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Denmark maintained trade with both sides of the war, and was among several neutral countries that exported canned meat to the German army. Danish speculators made fortunes on canned meat products, which were often of mediocre quality, while 275 Danish merchant ships were sunk, and approximately 700 Danish sailors perished during the war.
The GMT game Barbarossa to Berlin by Ted Raicer covers the Second World War in Europe, 1941–5, with a very similar game system. The game "Pursuit of Glory" by Brad Stock and Brian Stock, covering the First World War against the Ottoman Empire in greater detail, was published by GMT Games in 2008.
Thirty Years War: Europe in Agony, 1618–1648: GMT Games: 2001: Wallenstein: Queen Games: 2002: War of 1812: Gamma Two Games: 1973: Re-released by Avalon Hill c. 1977 and by Columbia Games: Washington's War: GMT Games: 2010: Wooden Ships and Iron Men: Battleline Publications: 1974: Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1975: We the People: Avalon Hill ...
The First World War, subtitled "August 1914–November 1918", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1977 that simulates World War I.. The game is an expansion of the SPI "monster" game War in Europe, and does not come with maps; players must own a copy of War in Europe and must re-mark the World War II maps with fortifications and national boundaries ...
Cover of Strategy & Tactics #51, which contained World War I as a pull-out game. World War I: 1914–1918 is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates the First World War at a strategic level. Contemporary critics gave the game positive reviews, noting that its ingenious rules, short playing time ...
Flag-map of The Danish Colonial Empire at its peak. Danish overseas colonies and Dano-Norwegian colonies (Danish: De danske kolonier) were the colonies that Denmark–Norway (Denmark after 1814) possessed from 1537 until 1953. At its apex, the colonies spanned four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. [1]
During World War I, conflict on the Asian continent and the islands of the Pacific included naval battles, the Allied conquest of German colonial possessions in the Pacific Ocean and China, the anti-Russian Central Asian revolt of 1916 in Russian Turkestan and the Ottoman-supported Kelantan rebellion in British Malaya.
Other factors helped shape the war and changed the course of fighting. With the rise of imperialism and a desire for resources, the war involved almost all European nations, and was therefore fought on several fronts. Geographic barriers created diversions and weather patterns helped in leading the Allies to victory.