A long time ago, I thought about an rpg I would call "Europe Ablaze"; the players would be SOE agents during WW2. Unlike almost any conventional war scenario, a small group would be normal- running into ANY large opposing force would be suicidal, so concealment, evasion and subterfuge skills would be just as important as combat skills.
An extreme variation would be the small "stay behind" units, trained and prepared for a potential Nazi invasion of Britain. Some of these were relatively well equipped, with underground caches and hideouts. None were expected to survive longer than a few weeks, so they had limited aims. Interestingly enough, most had target lists including the local Chief Constable (the only local official who would know their identities).
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