Being small, it provided advantage to the occupiers by allowing them to enfilade the stretches of no man's land on either flank.
Also in World War I, the Germans occupied a small salient in front of Fromelles called the Sugarloaf due to its distinctive shape. A similar salient existed around the French city of Verdun the Battle of Verdun around it cost both sides heavy casualties. So enduring was the feature and so dreadful its reputation that when British infantry spoke of "The Salient", it was understood that they were referring to Ypres. Formed as a result of the First Battle of Ypres, it became one of the most bloody sectors of the Western Front. In World War I, the British occupied a large salient at Ypres for most of the war. Union troops concentrated their attack on this point, broke through, and 22 hours of brutal, hand-to-hand fighting ensued before the Confederates pulled back to a new position. The trench line bulged forward to protect a piece of high ground, in a curve that became known as the Mule Shoe Salient. At the Battle of Spotsylvania during the American Civil War, Confederate forces arrived first at a strategic crossroads, and constructed a timber-reinforced line of trenches to stand against the numerically superior Union army. Sickles had held a similar position at Catherine's Furnace in the Battle of Chancellorsville two months earlier, and in both cases his corps was badly mauled and had to be rescued by other units. On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War, Union General Daniel Sickles moved his III Corps ahead of the main line of the Union army without orders, causing him to be nearly cut off from the main army when the Confederates attacked. The static nature of the trenches meant that forming a pocket was difficult, but the vulnerable nature of salients meant that they were often the focus of attrition battles. 
In trench warfare, salients are distinctly defined by the opposing lines of trenches, and they were commonly formed by the failure of a broad frontal attack.
An attacker would usually produce a salient in his own line by making a broad, frontal attack that is successful only in the centre, which becomes the tip of the salient.
An attacker can produce a salient in the defender's line by either intentionally making a pincer movement around the flanks of a strongpoint, which becomes the tip of the salient, or by making a broad, frontal attack which is held up in the centre but advances on the flanks. I also wanted the gameplay to be very different for the German and the Soviet,Īnd I think you will see by playing that each side has its own particular feeling.Salients can be formed in a number of ways. The result is more historic, simpler and faster. I was also tired of the hexagons and "regions", I wanted to test a new system based on operations. Without wanting to launch one of your usual games that last for weeks.
"My intention was to make a very historic Wargame which would be the ideal game to launch when you want your WWII shoot That was the summary, now I want to explain to you as an author what I wanted to do with this game: Cauldrons of War Barbarossa is a turn-based strategic wargame.įrom June 1941 until the Battle of Moscow, play the USSR or the Axis forces in one of the largest and bloodiest operations in history.
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