Even in the darkest days following the fall of France to the German blitzkrieg in May 1940, not all was lost: from the populace arose the Resistance fighters called the Maquis. Whether baker, banker, teacher or housewife, these brave civilian men and women showed that resistance was not futile, rallying under the flag with the Croix de Lorraine. With less...
Blitzkrieg, September 1939 and the 4th Panzer Division has crossed the Polish border and is racing towards Warsaw, before it stands the Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade, what chance has cavalry got against tanks? Your Soldiers are of the 4 Pz Div Schützen Regiment 12, be they on motorcycles or dismounted, your missions and objectives will be to clear the way...
Nuts! - Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, 101st Airborne, Bastogne 1944. On the 16th of December 1944, in the midst of a bitter winter, the German army launched its’ last major offensive in the West, gambling on breaking through the American lines and exploiting to the Meuse, in the hope defeat could be staved off. Critical to the success was the...
(n the early hours of the 19th of August 1942, a large amphibious force consisting of 237 Ships and Landing craft carried 5000 Canadian Soldiers, 1000 British Commandos, 50 U.S. Rangers - on their first raid of WW2, and 50 of the latest Tanks available to the British forces moved with deadly intent towards the enemy occupied coast of France. Seventy nine...
The discovery of Dieselium in the late 1930’s, even with its’ toxic instability, has driven the development of engines capable of power to weight undreamt. Nowhere seen more striking than on the Battlefield of today, where Dieselium engines drive the metal frames surrounding armored soldiers faster and stronger than ever imagined. These Augmented Infantry...
There have always been disturbing tales of R’lyeh, what with one thing and another, and the war, they haven’t been investigated until now. I want you to take your men and find out what it’s all about. You and your soldiers of the Papuan Infantry Battalion land on the Island of R’lyeh off the New Guinea coast, little knowing what horrors and mind destroying...
Following the invasion at Normandy, the push into the French hinterland grew bloody and savage as the German forces dug into the obstructed bocage country, leaving the Allied progress stymied. Because of its strategic importance, the occupied city of Saint-Lô had been the target of repeated Allied bombing. The protracted resistance around the city was the...
Seize the bridges over the River Orne and Caen Canal at Bénouville and Ranville intact and hold them until relieved. - Order given to Major John Howard, D Company, Ox and Bucks for his D-Day mission, June 6th, 1944. At 0016 June 6th, 1944 the men of D Company, Ox and Bucks, landed in Horsa gliders within yards of two vital bridges spanning the River Orne...
April 1944 // Neutral Portuguese Cape Verde Islands "Urgent! Most Secret! To Reichsführer-SS Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - This is Agent Z, repeat Agent Z, I have the secret formulae, the Professor's notes provided the key, the Ultimate Weapon is here on this Cape Verde Island! They are closing in on me, send U-boat!" Warfighter: WWII Z Expansion #59 –...
The raid on the French Atlantic coastal town of Saint-Nazaire, Operation Chariot, is one of the most audacious operations in the history of warfare. The obsolete destroyer HMS Campbeltown was disguised to resemble a German vessel and rammed the Normandie dry dock gates, blowing it up and putting it out of service until after the war. At the same time, a...
WWII ETO #89 - Battle of Okinawa Experience the ferocious fighting of the Pacific theater in this battle pack focused on the Battle of Okinawa. Players will command U.S. Marine units as they face entrenched Japanese forces in grueling island combat. Scenarios include assaults on fortified positions, navigating complex cave networks, and enduring kamikaze...