At 4:15 am on 22 June 1941 Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion against the Soviet Union, Codenamed Operation Barbarossa. It was the largest military operation in history, three great army groups, involving more than 3 million Axis troops, 150 German divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. The Soviet Union must fight against the most powerful army, German combat effectiveness had reached its apogee; in training, doctrine, and fighting ability.

Paths to Hell (PTH) (Volume III) is a stand-alone game in the A las Barricadas! (ALB) game series. Recreates the events of those days and allows the players to reproduce the most famous battles of the Blitzkrieg on the East Front at a tactical level. Players take command of either the Allied or Axis forces (or can play solitaire) in the tactical battles of each scenario.

PTH while utilizing La Bataille de France, 1940 base rules, incorporates new and adapted rules and additions for this new front. The WSS promises many hours of fierce fighting between the infantry, tanks, artillery and aircraft belonging to the armies enveloped in this conflict. Just a few of the additions include:

Human wave attacks
Battalion officers
Communist Commissars
Recon rules
Flamethrower tanks
Motorcycle recon
Waffen SS
Gully
Rail Roads