Berlin, the battle for the German capital to end World War 2 in Europeġ5. Seelow Heights, the Red Army has to defeat the last defensive stronghold before Berlinġ4. Vistula-Oder Operation, the large offensive in January 1945 through Poland to finally reach Germanyġ3. Debrecen, after Romania and Bulgaria leave the Axis the Red Army advances into Hungary in October 1944ġ2. Baltic Offensive, the scenario focusses mostly on the Soviet drive towards Tallinn and Rigaġ1. Operation Bagration, huge Soviet offensive to destroy Army Group Center in Byelorussia in summer 1944ġ0. Karelia, depicts the big Red Army offensive against Finland in June 1944ĩ. Hide and Seek, a unique and optional scenario about partisan warfare in spring 1944Ĩ. Crimea, the Red Army concludes the liberation of the peninsula as remaining German and Romanian forces hope to be evacuated across the Black Seaħ. Korsun Pocket, Soviet forces encircle two German army corps west of the Dnieper, while the Wehrmacht launches several relief attacksĦ.
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Zhitomir-Fastov, fend off a series of heavy German counterattacks west of Kiev in late 1943ĥ. Kerch-Eltigen Landings, an amphibious operation to establish beachheads again on the east coast of CrimeaĤ. Operation Rumyantsev, the Soviet offensive to retake Belgorod and Kharkov following the cancellation of Citadelģ. Prokhorovka, a massive clash of tanks at the height of the Battle of KurskĢ. But Red Storm does not stop there - players can opt for another battle after the fall of Berlin and take their core army to the Far East to defeat Japanese forces in the last major Soviet offensive of World War 2 in Manchuria. The ultimate goal of this campaign is of course the defeat of the Third Reich in the Battle of Berlin. But winning it offers additional benefits in Operation Bagration, the huge offensive against Army Group Center in the same region a few months later. Most core units cannot be used here, and the scenario can be skipped entirely if the player prefers more conventional battles. So while the Eastern Front is known mostly for large land battles, a few operations with amphibious and naval elements, like the Kerch-Eltigen landings and the liberation of Crimea, were added.Īn optional scenario roughly in the middle of the campaign depicts key aspects of partisan warfare in Byelorussia. Like in the previous Soviet DLCs, Red Star and Red Steel, Red Storm includes both famous and crucial battles as well as operations that are less known or limited in scope, but still provide unique challenges. Following the failure of Citadel the Red Army will almost always be on the offensive. The campaign begins with the fierce tank battle near Prokhorovka during Operation Citadel, the last grand German summer offensive on the Eastern Front in mid-1943.
Red Storm, the third Soviet-themed DLC for Order of Battle, covers the battles of the Red Army between 19.
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