June before D-Day, 1944. Near Rennes, France. Some time before the Normandy landings, twelve criminals all condemned to death, forced labor or long terms of imprisonment, were offered a suicide mission which could earn them an amnesty: attack a castle in France, near Rennes, where some thirty senior Nazi generals have settled and kill as many as possible... The British player wins immediately when all German units are either pinned or eliminated at the end of any game turn.