YOU decide the fate of Sergeant James Devin and his platoon of Marines in this final chapter of the bloody struggle for Japan’s last Pacific bastion. Sergeant James Devin wearily rubs his eyes as he tries to ignore the horrible smell around him – that of mud mixed with the sickening odor of decaying corpses. …
You are U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Louis Cukela, leader of a nine-man squad from 66th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. You are no stranger to heavy combat – just last month your company fought in the June 1-26 Battle of Belleau Wood – however, the rest of your squad mainly consists of new, …
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You are German army Lieutenant Wolfgang von Bostell, commander of a Sturmgeschütz III assault gun. Although the StuG III is a fully tracked armored vehicle mounting a high-velocity 75 mm gun, it does not have a rotating turret and is not a tank. German assault guns and crews are part of the infantry branch, not …
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You are Army Lieutenant Jack Raker, leader of a platoon of five M60A3 tanks in U.S. 3d “Spearhead” Armored Division stationed at Ray Barracks, Friedberg, West Germany. In the fourth decade of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, your unit is part of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR), the American ground …
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You are U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole, commander of 3d Battalion, 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 101st “Screaming Eagles” Airborne Division. Less than a week ago, on the night of June 5-6, 1944, your battalion parachuted into Normandy, France, as part of the Allied airborne drops conducted behind German lines to support the …
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You are U.S. Army Lieutenant Nelson Patel, leader of a 1st Infantry Division tank platoon with four M1A1 Abrams tanks. Your unit is stationed at a forward operating base (FOB) near the city of Baqubah, 30 miles north of Baghdad, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and …
You are Major Charles D. Johnston of 3d Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), U.S. 82d Airborne Division. At 2 a.m. this morning, June 6, 1944, your unit took part in massive Allied airborne drops that placed American and British troops behind German lines to operate in support of the D-Day landings on the beaches …
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You are Soviet army Lieutenant Andrei Sokolov, leader of a patrol composed of a T-62 tank with four crewmen and two BTR-60 armored personnel carriers each transporting an eight-man infantry squad. This morning, March 12, the commander of your mechanized infantry regiment ordered you to lead a patrol along the main highway about 130 miles …
You are Oberleutnant Rudolf Witzig, commander of 85 glider- borne German fallschirmjäger (paratroopers). Your mission is to attack Fort Eben Emael, a formidable Belgian fortress located on the Belgium-Netherlands border near the Dutch city of Maastricht. The fort’s nearly two dozen artillery guns – supported by anti-tank guns, machine guns and a 1,000-man garrison – …
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Choose the correct target for an American infantryman facing multiple Hessian mercenaries. You are Private James MacFarlane, an infantryman in General George Washington’s Continental Army. Yesterday – Christmas Day 1776 – Washington led you and 2,400 troops in a blinding snowstorm across the ice-choked Delaware River to launch a surprise attack early this morning against …
