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Chapter 7 The Big Picture: A Short History of World War II

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The Allies Agree to “Beat Germany First”

In the months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. is in no position to actively pursue the war in Europe. Its army is far below the strength required for the task, there are no U.S. forces in Europe, and the shipping needed to transport a massive invasion force does not exist. Despite these problems, Churchill meets with Roosevelt at the Arcadia Conference in Washington, D.C., where they agree on a “beat Germany first” strategy. The American leadership acknowledges that the bulk of Allied ground forces will have to confront the German threat as soon and as decisively as possible. From Pearl Harbor to D-Day, American determination to confront the German army never wavers, but events make it clear that half-measures will not lead to victory. In particular, the disastrous British raid on the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, in which half of the attacking force of 6,000 become casualties, shows that only a massive, coordinated Allied invasion will provide a firm foothold on the continent.

The Dieppe Debacle

Despite their commitment to a full-scale invasion, the British launch an ill-conceived cross-channel raid in August 1942 on the French port of Dieppe. This attack by 6,000 mostly Canadian soldiers is intended to provide combat experience and information about German coastal defenses. The plan is to seize and briefly hold the port, then return to England.

The raid is indeed a learning experience, imparting some bitter lessons. The Canadians are repulsed with heavy losses (about 50 percent), dampening British ardor for a large- scale invasion of France in 1943. Fortress Europe will remain firmly shut to the Allies for almost two more years, until they can accumu- late the men, machines, and material and the will to mount Operation Overlord and kick the door down.

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Microsoft Close Combat manual Allies Agree to Beat Germany First, Dieppe Debacle

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Game Reference CloseCombat About Close Combat Close Combat Game Theory You Lead Human Beings, not Superheroes Taking Other Realistic Factors into Account Dynamic Play Balancing Means No Two Games Play the Same Who’s in Control? You Choose Installation and Setup To set up Close Combat in WindowsTo set up Close Combat in Windows 95 if AutoRun is disabled To launch Close Combat in Windows To set up Close Combat on the Macintosh Minimum Windows Minimum Macintosh System ConfigurationSystem Requirements To launch Close Combat on the Macintosh Close Combat Game Types Playing Close Combat-An Overview Going to Boot Camp Quick Tour of Close Combat Viewing TerrainMonitors and Toolbars Infantry Strategies Maneuver Play Campaign Play Replays Command Screen Reconnoitering Close CombatMenu Bar Game Buttons Number Of Player Buttons Side ButtonsLevel Of Difficulty Buttons Game Screen Scrollable ListStatus Bar Begin Button Toolbar Game Play Mode Deployment Command MenuToolbar Game Screen Monitors Team Monitor Attribute Description Leader Rank Enemy Threat Indicator Ability Description Soldier MonitorState Description Vehicle Team Panel Condition text Text Color Infantry Team PanelStatus field Description Soldier Panels Current action Description Function Description Emotional state Description Health DescriptionFatigue level Description Message Monitor Overview MonitorZoom Monitor Ammunition type Description Debriefing Screen Victory InformationScore Summaries Details Button Command Screen Button Debriefing Details ScreenHistorical Timeline Save Replay Button Color Scale Return ButtonDebriefing Table Setup and Game Play Close Combat Starting Maneuver Play Starting GamesTo start maneuver play Refining the Level of Difficulty American StrengthTo select American strength German Strength To make American units always obey orders To make American units are fearlessTo make German units always obey orders To make German units fearless Starting Campaign Play To make enemy units always visibleTo make enemy intelligence always available To start a new Campaign To start a saved Campaign Starting ReplaysTo start a Replay Winning Close Combat Games ScoringKilled or Americans Wounded Killed or Germans Wounded Deploying Teams Issuing Move and Move Fast Commands Issuing CommandsTo issue a Move command Issuing Fire and Smoke Commands To issue a Move Fast command To issue a Fire command To issue a Smoke command Issuing a Defend Command To issue a Defend command Issuing a Hide CommandTo issue a Hide command Deployment Mode Using the ToolbarToolbar in Deployment Mode Game Play Mode Toolbar in Game Play mode Using the View Area Monitoring the Game Using the Soldier Monitor Using the Team MonitorUsing the Message Monitor Using the Overview Monitor Pausing a GameTo use the Overview monitor Ending Games Ending a GameStopping a Game To end a game Saving Games Exiting Close CombatTo stop a game To exit Close Combat from Windows Using the Options Menu To save a battle as a ReplayTo choose options in Windows To choose options on the Macintosh Turning Sound On/Off Turning Music On/OffTurning Videos On/Off Expanding the View Area to Use the Entire Screen Removing/Displaying Soldiers Killed In Action Removing/Displaying Trees from the MapMinimizing Close Combat Troubleshooting Playing Head-to-HeadGetting Help Finding a Topic in the Help FilePage Basic Tactics FlankingShoot It Out Frontal Assault Game Play Tips Infantry Tips Tactics Vehicle Tips Tactics Weapons Tips Tactics General Tips Normandy June 6 General Dwight D. Eisenhower Evolution of Operation OverlordGeneral Omar Bradley Preparations for Operation Overlord British General Bernard Montgomery German Forces in Normandy Fooling the Germans with Fortitude Allies Invade on D-Day Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Soldiers crammed into landing craft Soldiers landing on Omaha Beach Bloody Omaha and Beyond Carentan Off The Beach Soldiers taking cover Behind seawall on Omaha Beach Across The Aure Close Combat Operation German Side Normandy June 13 German Defenses in the Bocage German hedgerow defenses First Encounters in the Bocage Hedgerow Hell Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Troops under fire in the bocage Allied Improvisation in the Bocage Lt. Jack Shea, from Yank Breaking the Impasse Pfc. Bob Sloane, in Yank Going for the High Ground Hill 192 and Purple Heart Draw Purple Heart Draw We did Sgt. Bill Davidson, in Yank Taking Saint-Lô at Last HillClose Combat Operation German Side Close Combat Operation U.S. Side Infantry in Battle Ruins of Saint-Lô Saint-Lô Saint-Lô Patton Unleashed It was one terrible blood- letting Trapped in the Falaise Pocket Falaise Pocket August 13Ð20 Colt .45 model Walther P Effective range 30 m 32 yds Springfield ’03 Rifle Mauser KarEffective range 550 m 600 yds Gewehr Semiautomatic Rifle Garand Rifle Browning Automatic Rifle BAR M1 Carbine Effective range 75 m 83 yds Thompson Submachine Gun MP40 Machine Pistol Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M1919A4 MG 42 Machine Gun Caliber Air-Cooled Machine Gun M2-HB Grenade Launcher Armor penetration 240 mm 9.4 Rocket Launcher BazookaArmor penetration 230 mm 9 Egg Grenade Specifications German Hand Grenades American Hand GrenadesMark II Fragmentation Grenade Stick Grenade Mm Mortar Mortar 60-mm M2 and Mount M2 Close Combat Mm Antitank Gun Pak M1 57-mm Antitank Gun Inch Gun M5 Armor penetration 122 mm 4.8 7.5-cm Light Infantry Gun Armor penetration 96 mm 3.8 Panzer III L Medium Tank M5A1 Light Tank Mm Sherman Tank Panzer IV H Tank M4A3 76.2-mm Sherman Tank Panzer V Panther Medium Tank StuG IIIG/StuH Infantry Support Tanks Tiger I Heavy Tank M10 Tank Destroyer Marder III Self-Propelled Antitank Gun M36 Tank Destroyer Jagdpanther Hunting Panther Tank Destroyer SdKfz 250 Light Armored Troop Carrier M3A1 Halftrack Armament Various SdKfz 231 Armored Car Jeep Kfz 1 Kübelwagen Terrain Basic Terrain Civilian Terrain Marsh Orchard Barbed Wire Military Terrain Wooden Structures Wood Buildings Stone Buildings Bunkers Big Picture Short History of World War Let Loose the Dogs of War World War II Begins Russia Invades Finland Germany Blitzes West Close Combat 125 Battle of Britain 127 Close Combat Desert Fox The North Africa Campaign General Erwin Rommel in North Africa Barbarossa Begins Germany Attacks Russia Scale of Forces Germans advancing into Russia Hitler and the Wehrmacht Problems of Command Sunday Surprise The Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor Germany and Italy Declare War on the United States Omar Nelson Bradley Allies Agree to Beat Germany First Dieppe Debacle Long Road to Normandy Convoys and Wolfpacks the Battle of the Atlantic Germany Blitzes East Again War in the Pacific Axis Cracks The German Defeat At Stalingrad Russian soldiers in winter camouflage on the attack Close Combat Monty and Torch The North Africa Campaign British soldiers in North Africa British officer on tank combat near El Alamein Erwin Rommel Bernard L. Montgomery 145 Close Combat Long Formation The Air War In Europe Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill at Tehran Foothold in Europe  Landings in Sicily Fierce Encounters Landings in Italy American First Division fighting in Italy From Yank, an American military publication Problems of Supply On To Rome From Shots Fired in Anger by Lt. Col. John George 153 Close Combat On the Eve of Operation Overlord End of Festung EuropaRacing Toward the Rhine Red Army Marches To Vengeance Collapse of Festung Europa Last Blitzkrieg The Battle of the Bulge American tanks on the move in Germany Red Sky in the East the Soviets Capture Berlin Road to BerlinAmerican and Russian soldiers Final Surrender And Beyond Photostat of German surrender with Jodls signature World War II ends-and the Cold War begins