >> Color
die-cut counters -- 280 ½" + 88 5/8" - THE SERBS
- >> Color
3-hole rules
- >> Color
cardstock folder style wrap. SHIPS UPON COMPLETION - THIS IS A SPECIALTY ITEM AND MAY NOT BE CANCELED.
