Summary: Response To The D-Day Invasion

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In response to the D-Day Invasion, Germany has sent an all out offensive campaign through the Ardennes forest. Many believe this is a final all or nothing effort, in an attempt to overpower the Allied forces and overtake their supply stations. Running low on supplies, the Germans have a hail-mary effort to control ours, knowing if they cannot then the war will be over. The Germans have surrounded a town of Bastogne, which contains several trapped units of the US Army, including the 101st Airborne. The poor weather conditions have prevented our Army Air Corps to fly, so we will have to rescue the units in Bastogne ourselves.
The objectives of the mission are simple. 1) Rescue the army trapped in Bastogne, 2) Prevent the Germans from reaching

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