Unity of Command 2 | Blitzkrieg DLC | Mission 14 - Operation Merkur
May 20th, 1941: As Commonwealth forces were evacuated from Greece, a good portion of them were transported to nearby Crete. The island occupies a strategically important position in the Mediterranean - being within striking range of both the Romanian oilfields, and the Suez Canal. Flushed with victory the Germans prepare "Unternehmen Merkur": an audacious plan to take the island from the air. Undertaken by the 7. Flieger-Division and supported by Luftflotte IV, this will be the first purely airborne operation in history. Unbeknownst to the Germans, Allied intelligence have warned the defenders of the impending attack. For once the element of surprise is not on the Axis side. As waves of lumbering Ju52s approach their dropzones, concealed Commonwealth positions prepare to open up...
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From 1939 to 1941, Germany stunned the world with the introduction of Blitzkrieg, a new mode of war focused on massed armored spearheads and close air support. Rapid shock and encirclement by mechanised armies replaced the grinding attrition of World War I trench warfare.In this DLC, you command Wehrmacht forces during this period, starting with the 1939 invasion of Poland, through the daring airborne assault on Crete in May 1941.
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