The program also provides an artificial staff to assist in selecting targets, planning missions, and so forth. The RAF wins by preventing a German victory. Depending on the scenario, players can command the Luftwaffe, all of the Allied air forces, just the RAF Bomber Command, or the US Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces. The program measures Allied victory conditions against a formula that combines Luftwaffe attrition with bomb damage of industrial and urban targets. The Luftwaffe player wins by preventing an Allied victory.
Some choices are rather interesting, however.
The biographical sketches also seem uneven, in that some are factual accounts ending in 1945, while others assess the person's contributions or provide his or her postwar accomplishments. Billy Mitchell is another interesting case. These anomalies aside, The Biographical Dictionary of World War II is the most complete work of its kind, and readers interested in that war should find it a useful addition to their libraries. Normandy '44 . The program, which supports play via E-mail, local area networks, or the Internet, includes numerous scenarios, along with an editor.