CONFLICT EUROPE..... IF WORLD WAR THREE IS GOING BADLY FOR YOU, TRY SOME OF THESE TIPS, THEY COULD JUST MAKE A DIFFERENCE. NATO Strategy... NATO's main role is to halt the Warsaw Pact advance before the red stamroller reaches France. Depending on the scenario and strength of units there are a number of ways of accomlpishing this. The first requires NATO to open a gap at the centre of the pact line. The quickest way of doing this is to set a dozen or so planes on your assault breaker, set your units to chemical weapons and launch a single nuclear strike early on at the strongest, most central unit. Before long a gap of two squares should have been opened. Send your three nearest, strongest units through the gap behind the northern pact armies. Keep these three units supplied as best as possible. The only obstacle will be the 9th Shock Army who have an army strength of nine. Concentrate your assault breakers on this unit and try to whittle it down. Also set ten squadrons of planes to attack supply lines in order to prevent the Soviets from restocking. This should end with the pact northern armies being eliminated leaving you to concentrate all efforts on the weaker southern army group. Warsaw Pact Strategy... The Warsaw Pact role is easier. Try to drive three groups through the centre, top and bottom of the NATO line as the objective is to conquer France and West Germany rather than get bogged down in combat. Don't waste time attacking neutral units either as it just wastes time. If you really do feel like massed combat, use one or two single nuclear strikes plus chemical weaponry, this should prove fun, if not lengthy. Nuclear Tactics... While not the most devastating, single nuclear strikes are the safest. They stand a lesser chance of provoking heavy retaliation and more importantly limit civilian casualties, helping to give you a good score. If towards the end of thirty days it looks as though you are not going to complete your goal there is a fireplan that will eliminate eight enemy units - also a good move to use when you are on the verge of defeat as it can swing the course of the war. One side-effect it does carry a potentially large reprisal from the enemy, so be warned! And remember, the object is not to end civilisation, but to triumph with minimal civilian and military deaths. from ACE Mag. Oct. '89. typed by DOUG.....