Axis & Allies is a real-time strategy World War II video game developed by TimeGate Studios and published by Atari, Inc.
In Axis & Allies, the player assumes the role of a military general of one of the five superpowers of World War II: the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, and Japan.
Each nation has access to its own unique military units, such as snipers for Russia, flamethrower tanks for Great Britain, and king tiger tanks for Germany.
Four generals exist for each nation, with each general having access to unique Special Operation abilities, such as summoning fake tanks, deploying a secret agent, or giving an area buff to friendly units.
Particularly noteworthy are the most expensive Special Operations, which include large damaging area of effect abilities such as carpet bombing, kamikazes, V-weapons, and nuclear bombs.