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Allies Defiant covers the battles from the spring of 1940 to the end of 1942 and is the first chapter in a new trilogy of DLCs that portrays World War II from the Allied perspective. The new campaign deals primarily with British involvement in battles across Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, from spring 1940 to late 1942. In the first battle, the player takes command of British units deployed to Norway, but as the war intensifies on the Western Front in May 1940, the next two scenarios feature defensive battles in Belgium and France. After that, the campaign moves to North Africa, where British forces face Axis troops in Egypt and Libya. In the spring of 1941, the player fights in the crucial naval battle at Cape Matapan in the Mediterranean Sea, before being transferred to take part in the defense of Greece. The final phase of Allies Defiant focuses again on desert warfare, which changed dramatically with the arrival of Rommel's Afrikakorps. Since the Desert Fox managed to drive the Allies back to Egypt in 1942, the player has to deplete the enemy's offensive strength before he can finally resume offensive operations on his own. Allowing them to deal with the Axis forces a decisive defeat at El Alamein. SCENARIOS: 1. Trondheim – When Germany invades Norway in April 1940, British and French forces are brought in to block German advances, leading to the first clashes of British and German ground forces in World War 2.2. Lowlands – At the start of the German campaign in the west in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force is deployed to defend the Dyle River line in Belgium.3. Dunkirk – Following the surprising advance of Wehrmacht forces on Sedan, British and Allied troops disrupted by German 'Blitz' advances expect to be evacuated from Dunkirk. Compass – After Italy entered the war and launched its first offensive against British positions in North Africa. The Western Desert Force prepares to counterattack in Operation Compass.5. Beda Fomm – In the second phase of Operation Compass, the British intend to give the retreating Italian 10th Army a decisive defeat.6. Matapan – As Britain prepares for a new crisis in the Balkans in the spring of 1941, the Royal Navy seeks to intercept and destroy an Italian battle group at Cape Matapan, southwest of the Peloponnese.7. Greece – As the German Balkan campaign rapidly progresses, Force W, a combined contingent of British and Commonwealth units, is deployed to help defend Greece.8. Bomb Alley – After Rommel's Afrikakorps turn the tide again in the desert war, the beleaguered Allied garrison of Tobruk needs to be supplied by naval ships that are under constant threat from Axis air attacks. Crusader – In late 1941, the British launch Operation Crusader, a determined offensive against Axis forces to liberate the defenders of Tobruk.10. Gazala – With its Panzerarmee Afrika reinforced, the Desert Fox is on the offensive again in the summer of 1942 to attack Allied positions on the Gazala Line.11. Alam el Halfa – Rommel makes one last attempt to decisively defeat the Allied forces deployed around El Alamein.12. El Alamein – Following the defeat of Rommel's attacks and after weeks of preparations, Allied forces begin a decisive offensive to drive Axis forces out of Egypt for good. NEW UNITS: 1. Hawker Hurricane Mk. IID 2. Handley Page Halifax 3. Daimler Mk.I4. Scammell Pioneer

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