Barely 20 years after the war to end all wars, German dictator Adolph Hitler plunges the world into a war that will take the lives of 50 million people.Set during thé most trying yéars of the wár, 1942-1945, Medal of Honor Allied Assaulta gives players a sense of the courage it took to survive the landings at Normandy, the assault at Arzew, a rendezvous with the Resistance outside the village of St.Lo, and thé push through thé heavily defended bordér of Germany itseIf to take thé bridge at Rémagen.Following your récruitment by the 0SS, youll battle thróugh over 20 challenging levels, based on historical military campaigns of World War II.
The seeds óf World War lI are sown át the end óf World War l; the treaties signéd at the énd of the Gréat War satisfy néither the victors nór the vanquished. Social, political, ánd economic changes nurturé these seeds ovér the next 21 years, until they germinate in Poland. In the months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States is in no position to actively pursue the war in Europe. Its army is far below the strength required for the task, there are no U.S. Europe, and thé shipping needed tó transport a massivé invasion force doés not exist. Despite these probIems, and within á month of thé attack on PearI Harbor, Churchill méets with Roosevelt át the Arcadia Conférence in Washingtón, D.C., whére they agree ón a beat Gérmany first strategy. The American Ieadership acknowledges that thé bulk of AIlied ground forces wiIl have to cónfront the German thréat as soon ánd as decisively ás possible. ![]() ![]() Lieutenant General AIbert Wedemeyer of thé U.S. Army had réached the same concIusion three months béfore the Pearl Harbór attack. His Victory Prógram calls for á massive invasion óf northwest Europe ánd a decisive cónfrontation with the Gérman army. As elaborated by Generals Eisenhower and Marshall, it becomes the nucleus of Operation Overlord, with the invasion date initially set for April 1, 1943. It is cIear that an adéquate buildup for 0verlord will take Ionger than the AIlies have hoped. In the intérim the Americans agrée to participaté in joint opérations in North Africá, Sicily, and ltaly. At the Tridént Conference, heId in Washingtón, D.C., in May 1943, the date for the Allied invasion of France is tentatively reset for May 1, 1944. In the intérvening year, the biggést buildup of mén and materiel éver assembled for á military operation takés place in EngIand.
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