Order of Battle Allies Resurgent

Order of Battle Allies Resurgent

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Allies Resurgent is the second chapter of a trilogy of DLC expansions depicting World War II from the perspective of the Allies. The new campaign features battles in North Africa, the Mediterranean and finally Europe from late 1942 to early 1944.

At the beginning of the campaign, the player commands US forces in Operation Torch, which marks the beginning of US involvement in the fighting in North Africa. After the first battle with Vichy-French units, the player must win against the veterans of the Axis forces in Tunisia.

Later, the campaign shifts to the advance of the British Eighth Army in southern Tunisia. After successfully breaking through the Mareth Line, the British advance north: their goal is to form a continuous front with the Allied forces that participated in Operation Torch, and to enter Tunisia from the west.

In the spring of 1943, the player takes command of American and British forces in a combined offensive to retake Tunis and end the Axis presence in North Africa for good.

The final stage of the Allies Resurgent shows the return of Allied ground forces to Europe, beginning with the amphibious invasion of Sicily. In the end, the player must attack mainland Italy at Salerno, defeat the German defenses on the Volturno line and finally retake Rome.

Allies Resurgent also adds a number of new units for both Allied and Axis nations, two new specializations, and five new Allied commanders.

NEW SCENARIOS

1. Oran – Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of French North Africa, begins. American assault troops backed by Royal Navy ships launch attacks to capture Oran on the Vichy-controlled Algerian

coast.

2. Medjez el Bab – In response to Operation Torch, the Germans occupy the rest of mainland France and hastily try to shift more forces to Tunisia. The Allied forces are trying to make quick gains before the Axis forces are fully

operational.

3. Sidi bou Zid — In an attempt to regain the initiative and expand their positions in Tunisia, Axis forces captured key mountain passes and are now probing American defenses.
4. Kasserine – Allied forces in Tunisia must face a combined Axis offensive from several directions U.S. Army units occupying Kasserine Pass must bear the brunt of an enemy attack.
5. Mareth Line – The British Eighth Army attacks the Mareth Line, where Axis forces hope to block Montgomery’s further advance into central Tunisia.
6. Sfax – The British Eighth Army must defeat the Axis defences at Wadi Akarit to advance further north and capture the key city of Sfax to finally link up with Allied forces advancing from the west.
7. Tunis – Allied forces launch a final offensive in Tunisia to finally defeat the Axis powers in North Africa.
8. Landing in Sicily – Allied forces return to Europe as part of Operation Husky, a large-scale amphibious invasion of Sicily.
9. Breakthrough of Sicily – The Allies attack the last major Axis strongholds in Sicily around Etna, while preparations are underway to evacuate Italian and German troops back to mainland Italy via the Strait of Messina.
10. Salerno – The Allies gain a foothold in mainland Italy as part of Operation Avalanche, an amphibious invasion near the port of Salerno.
11. The Volturno — Wehrmacht Line is designed to stop Allied advances in mainland Italy on the Volturno Line, the southernmost of a series of defensive lines running from coast to coast in Italy.
12. Gustav Line — The Allies launch Operation Shingle with an amphibious landing near Anzio, south of Rome, to outflank the German defences on the Gustav Line and quickly capture the Eternal City.

NEW UNITS

• Re 2002, Italian Bomber Fighter
• PZW 42, rocket launcher on the halftrack
• DD Bourrasque, French Destroyer
• DD L’Adroit, French Destroyer
• C15 TA, Canadian Armoured Truck
• The L4 Grasshopper, an American reconnaissance aircraft
• M3 ScoutCar, American armored car, reconnaissance
• T28E CGMC, American anti-aircraft unit on half-tracks
• T30 HMC, American Half-Track Artillery
• A36 Apache, an American version of the P-51 fighter for ground attacks
• Lancaster, British heavy strategic bomber