"Allied intelligence was wrong. The bridges that were supposed to be lightly defended and easily seized in Operation Market Garden were instead heavily defended by German armored units. As the Allied offensive bogged down, the Germans used the opportunity to plan a desperate winter counterattack through the Ardenne Forest. Their hope is to capture Antwerp and split the Allied armies. A victory here could crush the unprepared British and American forces, who lack their usual air superiority due to bad winter weather. Such a victory would leave the Russians isolated against a renewed German attack. However, if the Allies can hold off the charge, the fuel-starved Germans will easily fall."
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Primary Objectives
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- Defend Bastogne until reinforcements arrive in 20 minutes
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Secondary Objectives
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Special Operations
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USA - 101st Airborne
- Mechanized Advance
- Lend Lease
- Mechanized Resupply
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Walkthrough
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This mission is tricky if you don't know what to do. As soon as the mission starts, find your eastern Engineer unit and start building several more Anti Aircraft guns in the northeast part of your base. You can't afford to lose any time, so immediately go to your northern infantry HQ and start building three more infantry units. Use your western unit of Engineers to repair the infantry HQs over there that will be getting bombed.
Once you've got four AA guns on the northeast part of your base, start building a few more on the western side. Send at least four units of infantry to the road north of your base, since some Germans will shortly be coming in through there. Make sure at least two more of your units are protecting your western infantry HQs, and send the remaining units to the eastern edge of the city to draw attention away from the AA guns.
Once the first wave is defeated, use your engineers to repair any severely damaged guns or HQs, then start cranking out defensive guns along the northern parts of your town. Cycle through your infantry units and detach the fully supplied ones so you can attach the damaged ones, then prepare for the next assault.
The Germans will attack in mostly the same places. The key to victory is keeping your AA guns intact as well as your infantry HQs. Once they start to go, you'll either have to cycle through your detached units really fast, or you'll just get killed. Keep your engineers alive to make repairs, and always have them building something until you run out of money.
Which brings up another small problem. When you have negative supplies, and you run out of money, detached units will start to take damage while they're idle. That's not too much of a problem if you keep your HQs intact, but if one or two of them get destroyed, you'll be in a world of hurt. Make sure you use your Lend Lease Special Operation as often as it charges; it'll give you a few seconds worth of money every time you use it.
When the final attack comes, hopefully you'll still have a large amount of your AA guns and artillery bunkers. Keep your surviving units to the south-west of the town, since that's where the lightest assault will come in. If your AA guns and gun emplacements can stall the Tigers long enough, this mission will be over. If they can't, you'll have to play the mission over again and try to work a little faster and more efficiently.
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