Publisher/Date:
Le Franc Tireur (1998)
Product Type:
Periodical
Country of Origin:
France
Contents:
40-page magazine (color for the first time), including 4 scenarios as magazine pages
The third issue of Le Franc Tireur had a historical theme focusing on the fighting between France and Italy in the French Alps in the spring of 1940. In addition, it featured detailed reviews of the historical modules Baraque de Fraiture and Gembloux: The Feint, a teaching article on pillboxes and an article on using 1/72 scale miniatures with DASL.
All the content is in French, including scenarios. However, (rough) translations of the scenarios from the early issues of Le Franc Tireur are available online from View From the Trenches.
The four scenarios included one 1940 French-Italian scenario, FT09 (Verrou Alpin), and three from other theaters:
- FT09 Verrou alpin / The Alpine Bolt. France 1940 (French vs. Italians)
- FT10 Désertion / Desertion. Soviet Union 1942 (Soviets vs. Germans)
- FT11 Double détente / Double Detente. Soviet Union 1942 (Soviets vs. Germans) (desert/steppe)
- FT12 Sur le toit de l’Europe / On the Top of Europe. France 1945 (Free French vs. Germans)
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