Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


The year is 1927 and the Alliance moves triumphantly from victory to victory in an epic and bloody civil war campaign against the uprisings of brutal warlords and feudal barons that has left the country on the brink of total collapse. With the nation's fate hanging in the balance, a rebel revolt in the stronghold city of Nanchang threatens to give the insurgents the upper hand and as the first day of August dawns the Alliance, led by some of the bravest soldiers and greatest tacticians the world has ever seen, face their deadliest and most monumental battle yet.
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AXIS OF WAR: THE FIRST OF AUGUST (Out on UK DVD 10th May)
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Wu Weidong
Zhu De