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Clouds over the Ardennes
A new addition to the visual effects of Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg - clouds moving across the skyline. This is a purely visual change - there is no mechanic tied to the movement of the clouds. Yet, they add a great deal of liveliness to the game.


Clouds over Denmark
We hope that you will enjoy this new addition to the graphics. What other visual effects you would like to see added to the game at some points? Let us know in the comments below.


Clouds over Tobruk during a moonlit night
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A battery of 88-millimeter Flak guns firing direct fire at the enemy.

During the Africa campaign, German troops were facing British Matilda II heavy tanks, which posed a serious threat as their armor was too tough for the majority of anti-tank guns at the beginning of the war.

General Erwin Rommel, also known as “Desert Fox” commanding his troops at Tobruk.

However, Rommel knew how to deal with those Matilda tanks. During the invasion of France, his troops already faced such adversary and learned that the 88-military Anti-aircraft Flak guns proved to be very effective against heavily armored targets.

A battery of 88-millimeter Flak guns after the volley.

That combat experience gained during the French campaign turned out to be invaluable asset in the unrelenting battle in the Tobruk outskirts.

An 88-millimeter Flak gun firing direct fire at the enemy.

Such tactical moves were often what set apart victory and defeat.

In Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg you will be able to witness some of the iconic events of Wolrd War II. We keep working on our cinematics as well as on all other aspects of the game.

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“The will for victory which gives a commander the strength to see a grave crisis through is something very different from Hitler's will, which in the last analysis stemmed from a belief in his own 'mission'.” (c) Erich von Manstein, in “Lost Victories” memoirs.

Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German commander of the Wehrmacht. He attained the rank of field marshal.

One of the most prominent German strategists of the time. Adolf Hitler chose Manstein's strategy for the invasion of France in May 1940.


“But it is a well-known maxim of war that whoever tries to hold on to everything at once, finishes up by holding nothing at all.” (c) Erich von Manstein, in “Lost Victories” memoirs.

Germany's fortunes in the war had taken an unfavorable turn in December 1941, and in the following year during the catastrophic Battle of Stalingrad, Manstein commanded a failed relief effort ("Operation Winter Storm") in December.

Later known as the "backhand blow", Manstein's counteroffensive in the Third Battle of Kharkov (February–March 1943) regained substantial territory and resulted in the destruction of three Soviet armies and the retreat of three others.

He was one of the primary commanders at the Battle of Kursk (July–August 1943). His ongoing disagreements with Hitler over the conduct of the war led to his dismissal in March 1944. He never obtained another command and was taken prisoner by the British in August 1945, several months after Germany's defeat.

In Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg Erich von Manstein will be one of the key characters throughout the campaign.

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“The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") — also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherry stone) or Maikäfer (maybug), as well as by its official RLM aircraft designation of Fi 103 — was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power.”

First employed in 1944 this weapon was aimed at laying waste to the United Kingdom and forcing it to surrender. However, its combat potential was overestimated. A high percentage was destroyed by the anti-aircraft defense forces. According to Albert Speer’s memoirs, it was not more effective than the conventional bombers bombing runs, in fact even less so, in terms of payload.

Still, it was a new and revolutionary technology of the time. Many German scientists who worked on the V-1 and V-2 projects moved to the US after the war as part of Operation Paperclip. For example, Wernher von Braun. In 1960, his group was assimilated into NASA, where he served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. In 1967, von Braun was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1975, he received the National Medal of Science.

In Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg this weapon is represented as a Headquarters ability to launch such missiles at a target. However, it becomes available only at the very end of the game for the last couple of battles. We hope that this will be an interesting new experience for the players.

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In this update, we would like to share with you a couple of city maps screenshots.
Will your troops arrive in time to prevent the British troops’ evacuation from Dunkirk?


Will your troops be able to take Leningrad without a protracted siege?


Will your troops overcome the stubborn Soviet resistance and take the city of Stalin against all odds?

Let us know in the comments: which historic (or planned but canceled) operation of WW2 in Europe are you looking forward to playing the most?

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