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Place your troops to your best
advantage; left-click on a unit and
drag it to move it. You may also
give orders to units during this
stage. Right-click on a unit to
give it an order. When placing
Anti-Tank guns, which usually
cannot move quickly, it is useful
to check their fields of fire by
drag it to move it. You may also
give orders to units during this
stage. Right-click on a unit to
give it an order. When placing
Anti-Tank guns, which usually
cannot move quickly, it is useful
to check their fields of fire by
giving them a
Fire order and
moving the cursor around. You
can cancel the firing order by
can cancel the firing order by
ordering the gun to
Defend or
Ambush. Infantry should usually
start in cover, either in buildings,
start in cover, either in buildings,
woods, or ditches. Command teams improve the performance of other teams nearby.
To see the area over which a command team has influence, press the Space bar. The
coloured circles displayed represent the extent of the team leader’s command and con-
trol.
To see the area over which a command team has influence, press the Space bar. The
coloured circles displayed represent the extent of the team leader’s command and con-
trol.
When you are satisfied with your troop placement, press the
Begin button on the tool bar
on the bottom of the screen.
While playing, keep in mind that the F5-F7 keys control your pop-up menus and that
you can issue orders to a unit by right-clicking on it.
Air Strikes, Naval Gun Fire, and Mortar
Barrage can each be used only once per Battle if they are available at all.
MAIN SCREEN
Play a Game
Left-clicking on the
Play a Game
option opens the Command
screen. From the Command
screen you may load a saved
game or select any of the single
screen. From the Command
screen you may load a saved
game or select any of the single
player
Battles, Operations, or
Campaigns.
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Once on the Command screen, if
you want to jump in quickly, choose
you want to jump in quickly, choose
a
Battle listed in the window on the
upper left hand side rather than a
Campaign or Operation. Once you
have decided which Battle you
want to play, double-click on it.
Campaign or Operation. Once you
have decided which Battle you
want to play, double-click on it.
This brings you to the Battle Group
screen where you can look at the
units you will be fighting the Battle
with. You can rename them if you
want, using the button on the bot-
tom of the screen. By clicking on
units, you can also look at their
Experience Level and Morale.
units you will be fighting the Battle
with. You can rename them if you
want, using the button on the bot-
tom of the screen. By clicking on
units, you can also look at their
Experience Level and Morale.
When you’re ready to fight, select
Next from the lower right hand corner; this displays the
Battle screen. When you first bring up the Battle screen, the action is frozen. This repre-
sents the pre-battle phase, during which you can place your troops. The darkened
portion of the map represents where the enemy starts, the lightly shaded portion starts as
no man’s land, and the unshaded portion is yours.
sents the pre-battle phase, during which you can place your troops. The darkened
portion of the map represents where the enemy starts, the lightly shaded portion starts as
no man’s land, and the unshaded portion is yours.
General Schlieben, commander of the Port of Cherbourg called Rommel asking permission to sur-
render the Port of Cherbourg and his men on 25 June, 1944:
render the Port of Cherbourg and his men on 25 June, 1944:
"Loss of the city shortly is unavoidable…2,000 wounded [are] without a possibility of being moved.
Is the destruction of the remaining troops necessary as part of the general picture in view of the fail-
ure of effective counterattacks? Directive urgently requested."…"In addition to superiority in material
and artillery, air force and tanks, heavy fire from the sea has started, directed by spotter planes."…"I
must state in the line of duty, that further sacrifices cannot alter anything.”
Is the destruction of the remaining troops necessary as part of the general picture in view of the fail-
ure of effective counterattacks? Directive urgently requested."…"In addition to superiority in material
and artillery, air force and tanks, heavy fire from the sea has started, directed by spotter planes."…"I
must state in the line of duty, that further sacrifices cannot alter anything.”
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