History Line: 1914-1918 (released in USA by SSI as Great War: 1914-1918) is a turn-based tactics computer game developed in the 1990s by the German team Blue Byte Software. The storyline takes the player through various battles of the First World War. It uses the software engine based on the better known Battle Isle '93.
The storyline takes the player through various battles of World War I. The player can choose to play either the French or Germa...
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History Line: 1914-1918 (released in USA by SSI as Great War: 1914-1918) is a turn-based tactics computer game developed in the 1990s by the German team Blue Byte Software. The storyline takes the player through various battles of the First World War. It uses the software engine based on the better known Battle Isle '93.
The storyline takes the player through various battles of World War I. The player can choose to play either the French or German side. There are 24 single-player maps in the game, after each one the player receives information about the course of the war (the game is linear - it is impossible to change history). The game starts in August 1914, with Germany invading France. As during the real war, the open greenfields of the first battles, dominated by cavalry, are gradually replaced by landscapes scarred with trenches and bunkers; as the number of tanks, artillery and aeroplanes increases the cavalry and infantry troops become progressively less effective. New units...
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