Ambitious and wise leaders have led their nations to industrial might, and most of the grand powers are able to muster the immense manpower required to drive the machines of a truly Total War, but must still learn to adapt and evolve to survive. Italy has become a great military power since her unification. The German Empire has been forged together by the military strength of Prussia and her allies, and is on the verge of becoming a superpower. Battles are carried out at long ranges, with the biggest metal titans bolstering an impressive and unprecedented firepower. Dreadnoughts rule the waves in the grand collisions between two of the world's mighties navies, while cruisers and destroyers launch raids on ports and merchant shipping, gradually forcing nations into starvation and resource shortages. Commanders must learn to control massive battles, where audacity and wit must overcome seemingly impossible odds. SMG Infantry, flamethrowers, snipers and elite formations attempt to break the stalemate, while the sheer industrial output of all combatting nations - and the density of forces along most fronts - ensure that advances are measured in metres, not in the grand distances of earlier days. Complex defenses are manned by thousands of troops, armed with rapid breech-loaded rifles.

While waves of battalions advance under the cover of massed artillery barrages and deadly chlorine gas, or stay hidden behind their earthworks, machineguns brutally mow down uncareful attackers. It aims to create an authentic representation of World War I-era formations, tactics, strategies and general warfare. The Great War mod is a total conversion project for Napoleon: Total War.

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