Normandy June 6 | Microsoft Close Combat instruction

Chapter 4

The Normandy Campaign in Close Combat

The Normandy campaign is a six-week series of battles that takes place		“War is the last of all things to
in northwestern France. There, soldiers of General Omar Bradley’s First		go according to plan.”
Army attempt to fight their way from Omaha Beach to Saint-Lô, a		Thucydides
strategic road and rail hub. Saint-Lô is the key to breaking out of the

confining beachhead area. If Bradley’s forces can capture this important
town, they will finally be able to move onto ground that will allow them
to take full advantage of their formidable mechanized and armored
forces in a war of maneuver.
Standing in the way of the Americans and their objective are German
army and paratroop units who have put up fierce opposition to the
invading forces—first on the beaches, then inland through coastal
villages, then at the river Aure, and finally in the hedgerows, marshes,
hills, and draws. After six weeks, 20 miles, and 200,000 casualties, the
two armies face off in the bombed-out rubble of Saint-Lô. An American
victory here will allow the First Army to launch a drive across France
and into Germany. But if the Germans can stop the Americans, they
may be able to keep the
invaders bottled up in		Normandy: June 6, 1944
northwestern France,

jeopardizing their precarious		U.S. First Army	British Second Army
toehold on the European	Cherbourg
continent.		(Bradley)	(Dempsey)

Merderet	River

Douve
	River

UTAH

Carentan

OMAHA

Aure River

GOLD

JUNO

SWORD

Taute	River

Bayeux

	River		Forest	River
Vire	River	Cerisy	Drome
			Drome

SaintÐL™

Caen

Orne	River

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Microsoft Close Combat manual Normandy June 6

Contents

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 To set up Close Combat in Windows 95 if AutoRun is disabled Installation and SetupTo set up Close Combat in Windows To launch Close Combat in Windows System Requirements To set up Close Combat on the MacintoshMinimum Windows Minimum Macintosh System Configuration To launch Close Combat on the Macintosh Close Combat Game Types Playing Close Combat-An Overview Going to Boot Camp Monitors and Toolbars Quick Tour of Close CombatViewing Terrain Infantry Strategies Maneuver Play Campaign Play Replays Menu Bar Command ScreenReconnoitering Close Combat Game Buttons Side Buttons Number Of Player ButtonsLevel Of Difficulty Buttons Status Bar Game ScreenScrollable List Begin Button Command Menu Toolbar Game Play Mode DeploymentToolbar Game Screen Monitors Team Monitor Attribute Description Leader Rank Enemy Threat Indicator Soldier Monitor Ability DescriptionState Description Vehicle Team Panel Infantry Team Panel Condition text Text ColorStatus field Description Soldier Panels Current action Description Function Description Health Description Emotional state DescriptionFatigue level Description Zoom Monitor Message MonitorOverview Monitor Ammunition type Description Score Summaries Debriefing ScreenVictory Information Details Button Historical Timeline Command Screen ButtonDebriefing Details Screen Save Replay Button Return Button Color ScaleDebriefing Table Setup and Game Play Close Combat Starting Games Starting Maneuver PlayTo start maneuver play To select American strength Refining the Level of DifficultyAmerican Strength German Strength To make German units always obey orders To make American units always obey ordersTo make American units are fearless To make German units fearless To make enemy intelligence always available Starting Campaign PlayTo make enemy units always visible To start a new Campaign Starting Replays To start a saved CampaignTo start a Replay Killed or Americans Wounded Winning Close Combat GamesScoring Killed or Germans Wounded Deploying Teams Issuing Commands Issuing Move and Move Fast 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 Issuing a Hide Command To issue a Defend commandTo issue a Hide command Using the Toolbar Deployment ModeToolbar in Deployment Mode Game Play Mode Toolbar in Game Play mode Using the View Area Monitoring the Game Using the Team Monitor Using the Soldier MonitorUsing the Message Monitor Pausing a Game Using the Overview MonitorTo use the Overview monitor Stopping a Game Ending GamesEnding a Game To end a game To stop a game Saving GamesExiting Close Combat To exit Close Combat from Windows To choose options in Windows Using the Options MenuTo save a battle as a Replay To choose options on the Macintosh Turning Videos On/Off Turning Sound On/OffTurning Music On/Off Expanding the View Area to Use the Entire Screen Removing/Displaying Trees from the Map Removing/Displaying Soldiers Killed In ActionMinimizing Close Combat Getting Help TroubleshootingPlaying Head-to-Head Finding a Topic in the Help FilePage Shoot It Out Basic TacticsFlanking Frontal Assault Game Play Tips Infantry Tips Tactics Vehicle Tips Tactics Weapons Tips Tactics General Tips Normandy June 6 Evolution of Operation Overlord General Dwight D. EisenhowerGeneral 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 Close Combat Operation German Side Taking Saint-Lô at LastHill 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 Mauser Kar Springfield ’03 RifleEffective 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 Bazooka Rocket LauncherArmor penetration 230 mm 9 Mark II Fragmentation Grenade Egg Grenade SpecificationsGerman Hand Grenades American Hand Grenades 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 End of Festung Europa On the Eve of Operation OverlordRacing 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 Road to Berlin Red Sky in the East the Soviets Capture BerlinAmerican and Russian soldiers Final Surrender And Beyond Photostat of German surrender with Jodls signature World War II ends-and the Cold War begins