Next War: Poland End Game Summary

 

Turns 11 and 12

NATO forces advance towards the north east edge of Poland and also into Lithuania from Kaliningrad. Russia uses a nuclear strike on the remnants of the RRC as they push up, but they are swiftly replaced by French forces, which are also struck with nuclear weapons. In response NATO destroys a nuclear weapon facility inside Russia.

Spanish forces rapidly advance liberating the major Lithuanian cities and eliminating the Russian general command. The Russians are also pushed completely out of Poland and have very few combat units left.

Final VPS

Russa 249

NATO 333

Overview

The Russian attack started relatively well, clearing and attacking without major losses and on schedule. The southern attack with Belarus was slower, and the Polish airborne and airmobile units were able to delay any push on Warsaw.

The biggest early failure were the constant disappointing results of the Russian SoF, though they mostly survived, and the early naval disaster. The NATO air defence level also survived which reduced the effectiveness of Russian strikes.

The turning point came when the Russian attack on the newly arrived RRC in the south was stopped and then pushed back with heavy losses. Along with this, the 3 turns that Augustow, a city on a key road, took to be cleared slowed the Russian advance.

As more NATO forces arrived the situation started to change. As Russian losses mounted and NATO land forces increased it became a question of if Russia could hold on to its seized territory to force a draw, but even the use of nuclear weapons could not stop the NATO advance in the end.

This concludes this play through of Next War: Poland.