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This work is primarily intended for historical wargamers. The historical period covered is the Spanish Civil War, July, 1936 to April, 1939.A number of wargames scenarios are presented (a wargame scenario is a set of defining circumstances and assumptions applied to a proposed imaginary battle). The scenarios assume the use of the ¡VIVA YO! wargame rules, but readers using other sets of rules should nevertheless find the contents of interest.The ¡VIVA YO! wargame rules and scenarios are suitable for 15mm, 20mm, or 25mm wargames figures. The work may also be of interest to those who are not wargamers, as it contains historical information relevant to the study of the Spanish Civil War. Locations mentioned in this work include Barcelona, Madrid (Ciudad Universitaria, Sierra de Guadarrama, Brunete, Seseña), Asturias, Aragón (Quinto and the imaginary town of Laleche), Córdoba, Irún, and Valencia (LÃnea XYZ). Topics referred to in this work include field telephones, flame-throwers, barbed wire, petrol bombs, ammunition supply, air raids, artillery, barricades, armoured lorries, and tanks.Military units referred to in this work include Regimiento de Ferrocarriles N°1, Grupo Autoametralladoras-cañón, Regimiento de InfanterÃa "Wad-Ras" N°1, tropas de aviación, Batallón "Thaelmann", Regimiento de InfanterÃa "San QuintÃn" N°25, Tercio de Requetés de Abárzuza, Columna "Macia-Companys", Batallón de Montaña "Ciudad Rodrigo" N°4, Guardia Civil, Cuerpo de Carabineros, Cuerpo de Seguridad y Asalto, Milicias de Barbastro, Ejército de Ãfrica, Batallón de Ametralladoras N°3, Batallón de Montaña "Garellano" N°6, Grupo "Edgar André", Batallón "Lenin", Regimiento de InfanterÃa "Zaragoza" N°30, Batallón "CNT N°1", 1a Brigada Mixta, Batallón "Milicias Gallegas", Agrupación de Carros-ArtillerÃa, Batallón "Commune de Paris", Cazadores de Ãfrica, 5 Brigada de Navarra, 11 Brigada Internacional, and Tercio de Requetés MarÃa de Molina-Marco de Bello.For demonstration game and additional resources visit the support page https: //vivayorulesupport.webador.co.uk/
This work is primarily intended for historical wargamers. The historical period covered is the Spanish Civil War, July, 1936 to April, 1939.A number of wargames scenarios are presented (a wargame scenario is a set of defining circumstances and assumptions applied to a proposed imaginary battle). The scenarios assume the use of the ¡VIVA YO! wargame rules, but readers using other sets of rules should nevertheless find the contents of interest.The ¡VIVA YO! wargame rules and scenarios are suitable for 15mm, 20mm, or 25mm wargames figures. The work may also be of interest to those who are not wargamers, as it contains historical information relevant to the study of the Spanish Civil War. Locations mentioned in this work include Barcelona, Madrid (Ciudad Universitaria, Sierra de Guadarrama, Brunete, Seseña), Asturias, Aragón (Quinto and the imaginary town of Laleche), Córdoba, Irún, and Valencia (LÃnea XYZ). Topics referred to in this work include field telephones, flame-throwers, barbed wire, petrol bombs, ammunition supply, air raids, artillery, barricades, armoured lorries, and tanks.Military units referred to in this work include Regimiento de Ferrocarriles N°1, Grupo Autoametralladoras-cañón, Regimiento de InfanterÃa "Wad-Ras" N°1, tropas de aviación, Batallón "Thaelmann", Regimiento de InfanterÃa "San QuintÃn" N°25, Tercio de Requetés de Abárzuza, Columna "Macia-Companys", Batallón de Montaña "Ciudad Rodrigo" N°4, Guardia Civil, Cuerpo de Carabineros, Cuerpo de Seguridad y Asalto, Milicias de Barbastro, Ejército de Ãfrica, Batallón de Ametralladoras N°3, Batallón de Montaña "Garellano" N°6, Grupo "Edgar André", Batallón "Lenin", Regimiento de InfanterÃa "Zaragoza" N°30, Batallón "CNT N°1", 1a Brigada Mixta, Batallón "Milicias Gallegas", Agrupación de Carros-ArtillerÃa, Batallón "Commune de Paris", Cazadores de Ãfrica, 5 Brigada de Navarra, 11 Brigada Internacional, and Tercio de Requetés MarÃa de Molina-Marco de Bello.For demonstration game and additional resources visit the support page https: //vivayorulesupport.webador.co.uk/
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