CLOSE COMBAT GATEWAY TO CAEN CRACK

Though reduced by weeks of heavy fighting they remained a potent and experienced foe.

Defending that front was the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division. The newly-arrived British VIII Corps, supported by 700 guns of the Royal Artillery made a go of it along a four-mile front between Rauray and Carpiquet. Operation Epsom was Field Marshall MontgomeryвЂ™s first concentrated attempt to go around the city and the Odon River, and break through the strengthening German bulwark. Though the Norman City of Caen was originally a British D-Day objective, its capture would elude and frustrate MontgomeryвЂ™s 21st Army for weeks to come.

CLOSE COMBAT GATEWAY TO CAEN CRACK

Superior Allied artillery and air power failed to crack the German lines. Field Marshal Rommel formed a capable defense in Normandy that made the Allied advance costly. Though initially surprised and overwhelmed, the German Army quickly recovered, mobilized, and, counterattacked. The game includes all new maps and a range of upgraded effects.The SettingWith the success of the Allied landings at Normandy and their domination of air and sea, expectations were high that the momentum would continue on land. You can deploy your battalions as they actually fought in the struggle for the Odon. British infantry regimental history is reflected in name among the various battalions. The strategic battlefield offers over two dozen individual battlefields with over three dozen accurately portrayed German and British battle groups. Panther, Tiger, Stug, and Mk.IV tanks will arrive to support German Panzergrenadiers as they try to hold the line against a concerted British attack.The historic scope of Operation Epsom is captured in single battles, operations, and the grand campaign. At your command are Churchill, Cromwell, Firefly, Sherman, Stuart tanks and more. You will get to know individual solders, platoons, battalions, and the larger brigades and battle groups which they comprise.Players can experience the desperate situation of the outnumbered, but well-armed Panzergrenadiers, or the daunting offensive mission of the fully-supported British infantry advancing across the treacherous Odon Valley. You command artillery and mortar barrages and even air strikes. You will command squads in close combat situations, using small arms, mortars, machine guns, armored cars, and tanks to triumph against the enemy. You can move or combine your battlegroups on the strategic level and decide the outcome of battles on the tactical level. With Close Combat: Gateway to Caen you can play at the strategic and tactical level, putting yourself in the boots of both the generals and the platoon commanders. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again. Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series.

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