Red Army Marches To Vengeance | Microsoft Close Combat specification

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The Collapse of Festung Europa

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near Dijon.

The Red Army Marches To Vengeance

By April 1944, the Soviets have been on the offensive for four months. On the southern portion of the front, the German armies are destroyed. In the far north, the Red Army drives relentlessly from Leningrad. Hitler expects the Russians to overextend their resources; other commanders expect the spring “season of mud” to slow the Soviet advance. Neither occurs the Red Army slows only to gather itself for the next strike west.

On the morning of June 23, the Red Army begins attacking Army Group Center; the Soviet intent is to crush the last major force on the Eastern front. The Germans face 1,200,000 Soviet troops supported by 31,000 guns and mortars, 5,200 tanks, and 5,000 airplanes. By July 4, most of the German forces are surrounded or retreating; by July 20 the surrounded forces have been destroyed. Throughout the battle, German commanders request permission to withdraw to save their units, but Hitler orders positions held to the last round and the last man. His order ensures the destruction of 17 divisions, and another 50 divisions lose half their strength. By the end of August the Red Army has pushed into Poland and

East Prussia.

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Microsoft Close Combat manual Red Army Marches To Vengeance, Collapse of Festung Europa

Contents

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