Great War at Sea:
Swan of the East

For close to 200 years, the British Empire looked to India as its most valuable possession. In the late 1700’s India represented more than 20 percent of global economic output; looting the subcontinent funded Britain’s industrial revolution.

Defense of the vital Indian Ocean trade routes fell to the Royal Navy, which had made those waters British lake. Yet during the Great War German raiders made daring forays into the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, successfully interdicting vital commerce and tying down Allied warships.

Swan of the East tells the story of famous German commerce raiders like the light cruiser Emden, the armed merchant ship Moewe, and the sailing ship (yes, sailing ship) Seeadler. It’s got 36 new scenarios, so you can play out these voyages on the operational maps from Second World War at Sea games: both the actual operations, and some that could have happened, but did not.

Swan of the East requires pieces from The Far Side of the World and Jutland 2e, and the maps from Second World War at Sea: Eastern Fleet, Java Sea, and Horn of Africa to tell the story of German commerce raiding in the Indian Ocean through 36 new scenarios. It comes bundled together with the Historical Study, East Asia Squadron.

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Stock Code: APL8828

Price (includes East Asia Squadron Historical Study): $55.99

Status: Coming Soon

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East Asia Squadron
East Asia Squadron tells the story of the German cruiser flotilla based at Tsingtao in northern China, and its doomed voyage across the Pacific to a fatal encounter off the Falkland Islands, shown in the game Great War at Sea: The Far Side of the World.