Operation Nordwind 1945 is an introductory level, card-assisted game depicting Germany’s last offensive in the west from December 31, 1944 – January 20, 1945. The game concentrates on the fighting that took place in the mountainous, heavily-forested terrain of the Alsace region of France. Historically, the German offensive failed in its attempt to secure the Saverne Gap – needed to unleash its Panzers in order to cut off the U.S. Seventh Army and perhaps gain a political settlement to the war in the west. - From the Publisher