COH2 - Ardennes Assault.Mission 1,Elsenborn Ridge,Hold the Line.

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Mission 1 Elsenborn Ridge. Defend the Victory points A large number of German forces,under control of the Sixth Panzer Army,are making an advance on Elsenborn.If the town falls,the Germans will be able to sweep through the Ardennes,the rest of Belgium and onwards towards the Netherlands. Hold Elsenborn from the defensive position on the ridge to the east of the town.To assist you,5th Corps is on stand-by and ready to provide artillery support.Coordinate with them to fend of German assaults. FOX COMPANY RANGERS “Fox” Company provides a substantial amount of additional gameplay options, significantly increasing replay ability, and offers an entirely new perspective on how the battle unfolds. The Fox Company Rangers, led by the fiery Captain Monte Durante, are an elite fighting force focused on powerful, flexible infantry. Utilizing equipment and weapons as force multipliers, they are able to use small groups of infantry to harass larger and more powerful forces. This combines with their ability to quickly field units, as well as their use of precision artillery strikes and the M83 Cluster Bomb, to allow Fox to efficiently control the battle field, even in the toughest of situations. Company of Heroes 2- Ardennes Assault is a harrowing new chapter in the critically acclaimed series. Continuing the story in World War II, this exciting campaign places you in the heart of the battle, once described by Churchill as “...undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the War”. This pivotal conflict is known to many as ‘The Battle of the Bulge.’ The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler planned the offensive with the primary goal to recapture the important harbour of Antwerp.The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. United States forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred the highest casualties for any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's war-making resources. The battle was known by different names. The Germans referred to it as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine"), while the French named it the Bataille des Ardennes ("Battle of the Ardennes"). The Allies called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. The phrase "Battle of the Bulge" was coined by contemporary press to describe the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartime news maps and became the best known name for the battle. The German offensive was supported by several subordinate operations known as Unternehmen Bodenplatte, Greif, and Währung. As well as stopping Allied transport over the channel to the harbor of Antwerp, these operations were intended to split the British and American Allied line in half, so the Germans could then proceed to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers' favor. Once that was accomplished, Hitler could fully concentrate on the eastern theatre of war. Near-complete surprise was achieved by a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with Allied offensive plans, and poor aerial reconnaissance. The Germans attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, taking advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions, which grounded the Allies' overwhelmingly superior air forces. Fierce resistance on the northern shoulder of the offensive around Elsenborn Ridge and in the south around Bastogne blocked German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success; columns that were supposed to advance along parallel routes found themselves on the same roads. This and terrain that favored the defenders threw the German advance behind schedule and allowed the Allies to reinforce the thinly placed troops. Improved weather conditions permitted air attacks on German forces and supply lines, which sealed the failure of the offensive. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were left severely depleted of men and equipment, as survivors retreated to the defenses of the Siegfried Line. About 610,000 American forces were involved in the battle,and 89,000 were injured,including 19,000 killed.It was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II. Youtube-https://www.youtube.com/use... Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/bl... Google+-https://plus.google.com/+Bl... Twitter-https://twitter.com/Blahfubar Happy Hunting Blah F.U.B.A.R.