Global War: World War II Worldwide 1939-1945

About this board game

Global War: World War II Worldwide 1939-1945 is a grand strategic solitaire war game for one player, designed to cover the entire conflict in a session of about 180 minutes. Smaller scenarios offer ways to play in less time.

Take command across a worldwide struggle stretching from Western Europe and Russia to Ethiopia, China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. While Panzer armies advance across the Eastern Front, carrier battles unfold at sea and the Battle of Britain becomes a contest for control of the skies.

The game brings major wartime decisions and historical leaders into one sweeping campaign. Use Churchill and Stalin to pursue military goals, and call on the distinctive talents of Patton, Montgomery, MacArthur, and Zhukov as fascist aggressors threaten Allied positions.

• Build fleets of convoys to counter German U-Boats.
• Support armed partisan resistance.
• Assign scientists to develop the A-Bomb.
• Conduct bombing missions against Axis industrial capacity and morale.
• Fight battles associated with Normandy, Stalingrad, Imphal, and Guadalcanal.

Axis offensives across Europe, Africa, China, the Pacific, and Russia challenge your own morale while you work to shape the fate of the globe. From the beaches of Normandy to the jungles and seas of the Pacific, every theater contributes to the wider conflict.

With its worldwide scope and focus on strategic command, Global War: World War II Worldwide 1939-1945 offers a concentrated way to engage with the defining campaigns, leaders, and technologies of World War II.