Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939 News

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September 2 marks the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, which officially put an end to World War II. Starting on 1 September 1939, the war lasted for 6 years and 1 day, and took the lives of 75-80 million people, more than half of them - civilians. It left a mark on the world that persists even today, after the cities have all been rebuilt, some from ground up.

For most, World War II is staunchly associated with the fighting in Europe: the endless marching columns of the Wehrmacht soldiers, the bombed out moonscapes of the European cities, and the massive Soviet tank charges sweeping across the Russian steppes. It is all too easy to forget that this terrible war did not, in fact, end on May 8 - there were 4 months of bitter fighting left to be done after the Victory in Europe.

For Germany, the war was over, but for many Germans it was not. Minefields had to be cleared, repairs made, and crimes - punished. The long and arduous process of Denazification and reintegration had begun.

The Soviet Union had its hands full as well, with rebuilding its own territories and policing the occupied ones. In August, when it became clear the Japanese wouldn’t surrender without a fight, the USSR gave it to them, invading Manchuria and crushing the Kwantung Army.

For many American servicemen, the Victory in Europe was distant and ephemeral. Tens of thousands would die on the atolls of the Pacific until the US would deploy the final drastic measure - the nearly mythical Atomic Bomb.

As the last member of the Axis standing, the Empire of Japan held out until August, but now, its resolve was completely broken.

All the while, the small but brave nation of Finland, still formally at war with both the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom, was starting to rebuild. Its war against the Soviet Union, and the brief struggle against the Nazi Germany left swaths of the countryside destroyed by “scorched earth” tactics. There would be plenty of trials - show trials, most of them. But in the end, Finland had the distinction of being the only Soviet neighbour that fought most of the war as a German ally, but survived as a free democracy. It was a hard-won peace that still reigns today.

You will have a chance to see how it all started for Finland in our upcoming free Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty Prologue 1939 app featuring the first month of the Winter War. Make sure you do not miss it by Wishlisting and Following the project:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1683420/Strategic_Mind_Spirit_of_Liberty__Prologue_1939/

General! Here is the top news for this week.





Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom has just been released in the Korean Stove digital store run by Smilegate Inc. Our team hopes that it will allow more people to learn about the Strategic Mind series.



Check out the Strategic MInd: Fight for Freedom on Stove digital store



Both Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom and Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty have participated in this year’s Gamescom event. The dedicated Steam page was full of cool games’ livestreams.
Additionally, the organizers of Devcom conference have invited us to join their livestream during the event. You can find more details here:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1474770/announcements/detail/2957164041845088541


NightPhoenix keeps his Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg campaign with the start of the German Invasion of the USSR - operation 11 Barbarossa:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FatWsIexsco
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lUC29jF8s0
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujam5oTkads
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUaQydc9SIc
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTKBZzHQRkM


Check out our first entry on Finnish units in the upcoming Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/2981933839781922309

Do not forget to wishlist our Free Prologue app for the Spirit of Liberty:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1683420/Strategic_Mind_Spirit_of_Liberty__Prologue_1939/
With best regards
Starni Games Intelligence Service

Hello guys!

Last weekend both Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom and Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty participated in the Gamescom online with a dedicated event on Steam. Also, at the same time a Devcom event for game developers took place.





Both games Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom and Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty featured numerous live streams throughout the event. For Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty we had new footage of the first and second operation. However, it is still a work in progress, so we will make a proper playthrough at a later stage, around the release of the free Prologue app.





During the Devcom event we were invited to join the livestream featuring various new projects. Our Lead game designer Oleksandr has joined the studio to discuss Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom. You can watch the VOD here on 05 h, 51 min: - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1130865618



We will keep you updated about the future events we participate in and about the new footage of Strategic Mind as it becomes available.

At the outbreak of the Winter War, Finland’s tank forces were all but nonexistent. To be precise, on paper they had around thirty-two obsolete Renault FT tanks, some Vickers-Carden-Lloyd Mk. IVs and Model 33s, which were equipped with machine guns, and 26 Vickers Armstrongs 6-ton tanks.



The Finns even had to rearm the British Vickers 6-tons with a Finnish made (licensed production in Finland) 37 mm Bofors AT-guns. Only 13 of these tanks managed to get to the front in time to participate in the battles. Vickers 6-ton tanks were also licenced to the USSR becoming T-26 Soviet tanks, and were the basis for the Polish 7TP tanks.



On 26 February 1940, the Finns employed their Vickers 6-ton tanks for the first – and only – time against Soviet armour. Out of thirteen Finnish Vickers 6-ton tanks available only six were in fighting condition and able to participate in the first assault on the Soviet lines – to make matters worse, one of the tanks was forced to stop, unable to cross a wide trench. The remaining five continued onwards a few hundred meters but ran into dozens of Soviet tanks in the village of Honkaniemi. The Finnish tanks managed to knock out three Soviet tanks but were soon themselves knocked-out.



This story clearly shows that tank battles were clearly not the Finnish army’s forte. If we look at the number of tanks both sides had in the Winter War the difference is unbelievably stark:

• Finland - 32 tanks
  
• Soviet Union - 6 541 tanks

It is truly a miracle (and a bit of rough terrain, ill suited for tank battles) that the Finnish troops managed to hold out against such odds. Only the heroic struggle of the Finnish Infantry troops made it possible.

[h2]In the game[/h2]

In the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty we will have other tanks under the Finnish flag, mostly captured Soviet tanks and some German-supplied Pz IV ones.



Stay tuned for more updates on the Finnish units in the upcoming Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty and wishlist our free app Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty Prologue 1939 to be the first one to try out the mighty Vickers tanks.

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